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David Pogue / New York Times:
The Kindle: Good Before, Better Now — In the high-tech industry, you live for the day when your product name becomes a verb. “I Googled him.” “She's been Photo- shopped.” — Amazon, however, is hoping that its product name, a verb, becomes a noun. “Have you bought the new Kindle?”
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Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Microsoft backtracks on severance issue — This story was updated at 3:45 p.m. PST with an official statement from Microsoft. — Amid a wave of criticism, Microsoft is backtracking on a decision to require laid off workers to pay back money that the software maker said was in excess of its planned severance, CNET News has learned.
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Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Snow Leopard screenshots show interface tweaks — A gallery of screenshots from the latest build of Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system showcases a handful of minor design tweaks that have been reported around the web in recent weeks.
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Alex Brooks / World of Apple:
A Look at Build 10A261 of Snow Leopard [Images + Video] — The latest build (10a261) of Mac OS X “10.6″ Snow Leopard was released towards the start of February, much like many of the previous builds it contained very little user interface changes compared to Mac OS X “10.5″ Leopard.
Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Journalism, or irresponsible rumour-mongering? — TechCrunch, one of the Web's top tech blogs, sparked a firestorm of criticism with a recent story about Last.fm — the popular music-sharing network that CBS acquired last year — by reporting that the service had turned over a pile …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
With Chernin Out At News Corp, What Happens To FIM? — Peter Chernin, the long-time president and COO of News Corp, is leaving the company after protracted negotiations over his contract could not be resolved. Chernin's salary was $28.8 million in the last fiscal year …
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:It's Official: Chernin's Tenure As News Corp. COO Will Expire …
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Connie Loizos / PE Hub Blog:
Who's Advising Tom Friedman? I Have a Guess — A lot of people have been expressing their surprise and disappointment in the recent writings of Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist who has, inarguably, become one of the nation's most influential journalists over the past decade.
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Joe Weisenthal / Silicon Alley Insider:Another Reason Friedman's Wrong: Most Startups Bomb
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Founders at Work:
A Note About Sabeer Bhatia's Interview — I received evidence yesterday that some of the things Sabeer Bhatia said in his interview in Founders at Work were false. The evidence indicates that (a) Tim Draper rather than Jack Smith had the idea of putting a Hotmail ad at the bottom of emails sent …
Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider:
Google Shakes Up Its Philanthropic Division — It looks like Google is getting more disciplined, reorganizing Google.org, its philanthropic arm, to become a more tightly focused organization. — Through the company's official blog, Dr. Larry Brilliant announced that he'd be stepping down as director of Google.org.
Reuters:
Yahoo to offer tools to match users, ads- WSJ — Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) is set to unveil several tools on Tuesday to help marketers better target their online adverts, as the Internet company tries to win back business during a recession, the Wall Street Journal said, citing senior company officials.
Kelly K. Spors / Wall Street Journal:
So, You Want to Be an Entrepreneur — First, answer these questions to see if you have what it takes — Thinking about starting a business? Make sure you're cut out for it first. — In this bleak economy, lots of people are contemplating striking out on their own …
Nick Farrell / www.itexaminer.com:
Apple to allow Verizon connections — When Jobs is away the cats will play — Apple is certain to allow Verizon to join its elite band of Iphone providers, bringing to an end the exclusive and somewhat stupid exclusivity deal in its biggest market. — Deep throats in Apple claim …
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Douglas A. McIntyre / 247 Wall Street:
The Twenty Five Most Valuable Blogs — It is extremely difficult to put accurate financial values on blogs. Almost all of them are private companies. Some do raise VC money and those sums can be used as guidelines if and when they are disclosed. Like many content businesses, the only worthwhile value is what an acquirer will pay.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Do you really think Apple's going to take business advice from a bunch of cheapskates? — I can't be the only one who'd tired of reading about the opinions of cheapskates who feel that Apple, for some bizarre reason, owes them a low-cost Mac OS powered computer. Read my lips: It's not gonna happen!
Stephanie Condon / CNET News:
White House names Internet team — The White House on Monday officially rolled out the names of its new-media team, which includes a former Google product manager. — Macon Phillips was officially named the director of new media, though he wrote his first White House blog post in that capacity the day President Obama took office.
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Hit ‘send,’ then hit the door — ‘SO LONG, SUCKERS!’ Jason Shugars, who left Google for the website Imeem, said, “I didn't want to send out a stale ‘good working with you, please reach me here’ e-mail.” — Farewell e-mails become an art form in this age of pink slips.
Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:
HTC uses Twitter to confirm Touch Pro2 coming to North America — Last time HTC used Twitter to confirm something, it was to let everyone know that the HTC Touch HD wouldn't be coming stateside. This time, they bring good news! — We were already pretty sure that the Touch Pro2 was headed …
Saul Hansell / Bits:
Does Cloud Computing Mean More Risks to Privacy? — Last week, we had a wave of panic roll through Facebook users as many realized that the site had changed its terms of service in a way that implied it might soon broadcast their most embarrassing photographs to parents, teachers, and prospective employers.
Darren Murph / Engadget:
VUDU first on-demand service to sell HD and HDX movies — VUDU made some pretty big waves with its Blu-ray-rivaling HDX downloadable format, and now it's pushing the envelope once again by becoming the first on-demand service to actually sell (as in, for keeps... on your box, anyway) HD and HDX movies.
Kevin Poulsen / Threat Level:
Hidden Cameras in DTV Converters? YouTube Hoax Fans Conspiracy Fears — Ever wonder what the government is really up to paying for all those digital TV converter boxes? Last week a Spokane, Washington man claimed he'd discovered the horrifying truth, and he produced a YouTube video to prove it.
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Advertising Announces Formation of Publisher Leadership Council — Consortium of leading Web publishers will consult on next-generation advertising platform, Microsoft PubCenter. — Microsoft Corp. today announced the creation of the Publisher Leadership Council …
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Analyst: iPhone benefits from carrier rate war — AT&T's rivals have become more aggressive about their pricing, and that — paradoxically — could be good for Apple (AAPL), according to Kaufman Bros.' analyst Shaw Wu. — In a report to clients issued Monday, Wu notes that Sprint's (S) …
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Eliot Van Buskirk / Epicenter:
Major Label Acts Get Hip to Music Apps — Apple's app store is doing for music promotion what the company already did for music sales: making it portable, desirable and easy to access. Forget about ringtones and Rhapsody; these apps let you subscribe to artists.
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Researcher posts homemade patch for critical PDF bug — Beats Adobe to the patch punch by more than two weeks — A security researcher has published a home-brewed patch for a critical Adobe Reader vulnerability that hackers are exploiting in the wild using malicious PDF files, beating Adobe to the punch by more than two weeks.
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Intel Makes Non-Specific Shelf Filing To Raise Capital — Intel (INTC) this morning filed with the SEC for a potential future securities offering. The shelf filing provides no specific information on any immediate plans to raise cash, and covers the potential sale of equity, debt …
Stephanie Condon / CNET News:
Obama picks Leibowitz as FTC chairman — President Obama plans to appoint current Federal Trade Commission member Jon Leibowitz to lead the agency, which partially enforces antitrust laws and has taken a recent interest in online advertising. — An administration official on Monday confirmed …
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Pirate Bay Prosecution Hires Hypocrite Pirate Author for PR — Movie industry lawyer Monique Wadsted thought she'd learned from the Pirate Bay's support gathering mechanism via social networking sites, and decided she had what it takes to pull off a similar stunt.
