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Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
TWPLY - From Alleged Spammer to Sold on Sitepoint in Less Than 24 Hours — Earlier today, ultra Twitter master Robert Scoble called Twply a spammer. Twply basically takes any “@” reply messages on Twitter and sends them to your email. It's hard for me to call Twply a spammer …
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Fred Oliveira / Helloform:
On Twply and giving out your Twitter password (updated) — It's 2009 and people are still, well, naive. Just read a post by Robert Scoble about how Twply - apparently a service that sends replies you get at Twitter to your email - is using usernames and passwords for its users …
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
If you love Windows XP, you'll hate Windows 7 — My colleague Jason Perlow has been playing with Windows 7, and he hates it. The sad thing is, all the things he hates are improvements, in my opinion, which just goes to show that you really can't please everyone.
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
First Silly iPhone App of the Year is Actually Amazingly Cool — I have almost no apps in my iPhone, despite John's excellent roundups and Adam's iPhone games recommendations. I only have the most useful ones for NYC. iSteam looks like one to install and keep. Updated
Jonathan Skillings / CNET News:
Unlocking the iPhone 3G - or maybe not — Gadget blogs on New Year's Day were aflutter with word that an application called Yellowsn0w was available for those who want to unlock the iPhone 3G. — CrunchGear, for one, posted a graphically enhanced, QuickPwn-focused spin on jailbreaking …
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John Biggs / CrunchGear:
How to unlock your 3G iPhone — YellowSn0w is out and it's ready to rock. Here's how to become SIM-independent. — NB: Install the latest 2.2 firmware before beginning this process. — 1. First, download quickpwn and jailbreak your phone. — Pick your device. We want the iP3G, obviously.
Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
Apple files for patent on winter-friendly iPhone gloves — Addressing the complaints of nearly every iPhone owner in a northern climate, Apple has filed for a patent that would cover a means of using a multi-touch device with gloves. — The US Patent Office application notes …
VentureBeat:
Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010 — The image above shows a netbook Asus EEEPC 1000H running on Google's mobile operating system Android. Huh? You thought Android was for mobile phones, right? Well, as we've written before, Google is planning to use Android for any device — not just the mobile phones.
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Seth Weintraub / Computerworld Blogs:
Rumor: Apple's iMovie to receive significant (Cloud) update at Macworld — I've heard from reliable sources that Apple will offer a significant update to iMovie at next week's Macworld. It will largely focus on Internet video in the Cloud for the YouTube generation.
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Company Offers Lifetime Anonymous BitTorrent For $50.00 — During the last year there has been a surge in businesses offering VPN (Virtual Private Network) services to those who prefer to operate with a degree of anonymity on the Internet. A VPN service assigns your PC with a different IP address …
Brad Stone / Bits:
8020 Media to Shut Down — In a fresh sign of the economic turmoil hitting publishing and the Internet, the company behind reader-supported photography journal JPG, 8020 Media, is shutting down. — The company, which described itself as a “revolutionary new hybrid media company,” …
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Chris Castle / The Register:
Is Google's culture grab unstoppable? — Monopoly Money from Digital Books — Google dealt itself a powerful piece of the future in the proposed settlement of the “Google Books” case his year. — The plaintiffs, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers …
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