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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era? — Intel and AMD on Thursday said they will settle all legal disputes, including antitrust litigation, for $1.25 billion. AMD CEO Dirk Meyer said the settlement ushers in a “new era” in the chip industry.
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Intel:
AMD and Intel Announce Settlement of All Antitrust and IP Disputes — Intel Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) today announced a comprehensive agreement to end all outstanding legal disputes between the companies, including antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes.
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Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:
How we really designed the look and feel of Windows 7 — An inaccurate quote has been floating around the Internet today about the design origins of Windows 7 and whether its look and feel was “borrowed” from Mac OS X. Unfortunately this came from a Microsoft employee who was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny — “My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple's policies.” - Joe Hewitt — Facebook developer Joe Hewitt, the man behind the immensely popular Facebook application for iPhone, has just tweeted that he's done with the project:
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Dr. Wreck / phoneWreck:
Motorola Droid Teardown Images! — Ladies and Gentlemen, the moment you have all been waiting for has arrived. Dr.Wreck has fully dissasembled his Brand New Motorola Droid from Verizon. — Stay tuned to his Twitter, and RSS feed for all the details as they come out!
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HP Newsroom:
HP to Acquire 3Com for $2.7 Billion — Will create networking industry powerhouse with a proven, edge-to-data center set of solutions and global reach — HP and 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) ("3Com") today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase 3Com …
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Dan Primack / PE Hub Blog:3Com Trades: What Is Wrong With This Picture?
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Staska / Unwired View:
Apple patents improved digital ink recognition techniques for pen-aware tablet — The rumors about he upcoming Apple tablet have been flying around far and wide lately. — Well, actually, the rumors about the upcoming Apple tablet have been flying around for years now.
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Jordan Golson / GigaOM:
Is Infochimps' Aggregated Data a Boon to Researchers or a Privacy Nightmare? — A pair of slices from a massive scrape of Twitter's API could be of great use to programmers and researchers alike — as long as users don't mind. The company behind the mining effort, Infochimps …
Damiano Beltrami / The Local:
His Facebook Status Now? ‘Charges Dropped’ — Where's my pancakes, read Rodney Bradford's Facebook page, in a message typed on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 11:49 a.m., from a computer in his father's apartment in Harlem. — At the time, the sentence, written in indecipherable street slang …
Sal / SCRAWL:
Rumor: Facebook, Gamercard colors in next PS3 FW update [Update: Real] — Update: Looks like these shots were taken directly from the PlayStation website itself. Link here, here and here. It's real. — Original: Facebook integration, the ability to change your gamercard colors …
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Sneak Peek At NYT's Latest Online News Reader Prototype — The New York Times Company is considering the launch of a brand new online news reader that would let people experience the consumption of NYTimes.com content in an entirely new and fairly innovative way.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Wistron: Readius-like ereader with pull-out flexible display launching in 2010 — We've had a soft spot for Polymer Vision in the fetid hollows of that place you call a heart ever since we pressed flesh to its Readius back in February 2008. Unfortunately, we had to let go of any hope …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Full Streams Ahead: Clicker's TV Search Engine Is Now Open To The Public — Clicker, the startup that looks to be a comprehensive video search engine for television content on the web, has launched to the public. The site made its public debut at TechCrunch50, where it generated quite a bit …
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Pui-Wing Tam / Wall Street Journal:
Tech Sector Employment Still in Slump — As Silicon Valley rides a recovery in the technology sector, local companies such as Google Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. have said they will beef up their work forces. But judging by California's employment data, such hiring has yet to happen.
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Dan Stokeley / The Official Google Blog:
Google's movie showtimes, digitally remastered — Did you know you can immediately discover movie times and locations by typing a simple search on Google? For example, search for [where the wild things are] and you'll see times and places to watch the film, or try [glendale 18 los angeles] to see movies playing at your local theater.
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Search Engine Land, Screenwerk, Softpedia News, Googling Google and Technofriends, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Sean Bonner / sbdc:
Some thoughts on Twitters new ReTweet feature — This morning I woke up to find this on my Twitter homepage: — I was immediately psyched. I've been a fan of retweets for a while and one of the main reasons I've continued to use TweetDeck despite it's buggyness is how flawless it handles retweets.
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Tim Conneally / BetaNews:
Universities reject Kindle DX as a textbook replacement — Two universities running Kindle DX pilot programs have rejected the device as a potential textbook replacement, citing a poor feature set and the controversial accessibility issues. Primary among these is the text-to-speech capability.
Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole — Microsoft said on Wednesday it is looking into a report of a vulnerability in Windows 7 and Server 2008 Release 2 that could be used by an attacker to remotely crash the computer. — The company is investigating claims of a …
Dan Nosowitz / Gizmodo:
Windows Mobile Marketplace Adds Non-Mobile App Store — Microsoft added a few nice new features to its Windows Mobile Marketplace today, including enhanced security and a nice-looking store that can be accessed from your computer's browser, much like Xbox Live.
Groklaw NewsPicks:
Microsoft Patents Sudo?!! — Lordy, lordy, lordy. They have no shame. It appears that Microsoft has just patented sudo, a personalized version of it. — Here it is, patent number7617530. Thanks, USPTO, for giving Microsoft, which is already a monopoly, a monopoly on something that's …
Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Google plans Chrome Mac beta for December — Google plans to release a Mac beta of Chrome in early December, judging by some chatter on a mailing list for the browser. — Chrome 4. is available today as a beta version for Windows but only as a rougher developer-preview version on Linux …
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Derek Kessler / PreCentral.net:
Adobe says Flash for webOS coming in first half of 2010 — While we're almost entirely certain that Flash will not be included in webOS 1.3.1 (despite the groundwork currently being laid), there does seem to be a timetable out there. Adobe delivered Flash 10.1 for mobile to manufacturers last month …
Dieter Bohn / PreCentral.net:
Palm Pixi Makes Early Appearance in Walmart Display — Tom, a reader and apparent late-night shopper sent in this photo of the Pixi on display at a Walmart in Tennessee. It looks like Walmart has them listed for $400 retail, but sadly the kind folks at the discount chain didn't have the device fully …
Seth Rosenblatt / CNET News:
Apple updates Safari for security — Apple released a security update for its Safari Web browser today. Available for Windows and Mac, Safari 4.0.4 plugs what sound like moderate to severe security holes. Unlike competitors Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome, Apple doesn't rate the severity of its security fixes.
Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
Apple App Store Takes Tiny Step Toward Transparency — Taking a small step toward openness, Apple recently rolled out a brand new way for iPhone developers to track the status of apps they've submitted to the App Store. — While it may not sound like much, the move gives iPhone developers reason to celebrate.
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Imran Hussain / ithinkdifferent:
Microsoft sends out invites for Office Starter 2010 Beta — While we still wait for the public beta of Office 2010 to release, hopefully at PDC09, Microsoft has sent out invites to Office Live Workspace users to try out the new Office Starter 2010 Beta SKU.
Kevin Ohannessian / Fast Company:
Facebook and Twitter Come to Xbox Live This Tuesday — The next update to the Xbox Live network will be coming Tuesday, November 17 according to Live's General Manager, Marc Whitten (left). The new features are contributing to “turning Xbox and Live into this rich media portal …
