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Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report:
Fido's 2009 roadmap leaked; $99 4GB iPhone 3G? — Okay, so one of our Fido ninjas hit us up with some exclusive snaps of what is reportedly the entire roadmap for the rest of 2009. We're very far away from being able to confirm this information — it actually made us pop about 50 antacid tablets …
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The iPhone Blog, SlipperyBrick.com, Unwired View, The Apple Core, MacRumors, 9 to 5 Mac and Ubergizmo
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
New iPhones approved in capacities from 4GB up to 32GB? — 4GB to 32GB — that's one hell of a range, but we're hearing from a trusted source that new iPhones in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB capacities just garnered approval by the PCS Type Review Certification Board, the standards body responsible …
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New Twitter Research: Men Follow Men and Nobody Tweets — Twitter has attracted tremendous attention from the media and celebrities, but there is much uncertainty about Twitter's purpose. Is Twitter a communications service for friends and groups, a means of expressing yourself freely, or simply a marketing tool?
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Guardian, broadstuff, Tom Foremski: IMHO, Infothought, Silicon Valley Watcher and David Strom's Web Informant, Thanks:atul
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Microsoft announces “Project Natal” motion controller for Xbox 360! — Yes, it's real. Now you'll be able to change a tire... virtually. At E3 today, Microsoft finally took the wraps off the that rumored motion controller we'd been hearing about. Apparently the small, black device …
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Microsoft:
Xbox Unveils Entertainment Experiences That Put Everyone Center Stage — Microsoft rewrites the rules on fun with controller-free entertainment, Facebook for your TV, plus instant on 1080p HD streaming video. — The future of home entertainment has a new name: Xbox 360.
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Apple:
About the security content of iTunes 8.2 — This document describes the security content of iTunes 8.2. — For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available.
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Macworld, Softpedia News, BetaNews, TidBITS, Neowin.net, InformationWeek, SC Magazine US and CNET News
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Kelvin Soh / Reuters:
Acer to sell Android netbook PCs in Q3 — * First company to launch netbooks using Google's Android — * Move could threaten Microsoft's market dominance — * No prices yet, but analysts say Windows XP costs about $25 (Adds details, quotes) — Acer Inc (2353.TW), the world's No. 3 PC brand …
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Anil Sabharwal / Docs Blog:
The file formats keep on coming! Announcing .xlsx and .docx support — I still remember the first time I was introduced to Google Docs by a friend. I had one of those “aha” moments. Here was a product where I could easily share documents with people all over the world …
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CloudAve, VentureBeat, WebProNews, Google Operating System, CNET News, Download Squad and jkOnTheRun, Thanks:atul
Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
How excited is Google about the ad blocker for Chrome? — With one quick download, Google's browser will soon enable users to do something that the company can't be happy about — block online ads. — Google Chrome, the company's recent entry into the Web browser market …
Tim Mullaney / Bloomberg:
Venture Capital Firms Creating ‘Hybrid’ IPOs to Help Startups Sell Shares — A company backed by a half-dozen venture capital firms and about 200 institutional investors is trying to make it easier for startups to stage initial public offerings, a bid to spur a recovery after the market collapsed.
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Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Why China Isn't “The Next Silicon Valley” — Since I got home from China last week, I've found myself in a lot of conversations where phrases like “the next Silicon Valley,” or “just like Silicon Valley used to be,” keep coming up. But while China is swimming in capital and littered with start-ups …
Thanks:atul
TrustedReviews Mobile Phones:
Exclusive: Sony Ericsson Dropping Memory Stick Micro — Now here's a hugely welcome turn up for the books... While meeting Sony Ericsson to discuss something I can't tell you about (sorry, NDA until Thursday) I managed to dig up possibly even more interesting news: the company …
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CrunchGear, Gizmodo, T3.com News, InformationWeek, Electronista, SlipperyBrick.com, PhoneNews.com, Engadget Mobile, Ubergizmo and MobileContentToday
Sam Diaz / Between the Lines:
Intel announces new chips, excited about notebooks, WiMax — Intel offered a sneak peek Monday afternoon at some news it plans to announce today at the Computex show in Taiwan. The company said it will introduce three new Intel Core 2 Duo processors, a new ultra low voltage Pentium processor and a new mobile chipset.
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Ubergizmo, Macworld, PC Magazine, Business Wire, CNET News, Softpedia News, VentureBeat, eWeek, The Register, Reuters and dailywireless.org
Nokia:
Nokia N97 mobile computer to begin selling worldwide in June — Espoo, Finland - The highly anticipated Nokia N97, Nokia's flagship mobile computer, will begin selling in June in more than 75 countries. Along with a tilting 3.5" touch display, QWERTY keyboard and a fully customizable home screen …
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Bloomberg, Pocket-lint.com, SlashGear, MobileCrunch, I4U News, Unwired View, Nokia Conversations, All About Symbian, Engadget and Engadget Mobile
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Google Local Lures Small Businesses With Their Own Web Dashboard — Google wants more small businesses to claim their listing profiles on Google Local (which is basically listings that pop up in Google Maps and local search results). To entice them, starting tomorrow it will give local businesses …
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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
China shuts down Twitter and Bing in lead up to Tiananmen anniversary — It's widely known that China runs a pretty tight ship - to put it mildly - on what its citizens get to see online, especially that content which exists outside of China. YouTube has been blocked for some time and although Wikipedia …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Want Your Service Integrated With TweetDeck? It'll Cost You A Cool $50,000 — One of Twitter's greatest assets has always been its developer community. But with the countless link, image, and video sharing services available (many of which are very similar to each other), most new services are lost to obscurity.
Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC:
BT accused of iPlayer throttling — Britain's biggest broadband supplier has been accused of limiting download speeds on its cheapest package without giving users a clear warning. — BT Broadband cuts the speed users can watch video services like the BBC iPlayer and YouTube at peak times.
Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:
AP: tech coming to stop “wholesale theft” on 'Net — It looks like the Associated Press is getting pretty close to deploying that ‘anti-misappropriation’ technology the news agency has been talking about. Ars got an AP editor to give us some details. — Ever since the Associated Press warned …
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
E-Books Are Hot, So Why Did E-Ink Sell for So Little? — Prime View International, a Taiwanese company that makes an e-readers display part, said today it would purchase E-Ink, a company that provides the digital ink technology in the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader, for $215 million.
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eWeek, Between the Lines, Boston Globe, Reuters, Epicenter, iTnews Australia, PE Hub Blog and Business Wire
Wagner James Au / GigaOM:
Will O3D Get Google Back Into Virtual Worlds? — When Google launched its O3D browser plug-in for displaying rich 3D graphics last month, I was dubious that the virtual world industry would eagerly embrace it as a platform for future MMOs. Most of the larger casual virtual worlds …
Jason Wilk / tinyComb:
Spotted: First In Line for The Pre — Damn, I'm impressed. One of our readers just sent over some photos showing what is now being confirmed as the first person in line for the Palm Pre (and no, it's not Greg Packer). The linesitter, who did not provide a name, said …
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Gizmodo, Softpedia News, mocoNews, Palm WebOS, DSLreports, Palm Goon, WebOS Arena, PreCentral.net and all things Pre
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: A Verizon Deal Could Double iPhone Sales — Apple (AAPL) has a big decision to make: whether or not to extend its exclusive relationship with AT&T (T) for U.S. distribution of the iPhone. (The current deal reportedly expires sometime in 2010.) Verizon (VZ) would certainly …
Emma Barnett / Telegraph:
BBC and Google in talks to launch international iPlayer site — Internet users may soon be able to watch full-length BBC television shows on a global version of its iPlayer catch-up TV service. — Sources close to the negotiations say that Mark Thompson, the BBC director general …
