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AppleInsider:
Next-gen MacBook, MacBook Pro spotted in matching outfits — Production ready versions of Apple's next-generation MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks have surfaced stateside in matching attire, according to reports. — In its attempt to provide the most accurate picture of Apple's future product plans …
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Owen Thomas / Valleywag:
NEW MACBOOK PRO PHOTO, MAYBE — IT'S FRENCH! Some French blog, now offline, briefly featured a photo of what may be the new aluminum MacBook Pro. It appears to be a laptop. Here's a screenshot of the now-disappeared blog post:
Neil McAllister / Fatal Exception:
SDK shoot-out: Android vs. iPhone — Apple and Google differ along familiar lines with their smartphone development kits — InfoWorld has been all over this week's official launch of Android, the new smartphone platform from Google. With its slick interface and open application platform …
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China Mobile Seeking Cut-Down Version of Apple's iPhone — China Mobile is expected to officially launch the Apple iPhone on its network shortly - but with some of the functionality removed to comply with Chinese regulations. The South China Morning Post, citing a report from the Daiwa Institute …
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Eric Krangel / Silicon Alley Insider:
Muxtape Is Dead. Long Live Muxtape! — Justin Ouellette's music sharing site Muxtape, which he put on ice in August, is staging a comeback. Sort of. — In a post on muxtape.com, Ouellette finally explains why he had to shut down the service: He'd been trying to cut deals with big labels …
Tom Krazit / CNET News:
RIM shares tank on lower profits for new BlackBerrys — For the second straight quarter, soaring earnings weren't enough to satisfy Research In Motion investors worried about the prospects of lower profits to come. — RIM reported its second-quarter results Thursday …
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
MySpace Music: First (Real) Look: For Once, You Can't Blame The Lawyers — I got WebEx'd. I saw a well-practiced demo of the new MySpace Music last night, and fell under the impression that the News Corp (NYSE: NWS) JV with the labels was a simple, straightforward music destination …
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Karl Bode / DSLreports:
ISPs Try To Prevent New ‘Opt In Only’ Privacy Law - AT&T, Verizon Time Warner present voluntary code of conduct..... It appears that ISPs are trying to pre-empt Congressional efforts to create a new law that would make the sale of user browsing data opt-in only.
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Owen Thomas / Valleywag:
Layoffs at ad network Glam Media — A tipster says Glam Media, the women-focused online-ad network, is going through “material layoffs” — 14 out of 200 employees, mostly in sales, Silicon Alley Insider now confirms. The cutbacks, coming just seven months after Glam raised $85 million, mark the popping of the ad-network bubble.
Dan Farber / Outside the Lines:
Microsoft's Mundie outlines the future of computing — CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie on Thursday offered a long-term view of where Microsoft and the world of computing are heading over the next few decades. Speaking at the MIT Emerging Technology Conference …
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Launches Yahoo-Google Facts Site — Google has launched a new informational site designed to tell its story about why there's no need to fear an ad partnership between it and Yahoo. Within the site, you'll lots of information about the deal except for one key fact: when exactly does it start?
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple's iPhone Developer NDA Kills Book For iPhone Developers — Want to learn how to write apps for Apple's (AAPL) red-hot iPhone app platform? Good luck. Thanks to Apple's non-disclosure agreement — which you're required to agree to while installing iPhone developer tools …
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Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
RWW Interviews David Tosh of Elgg, The Open Source Social Networking Platform — When we first introduced you to Elgg two years ago, it was a new social networking platform whose focus was on e-learning. Since that time, the software has been rewritten and it has moved away from being strictly for educational use only.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Y Combinator's SocialBrowse Launches To The Public — SocialBrowse, the link-sharing service that includes elements of web annotation, has launched its service to the public. When I first wrote about SocialBrowse as it entered private beta last June, I described it as a “Twitter for links” …
Arn / MacRumors:
Apple Seeds iPhone Firmware 2.2 Beta 1 — Apple has seeded some iPhone developers with a new beta iPhone firmware for testing. The new version is labeled iPhone OS 2.2 beta 1 and is accompanied by a new beta of the iPhone SDK (build 9M2611). Beyond “compatibility testing”, there are no other differences noted by Apple.
Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source:
Is Chrome a security risk? — My lovely bride of 30 years worked from home yesterday, hoping to save our city some gas. — An e-mail came in from her administrator around mid-day which she decided to share with me. — It told all users to shut down Chrome. — The e-mail called Chrome a security risk.
Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Google to supply Bloomberg TV with ads — Google has found another partner to use its system for supplying television advertising: Bloomberg TV. — The two companies announced the partnership Thursday, touting the ad success measurement abilities that Google has benefited …
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Apple proposes improvements to Safari browsing experience — A pair of new patent filings from Apple include suggestions for improving the browsing experience offered through its Safari Web browser, such as a adaptive media support and a visual history tree that more accurately shows users where they've been and how they got there.
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Los Angeles Times:
Schwarzenegger outlaws text-messaging while driving — Starting in January, California drivers may not send, write or read messages on electronic devices. — SACRAMENTO — California drivers chafing at the ban on holding cellphones can soon forget about texting, too …
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Hitwise: Facebook and MySpace see usage metrics go up and down, kinda — Some new social networking stats are in from respected analytics firm Hitwise, and as with any limited data set, there are all sorts of interesting possibilities one could draw. — For example, Is Facebook's redesign slowing its growth?
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Pirate Bay Wins Court Case, Italian Block Lifted — The Pirate Bay has successfully appealed the decision of an Italian judge who had ordered ISPs to block access to the popular BitTorrent tracker last month. The Court of Bergamo decided that this block was unlawful, and that Italian users should regain access to the site.
Ryan Naraine / Zero Day:
Clickjacking: Researchers raise alert for scary new cross-browser exploit — Researchers are beginning to raise an alarm for what looks like a scary new browser exploit/threat affecting all the major desktop platforms — Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Adobe Flash.
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The Technium:
Where Attention Flows, Money Follows — The new rules for the new economy can be summarized as: — Where ever attention flows, money will follow. — Almost anything else except attention can be manufactured as a commodity. Luxury goods are only luxuries temporarily.
Darryl K. Taft / eWeek:
Adobe Talks Open Source, Innovation and the Future of Flash — Kevin Lynch, CTO of Adobe talks with eWEEK about open-sourcing Flash, the new Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4), mobile technology and more. Lynch also talks of competing with Microsoft Silverlight and Expression and possibly with Google Chrome.
Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!:
Hands on with the Slingbox PRO-HD — Pre-orders for Sling Media's Slingbox PRO-HD ($300) began about two weeks ago and units are now shipping, with a brick & mortar presence expected shortly. — What makes this box unique among Sling's placeshifting lineup is the ability to broadcast …
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