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Introducing Amazon Kindle 2 — Kindle's Revolutionary Wireless Delivery and Massive Selection of Content — Now in a New Slimmer Design With Longer Battery Life, Faster Page Turns, Over 7X More Storage, Crisper Images and New Read-to-Me Feature — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) …
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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Kindle 2 first hands-on! (updated with video and impressions) — The Kindle 2 is here folks — it should look pretty familiar at this point! Feast your eyes on the photos. We're building out with more photos and video, so stay tuned. We played for the unit for the briefest of moments, but it really does feel great in hand.
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Bryan Mawhinney / Google Mobile Blog:
Google Sync Beta for iPhone, WinMo and SyncML Phones — One of the hardest parts about switching phones is getting your address book and calendar to your new device. We're making that process a little easier by releasing a beta version of Google Sync for the iPhone and Windows Mobile phones …
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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Facebook's redesign continues to be a hit with U.S. users — The average U.S. social network user apparently wants to read feeds of photos, links, status updates, videos and comments on Facebook, according to the latest statistics from Compete. The firm's newly-released study of U.S. web traffic …
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Andy Kazeniac / Compete Blog:
Social Networks: Facebook Takes Over Top Spot, Twitter Climbs — With Facebook officially turning five years old recently, combined with the site surging past MySpace in Monthly Unique Visitors, it seems like a good time to take a little deeper look at the social networking giants.
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Source: Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in Android, and Google complied — One of the bigger complaints about T-Mobile's G1, the first phone based on Google's Android platform, is that its touch screen doesn't use multi-touch, the technology which allows for a screen to accept multiple points of contact as simultaneous input.
New York Times:
Google Taking a Step Into Power Metering — SAN FRANCISCO — Google will announce its entry Tuesday into the small but growing business of “smart grid,” digital technologies that seek to both keep the electrical system on an even keel and reduce electrical energy consumption.
PC Pro:
Firefox exec: we don't want to be bundled with Windows — Firefox architect Mike Connor says he doesn't want the browser bundled with Windows, whilst launching a scathing attack on rival Opera's tactics. — Microsoft could be forced to bundle rival browsers with Windows …
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Leah Pearlman / Facebook Blog:
“I like this” — There's a lot of content my friends have shared on Facebook that's pretty awesome. For instance, in the last few days I've seen photos from a friend's wedding, an article about U.S. President Obama's ongoing transition and status updates from a friend traveling in India.
Alana Semuels / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Dalai Lama imposter escorted from Twitter [UPDATED] — The real Dalai Lama, who does not have a Twitter account. (Photo: Christophe Simon / AFP/Getty Images) — Updated 4:43 p.m.: @OHHDL is back on Twitter, but it's now labeled as “the UNOFFICIAL Twitter page of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.”
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Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Apple survey to help shape future of Apple TV — Apple has set up an online survey to find out more about how recent buyers of Apple TV make use of their box and what they do and don't like about it in an effort to improve the system. — The online survey asks for demographic information …
Leena Rao / TechCrunchIT:
IBM And Juniper Networks Hoping To Gain Cloud Computing Market Share — IBM will be unveiling a number of new cloud computing technologies its CIO Leadership Exchange in Shanghai and its Pulse Conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday with networking giant and Cisco-rival Juniper Networks by its side.
Will Leitch / New York Magazine:
How Tweet It Is — Sure, the Twitter guys still have no idea how to make money off their fabulous invention. But for now they are living in a dreamworld of infinite possibilities, maybe the last one on Earth. — In case you don't remember the precise details of what the Silicon Alley dot-com boom …
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Maximys / SEMC Blog:
Say hello to Hikaru — You're right! It's Hikaru. As you know from this image, Hikaru will be awesome Walkman-branded slider phone with metal housing. Hikaru is high-end device and it got high-end features: 2.6? screen, 8-Mp camera, 8 GB memory, Walkman player 4.0, 3.5mm jack …
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Loïc Le Meur / Loic Le Meur Blog:
New Twhirl 0.9 public release is here — We have been working really hard with the feedback from Team Seesmic (nearly 5000 members!) - the team of our core users helping us create the best social software client in the world. I can't thank you more given the hundreds of emails …
Julian Sanchez / Ars Technica:
Georgia mulls ban on covert GPS trackers — Georgia legislators are pushing for a ban on the covert use of GPS tracking devices—but if lojacking people without their consent violates privacy rights, should police remain free to do it without a warrant? — According to a slew …
Mendel Chuang / Social Web Blog:
Introducing Google's new Social Web Blog — Labels: Google Friend Connect, OpenSocial — We think the web is better when it's social. Currently, you have friends locked up in one or more social networks, social applications that work on only a few sites, and multiple usernames and passwords to remember.
Chris Gaither / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Meg Whitman's entrance in California governor's race sets up Silicon Valley showdown — Former EBay Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman, shown here in 2005, announced that she's running for governor of California. (Credit: Ben Margot / Associated Press) — After months of dancing around …
Elizabeth Holmes / Digits:
How a Dentist Visit Became a YouTube Hit — The latest viral video phenomenon is courtesy of a trip to the dentist. — Eight-year-old David DeVore's woozy post-surgery high, including a monstrous scream, has earned him his 15 minutes of fame. The video has been seen more than 6.4 million times …
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Goodrec Launches Its Mobile-Friendly Online Review Site To The Public — Goodrec, a recommendation site that was first introduced at TechCrunch50, has launched its online review hub to the public alongside a new iPhone application. The site differentiates itself from other similar sites …
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Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Forrester to lay off 5 percent of workforce — Forrester Research is cutting its workforce by about 5 percent, or 50 jobs, worldwide, the company said on Monday. — The research firm expects to incur pre-tax expenses of about $2.5 million to $3 million in the first quarter related mostly to severance and benefits-related costs.
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Ashlee Vance / Bits:
Cisco's Cash Hoard Swells Along With Acquisition Rumors — With $30 billion, Cisco Systems likes to point out it has more cash on hand than any other technology company. So why did it just sell $4 billion worth of debt on Monday? — Cisco has been rather upfront about plans to make acquisitions.
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Nat Worden / Wall Street Journal:
Ad Declines in Mass Media Seen as More Than Just Economic — With dire forecasts, multibillion-dollar write-downs and widespread job losses piling up throughout the industry, media companies are watching their life blood — advertising — erode at a rate not seen in a generation.
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Archos to release Android phone / tablet — We're guessing we'll hear more about this at MWC, but TI just let loose a press release crowing about Archos's use of the OMAP3 processor in an upcoming “Internet Media Tablet” that runs on Android and also doubles as a phone.
