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Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Google quietly rolls out Dictionary [Updated] — What does “googling” mean? Google can tell you. — The search giant has quietly rolled out Google Dictionary, which presents definitions and synonyms. Exactly what you'd expect from a dictionary. — In addition to Google's own database …
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Patrick Hoge / bizjournals:
CrunchPad partner plans media event — The man whom TechCrunch blog network founder and editor Michael Arrington blamed for killing his CrunchPad hardware project has scheduled a video call with reporters and industry analysts for Monday, according to a Silicon Valley public relations firm.
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John Leyden / The Register:
Spyware threat haunts squeaky-clean iPhones — Research finds rogue app privacy risks to regulation models — Apple's line that iPhone users who toe the line and resist any temptation to jailbreak, unlock or otherwise desecrate their smartphone are protected from threats has been called into question by new research.
Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
Geez, Google Wants to Take Over DNS, Too — Google now wants to be your browser's phone book, launching a DNS service Thursday in hopes that users will let the ad and search giant take over yet another part of their net experience. — Browsers ask Domain Name System (DNS) …
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David Ulevitch / OpenDNS Blog:Some thoughts on Google DNS
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Leland / Twitter Blog:
Takeout dogfood — Hi all, this is @leland, user experience lead on the @twittermobile team. I wanted to share a little bit of what we've been working on and thinking about. — It's probably no secret that Twitter has an active developer community, using our APIs to create fantastically innovative apps.
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iSuppli:
Acer Takes No.-2 PC Rank in Q3; Market Returns to Annual Growth — Marking a major milestone in the history of the computer industry, an Asian OEM has captured the No.-2 position in the global PC market on a quarterly basis for the first time, according to iSuppli Corp.
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Michelle Maisto / eWeek:
Acer Beats Dell for Q3 PC Market Share, Reports iSuppli — Hewlett-Packard still reigns, but Acer topped Dell to become the number two PC maker in the third quarter. It was a first for an Asian OEM - and only one of three milestones during the quarter. Amid soaring numbers, Lenovo placed fourth, followed by Toshiba.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Microsoft is making progress on search: You noticed Bing's glitch — It's a happy day for Microsoft's search team. Bing had a half hour outage late Thursday and a few folks actually noticed. — Bing went down for a half hour between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. PST over a configuration glitch.
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Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple announces free iTunes Christmas give-aways for Europe — Apple UK has announced the ‘iTunes 12 Days of Christmas’ promotion, offering free songs, music videos, apps, TV episodes and films on a daily basis during the promotion. — The promotion run from December 26 to January 6.
Chris Matyszczyk / CNET News:
New Droid ad: iPhone is ‘digitally clueless’ — Perhaps you have already become used to Verizon's Droid tossing names at the iPhone like an 8-year-old boy behind his teacher's back. — However, the latest ill feelings directed at Apple's little cutey seem beyond even anything heard in an elementary school.
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Matt Wilson / L.A. Daily News:
Apple clears first hurdle in bid for new Cupertino campus — Apple Inc. is one step closer to building a second campus in Cupertino after waiting eight months for city planners to rezone its 7.78-acre property on Pruneridge Avenue to allow office use. — The planning commission …
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Vendors to launch Atom N450-based netbooks on January 11, 2010 — Asustek Computer, Acer, Lenovo and even Micro-Star International (MSI), which originally planned to launch in December, are all set to launch their Atom N450-based netbooks on January 11, 2010, complying with their agreement …
David Kaplan / paidContent:
With Redesign, Reuters.com Goes After Consumer Audience — With the general business magazines that are still in existence trying to keep their heads above water, Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) believes this is a good time for a major overhaul of its consumer-facing website.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
FCC Wants to Know Why Verizon Increased Termination Fees — The Federal Communications Commission wants to know why Verizon decided to double its early termination fee (ETF) for new customers who sign on to the wireless service using advanced devices...longhand for smartphones.
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Melanie Lee / Reuters:
Friendster to be sold by month's end: source — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Friendster, one of the world's earliest social networking sites, will be sold to an Asian buyer by the end of December for at least $100 million, a source familiar with the matter said. — Friendster, which predates Facebook …
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Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
MySpace Launches New Mobile Website with Built-in IM — Social networking site MySpace has just launched a new version of their mobile website designed for iPhone, Android, and Palm WebOS users. The now improved site at m.myspace.com offers quick access to your profile, including comments …
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Saul Hansell / Bits:
Seeking a Symbol for ‘This Ad Knows About You’ — A proposed symbol, the asterisk with a head, is meant to tell people that Internet ads collect and use information about them. It is shown here with the text that appears when users move the mouse over the logo.
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Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:
AdMob Launches Beta Ads For Palm WebOS — Though its had an application store of its own for many months now, Palm's webOS has really yet to flourish as a development platform. As it currently stands, webOS' App Catalog only offers up around 400 applications.
Randy Abrams / ThreatBlog:
PayPal Admits to Phishing Users — Yes, it is true, I am not making this up. I do not believe that PayPal has stolen anything from users, but they have told me that their own email is phishing. — Here's what happened. I sent them one of their own legitimate emails and told …
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
Amazon and Vente-Privee in talks over 2 billion Euro acquisition, say sources — [France] US retailing giant Amazon is in deep and secret negotiations with Vente-Privee, the French private sales club which has taken the ecommerce and fashion industries by storm, our sources say.
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Star That Tweet! Favit Launches in iTunes App Store — There's a new iPhone application from Favstar.fm which launched late last night in the iTunes App Store. Like the Favstar website, the new Favit app (iTunes link) aggregates the “best” Twitter posts based on the number of stars they receive from other Twitter users.
Lee Mathews / Download Squad:
Google Chrome Extension Gallery treads lightly on copyright issues — With its doors open to uploads and everyone buzzing about Google Chrome for one reason or another, the Extensions Gallery will be arriving soon. And while there's usually open(source)ness involved when talking about Google and Chrome …
