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10:40 AM ET, August 20, 2008

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Tony Smith / The Register:
Intel lets slip first dual-core Atom  —  IDF Intel has quietly introduced its first dual-core Atom processor, the 330, and a new motherboard to go with it.  —  The 45nm 330's a low-power part and - as the lack of an ‘N’ prefix shows - it's a desktop chip.  Intel didn't say what clock speed …
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Joanna Stern / LAPTOP Magazine:
Intel Spits Out the Notebook News: Mobile Quad Core, Calpella, WiMax Chips  —  Executive vice president and general manager of Intel Mobility Group Dadi Perlmutter took center stage at Intel's Developer's Forum this afternoon to present the notebook news we have all been waiting for.
Cali / GeekBrief.TV:
Copy and Paste for iPhone  —  Copy and Paste for iPhone from Cali Lewis on Vimeo.  —  Direct Download Links  —  Small |  Medium |  Extra Large  —  Windows Media  —  Nokia N95 (Upload in progress) |  Nokia N800/N810 (Upload in progress)  —  Show Notes
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Libby Purves / Times of London:
Computer games industry threat to downloaders: 'pay up or we'll sue'  —  The computer games industry has launched an unprecedented assault on illegal downloads, demanding payment from thousands of families who obtained the latest releases over the internet without paying.
Laurie J. Flynn / New York Times:
EBay Is Planning to Emphasize Fixed-Price Sales Format Over Its Auction Model  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Acknowledging that most online shoppers cannot be bothered with auctions, eBay plans Wednesday to announce changes to its fee structure that emphasize fixed prices over bidding.
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Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
Steve Jobs vows iPhone app crash fix for September  —  iPhone owners suddenly locked out of their third-party apps by a crash bug on startup will have a solution next month, Apple chief Steve Jobs has revealed.  —  An AppleInsider reader has received one of Steve Jobs' characteristically brief …
Peter Ha / TechCrunch:
Aircell's Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi Service Going Live Today and CrunchGear's Got a Seat  —  Today, Aircell announced that their fleet of Boeing 767-200s will have the Gogo service enabled on flights originating from NYC's JFK to LA, San Francisco and Miami.  CrunchGear will have a seat on a flight to LAX today that leaves JFK at 12 PM EDT.
Discussion: Electronista, CrunchGear and VoIP Watch
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Kyle Peterson / Reuters:
American Air kicks off in-flight Internet service  —  CHICAGO (Reuters) - AMR Corp's American Airlines began offering Internet access on long-haul domestic flights on Wednesday, making American the first U.S. airline to offer full in-flight broadband.  —  The world's largest airline …
Hacking Truths:
GMAIL ACCOUNT HACKING TOOL  —  A tool that automatically steals IDs of non-encrypted sessions and breaks into Google Mail accounts has been presented at the Defcon hackers' conference in Las Vegas.  —  Last week Google introduced a new feature in Gmail that allows users to permanently switch …
Microsoft:
Microsoft and Novell Expand Successful Interoperability Relationship  —  Additional resources, training and investments to address growing customer demand.  —  Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. are announcing an incremental investment in their relationship to meet accelerating customer demand …
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Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch:
What's $100 Million Between Frienemies?
Discussion: The Open Road
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
Palm, Once a Leader, Seeks Path in Smartphone Jungle  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — If anyone knows how best to survive a corporate near-death experience, it is Jon Rubinstein.  —  In 1997 the former Hewlett-Packard engineer was asked by Apple's founder, Steven P. Jobs, to lead …
Joanna Stern / LAPTOP Magazine:
Up Close With Lenovo's IdeaPad S10; One Sweet 10-Incher  —  Just after recovering from seeing the Lenovo IdeaPad S9 on display, I was able to spend some quality time with Lenovo's 10-inch mini-notebook, the IdeaPad S10.  —  Given that this is the system that will be released in the U.S …
David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Hulu Reaches 100 Million Streams, 3.2 Million Uniques; Now, Time To Advertise  —  After only five months since going live, Hulu has reached 105 million streams in July, according to numbers released by Nielsen's VideoCensus.  The NBC Universal-News Corp (NYSE: NWS). joint venture's streaming numbers were fairly strong early on.
Discussion: AppScout and last100
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Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
Hulu Hit 105M Streams in July
Discussion: Digital Daily and The Inquisitr
Dan Goodin / The Register:
HP makes things personal again in Q3  —  In a world of financial doom and gloom, sales of PCs are offering a glimmer of light.  Don't believe us?  Just look at Hewlett-Packard, which on Tuesday reported a third-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations and forecast healthy sales in the current period.
Discussion: Inquirer
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Damon Darlin / Bits:
Four Reasons Our Printers Are Getting Dusty
Discussion: eWeek and Imaging Insider
Stephen Shankland / Webware.com:
AOL revs Web-based AIM to version 7  —  AOL has upgraded its AIM Express software, an online Flash-based application that replicates many of the features of the regular downloadable software.  —  Among the new AIM Express 7.0 features are tabbed conversations, status messages …
Discussion: CenterNetworks and WebProNews
Marshal:
Sex, Drugs and Software Lead Spam Purchase Growth  —  29% of Internet Users have Purchased from Spam, According to New Research from Marshal  —  29 percent of internet users have purchased goods from spam emails, according to new research by Internet security company Marshal.
Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Reliance Sets Aim on Deals For Cellphone Game Makers  —  Fresh off a high-profile push into Hollywood, India's Reliance ADA Group is setting its sights on a smaller screen in the U.S.: mobile phones.  —  Reliance, whose businesses include one of India's biggest wireless operators …
Discussion: MediaFile and contentSutra.com
 
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Anthony / Antbag.com:
Copyright Flaw of British Prime Minister's Website
Discussion: p2pnet and TorrentFreak
Nokia:
Enhanced Calculator for S60
Long Zheng / istartedsomething:
Microsoft hints at “private browsing” feature in IE
Sarahintampa / Channel 10:
Zemanta Plugin for Windows Live Writer
Sierra Modro / GottaBeMobile:
Intel Unveils UrbanMax Concept
Jacqueline Emigh / BetaNews:
Microsoft supports Blu-ray mastering in Windows; is Xbox next?
Kip Kniskern / LiveSide:
Microsoft plans to use Powerset to tailor search
Devin Coldewey / CrunchGear:
Microsoft drops its new Sidewinder gear for real
Discussion: Engadget and Gizmodo
 Earlier Items: 
Adam Pash / Lifehacker:
Gmail Superstars and Quick Links Make a Killer To-Do List
Discussion: Digg
Steve Lohr / Bits:
I.B.M. Ups Its Bet on Business Recovery Services
The Technium:
Why People Pirate Stuff
Business Technology:
Salesforce.com Tries to Buy Its Way into Call Centers
Forbes:
Garbage In...  A late-stage venture funding outfit is foisting …
Merlin Mann / 43 Folders:
What Makes for a Good Blog?  —  My friends at Six Apart recently asked …
Michael Learmonth / Silicon Alley Insider:
Google Takes 60% Of Search Market, While MSN Loses Share
Fred / A VC:
The Human Piece Of The Venture Equation
 

 
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