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Arn / MacRumors:
Leaked Photos of Next Generation iPhone? — Images claiming to depict the back cover of an upcoming iPhone have started circulating on the internet. iPodObserver first posted a version of the above photo that allegedly depicts an unreleased 16GB iPhone with the model number A1303.
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iPod Observer:
New 16GB iPhone 3G May Be On the Way — Apple may be preparing to roll out an updated version of its 16GB iPhone 3G. An image showing a new case back seems to back up rumors that an iPhone update is on the way thanks to its model number, A1303, which previously hasn't appeared on any iPhone model.
Thai Tran / YouTube Blog:
YouTube Goes Offline — We are always looking for ways to make it easier for you to find, watch, and share videos. Many of you have told us that you wanted to take your favorite videos offline. So we've started working with a few partners who want their videos shared universally and even enjoyed away from an Internet connection.
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blogs.ft.com, Bits, Epicenter, Podcasting News, Insanely Great Mac, GMSV, Download Squad, NewTeeVee, Webware.com, Between the Lines, Contentinople, Technologizer and YouTube Help, Thanks:amanfirdaus
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Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:Download and Buy Videos from YouTube
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TechCrunch, Guardian, Electronista, Blogspotting, VentureBeat, Macworld, Obsessable, Search Engine Watch and WebProNews, Thanks:labnol
Microsoft:
Microsoft Appoints David Porter as Corporate Vice President of Retail Stores — Twenty-seven-year retail veteran will focus on transforming the PC and device-buying experience for retail consumers and developing and rolling out new Microsoft-branded stores.
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Microsoft Watch, Reuters, Between the Lines, Ars Technica, Microsoft Pri0, eWeek, TechFlash, Obsessable, CrunchGear, Jobwire and Neowin.net
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail stores — Microsoft is planning to launch a number of new Microsoft-branded retail stores, according to a company press release issued late in the day on February 12. — The press release announced the appointment of David Porter …
Pew Internet:
Twitter and status updating — In the past three years, developments in social networking and internet applications have begun providing internet users with more opportunities for sharing short updates about themselves, their lives, and their whereabouts online.
Latest Adrian's Rojak Pot Updates:
The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program Rev. 2.1 — The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program — Microsoft issued a draft of the Windows 7 Technical Guarantee Program to their OEM partners on December 10, giving them exactly one month to provide their feedback before Microsoft finalizes the program details.
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Google Webmaster Central Blog:
Specify your canonical — Carpe diem on any duplicate content worries: we now support a format that allows you to publicly specify your preferred version of a URL. If your site has identical or vastly similar content that's accessible through multiple URLs, this format provides …
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Susan Wojcicki / Traditional Media:
Google Exits Radio but Will Explore Online Streaming Audio — Labels: Announcements, Google Audio Ads — At Google we've never shied away from high-risk, high-reward projects. We believe that making big bets is not only in the best interests of our users and partners, but also important for our long term success.
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TechCrunch, L.A. Times Tech Blog, WebProNews, Tech Beat, MediaMemo, The Register, Webware.com, Search Engine Land, Blogation, Between the Lines, Screenwerk, eWeek, Gawker and NewTeeVee
Arn / MacRumors:
Snow Leopard Adds Minor Often Requested Tweaks: Put Back, Stack Folder Navigation — With the absence of major new user interface features in Snow Leopard, we're left discussing some rather minor (though frequently requested) tweaks found in the latest developer builds of Mac OS X 10.6.
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Android Vulnerability So Dangerous, Owners Warned Not to Use Phone's Web Browser: Updated — Over the weekend at the Schmoocon hacker conference in Washington D.C., security researcher Charlie Miller presented a new vulnerability in Google's mobile OS Android which allows hackers to remotely …
Apple:
About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 — This document describes Security Update 2009-001, which can be downloaded and installed via Software Update preferences, or from Apple Downloads. — For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss …
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9 to 5 Mac, AppleInsider, Computerworld, Brian Mastenbrook, The Register, Zero Day, TidBITS and MacRumors
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Wall Street Journal:
More Tech Start-Ups Call It Quits — As Funding Dries Up, Fledgling Silicon Valley Firms Are Shutting Down; Fears of Chill on Innovation — The deepening recession is speeding up the shakeout in Silicon Valley, forcing droves of start-ups to shut down or sell themselves at fire-sale prices.
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Independent Street, Dealscape, TechFlash, BoomTown, Blogads for opinion makers and GigaOM
John Leyden / The Register:
MS puts up $250K bounty for Conficker author — Zombie masterminds wanted undead or alive — Microsoft is offering a $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the virus writers behind the infamous Conficker (Downadup) worm.
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Arbor Networks Security, PR Newswire, Forbes, Zero Day, Hardware 2.0, InfoWorld, eWeek and TechFlash
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:Microsoft, Symantec, VeriSign join forces to fight Downadup worm
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Gary Allen / ifoAppleStore:
Apple Plans Major Store Space Reorganization — On the heels of an iPhone/iPod display table make-over, Apple plans to entirely reorganize and refocus space within the stores to emphasize customer education, and software over hardware. The change would be the third major interior design for the stores …
Amy-Mae Elliott / Pocket-lint.co.uk:
Samsung unveils Blue Earth solar powered phone … Samsung Electronics has unveiled a solar-powered full touchscreen phone called “Blue Earth”. — No eco launch is complete without earthy PR speak, so the Blue Eartch is apparently designed to “symbolise a flat and well rounded shiny pebble”.
Zach Spear / AppleInsider:
MacBook owners frustrated by new audio jacks — A few owners of Apple's new unibody notebooks are experiencing backwards compatibility issues with the units' redesigned audio jacks, which offer a snug connection for the company's latest headphones with integrated microphones at the expense …
Opera Press Room:
Opera unveils turbo-charged browsing at Mobile World Congress 2009 — Just when you thought browsing couldn't get any faster, Opera unveils its latest innovation for better browsing, Opera Turbo. This all-new, turbo-charged way to surf will make its exclusive appearance at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 16-19, 2009.
Wall Street Journal:
GE, Tech Win Big in Stimulus Bill — WASHINGTON — High technology and diversified conglomerates that helped shape the contours of the stimulus plan emerged as big winners in the draft bill scheduled for a vote Friday. — General Electric Co., whose CEO Jeff Immelt serves as a White House adviser …
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Charter To File Chapter 11; Stock To Be Worthless — Charter Communications (CHTR) will file for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code by April 1 as part of a debt restructuring plan, the cable company announced. Under terms of the deal, current Charter common shares will be worthless.
Dylan Casey / The Official Google Blog:
Happy trails with My Tracks for Android-powered phones — Today I'm pleased to announce the new My Tracks application for Android-powered phones such as the T-Mobile G1. My Tracks records tracks of outdoor activities using the phone's built-in GPS. It shows these tracks on a map …
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Webware.com, Gizmodo, Obsessable, AppScout, GPS Obsessed, VentureBeat, Google Mobile Blog, Search Engine Land and InformationWeek, Thanks:atul
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Looks Like Facebook Just Took The Top Spot Among Social Media Sites — This past December we reported on how Facebook was coming up on Blogger to steal its top spot among social media sites when measured by total unique visitors worldwide. — Now, it appears as though Facebook has finally done it.
Chris Wilson / Slate:
The evolutionary roots of Facebook's “25 Things” craze. — Last week, I enlisted Slate readers to help divine how Facebook's “25 Random Things About Me” trend got started. More than 3,000 of you responded, answering queries on when you first saw a “25 Things” note, when you were first tagged …
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Doomed: why Wikipedia will fail — A cyberlaw professor argues that Wikipedia is doomed. The online encyclopedia will need to choose between being “high quality” and “open,” but both choices are fraught with risk. — Law professor Eric Goldman loves Wikipedia, but he's also convinced …
Tim Mullaney / Bloomberg:
Redpoint Tells Startups to Cut Staff Up to 10% Amid Lack of IPOs, Mergers — Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) — Redpoint Ventures, the venture- capital firm that backed MySpace Inc., is tightening funding and telling its startups to cut their staffs by as much as 10 percent to cope with a drought of mergers and initial public offerings.
GSMArena.com:
Two touchscreen Nokia phones leaked by Nokia, look promising — Two new hot-looking Nokia touchscreen phones saw daylight for the first time today. Both unannounced devices make a brief appearance in a video featuring the Nokia N97 designer. Judging by their looks they are both part …
Jared Newman / Technologizer:
Midway Files for Bankruptcy — This is no surprise, seeing as the company was looking at $150 million in debt last December with just 50 days to pay it, but today Midway Games filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. — Chairman, President and CEO Matt Booty called the filing “a difficult but necessary decision …
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Former EMI Boss: Fight Against Illicit P2P is “Useless” — While working for a big company, which in themselves are very often parts of an even bigger concern with global interests, it is taken as read that you toe the corporate line. Those that dare to have an opinion of their own can find themselves in sticky situations.
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Chris Soghoian / CNET News:
Obama's BlackBerry brings personal safety risks — When the mainstream media first announced Barack Obama's ‘victory’ in keeping his BlackBerry, the focus was on the security of the device, and keeping the U.S. president's e-mail communications private from spies and hackers.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the past? — What's the best way to nurture small ideas so they become big innovations? At Microsoft, one of the preferred channels has been the ThinkWeek process, instigated by Microsoft Founder and Chairman Bill Gates. — “ThinkWeek” referred …
