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Steve Dowling / Apple:
Dr. Eric Schmidt Resigns from Apple's Board of Directors — Apple® today announced that Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, is resigning from Apple's Board of Directors, a position he has held since August 2006. — “Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Launches A Major Offensive Against Microsoft With “Going Google” — Microsoft and Google have seen their rivalry kicked up a notch in recent weeks. First, Google announced Chrome OS, the company's first operating system. Then Microsoft announced the new version of Office with major cloud app support.
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The Official Google Blog:
“Going Google” with Google Apps — Every morning, millions of people wake up to a very refreshing experience at work. They don't see “mailbox is full” errors in their email. They don't worry about backing up their data. They can get to any file they need from any computer, anywhere with Internet access and a browser.
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Dennis Howlett / Irregular Enterprise:
Michael Arrington snared in libel verdict: lessons for us all — The UK's High Court of Justice has ruled that Michael Arrington and Interserve Inc libeled Sam Sethi (see above.) The original plaint claimed that Arrington/Interserve engaged in a: — “...sustained campaign …
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Mike / CrunchNotes:Update On Sam Sethi Litigation: We Decline To Participate
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Murad Ahmed / Times of London:
Apple tries to silence owner of exploding iPod with gagging order — Apple attempted to silence a father and daughter with a gagging order after the child's iPod music player exploded and the family sought a refund from the company. — The Times has learnt that the company would offer …
New York Times:
Out of Search Business, Yahoo Shifts Its Focus — SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Carol A. Bartz, chief executive of Yahoo, has been hobbled. — Three weeks ago, doctors gave her a new left knee, made of titanium and plastic. As a result, she is limping around Yahoo's headquarters here …
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Boy Genius Report:
Verizon drops pricing on almost all existing smartphones to under $99 — Well, hear us out. We've had a flurry of tips sent in today that Verizon Wireless has dropped the prices of almost all existing smartphones they offer to only $99 with a two-year agreement.
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Google reveals plans for Chrome cloud synchronization — Google has revealed plans for a Chrome cloud service that will allow users to synchronize browser data with their Google accounts. The synchronization framework, which is still at an early stage of development, will arrive …
Clearwire News Room:
Clearwire to Officially Launch CLEAR 4G Service in 10 Markets on September 1, 2009 — Super Fast Mobile Internet Service Coming to Boise, Idaho; Bellingham, Wash.; and Eight Texas Markets, Including Abilene, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Killeen/Temple, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Waco and Wichita Falls
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Now on YouTube, Local News — With its ability to collect articles and sell advertisements against them, Google has already become a huge force in the news business — and the scourge of many newspapers. Now its subsidiary YouTube wants to do the same thing to local television.
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Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Amazon offers Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard pre-order — Snow Leopard, the latest update to Apple's Mac OS X operating system, is now available for pre-order from Amazon, in anticipation of its upcoming September release. — As expected, Mac OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard is priced at $29 …
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Amy-Mae Elliott / Pocket-lint.com:Snow Leopard goes to number one on Amazon.com pre-order
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Electronista:
Radio Shack rebadged “The Shack” in mobile push — Radio Shack today teased a major rebranding of the company that signals a greater push into the same space as general electronic chains like Best Buy. Also supported by a leak stemming from Engadget, the store name should just be shortened to …
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Mikko / F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog:
Twitter Now Filtering Malicious URLs — As Twitter has been getting more and more popular, it is increasingly targeted by worms, spam and account hijacking. — We've recommended Twitter to start filtering traffic to fight this. They can easily do it, as all the messages go through them.
Andrew Hampp / AdAge:
Clear Channel to Sell Ads for Pandora — World's Biggest Radio Company Helps One That Wants to Be — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Pandora has ambitions to be “the world's biggest radio station,” as founder Tim Wetergren told Ad Age in July. One step toward that goal is apparently a newly struck ad sales pact with Clear Channel.
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Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile:
My theory on the Apple Tablet: It doesn't exist, will never exist, and it is probably a 10 inch laptop — IntoMobile readers may be curious to know as to why I'm writing about a product that doesn't fit inside your pocket. I'm doing this out of sheer frustration.
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Malicious ATM Catches Hackers — LAS VEGAS — There's no honor among thieves, nor apparently among hackers. — A malicious ATM kiosk was positioned in the conference center of the Riviera Hotel Casino capturing data from an unknown number of hackers attending the DefCon hacker conference …
Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
Netflix Starts Streaming ABC Shows — Netflix and Disney announced today that the online movie rental company will make earlier seasons of hit shows such as Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy available via its “Watch Instantly” streaming service.
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Charisse Jones / USA Today:
JetBlue and United give Twitter a try to sell airline seats fast — Looking for a quick, cheap getaway? A bargain may be just a tweet away. — JetBlue and United airlines are offering their Twitter followers first dibs on some discounted fares, using the uber-trendy form of messaging …
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Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Pirate Bay Spokesman Peter Sunde Resigns — In perhaps not a completely unexpected move, Peter Sunde, the public voice of The Pirate Bay, has announced his retirement as site spokesman. With the sale of The Pirate Bay to Sweden's Global Gaming Factory still promised for the final days of August …
Tim Conneally / BetaNews:
Facebook and Nintendo DSi linkup launches today — Beating Microsoft to the punch, a system update at 5:00 pm EDT this afternoon will turn the Nintendo DSi into the first Facebook-integrated video game system. — At E3 2009 in June, Facebook announced that it would be making …
Claire Cain Miller / Bits:
Quattrone: Many Hurdles to Tech I.P.O.'s Today — Frank Quattrone was the biggest of the big-name investment bankers during the tech industry's heyday, handling the initial public offerings of more than 100 companies, including Netscape Communications, Amazon.com and Cisco Systems.
Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Windows 7, new laptop designs to converge — A rip-up-the-carpet PC refresh of both software and hardware is in the offing as Microsoft's latest operating system and new laptop designs converge later this year. — At the Intel Technology Summit on Wednesday, an executive described …
