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Jeremy Horwitz / iLounge:
iPod nano 5G, Next-Gen iPhone Design Changes Revealed? — You know that we don't run future iPod stories without having a lot of faith in the information. Thus far, our source has a perfect track record for accuracy. Based on the information we've received, this is what the fifth-generation iPod nano …
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Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Apple prepping iPod nano with camera, three new iPhones - report — Apple will introduce a new version of its iPod nano with a wider screen and built-in camera later this year after first introducing three new iPhone models distinguished by their network hardware, according to a new report.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Da! Facebook Takes $200 Million From Russian Investors at $10 Billion Valuation — Facebook is indeed taking money from Russian investor Digital Sky Technologies. As previously reported, the social network is selling $200 million of preferred stock at a $10 billion valuation …
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Katie Hafner / New York Times:
Texting May Be Taking a Toll — They do it late at night when their parents are asleep. They do it in restaurants and while crossing busy streets. They do it in the classroom with their hands behind their back. They do it so much their thumbs hurt. — Spurred by the unlimited texting …
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The Mac Observer:
Psystar Files Bankruptcy, Stalls Apple's Case — Unauthorized Mac clone maker Psystar has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Florida, temporarily slowing down Apple's legal case against it. The filing may be an indication that the company's financial backers have pulled out …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Microsoft's Bing Logo Leaked By Way Of Favicon? — Within the next few days, Microsoft is expected to unveil its latest attempt at trying to be a player in the world of web search. After it has failed to get live.com any traction against Google, it will apparently launch a new engine called …
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Canonical developers aim to make Android apps run on Ubuntu — At the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Barcelona, Canonical has unveiled a prototype Android execution environment that will allow Android applications to run on the Ubuntu Linux distribution. — Android applications running on the Ubuntu Netbook Remix
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Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Microsoft and Intel looking to limit netbook sizes to 10.2-inch for Windows 7 — Microsoft and Intel have reached a consensus to decrease the upper screen-size limit for netbook PCs equipped with Windows 7 from 12.1 inches to 10.2 inches, according to sources at Taiwan-based ODM notebook makers …
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Randall C. Kennedy / InfoWorld:Microsoft and the great netbook price-fixing scam of 2009
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Intel's coming processors to attack high end of server chip market — Intel said today that a new Xeon series server chip debuting in the second half of the year will attack the highest end of the server processor market. That means Intel is targeting IBM as well as another division of Intel that sells the Itanium processors.
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Nokia Ovi Store Launch Is A Complete Disaster — This was supposed to be a glorious day for mobile phone giant Nokia. The Finnish company got out-innovated by Apple a couple of years ago with the introduction and subsequent success of the iPhone and the iTunes App Store …
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
People Networks President Joanna Shields Leaving AOL (With Full Internal Memos) — According to an internal memo obtained by BoomTown, Joanna Shields, who came to AOL via its troubled acquisition of the Bebo social-networking site, will be returning to London to spend more time with her family and to “pursue entrepreneurial interests.”
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
New York Times Hiring ‘Social Media Editor’ To...Do Something — The New York Times is charging face-first into the digital age! They're appointing a “Social Media Editor.” It's Jennifer Preston, former editor of the recently-folded Regional Sections! Could this be the beginning of the end of the Golden Age of NYT Twittery?
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Microsoft: Plotting an acquisition or joint venture? — Microsoft last week registered a limited liability company (LLC) in Delaware stoking speculation that it is planning an acquisition or joint venture. If true Microsoft may be planning a little bit more than a demo of its search engine and a big ad campaign to promote it.
Dianne See Morrison / mocoNews:
Warner's iPhone App Push: Beginning Of The End For Small Developers? — Hollywood studio Warner Brothers Digitial Entertainment is gearing up to become a major distributor of iPhone and iPod Touch apps, with plans to release another 25 apps by the end of the year, Variety reports.
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Yahoo Meme: Hands On With Yahoo's Twitter ‘Clone’ — A few weeks ago, we heard that Yahoo was readying a Portuguese-only Twitter clone under the name Yahoo Meme. Today, we finally got our invitation to try this new service, and while it is indeed an interesting micro-blogging service …
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Microsoft confirms Zune HD coming this fall — Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed its plans to take on the iPod Touch with a new, touch-screen Zune that will be able to surf the Web, play high-definition movies, and tune in to digital radio. — The Zune HD, which will be available in the U.S …
Lance Whitney / CNET News:
Report: Spam now 90 percent of all e-mail — Spam now accounts for 90.4 percent of all e-mail, according to a report released Monday from security vendor Symantec. This means that 1 out of every 1.1 e-mails is junk. The report also notes that spam shot up 5.1 percent just from April to May.
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Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Trips on Its Rapid Growth — Micro-Blogging Site Has 32 Million Users but Hasn't Built Revenue Model or Management Team — Twitter Inc. is confronting a slew of challenges — from hiring, to keeping its service up and running, to finding meaningful revenue …
Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge:
Apple Planning $1 Billion iDataCenter — An aerial view of the Apple data center in Newark, Calif. The company is said to be planning to add a major East Coast data center (Source: Google Maps). — Apple is planning a major East Coast data center to boost the capacity of its online operations …
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zunescene.com:
Zune Upgrade Plan Coming June 2009 — Microsoft is preparing to start a hardware upgrade plan in June according to Zune Scene sources. The upgrade plan is for Zune owners who want more capacity, less capacity, a different color (only red or black will be initially available), or perhaps just a newer Zune.
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Yahoo Image Search: Now With Creative Commons — Yahoo Image Search got a nice update today that allows users to filter search results by Creative Commons (CC) license. — For now, this search only includes CC-licensed images from Flickr, Yahoo's own photo sharing service.
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Clive Thompson / Wired News:
Wired.com Reports: How Game Design Can Revolutionize Everyday Life — Everyone complains about “e-mail overload” — getting so much stupid corporate e-mail that you miss out on important messages. But Byron Reeves has figured out a way to solve the problem. — How? By turning corporate e-mail into a game.
Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Facebook sued by user over virus — Updated at 1:15 p.m. PDT with information from Facebook's terms of service, and at 12:30 p.m. with more details, comment, and background. — A Florida librarian and activist has filed a civil lawsuit against Facebook alleging that the social network failed to adequately protect users from a virus.
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
Twollars: An Innovative Approach to Fundraising on Twitter — Twollars is a really interesting service; both because it has a genius idea behind it, but also because it raises some questions about the economy of micropayments through microblogging in general.
Eric Engleman / TechFlash:
Amazon patents design for what looks like mini-storefront — Is e-commerce giant Amazon.com getting into the brick-and-mortar retail business? The online retailer was granted a patent today for a building design that looks a lot like a mini-store location.
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