1. Surface what? Microsoft's move into hardware has actually been a huge success for years.
2. It's easy to count huge numbers of orders when what you're counting are, well, not actually orders per se.
3. We might be seeing the start of a trend of Indian firms doing software development in Australia (though it's unlikely).
4. Samung owes Apple millions, or Apple owes Samsung millions, or something. We can't keep up.
5. Some people are keen on Microsoft's Nokia purchase; others really, really are not.
6. When Bernanke blessed Bitcoin, it brought about a boom in buying.
7. Coming up with a budget for a first year of trading is 'finger in the air stuff'.
8. Shoppers weren't the only ones being worked into a frenzy last week.
9. Ouch! It'll be interesting if Technology One ever decides to enlist integrators rather than selling direct.
10. There's an outpouring of channel love from one famously direct vendor.