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Richard Whitt / Google Public Policy Blog:
Our complete letter to the FCC regarding Google Voice for iPhone — Back in July, the FCC sent letters to Apple, AT&T, and Google asking about the rejection of the Google Voice for iPhone app. — When we submitted our letter on August 21, we asked the FCC to redact certain portions …
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Nick Saint / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple Says It Again: We Did Not Reject Google Voice iPhone App — Apple (AAPL) disputes Google's (GOOG) claim that Apple rejected the Google Voice iPhone app. — An Apple rep writes: — “We do not agree with all of the statements made by Google in their FCC letter.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Releases A Nuke. Apple Won't Win This Fight. — Well, something clearly broke down behind the scenes in the ongoing Apple/Google negotiations over Google Voice on the iPhone, because Google released one of two nukes it has been holding back. In a letter to the FCC today …
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Amy Schatz / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. as Traffic Cop in ‘Net Neutrality’ Fight — FCC Proposal on Bandwith a Boon for Consumers and Silicon Valley, Blow to Telecoms — The U.S. government plans to propose broad new rules Monday that would force Internet providers to treat all Web traffic equally, seeking …
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:FCC's Net Neutrality Push to Boldly Go Where Congress Has Failed Thrice Before
Juan Carlos Perez / Computerworld:
DOJ: Court should reject Google book search settlement — IDG News Service - The U.S. Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed against Google over the search company's book search program.
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Government Urges Changes to Google Books Deal — SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest challenge to Google's plan to establish the world's largest digital library and bookstore, the Justice Department said late Friday that a proposed legal settlement between Google and groups representing book authors …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
New Lawsuit Brings Clarity To Skype's IP Problem (Prognosis: Screwed) — When a group of investors pooled their resources a few weeks ago to put a bid in to buy Skype from eBay, I thought there was a good chance that Skype's legal woes were behind them. Apparently, I was wrong …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:The Plot Thickens: Skype Founders And Joost Sue Former Chairman And CEO Mike Volpi
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John Cook / TechFlash:
Cougar sighting at Microsoft? — Microsoft is already trying to fend off Snow Leopards. Now, it has cougars to deal with too. For the second day in a row, there's been an unconfirmed cougar sighting on Microsoft's Redmond campus near building 32. — A note to staffers gives some tips on what to do if they encounter a cougar.
Luis Corrons / PandaLabs:
Your Facebook account is worth $100 — Yesterday I came across (thanks Sean-Paul!) the following site, which really attracted my attention: — As you can see, it is an online service which promises to hack any Facebook account just for 100 bucks (!). My first thought about this was …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Closing In On Launch, Twitter Tweaks Its Retweet API And Shares A Picture — In the Twitter API Announcement Google Group today, developer Marcel Molina posted a couple interesting updates about the upcoming Retweet API. — First, the launch of the new API is “close at hand.”
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Mint.com Founder Happy To Sell To Intuit, VC Conspiracy Wrong — Why did 28-year-old Mint.com founder Aaron Patzer sell his company to Intuit for $170 million after two years in business? Why didn't he wait until the company's valuation was much bigger? — Because he got to sell his company …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Perfect App To Start Your Weekend Off With A Drink - Or Several Drinks. Fast. — I love the fact that Power Music Hour, a new app for the iPhone, never once mentions drinking in its App Store page description. But anyone who has been to college in the past decade will know exactly what this app is for: A drinking game.
VentureBeat:
Facebook: Twitter is “in the rear-view mirror” — Twitter may still be the media darling of the day, getting all kinds of attention amid its huge user growth earlier this year. But Facebook, once considered Twitter's most fierce competitor because it also wants to let users post bite-sized updates online …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Introduces App Store Resource Center for iPhone Developers — In an e-mail sent today to registered iPhone developers, Apple announced the introduction of the App Store Resource Center (iPhone developer membership required), a new site within the iPhone Dev Center dedicated …
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AT&T's Femtocell Coming Soon — AT&T (NYSE: T - News), the second largest U.S. wireless carrier by subscriber base, is set to unveil nation's first 3G femtocell product. The device (called “3G Microcell) is expected to reach select U.S. markets including Atlanta, San Antonio, Seattle and North Carolina in the next week.
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Zach Epstein / Boy Genius Report:
AT&T to launch the Tilt 2 on October 6th; coincidence? — Oh no, we're not done just yet ladies and gents. We already know October 6th is going to be a glorious day and now it looks like AT&T subscribers will be able to join in on the fun. Have you been feeling left out …
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Dan Rayburn / The Business Of Online Video:
Hulu Already Working On The Technical Requirements For Subscription Service — On Tuesday, News Corps. chairman Rupert Murdoch and NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker, speaking at a Goldman Sachs conference, indicated that one day, Hulu may indeed have a subscription based service.
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Andrew LaVallee / Digits:
Dorsey Talks About His New Venture, and Why Twitter Wasn't Called ‘Twitch’ — Jack Dorsey, the creator of Twitter, said Friday that his next venture would be based on themes similar to the microblogging service's and may focus on health care and financial services.
Security Research & Defense:
Update on the SMB vulnerability situation — We'd like to give everyone an update on the situation surrounding the new Microsoft Server Message Block Version 2 (SMBv2) vulnerability affecting Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. — Easy way to disable SMBv2
Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:
TechCrunch50 conference founders reunite for 2010, blame it all on the puppets — The popular TechCrunch50 conference has gone from off to back on again for next year. — On Tuesday night, high-rolling Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis told several attendees, plus a reporter on Twitter …
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Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Mint's iPhone App: Now With Budgets, Push Notifications, and an Extra Layer of Security — Mint, the popular personal finance site that was just acquired by Intuit, just released a major update to its iPhone application (iTunes link). While Mint's iPhone app was always quite good …
