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TG Daily
Analyst's View: Microsoft's Tablet is Coming! Well, Not Really
PC Magazine
Much has been made in the last 24 hours about Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer's vague references to a Microsoft tablet competitor to the iPad. But the truth is that there isn't a story here. Here's a secret: in the world of online media, ...
Windows 7 Tablets: Just Say No, MicrosoftPC World
Ballmer (and Microsoft) still doesn't get the iPadArs Technica
Microsoft should starve on radical penguin dietRegister
InfoWorld -X-bit Labs -MarketWatch
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PC World
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
BusinessWeek
In space, everyone smokes cigars. Space cowboys sit in bars, listen to country music and drink whiskey by the gallon. The Terran space marines in StarCraft are a weathered, dirty bunch. You remove their machine guns and body armor and ...
StarCraft II in Review: Media Love, Player PlauditsPC World
StarCraft 2 is a full game, no matter what whiners sayArs Technica
Starcraft 2: Wings of LibertyComputerandvideogames.com
Digitaltrends.com -RipTen -MacNN
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Financial Times
HTC releases Froyo update for Desire mobile phone
Telegraph.co.uk
Mobile phone company HTC is to release an Android 2.2 update this weekend for its flagship Desire handset. The update named Froyo by Google will bring additional functionality to the Desire including 720p video and an ability to ...
Froyo coming to Evo 4G on Tuesday, Sprint confirmsComputerworld
How Froyo Will Boost BusinessPC World
Verizon: Android 2.2 Coming to Motorola Droid Next WeekPC Magazine
VentureBeat -Wall Street Journal -Reuters
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TopNews New Zealand
New Kindle Spells Doom for Other E-Readers
PC World
If the e-reader price war between Amazon and Barnes & Noble didn't cause panic for other companies, certainly will. When equipped with Wi-Fi connectivity for $139, the third-generation Kindle is the cheapest mainstream e-reader around, and the $189 3G ...
Could Kindle EBook Gifting Become a Reality This Year?PC Magazine
Barnes & Noble Planning Big Push to Increase Nook SalesNew York Times
Barnes & Noble's Nook gets its own boutiquemsnbc.com
UK Today News -Christian Science Monitor -TopNews New Zealand
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BigPond News
YouTube now supports 15 minutes of fame
San Francisco Chronicle
For a lot of YouTube video creators, 10 minutes was just not enough time. So YouTube has increased that maximum video length to 15 minutes. "Without question, the No. 1 requested feature by our creators is to upload videos longer than 10 minutes," ...
YouTube Now Supports 15 Minutes of FamePC World
YouTube ups video time limitRegister
YouTube Increases Video Upload Length to 15 MinutesPC Magazine
CNN -Fortune -VentureBeat
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Ghacks Technology News
Microsoft To Release Emergency Patch For Windows
InformationWeek
The "out of band" emergency update addresses a Windows vulnerability that is being exploited by attackers using a "highly virulent strain" of malware. By Antone Gonsalves Microsoft plans to release on Monday an emergency fix for a Windows vulnerability ...
Sality Responsible for Most Attacks Targeting the LNK VulnerabilitySoftpedia
Microsoft rushes fix for Windows shortcut holeCNET
Microsoft sets emergency Windows patch for MondayComputerworld
Register -SearchSecurity.com -Redmondmag.com
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CBC.ca
Google not sure if China behind service disruption
AFP
WASHINGTON — Google does not know if the Chinese authorities were behind a disruption in the company's services on Thursday, chief executive Eric Schmidt said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Schmidt said that although the Chinese ...
Google says it may have overestimated blockage of services in ChinaSan Jose Mercury News
Google Says Its Web Search Service In China Operating NormallyWall Street Journal
Google overestimated China blockageTelegraph.co.uk
Wired News -Economic Times -ZDNet (blog)
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Reuters UK
RIM answers Apple iPad with...The BlackPad*
Register
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is preparing to launch an iPad competitor in November, and it will be called the BlackPad, according to a report citing two people familiar with the company's plans. Bloomberg reports that the RIM tablet will have ...
RIM set to join the tablet fray this fall with "Blackpad"Ars Technica
BlackBerry 6 Changes App Development TooSoftpedia
What is the RIM Blackpad?Christian Science Monitor
InformationWeek -PC Magazine -The Hindu
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SCRAWL (blog)
Medal of Honor awarded Battlefield 3 multiplayer beta
GameSpot
EA offering Limited Edition purchasers of EALA's next effort guaranteed access to upcoming DICE-developed shooter. Gamers are used to paying a premium for the limited edition of any given title, but EA will be bucking that ...
EA Announces Battlefield 3 in Medal of Honor PromoGamespy.com
Ice-T Says Medal of Honor Beta "Sucks"Escapist Magazine
Medal of Honor Limited Edition packs Battlefield 3 betaDestructoid
Neoseeker -NetworkWorld.com -Gaming Union
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AFP
A PeopleRank powers Twitter's new user suggestions feature
VentureBeat
Twitter is starting to give personalized recommendations for people to follow, as it pushes to increase retention of new users. The company will suggest accounts based on who you currently follow and who those accounts follow, according to a blog post ...
Twitter offers help in finding accounts to followAFP
Twitter Makes It Easier To Find People To FollowpaidContent.org
Like Facebook, Twitter Starts Using Algorithms To Bulk Up Social GraphTechCrunch
Erictric -StarNewsOnline.com (blog) -Search Engine Land (blog)
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Washington Post
Verizon: Android 2.2 Coming to Motorola Droid Next Week
PC Magazine
Anything Sprint can do, Verizon can apparently do - though we're not going to say whether or not they're better. The nation's top carrier told us Friday that it will push out Android 2.2, also known as the "Froyo" operating system, to the company's ...
Motorola Droid Upgrading to Android 2.2 Next WeekSlashGear (blog)
Moto Droid to get Froyo update next weekCNET (blog)
On the Call: Motorola co-CEO on chip suppliesBusinessWeek
Los Angeles Times -eWeek -Apple Insider
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Telegraph.co.uk
Amazon Updates Kindle App With Inline Dictionary, More
PC World
Amazon on Thursday released significant upgrades to its Kindle app for iPhone and iPad. Just days after the company announced the new Kindle 3, Amazon's made the iOS version of its e-reader even more competitive with its ...
The OpenAppMkt Is Here To Break Down Apple's Walled Garden (AAPL)San Francisco Chronicle
Kindle for iOS Brings iPad Search, Dictionary, Fast-SwitchingWired News
Fortune lands on the iPadFortune
CNN -Bloomberg -Wall Street Journal (blog)
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NEWS.com.au
Did we pronounce privacy dead this week?
CNET
PHILADELPHIA--Does privacy exist anymore? Do we even know what it is? A conversation between digital academics Jeff Jarvis and Danah Boyd on Friday morning at the Supernova conference capped off a week in which many peoples' ...
Privacy issues hit Facebook againChristian Science Monitor
Collector of Facebook information Reveals MotiveSeer Press
Facebook data hoarder speaks outBBC News
Telegraph.co.uk -msnbc.com -DailyFinance
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Erictric
FCC gives thumbs-up to first LTE phone, more in offing
Ars Technica
The Federal Communications Commission has finally approved the first 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) phone for sale in the US. Though the first LTE handset will be available through MetroPCS, ...
Samsung scores FCC approval for first LTE phoneNetworkWorld.com
FCC approves Samsung SCH-R900, the first U.S. 4G LTE phoneMobile Burn
FCC approves Samsung LTE phone, likely for MetroPCSFierceWireless
Electronista (blog) -PhoneNews.com -TG Daily
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New York Daily News
X Prize Offers $1.4 Million Oil Cleanup Prize
PC Magazine
The X Prize Foundation is no doubt best know for its initiatives aimed at furthering the pursuit of private space exploration. Back in 2007, the organization joined with Google to "kickstart Moon 2.0," offering $30 million to the team that offered a ...
The Conversation: X Prize Takes on Oil SpillABC News
X Prize Foundation Announces Oil Cleanup ChallengeRedOrbit
X Prize for oil spill solutionsBBC News
TG Daily -AFP -The Tech Herald
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Tech Pinger (blog)
French carrier warns against upgrades to iOS 4
MacNN
A French cellphone carrier, SFR, is now officially advising people against upgrading an iPhone 3G to iOS 4. The firmware "significantly slows" menu navigation on a 3G, the carrier says, adding that the upgrade is "irreversible. ...
French operator pooh-poohs iOS4Register
Apple's iOS4 Issues Take Center StagePC World
Apple Checking Into iOS 4/iPhone 3G ComplaintsInternetNews.com
Newsinferno.com -Ars Technica -Gadgets DNA
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Globe and Mail
Black Hat: Android wallpaper apps could be stealing data
Inquirer
By Inquirer staff POPULAR WALLPAPER PROGRAMS are capable of harvesting large amounts of users' personal data, according to a mobile security research team. The researchers at Lookout found that several Android wallpaper applications were capable of ...
Google Android apps 'collecting personal data'Telegraph.co.uk
Android free wallpaper application harvests user data for a Chinese websiteInternational Business Times
Android Wallpaper Apps Gathering Personal DataITProPortal
PC World -Register -PC Magazine
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Channel 4 News
Global warming 'undeniable,' world report says
Montreal Gazette
The study suggests continued warming will transform how societies currently function, as coastal cities, water supplies, agriculture and infrastructure will all be threatened. The past decade was the warmest ...
Global Warming "Undeniable," US Government Report SaysNational Geographic
NOAA: Last decade was warmest, global warming "undeniable"USA Today
Scientists: New Study Affirms Climate Change Is 'Undeniable'-APWall Street Journal
Telegraph.co.uk (blog) -Chicago Tribune -The Guardian
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ecopolitology (blog)
EPA rejects Va. AG's greenhouse gases challenge
BusinessWeek
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's challenge to the federal government's conclusion that greenhouse gases are dangerous to people has failed on the regulatory front but remains alive in court. The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday ...
EPA reaffirms position on global warmingRoanoke Times
EPA rejects challenges to climate reportUPI.com
EPA rejects challenge to 'credible, compelling' climate scienceLos Angeles Times (blog)
Bloomberg -Cape Fear Business News -Hindustan Times
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CNET
Former NSA Director Calls for Clear Understanding of Cyber-war
eWeek
At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, former NSA Director Michael Hayden examines the concept of cyber-war and the role attendees need to play. As a former National Security Agency director, retired Gen. Michael Hayden has seen firsthand ...
US should seek world cooperation on cyber conflict, says ex-CIA directorComputerworld
US military cyberwar: What's off-limits?CNET
US flank exposed on cyber war front: HaydenAFP
Financial Times -InternetNews.com -Register
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