The Nokia Asset Offload Continues: Qt Assets Go To Digia For 'Fraction' Of $150M Nokia Paid For It - as well as my very own links review

Which companies have been moving and shaking in the realm of tech? Let's see.

One hot conversation starter is Twitter and U.S.. Let's see shall we?
- How Twitter Has Talked About the Summer Olympics [INFOGRAPHIC] from mashable.com
- Twitter's Been Buzzing About the Olympics [INFOGRAPHIC] from www.webpronews.com

Source: mashable.com

Nokia has been getting a lot of press as well:
- The Nokia Asset Offload Continues: Qt Assets Go To Digia For 'Fraction' Of $150M Nokia Paid For It from techcrunch.com
- Nokia Sells Qt Software Platform as It Focuses on Windows from www.eweek.com

Did you see all the discussion about Samsung Group and BlackBerry phones? Here's the most interesting bits:
- Samsung Partner in People's Republic of China Accused of Child Labor Violations - "Samsung, as Apple did before it, is experiencing what it means to be the device maker on which the world is focused. New York-based China Labor Watch, the company that shined a spotlight on Apple assembly partner Foxconn Technology, is now looking at the working conditions at Huizhou, China-based HEG Electronics, which makes phones and DVD players for Samsung" - said www.eweek.com
- Apple vs. Samsung: The Trial Goes On, but It's Already Over - techland.time.com
- Another Day, Another Samsung Denial Of RIM Acquisition And Licensing Rumors - techcrunch.com

Let's end up with a look at Apple and Twitter.
- Gartner: HP Keeps Its PC Lead As European Market Drops 2.4%, Apple Cracks Top 5 In UK - "Figures out today from Gartner, focusing on PCs in Europe, note that shipments in the economically-troubled region declined by 2.4% to 13.6 million units in Q2, in a wider global market where growth was flat. Within that, HP kept its lead as the biggest PC maker, while Apple has managed to crack into the top-five PC makers in one market, the UK" - said techcrunch.com
- Apple, Amazon Change Security Policies After Hack of Journalists Accounts - www.eweek.com

Source: techcrunch.com

Source: techcrunch.com

Source: techcrunch.com

Source: techland.time.com

Source: www.webpronews.com

Wal-Mart Announces Disc To Digital Program To Convert Your Old DVDs - also the best of the web

Facebook: http://facebook.com

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So, it's time for the next links roundup. We'll be talking about Wal-Mart Microsoft and Facebook.

OK, who's been talking about Walmart? It was techcrunch.com who wrote an article called Walmart Announces Disc To Digital Program To Convert Your Old DVDs.

What did they point out about Walmart? They said:

Walmart is about to make a big push for digital movie ownership

and went on to say

At a press conference today in Los Angeles, the company announced that, as rumored, it's launching a new program called the Disc to Digital service. Starting on April 16, anyone can bring their DVD collection into a Walmart store, and copies of each movie will be loaded onto your account on VUDU, the online video service that the retailer acquired two years ago. Standard definition DVDs will be converted into standard definition videos and Blu-rays will be converted into high-definition, for $2 each. You can also "upgrade" a standard DVD into an HD copy for $5.

Microsoft: http://Microsoft.com

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Next we have a site that's been writing about Microsoft - Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Focuses on Critical RDP Patch.

They said:

MicrosoftsMarch 2012 Patch Tuesday might be light on actual bulletinsthere are sixbutsecurity researchers are nonetheless advising companies to fix the "critical"one posthaste

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That criticalbulletin, MS12-020 (Windows) addresses an issue in Remote Desktop Protocol(RDP). While Microsoft insisted in a March 13 posting on the MicrosoftSecurity Response Center blog that we know of no activeexploitation in the wild, it also advised that customers examine and prepareto apply this bulletin as soon as possible. As it stands, the vulnerabilityallows an attacker to achieve remote-code execution; Microsoft is offering aone-click, no-reboot fix-it that enables Network-Level Authentication, aneffective mitigation for this issue.

Lastly it's NCAA's Facebook Fan Committee Picks 97% Accurate March Madness Field from mashable.com, focussing on Facebook. The wrote some good stuff, particularly

A mock NCAA Tournament selection committee comprised of social media-savvy college basketball fans correctly picked 66 of the March Madness field's 68 teams. The "Super 10" committee, made up of fans who submitted short videos to the official March Madness Facebook Page that demonstrated their hoops knowledge and passion, spent last weekend in Atlanta touring Turner Broadcasting's studios, watching the ACC Tournament, and receiving and in-depth primer on how the brackets are built before making their own selections

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The "Super 10" committee, made up of fans who submitted short videos to the official March Madness Facebook Page that demonstrated their hoops knowledge and passion, spent last weekend in Atlanta touring Turner Broadcasting's studios, watching the ACC Tournament, and receiving and in-depth primer on how the brackets are built before making their own selections. They also documented the experience and corresponded with other fans at home using Facebook and Twitter

International Women's Day 2012 The Big G Doodle - plus my selection of links for the day

So, it's time for a look at most significant links of the day. We'll be talking about Google, Netflix and Apple Inc.

Google: also known as The Big G

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First things first, who's been writing about Google? It was searchenginewatch.com with their post entitled International Women's Day 2012 Google Doodle.

What did they point out about Google? They said:

Today's Google Doodlecelebrates International Women's Day, an event for globally recognizing and applauding women's achievements as well as for observing and highlighting gender inequalities and issues

and went on to say

The Doodle replaces their standard search logo with a simple illustration that forms Google's G with the female gender sign. The second o is a yellow flower, while the first o and the e are reminiscent of the bindi, a symbol associated with Indian women.

Netflix: Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:  NFLX) is an American provider of on-demand Internet streaming media in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, United Kingdom and Ireland and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. It started its subscription-based digital distribution service in 1999 and by 2009 it was offering a collection of 100,000 titles on DVD and had surpassed 10 million subscribers. On February 25, 2007, Netflix announced the billionth DVD delivery. In April 2011, Netflix announced 23.6 million subscribers. By 2011, the total digital revenue for Netflix reached .5 billion.

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Next we have a site that's been talking about Netflix - Netflix Prepares to Launch Cable-Hosted Subscription Service.

They said:

Media wars continue

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The on-going quest of cable and internet service providers for control of televised information provided for in-home viewing continues to be a considerable hurdle in cooperative technologies. Netflix now makes its move to partner as a service on cable-hosted access

Last but not least we have App Makes Your Smartphone a Hotel TV Remote Control from mashable.com, focussing on Apple. They had some interesting points to make, particularly

LodgeNet Mobile is a free download available for Android (click here) and iOS (click here) devices

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You're also given an option prompting you to download it when visiting the LodgeNet welcome screen on a hotel room TV set. The app works in any room connected to the service - all you have to do is pair it to each new TV set as you travel around