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Andrew Pederson / Google:
Stay Connected with Free Airport Wi-Fi from Google this Holiday Season — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that it is working with airports across the country as well as Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, Airport Marketing Income and others to provide free Wi-Fi as a holiday gift now through January 15, 2010.
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Bloomberg:
Motorola Probably Sold 100,000 Droids in Challenge to IPhone — Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — Motorola Inc. probably sold 100,000 Droid phones in their first weekend on the market, a sign that the handset maker is recovering even though it still trails Apple Inc., an analyst said.
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Colin Gibbs / GigaOM:
What the N900 Means to Nokia — Nokia is hoping to recapture some of its lost glory in the smartphone space with the N900, the flagship device that began shipping today. The long-awaited handset runs Nokia's new Maemo 5 operating system and boasts some pretty impressive features …
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Mike / Nokia Conversations:
Nokia N900 begins shipping! — GLOBAL - Today sees the first batch of Nokia N900 handsets boxed up and shipped out on their maiden voyage into wild. The N900 has been the most discussed device we've ever reported on here at Conversations, so many of you are sure to be stoked to discover …
Christine McConville / Boston Herald:
For now, ‘illegal’ Apple billboard dropped — A controversial Apple billboard has come down, leaving many questions and some large whales in its wake. — This weekend, Planet Storage on Traveler Street removed its iPod Touch sign and revealed to drivers on Interstate 93 the ocean-inspired public art.
Allenblue / The LinkedIn Blog:
LinkedIn works with Twitter, and vice versa — Today we're announcing a partnership between LinkedIn and Twitter - and new features that we think are going to make both Twitter and LinkedIn more powerful for you. These new features will be rolling out gradually over the next couple of days.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Layoffs Reported At Adobe — We've heard multiple reports that layoffs are taking place at Adobe today. One source reports that Adobe is laying off 15 percent of its staff, but this is unconfirmed. There are also Tweets about the layoffs on Twitter. Last December, Adobe laid off 600 workers …
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Amazon.com:
“Kindle for PC” Now Available — The Free Application for Reading Kindle Books Available on the PC Today for Readers Around the World — Latest Kindle application brings more than 360,000 Kindle books, including New York Times Bestsellers and New Releases, to the PC
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
AOL: Small Layoff Today, a Voluntary Buyout and, Then...the Big One — Essentially-although AOL is located in New York and not California-it's going to be like tremors before the Big One at the online company today, as about 100 employees are laid off. — Sources said the cuts …
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Jeremy Wagstaff / loose wire blog:
Hundreds of Facebook Groups Hacked — A hacker, or group of hackers, has found a back door into taking over Facebook groups, and is now doing so, claiming it to be a public service. It has taken over up to 300 different Facebook groups so far. — This is an example of one:
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Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
AT&T defends its data network from Verizon ad attacks — As Verizon has stepped up its efforts to portray AT&T's data network as sparse and largely unavailable, AT&T has published information that shows Verizon isn't telling the whole story. — Verizon began advertising its 3G coverage …
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Clearwire Adds 49,000 4G WiMAX Users in Q3 — Apparently it's no longer “premature” to break out mobile WiMAX subscriber numbers — at least now that there is an impressive number to talk about. According to its third-quarter financials press release, WiMAX provider Clearwire signed …
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:Clearwire raises $1.5 billion to continue WiMax buildout
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Intel introduces a digital book reader that reads aloud to the blind — Ben Foss grew up with dyslexia, a learning disability so severe that his mother had to read books to him throughout his school years, all the way through college. Now 36, he is spearheading the launch of a remarkable device …
Bill Ray / The Register:
Apple IDs the next-generation iPhone — Cupertino wakes up to NFC? — Evidence is growing that Apple plans to embed NFC into the next iPhone, but can Steve Jobs sell the technology that no one else seems to want? — For the last few months there have been rumours that Cupertino …
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Chris Dannen / Fast Company:
Blockbuster to Rent Movies on SD Cards, but Why? — Blockbuster is piloting a new movie-rental program that allows customers to load movies onto SD cards and play them back on mobile phones and TVs equipped with SD readers. The rentals cost $1.99. — Perhaps conceived as a one-up response …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL? — Microsoft has pulled an update tool for Windows 7 from the Microsoft Store site after a report indicating that the tool incorporated open-source code in a way that violated the GNU General Public License.
Nellie Andreeva / The Live Feed | THR:
Twitter user ‘S**t My Dad Says’ gets CBS deal — Twitter sensation S**t My Dad Says is headed to television. — CBS has picked up a comedy project based on the Twitter account, which has enlisted more than 707,000 followers since launching in August and has made its creator, Justin Halpern, an Internet star.
Sebastian Rupley / GigaOM:
Apple Shoots Past Nokia As World's Most Profitable Handset Vendor — Apple became the world's most profitable handset vendor in the third quarter of this year, reports Strategy Analytics. “We estimate Apple's operating profit for its iPhone handset division stood at $1.6 billion …
Tom Chivers / Telegraph:
Cough into your mobile phone for instant diagnosis — Your mobile phone may soon be able to diagnose respiratory illnesses in seconds when you cough into it. — Software being developed by American and Australian scientists will hopefully allow patients simply to cough into their phone …
Matt Burns / CrunchGear:
Best Buy to sell a $249 notebook this holiday season — Need a dirt cheap and somewhat underpowered notebook? Best Buy has you covered with a $249 Acer laptop. Netbook, what? — The exact model will be revealed tomorrow, but at least the key specs have been released today …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
We Know Hollywood Is This Dumb. Et Tu, Netflix? — Back in August, we wrote about the Hollywood movie studios conspiring to keep new release DVDs away from services like Netflix and Redbox for as many as 30 days after their release. The idea behind this from Hollywood's perspective is simple …
Business Wire:
Macworld 2010 Taps Kevin Smith as Feature Presenter — Renowned Writer and Director of Clerks and Chasing Amy to Give Q&A for Macworld Attendees — FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Kevin Smith, acclaimed author, actor, producer and writer/director of award-winning films including Clerks …
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
NVIDIA CEO shows off mystery tablet, makes zero statements about mystery tablet — You think maybe the cats at NVIDIA are a little hot to trot on the tablet concept? Not only did Mike Rayfield (the company's general manger of its mobile division) spout off on a “3G capable touchpad” …
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Electronista:
Samsung launches bada open mobile OS — Samsung today entered into the mobile OS arena with bada. The software, whose name is based on the Korean for “ocean,” is designed to be open and will compete directly against rivals like Android or LiMo. It will be based on universal standards …
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Blu-ray discs get Managed Copy; hardware support nonexistent — After four years in the oven, “managed copy” is done—and boy, is it a stinker. — “Managed copy” has been slouching its way toward our living rooms for years now, but the technology that can make backup copies of films …
Dan Goodin / The Register:
Security firm chokes sprawling spam botnet — Mega-D no more — A botnet that was once responsible for an estimated third of the world's spam has been knocked out of commission thanks to researchers from security firm FireEye. — After carefully analyzing the machinations of the massive botnet …
Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:
40% of People “Friend” Brands on Facebook — Digital marketing company Razorfish has just launched its third annual FEED survey of 1,000 “connected consumers.” The survey is focused on online consumer behavior. This year Facebook and Twitter feature prominently.
Shane McGlaun / SlashGear:
Netflix streaming officially hits PS3 today — If you are one of the hoards of PS3 owners that were excited by Netflix announced streaming would be coming to the game console, today is the big day friends. Netflix has announced that its streaming service is now officially live on the PS3.
