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Fawn Johnson / Dow Jones Newswires:
FCC Looking Into AT&T Rejection Of Google Voice App — WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Federal Communications Commission has launched an inquiry to AT&T Inc. (T) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) over the rejection of Google Inc.'s (GOOG) voice application for the popular iPhone.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
FCC Takes On Apple And AT&T Over Google Voice Rejection — My, how the tables have changed. Earlier this week, we learned that Apple had suddenly begun to pull third party iPhone applications for Google Voice, citing the unconvincing rationale that they “duplicated” some of the iPhone's functionality.
Apple Support:
About the security content of iPhone OS 3.0.1 — This document describes the security content of iPhone OS 3.0.1. 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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Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:
Windows Anytime Upgrade and Family Pack Pricing — Most people buy a PC preinstalled with the edition of Windows that meets their unique needs. However, for some customers their needs may change over time. — Windows Anytime Upgrade — With Windows Anytime Upgrade (or WAU) …
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
Microsoft sticker shock: Anytime Upgrade, Family Pack details — With its upcoming launch of Windows 7, Microsoft is trying to walk a fine line on pricing. Maintaining a high average selling price for Windows is crucial to the company's bottom line, but in a deep recession, PC buyers are more concerned with their own bottom line.
Ben Sheffner / Ars Technica:
Oy Tenenbaum! RIAA wins $675,000, or $22,500 per song — After a brief deliberation, a federal jury has awarded the record labels $XXX in damages, finding that PhD student Joel Tenenbaum willfully infringed on 30 copyrights. Next up: an appeal on the constitutionality of the statutory damages awarded.
Anil Dash:
Apple: Secrecy Does Not Scale — Apple is justifiably revered in the worlds of technology and culture for creating one of the most powerful brands in the world based on the combination of some key elements: Great user experience and design, and an extraordinary secrecy punctuated by surprising reveals.
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Riactant / The General Theory of RIAtivity:
Apple is Making the Case for iPhone Web Apps — Apple's Behavior Has Made the Case Why iPhone Developers Should Focus on Web Apps — Although the outrage over Apple's capricious treatment of iPhone developers isn't new, with the news of Apple killing off the Google Voice app it has finally acquired …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
I Quit The iPhone — I have loved the iPhone, but now I am quitting the iPhone. — This is not an easy decision. — I was there in January 2007 when it was announced and I bought the first iPhone as soon as it was available. I happily bought the iPhone 3G a year later.
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Tom Krazit / CNET News:
A Google Wave reality check — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Lars Rasmussen sighed, half an hour into a demonstration of Google Wave, the company's audacious attempt to reinvent Internet communication: we'd found another bug. — Rasmussen had patiently worked around other minor bugs during …
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Ina Fried / CNET News:
Microsoft: No browserless Windows 7 after all — It looks like there won't be a browserless version of Windows 7, after all. — Microsoft said late Friday that it won't ship the Windows 7 “E” version of Windows even though Europe has yet to sign off on its revised plan.
Tameka Kee / paidContent:
Bit.ly Wants To Make Money With A News Service; But Will Anyone Pay For It? — URL-shortener bit.ly has quickly become the platform of choice for people who want to share content on Twitter—with its links generating an average of over a billion clicks each month.
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Skype Founders Claim eBay No Longer Has A Right To Skype's Core Tech — As you know, eBay bought Skype for a ton of money a few years back, without having any real plan for what to do with it. There were no synergies between the two, and about the best that can be said for eBay's ownership …
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Clint Boulton / eWeek:Skype-Joltid Dispute Presents an Opportunity for Google Voice
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The Official Google Blog:
Search Options now on Google Images — A few months ago when we announced the Search Options panel, we promised that you would soon see similar functionality across our other search properties. Today we are rolling out Search Options for Google Images. — This new feature offers quick access …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Why The CrunchPad Is Toast — Michael Arrington's CrunchPad — a touchscreen tablet running a Web browser — is reportedly real, and should arrive by Thanksgiving for about $400. — But if Apple (AAPL) is really coming out with a tablet, too — a big iPod touch that sells for around $600-700 — the CrunchPad is probably doomed.
David Sarno / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Highlights from the ‘1984’ lawsuit against Amazon — “Kindling.” Credit: oskay / Flickr — Justin Gawronski and Antoine J. Bruguier are suing Amazon for having deleted their copies of George Orwell books from their Kindle readers, sans permission. The potential class-action lawsuit …
E.B. Boyd / BayNewser:
Google Engineering Director Spells Out Vision for the Future of Digital Books — Google's vision of how it intends to sell and manage our digital books in the future is pretty simple and totally sci-fi. — Google Books engineering director Dan Clancy (above right) spelled out the vision …
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Should Wedding Party In Viral YouTube Video Get A Cut Of Music Sale Profits? — Yesterday, we had the story of the incredibly popular viral wedding video, talking about how the music in that video, despite being over a year old and being sung by someone with massive reputation problems …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
The Online Ad Recession Continues. Is This What A Reset Looks Like? — The recession in online advertising, which began in the first quarter of 2009, continued into the second. Every quarter we keep track of the combined advertising revenues of the four largest Web advertising companies …
Thanks:mrinaldesai
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Steve Ballmer calls Apple's Mac growth a “rounding error” — Speaking to a group of market analysts this week, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer repeatedly mentioned Apple, including a suggestion that a growing rate of Mac adoption is statistically insignificant.
Tim Stevens / Engadget:
Acer's Aspire Predator gaming rig gets even faster, stays just as orange — Just a few weeks too late for a Transformers 2 tie-in, Acer has announced a new revision of its Aspire G desktop, a.k.a. Predator. It shares the same case with the earlier edition that hit the US of A late last year …
Phone Arena:
First live photo of the Motorola Shules Android smartphone for Verizon — Published on: Today by PhoneArena Team — Keep in mind that the information in this article is not official. — Can't wait to see a new image of the Android-powered Motorola Shules (or Sholes)?
Dan Nystedt / PC World:
Android, Windows Mobile Phone Sales Slower Than HTC Expected — Taiwanese smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC) lowered its 2009 revenue forecast due to slower than expected sales of new smartphones that use Google's Android mobile operating system and Microsoft's Windows Mobile.
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Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Intel to suspend Atom Z sales to netbook makers, say sources — Intel has reportedly informed customers that it will accept no more orders for its Atom Z processors from netbook makers soon, as it is getting close to completely digesting its inventory, according to industry sources.
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
China Unicom's iPhone gets regulatory approval, pictured — Still having doubts that an iPhone will ever come to China via legitimate means? Have a gander at this. According to the listing after the break, which was discovered on China's State Radio Regulatory Commission (SRRC …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple Not Building An ‘iTunes For e-Books’ — Earlier this week, we wondered if Apple (AAPL) was planning to open its own e-book store — an “iTunes for e-books” — for its forthcoming tablet device and the iPhone and iPod touch. The answer is no, according to a source connected to the e-book business.
