Coffee Briefing, Oct. 19, 2021 – All the recent tech news; a podcast roundup; and more

The Samsung HMX-U10 is directly positioned to challenge the Pure Digital Flip UltraHD

Plus, price cuts on some of Intel’s processors and Cisco’s market share forecast

Microsoft making compelling case it could be the virtualization vendor of choice for consolidation of Windows and Linux applications: Gartner

Price cuts come ahead of Intel’s launch of quad-core Lynnfield chips later this year

On Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary, Google unveils panoramic pics, video & stories

Former Nortel president Dion Joannou says MatlinPatterson’s bid for Nortel assets will be better for customers and employees than Nokia Siemens Networks’ $650 million offer

Following these steps can help the process along

Clustered file system software will help HP converge server, storage offerings

AMD ups the ante in its battle with Intel by putting Neo chips in all-in-one PCs and nettops

But what happens if you lose the card?

Plus, how a merger would affect both companies and where Google fits in