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Sydney Morning Herald:
Apple shops tablet around Australia — Apple is preparing to release a groundbreaking tablet computer in Australia and around the world early next year and has been in discussions with media companies about including their content on the device. — The tablet is tipped to be a larger version of the iPhone.
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PC World, Brainstorm Tech, The Next Web, CrunchGear, AppleInsider, CNET News, I4U News, The Register, TheAppleBlog, The Tech Report and IntoMobile
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Phil Schiller: No More Apple Products This Year [Update: Apple Called] — People are mumbling about incoming this and that “coming soon” from Apple. Normally, we don't have a clue about what really goes one at Cupertino. Sometimes, however, we hit gold, lurking in the dark. Others, we get The Word.
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Ars Technica, The Loop, TheAppleBlog, EverythingiCafe, I4U News, 9 to 5 Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors and The Mac Observer
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
What Does the New York Times Really Know About Apple's Tablet? “I Ain't Sayin',” Says Editor Bill Keller. — Leave it to the Apple-obsessed to go nuts over a three-word phrase in a week-old video of a two-week-old event. But that's what they did yesterday.
Android Developers Blog:
Announcing Android 2.0 support in the SDK! — I am excited to announce that the Android SDK now supports Android 2.0 (also known as Eclair). — Android 2.0 brings new developer APIs for sync, Bluetooth, and a few other areas. Using the new sync, account manager and contacts APIs …
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developer.android.com, PC World, Computerworld, MobileTechWorld, The Mark Bao Journal, VentureBeat, GigaOM, Mashable!, Android Central, Network World, Engadget Mobile, Android and Me, IntoMobile, Webmonkey, eWeek, Android Phone Fans, Redmond Pie, AndroidGuys, SlashGear, BetaNews, Google Android News …, Digital Trends, Ed Burnette's Dev Connection, Erictric, dailywireless.org, Ubergizmo, jkOnTheRun, Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog, Boy Genius Report, PhoneNews.com, internetnews.com, Download Squad, The Unlockr, Pocket-lint.com, InformationWeek, TechSpot, ChannelWeb and Maximum PC, Thanks:atul
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Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Android 2.0 Official: It's the Android We've Been Waiting For — This is it: The official video laying out Android 2.0's new features, to go along with 2.0 support hitting the SDK today. Man, Android 2.0 is nice. — Highlights of Android 2. revealed in the video are a new contacts setup …
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last100, MobileCrunch, AppScout, Gadgetell, infoSync World, ReadWriteWeb, App Advice and Electronista
InvestorPlace.com:
Apple Soars Behind iPhone 3GS Momentum — By Paul Carton, Director of Research, ChangeWave Research — These are heady times for the smart phone market, with consumer buying plans near record levels. Moreover, electronics spending in general shows signs of a pick up.
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Technologizer, InfoWorld, MacRumors, Digital Daily, Roughly Drafted, 9 to 5 Mac, EverythingPre, BlackBerry Cool, MacDailyNews, Brainstorm Tech, Electronista and iLounge
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Boy Genius Report:
Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris launching November 6th on Verizon — One of our connects hit us up and informed us that the much-awaited Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris will be launching on the same day of November 6th. We previously heard from another source that Droid Eris would launch on the 6th …
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David Sarno / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Los Angeles adopts Google e-mail system for 30,000 city employees — The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to outsource its e-mail system to Google Inc., making it the largest city in the nation to make the move and handing the Web search giant a major victory in its quest …
Kim-Mai Cutler / VentureBeat:
Facebook, Stanford ask — can social networking promote world peace? — Facebook and a Stanford University lab specializing in persuasive technology have launched http://peace.facebook.com, an experiment in social networking data with a warm, fuzzy premise: Can online friendships translate …
Zee / Appetite:
It's Official. Google Wave to Get Its Own App Store (with potentially more than just apps) — My fellow writer James Glick attended the Google Wave GTUG (Google Technology User Group) meeting in London yesterday and came away with a few interesting nuggets of information regarding the future of Google Wave.
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Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Fast Company, Erictric, Maximum PC, Mobilewhack.com, WebProNews, Download Squad, Mashable! and Electronista, Thanks:mgcreed
John P. Falcone / Crave: The gadget blog:
Roku introduces two new set-tops, teases additional content channels coming next month — Roku is prepping its set-top box line for the holiday season by adding two new models and new content “channels” due within the coming weeks. — The step-up Roku HD XR Player ($130) adds faster 802.11n.
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Ars Technica, NewTeeVee, Engadget, Computerworld, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Gearlog, TECH.BLORGE.com, BetaNews, Technologizer, Contentinople, The Mobile Gadgeteer, The Business Of Online Video, Zatz Not Funny!, OhGizmo! and Beet.TV, Thanks:beet_tv
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Twitter investor: 'We didn't need the money' — LOS ANGELES—Twitter didn't rake in $100 million because it was about to run out of money, investor and board member Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital said in a panel at the 140 Conference on Tuesday morning. — There was still money left over …
Rick Broida / The Download Blog:
Beloved boardgame Settlers of Catan comes to iPhone — Catan brings the complete Settlers of Catan boardgame experience to the iPhone. — If you've never heard of Settlers of Catan, you owe it to yourself to read the Wired story, Monopoly Killer: Perfect German board game redefines genre.
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The Loop
Liang Chen / business.globaltimes.cn:
Google accused of ‘malicious revenge’ — Google, the search-engine giant, is in the spotlight again after blocking the book channel of the People's Daily website, allegedly for having carried stories about Google's recent copyright conflict with Chinese writers.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo To Launch Real Time Search, Too — Not wanting to be left completely behind, Yahoo will soon launch their own real time search engine too. But unlike Microsoft and Google, they won't be partnering with Twitter and Facebook directly for the data (perhaps memories of their ill-fated blog search engine from 2005 linger).
Pierre Lebeau / Google Voice Blog:
Google Voice with your existing number — Google Voice is all about enabling choice: which phone you pick up your calls on, where to review your voicemail messages, how to send and reply to text messages, etc. So when it comes to your phone number, it was logical for us to also offer a choice of which number to use with Google Voice.
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PC World, Boy Genius Report, The Official Google Blog, Macworld, jkOnTheRun, Search Engine Land, PreCentral.net, WebProNews, Inc.com, I4U News, BusinessWeek, internetnews.com, WMExperts, Telecompetitor, BerryReview.com, Understanding Google …, Google Watch, Search Engine Watch, CNET News, Lifehacker and ChannelWeb, Thanks:atul
Richard / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
‘Hall of Shame’ Calls Out Bogus Internet Censorship — San Francisco - Websites like YouTube have ushered in a new era of creativity and free speech on the Internet, but not everyone is celebrating. Some of the web's most interesting content has been yanked from popular websites …
Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:
Diller eyes deal making with possible Ask.com sale — * Q3 rev down 9 pct due to weaker ad sales — * Shares up 1 percent. — * Open to consolidation in search business (Adds analyst comments, CEO comments, new first sentence) — Barry Diller may be about to hang a ‘for sale’ on Ask.com …
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Search Engine Land, CNET News, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Alley Insider, The Next Web and paidContent
The Official Google Blog:
Similar Images graduates from Google Labs — Today, we're happy to announce that Similar Images is graduating from Google Labs and becoming a permanent feature in Google Images. You can try it out by clicking on “Find similar images” below the most popular images in our search results.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster — The Galleon Group insider trading scandal continues to net some big technology fish. And the Wall Street Journal is reporting that former AMD CEO Hector Ruiz leaked confidential information to Galleon. — The Securities and Exchange Commission nailed Galleon for insider trading.
Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
VMWare Fusion 3.0 - shipping today — With Windows 7 out the breech and Snow Leopard already purring on many Macs, news that VMWare Fusion 3.0 ships today, October 27, is well-timed. — You may have missed the brilliant weekend deal which enabled you to pick up a copy …
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Staci D. Kramer / mocoNews:
10-K Watch: Apple's iPod Net Sales Dropped 12 Percent In 2009; iTunes Up — Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is still selling millions of iPods but making less from them, according to the 10-K filed with the SEC late this afternoon: net sales dropped $1.1 billion—12 percent—to $8.091 billion in fiscal 2009 …
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Gawker Scammed By Malware Crew Pretending To Be Suzuki — Gawker Media just got scammed by a malware company pretending to be Suzuki. — The “ads” crashed readers' browsers, and, in some cases, installed spyware. — Gawker—no babes in the woods on this issue—have been kind enough …
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BBC, Threat Level, Gizmodo, Graham Cluley's blog, Zero Day, The Register and The Blog Herald
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Android Phones Get a Social Address Book — Originally revealed at this spring's DEMO 09 conference, the Asurion Mobile address book stood out as one of the more memorable mobile products. Still called simply “AddressBook,” this social media-infused contacts application is designed exclusively for Android handsets.
Amy Schatz / Wall Street Journal:
FCC Considers Shifting Some TV Airwaves to Broadband — WASHINGTON—Federal regulators are considering taking back some airwaves from television broadcasters and auctioning them off to wireless companies to increase the availability of wireless broadband services.
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David Carnoy / Crave: The gadget blog:
Apple set to raise curtain on fourth Manhattan store — While it was confirmed several months ago that Apple would be opening a fourth Manhattan retail store on the Upper West Side, the company appears to be just days away from taking the wraps off the somewhat secretive project.
