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3:55 PM ET, October 9, 2008

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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Apple “notebook” event is on, October 14th!  —  The rumors were true folks.  Apple is staging an invitation-only Town Hall event in Cupertino next Tuesday, October 14th at 10AM PST.  It's absolutely safe to say they'll be showing off new laptops... and you know we'll be there live!
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Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
Apple announces October 14 notebook event in Cupertino  —  Apple has just sent out invites to a special media event on Apple's campus for October 14.  The invite reads, “The spotlight turns to notebooks,” and has a ray of light shining over the back of an unidentified Apple notebook.
AppleInsider:
Apple makes October 14th MacBook event official
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Sources: latest MacBook Pro photo is the real deal  —  A photo of a mysterious notebook leaked on the Internet Wednesday is indeed one taken of Apple's next-generation MacBook Pro casing, AppleInsider can confirm.  Meanwhile, some additional photos of a similar, but still unauthenticated 13-inch notebook have since surfaced.
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Duncan Riley / The Inquisitr:
EXCLUSIVE: Apple to launch $800 laptop
Amazon Web Services Blog:
Amazon S3 - Busier Than Ever  —  Amazon S3 usage has grown very nicely in the last quarter and now stands at 29 billion objects, up from 22 billion just a quarter ago.  As one of the S3 engineers told me last week, that's over 4 objects for every person now on Earth!  —  Our customers are keeping S3 pretty busy too.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Amazon Cuts Prices on S3
Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge:
Amazon S3 Storing 29 Billion Objects
Discussion: Webware.com
Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
40 laid off at software company as execs arrested  —  SEATTLE (AP) — Two former software executives grossly overstated their company's revenue to attract more than $50 million in private investment, prosecutors said Wednesday, adding that the fraud was uncovered late last month when a worker found …
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Entellium Execs Simply Made Up Revenue
Discussion: PC World
Seattle Times:
Software company Entellium's CEO, financial officer charged with wire fraud
Discussion: Between the Lines and VentureBeat
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Google Turns On Text Ads In Google Maps  —  With Google's stock down $100 in the past two weeks, the company all of a sudden isn't so shy about pulling every advertising lever it can reach.  So far this week, we've seen new click-to-buy buttons on YouTube (YouTubevertorials), AdSense for Flash games …
Discussion: CNET News
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Amit / Digital Inspiration:
Google AdSense Ads in Google Maps
Discussion: Bloggle
Slobodan Simic / Fudzilla:
MSI's new Wind U120 pixellized  —  Exclusive: In all its glory  —  We've managed to get our hands on some pictures of MSI's upcoming Wind U120 netbook, or as some like to call it, the Wind 2.  Still featuring a 10-inch screen, the new U120 will also be less “cute” than the previous generation as it is oriented at business users.
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Digg's Kevin Rose: We've got to be more than a fanboy hub  —  LONDON—Digg founder Kevin Rose had a message for the audience at the Future of Web Apps conference on Thursday: It's time to grow up.  —  “We have to do better,” he said in his talk, called “The Future of News,” …
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Asustek planing touch panel Eee PCs  —  Asustek Computer is planning to launch touch panel Eee PCs in the first quarter of 2009, which the company expects will help drive sales further, according to Samson Hu, general manager of Eee PC business at Asustek.  —  The company has not yet decided details …
GeoEye MediaRoom:
GeoEye Releases First Image Collected by Its New GeoEye-1 Earth-Imaging Satellite  —  World's Highest-Resolution, Color Satellite Image of Kutztown University in Penn.  Showcases GeoEye-1's Exceptional Quality  —  PRNewswire-FirstCall  —  DULLES, Va.  —  GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) …
Discussion: Salon and The Register
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Sling Takes On Apple TV With SlingCatcher Set-Top Box  —  Yet another digital set-top box trying to bridge the gap between your TV and the Internet: Sling Media's new SlingCatcher started selling today for $300, and will compete with similar gadgets from Apple, LG, Roku, and others, and media features on Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PS3.
Crave at CNET UK:
12-year-old finds iPhone flaw while texting girlfriend  —  A 12-year-old boy who uses his iPhone mostly for texting with his girlfriend has discovered what looks like a new vulnerability with the device.  —  The unnamed boy, son of blogger Karl Kraft, turns on the passcode lock …
Discussion: CrunchGear and Valleywag
Scott Ferguson / eWeek:
Micron Technology Shutters NAND Flash Memory Production Plant, Cuts Work Force  —  Micron Technology, one of the world's largest producers of memory chips, is shutting down its NAND flash memory business that it co-owned with Intel.  Micron will also cut 15 percent of its worldwide work force.
Discussion: CNET News and Tech Trader Daily
LG:
LG Launches LG-KC780 Slim 8 Megapixel Portrait Phone  —  LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, announced today the launch of its LG-KC780, a slim 8 megapixel camera phone with special features that make it ideal for shooting portraits.
Netzökonom:
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Our focus is growth, not revenue  —  FAZ: “The web 2.0 architecture is not necessarily a revenue opportunity.  This is not where the money is”, said Eric Schmidt from Google.  Do you agree with him?  —  Mark Zuckerberg: I disagree.  He has a clear incentive for saying what he is saying...
Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:
iSuppli Cuts 2008 Semiconductor Sales Forecast to 3.5%  —  Citing “signs” in September that the semiconductor market “may be feeling the impact of the credit crissi and economic downturn,” industry research firm iSuppli has cut its 2008 semiconductor sales growth forecast from 4% growth to 3.5% …
Discussion: Between the Lines and Voices
David / TmoNews:
“Behold” the Samsung T919  —  We first got wind of this phone back in mid-August and it certainly has a lot of expectation as the first ALL-touch screen phone for T-mobile.  Dubbed the “Behold” we're still waiting on a detailed list of specs, but we know a 5mp camera, Honestly, where do they come up with these names lately?!
Saul Hansell / Bits:
Why Netflix May Be an Online Video Leader  —  I've been thinking a lot about how Netflix — that odd combination of Internet ordering, the post office and DVDs — may actually be one of the companies best positioned to take advantage of online video.  —  Follow me on this …
Discussion: NewTeeVee
eWeek:
Will Google's Android Be The Tipping Point for Smart Phones?  —  ABI Research analyst Kevin Burden says smart phones based on Google's Android operating system for mobile and wireless devices could push smart phones into standardization.  Perhaps, but Apple's iPhone will continue to be a big seller …
Discussion: Electronista
 
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Losing faith in Yahoo (again)
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News:
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John Leyden / The Register:
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