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Dieter Bohn / PreCentral.net:
AT&T Vs Pre: Internal Document Smackdown. Oh No You Didn't! — Want more evidence that the Pre release is imminent? How about AT&T sending a document around their internal network for employees to bone-up on some anti-Pre, pro-iPhone talking points ...and then holding some in-store seminars …
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Engadget, Electronista, 9 to 5 Mac, MobileCrunch, tinyComb, TechSpot, The iPhone Blog, Palm WebOS, IntoMobile and I4U News
Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Apple approves ‘Baby Shaker’ for App Store — If you needed any further proof that Apple's App Store approval process is horrifyingly out of whack, consider one of the latest additions to the App Store: Baby Shaker. — A company called Sikalosoft is currently selling a $0.99 iPhone application called Baby Shaker, as of Monday.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Feel Like Shaking A Baby To Death? There's An App For That. — Okay, this is just beyond ridiculous and a bit horrifying. In Apple's App Store right now is Baby Shaker, a new app which, displays a picture of a baby and plays crying sounds. To make it stop, you have to shake your iPhone really hard …
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Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:
Hole, not fail whale, sinks Twitter OAuth support — A security hole in OAuth, the open-source protocol that acts as a “valet key” for users' log-in information, has led services like Twitter and Yahoo to temporarily pull their support, CNET News has learned.
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Arik Hesseldahl / Business Week:
The True Cost of Amazon's New Kindle — The research firm iSuppli tears apart the Kindle 2 to determine how much its components really cost — It has taken the online retailer Amazon less than two years to make its Kindle device more or less synonymous with the electronic book reader,
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iSuppli, Engadget, TechFlash, CNET News, Silicon Alley Insider, Electronista, eWeek, MobileContentToday, The Toybox, Gizmodo, CrunchGear, Hardware 2.0, TeleRead and Gearlog
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Chris DeWolfe Likely To Step Down As CEO, News Corp. Talking To Facebook Veteran Owen Van Natta — MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe is likely to be on his way out of the company he helped found, and News Corp., which bought the social network in 2005, has a single potential successor in mind.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Speculation Time: Who's The Next CEO Of MySpace?
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Core MySpace Executive Team “Definitely Out.” Expect Announcement Soon.
Cleve Nettles / 9 to 5 Mac:
Pro Apps and MacBooks to see update at WWDC — We just got a call in from our favorite Apple source who says that Apple is going to have a minor update at WWDC for MacBooks and MacBook Pros. He said he wasn't sure what the minor upgrade was but there was speculation that there might …
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CrunchGear, O'Grady's PowerPage, I4U News, The Apple Core, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, Gearlog, Softpedia News, Mac Soda and Gizmodo
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Windows 8 starts to come into focus — I get questions periodically about whether Windows 7 marks the end of the Microsoft operating system road. — Some users wonder whether will Microsoft's next version of Windows be completely cloud-based? Will it be Midori with the Windows name slapped on it?
Business Wire:
AT&T's First-Quarter Results Highlighted by Wireless Gains, U-verse TV Growth, Double-Digit Increase in IP Data Revenues — EPS of $0.53 versus $0.57 for the year-earlier first quarter; incremental noncash pension/retiree benefit costs reduced first-quarter 2009 EPS by $0.05, consistent with full-year outlook
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
To Tweet or Not to Tweet — SAN FRANCISCO — Alfred Hitchcock would have loved the Twitter headquarters here. Birds gathering everywhere, painted on the wall in flocks, perched on the coffee table, stitched on pillows and framed on the wall with a thought bubble asking employees to please tidy up after themselves.
Saul Hansell / Bits:
PBS Brings Bugs, Presidents and Soufflés to the Web — Public television may be non-profit and government-sponsored, but it has many of the same problems as commercial broadcasters when it comes to the Web. More and more viewers want to watch “Nova,” “Frontline,” and “Antiques Roadshow” …
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Podcasting News, ReadWriteWeb, Download Squad, CenterNetworks, NewTeeVee, Digits, Lifehacker, Mashable!, CinemaTech, Technology Live and ClickZ
Epicenter:
In Iraq With Web 2.0 Luminaries: Helios, Helmets, Hummus — By Steven Levy, Senior Writer, Wired magazine — BAGHDAD — The sight is so weird that the people waiting for the military flight to Baghdad at the Amman airport just have to ask: Who are you guys?
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Reuters, ReadWriteWeb, Associated Press, Generation Shift, Guardian, Raanan Bar-Cohen and Christian Science Monitor, Thanks:johncabell
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Yahoo analysts play deal or no deal on Microsoft search pact — Yahoo's first quarter earnings conference call was a humdinger—and possibly designed that way. — Everyone knew Yahoo's quarter would be so-so at best (Techmeme). And everyone knew attention would be focused on potentially outsourcing search to Microsoft.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Apple Will Hit A Billion Apps At 1:24:06 AM PST On April 23 (As Of Right Now) — We all know that Apple is closing in on a billion app downloads in the App Store. Currently, the counter on the main Apple.com claims it's about 10 million away from the major number.
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The Apple Core, iLounge, Switched, ithinkdifferrent, Smalltalk Tidbits … and CrunchGear, Thanks:bobcaswell
Jeremy Kirk / PC World:
Nokia: We Don't Know Why Criminals Want Our Old Phones — The mystery why cybercriminals want a discontinued Nokia phone isn't getting any clearer. — Hackers have been offering up to €25,000 (US$32,413) in undergrounds forums for Nokia 1100 phones made in the company's former factory in Bochum, Germany.
Washington Post:
‘Causes’ Social Networking May Be All Talk, No Cash for Nonprofits Seeking Funds — Though Popular, ‘Causes’ Ineffective for Fundraising — It seems foolproof: nonprofits using the power of the Internet to raise money through a clever Facebook application.
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John Timmer / Ars Technica:
Bickering over three-strikes rule stalls EU telecom reform — Over the past 24 hours, the European Parliament and its member states have moved further apart on the key stumbling block that's holding up passage of a massive telecom reform package: the proposed three strikes rule …
Business Wire:
eBay Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 Results — SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY - News) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. The ecommerce company posted first quarter revenue of $2.02 billion, a $171.6 million year …
Bloomberg:
Acer Says It's ‘Likely’ to Have Phone With Android System by End of Year — Acer Inc., the world's third- largest computer vendor, expects to offer a handset equipped with Google Inc.'s Android operating system by the end of the year, becoming the latest supplier to offer alternatives to Microsoft Corp.'s software.
Mats Lewan / CNET News:
Sorting out the Pirate Bay verdict — In the aftermath of the Pirate Bay trial, many Swedish law experts say they consider Friday's high-profile guilty verdict severe but fair. Very few had predicted the verdict before it was handed out. — Complicating the case in many observers' eyes …
Dong Ngo / Crave: The gadget blog:
Seagate's desktop hard drive gets extra green — To celebrate Earth day, Seagate announced Wednesday the availability of its new, extra-low-power desktop hard drive, the Barracuda LP (LP stands for low power). — If Western Digital's new WD RE4-GP desktop hard drive has no spinning rpm specification …
Mark Young / adCenter Blog for Advertisers:
What is Microsoft Advertising? — I've decided that since I supposedly push 21st century solutions for marketers, I should use 21st century technology for regular check-ins from wherever I am in the world. — So here's blog post number one! — Before I get onto the topic of the day …
