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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Want To Try Out Google Chrome OS For Yourself? Here's How. — The public debut of Google Chrome OS today has the press abuzz over the potential of the new web-based operating system. And now that it's open sourced, you have the chance to try it out for yourself.
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Randall C. Kennedy / InfoWorld:
Why Chrome OS will fail — big time — A lack of flexibility will doom Google's latest ego trip to the dustbin of history — The Chrome OS is here — sort of. This week, Google was kind of enough to give the world a sneak peek at its nascent desktop operating system.
Vladislav Savov / Engadget:
Google Chrome OS available as free VMWare download (update: first impressions) — Seriously, how awesome have the past few hours been? Engadget turns the design stakes up to 11, Google finally dishes the dirt on Chrome OS, and now you can even download the forthcoming software to have a fiddle with yourself.
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / Computerworld:Ubuntu's Canonical and Google partner to create Chrome
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John Herrman / Gizmodo:Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
What Twitter's New Geolocation Makes Possible — Twitter turned on its long-awaited Geolocation API today, meaning that users can opt-in to having their messages annotated with their exact locations. The significance of this is made clear by comparing it with last week's release of 500 million …
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Kenji Hall / Business Week:
Sony Unveils Its Answer to Apple's iTunes — The tech giant will launch an online store selling music, movies, books, and other downloadable applications for mobile products — Sony (SNE) is taking a page from Apple's playbook (AAPL). On Nov. 19, Sony said it plans to launch …
Paul Graham:
Apple's Mistake — I don't think Apple realizes how badly the App Store approval process is broken. Or rather, I don't think they realize how much it matters that it's broken. The way Apple runs the App Store has harmed their reputation with programmers more than anything else they've ever done.
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Daniel Brusilovsky / CrunchGear:
Jobs to The Little App Factory: Name change “Not that big of a deal” — The Little App Factory seems to have a big problem on their hands. The company received a letter from Baker & McKenzie, representing Apple, asking that The Little App Factory change the name of one of their most successful applications.
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Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
Droid, iPhone, and Pre: meet the new Techmeme Mobile — Today we're introducing Techmeme Mobile, a new mobile version of Techmeme optimized for popular smartphones. Techmeme Mobile loads much faster on phones thanks to a sparser page format in which tabs and “Discussion” links load on demand.
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Ina Fried / CNET News:
Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes — Windows 7 isn't just getting good reviews, it's also selling well, CEO Steve Ballmer told shareholders Thursday. — Delivering opening remarks at Microsoft's shareholder meeting, Ballmer said that Windows 7 was off to a “fantastic start.”
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Google Mobile Blog:
New Google News for mobile — At Google, we are committed to giving you a consistent user experience across products and devices, and we really value the feedback you've given us about Google News for mobile. Today we're excited to announce a completely new Google News offering for iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre users.
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CBC News:
Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos — A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer's insurance company cut them, she says, because of photos posted on Facebook. — Nathalie Blanchard, 29, has been on leave from her job …
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Rory Cellan-Jones / dot.life:
The Digital Economy Bill - does it add up? — This morning I joined a clutch of damp, sleepy and dishevelled hacks - sorry, bright-eyed and enthusiastic fellow journalists - at a briefing at the Department of Business in Whitehall about the Digital Economy Bill.
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Microsoft denies it built ‘backdoor’ in Windows 7 — Don't worry, company tells users; NSA involved only in security compliance standards — Computerworld - Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced yesterday after a senior National Security Agency …
Aaron Ricadela / Business Week:
Can Adobe Beat Back the Hackers? — As its software becomes a major means of attack, security experts wonder if it can fight hard enough — For years, Adobe Systems (ADBE) has occupied a quiet corner of the personal-computer industry. Photographers and designers use its software to clean up photos and set up Web sites.
Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
Motorola Motus specs magically appear — Who says lightning doesn't strike twice? Right after we received the first picture of the new Motorola Motus, another anonymous tipster sent in the full hardware specs. I'll let you guys add the commentary on this one. — Motorola Motus specs:
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Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Cisco launches iPhone security app — Cisco is offering a free iPhone app that will allow people to get customized alerts on new security threats and other information for safe Web browsing. — The app, which will be available on Friday in the Apple iTunes store, provides information …
Electronista:
Dell slips out Studio 17 with touchscreen — Dell today quietly slipped the Studio 17 Touch into its lineup as its first touchscreen notebook. The 17-inch system adds multi-touch input and carries Dell's own suite of touch apps, such as its photo browser.
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Jonathan Seff / Macworld:
Cloud Engines updates Pogoplug media sharing device — On Friday, Cloud Engines introduced the second generation of its Pogoplug multimedia sharing device. The Pogoplug is designed to plug into your home or small office network and let you access and share content of USB hard drives over the Internet using a standard Web browser.
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