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Jessica E. Vascellaro / Digits:
Android Will Live On, Get ‘Sweeter’ and More Social — After Google announced it was working on an operating system based on its Chrome Web browser this week, many wondered: Didn't Google already build an operating system? And isn't it called Android? — Yoichiro Akiyama/Flickr — Andy Rubin
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Schneier on Security:
Making an Operating System Virus Free — Commenting on Google's claim that Chrome was designed to be virus-free, I said: … What I was referring to, although I couldn't think of his name at the time, was Fred Cohen's 1986 Ph.D. thesis where he proved that it was impossible to create a virus-checking program that was perfect.
Arnold Kim / Normalkid:
Followup on the State of iPhone Gaming: The $0.99 Economy — A couple of months ago, I wrote about how the state of iPhone gaming was changing with an influx in bigger studios with smaller and smaller pricing margins. — Things have gotten even more competitive since with Gameloft …
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Jared Newman / PC World:
iPhone App Store 1 Year Later: Apple's Highs and Lows — Apple may enjoy smugly tooting its own horn, but it is particularly puffed-up today while celebrating a year of the iPhone and iPod Touch App Store. — “Light a candle and cue the music,” Apple says on a special iTunes page for the occasion.
Scott Gu / ScottGu's Blog:
Silverlight 3 Released — Today we officially shipped the final release of Silverlight 3. — Silverlight 3 Features — Silverlight 3 is a major update and delivers a ton of new features and capabilities. Some of the new Silverlight 3 runtime capabilities include: — HD Media
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Everything You Need To Know About Microsoft's Silverlight 3 — Microsoft's “Flash-killer,” Silverlight released the third version of its rich media application platform, Silverlight 3, on the web yesterday. This morning, Microsoft is holding the official launch of Silverlight 3 …
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eWeek, ITworld.com, The Register, NewTeeVee, Ars Technica, Macworld, Maximum PC all and Online Video Watch
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Can Michael Arrington Raise Enough Money To Make The CrunchPad? — It looks like TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington really is going to give the gadget business a shot with CrunchPad, his tablet PC startup. — And he's getting help. — We've heard — but haven't been able to confirm …
Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Why Google Is Stealing Apple's Ideas — Short answer: because they're good. Long answer: because Google has none of its own. — BURLINGAME, Calif. — Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. That's because, in Apple's case, they already have.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Seesmic's Browser Client Is Like Gmail For Twitter — Seesmic, the Twitter and Facebook desktop client developed by Loic Le Meur, is launching its much talked about browser-based Twitter client today at TechCrunch's Real-Time Stream CrunchUp. We first heard about the plans for the browser client …
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Steven Kotler / Fox News:
Wireless Cybercriminals Target Clueless Vacationers — The newest trend in Internet fraud is “vacation hacking,” a sinister sort of tourist trap. — Cybercriminals are targeting travelers by creating phony Wi-Fi hot spots in airports, in hotels, and even aboard airliners.
Dan Primack / PE Hub Blog:
Pandora Tunes Into $35 Million — Online radio network Pandora has raised $35 million in new VC funding, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal. — No word yet on who's leading the round, or which existing shareholders re-upped. Pandora had previously raised around $29 million …
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Rory Cellan-Jones / dot.life:
The Web at 20 — At the BBC this afternoon, we've had an event to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the creation of the world wide web and to mark the launch of a major BBC2 documentary series on the web's history and future. The idea is that the series, which will be broadcast next year …
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Inside Gazelle, Microsoft Research's “browser OS” — A research team led by Microsoft's Helen Wang recently published a report about an experimental browser prototype called “Gazelle” that uses processes to isolate page content elements originating from different domains.
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John Biggs / CrunchGear:
Interview: Greg Grunberg and August Trometer, founders of Yowza, action heroes — Greg Grunberg and his partners August Trometer and Rick Yaeger have a successful iPhone App called Yowza - it's basically a location-aware coupon app that gives you great deals at major merchants …
Douglas Rushkoff / Fast Company:
How the Tech Boom Terminated California's Economy — However comforting it might be to blame Southern California's movie industry for unleashing Governor Terminator on the state's economy, the real seeds of the current crisis were sewn further north, in the seemingly prosperous corporate parks of Silicon Valley.
