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10:55 AM ET, December 14, 2009

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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Exclusive: first Google Phone / Nexus One photos, Android 2.1 on-board  —  Well here you have it folks, honest-to-goodness pics of the Google Phone... AKA, the Nexus One.  As you can see by the photos, the design of the device is largely similar to those we've seen, but the graphic …
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Google Pals Up With T-Mobile to Push Its “Nexus One” Phone  —  Google plans to sell its new phone on its own Web site, without getting a wireless carrier to subsidize the handset.  —  But that doesn't mean it won't also work with a carrier: The search giant intends to launch …
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
HTC Nexus One blessed by the FCC (updated)  —  Well lookie here.  A little phone by the name of “NEXUSONE” just slipped through the FCC as model number PB99100 built by HTC.  The filing also confirms a few more details including microSD expansion, 802.11b/g WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.
Sascha Segan / PC Magazine:
Why So Many Are So Wrong on the ‘Google Phone’  —  Google on Saturday announced that its internal developers are using a new Android-powered phone that many Web sites have dubbed “Nexus One” from its Internet browser identification string, but which many reports say is a variant of HTC's HD2 phone.
Market Wire:
Oracle Makes Commitments to Customers, Developers and Users of MySQL  —  Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) has engaged in constructive discussions with the European Commission regarding the concerns expressed by the Commission about the Oracle/Sun Microsystems transaction, and in particular the maintenance …
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Werner Vogels / All Things Distributed:
Expanding the Cloud - Amazon EC2 Spot Instances  —  Today we launched a new option for acquiring Amazon EC2 Compute resources: Spot Instances.  Using this option, customers bid any price they like on unused Amazon EC2 capacity and run those instances for as long their bid exceeds the current “Spot Price.”
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Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge:
New From Amazon: Spot Pricing on Cloud Computing
TeliaSonera:
TeliaSonera first in the world with 4G services  —  Today, as the first operator in the world, TeliaSonera launches 4G services commercially to customers in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway.  —  “We are very proud to be the first operator in the world to offer our customers 4G services.
Guardian:
New Guardian iPhone app  —  Want to view the Guardian in double quick time, with slicker graphics and better clarity on your iPhone?  Well there's an app for that...
The Official Google Blog:
Cloud apps, big city: LA goes Google  —  This fall we've seen lots of government agencies decide to make the switch to cloud computing, joining the many businesses already using Google Apps for email and collaboration at work.  Today we'd like to officially welcome another customer to the mix: the City of Los Angeles.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Location's Social Paradox  —  There's an absolute eruption of activity around location-based services right now.  Companies are getting funded left and right, new ones are popping up daily, and certain ones are seemingly starting to take off.  But for a number of them, there's a very big wall looming.
Discussion: BoomTown, Web Strategy and /Message
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Barnes & Noble Nook torn down and rooted — but still respected  —  Barnes & Noble might be pitching the Nook to the literary set, but it turns out the Android-based dual-screen reader is pretty hacker-friendly as well: both the OS and filesystem are stored on a microSD card.
Discussion: Gizmodo, Gadget Lab and DisplayBlog
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Huffington Post's New Ad Revenue Stream: Twitter Feeds  —  Marketers Can Pay to Add Tweets, Comments Alongside Readers' Own  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The Huffington Post has started offering marketers the ability to inject their own paid comments among reader comments and place paid Tweets among …
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
ai.rs blog:
HTC Legend not a legend anymore  —  ai.rs blog Exclusive  —  As we promised, we bring you more info on HTC Legend.  In fact, we present you exclusive crystal clear image of the upcoming Android phone from HTC.  We suppose it will replace Hero, considering the dimensions, screen size and specs.
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?  —  Apple's always been a particular kind of company, obsessed with experiences, controlling them, end to end.  But those they've always been centered around the traditional desktop.  Until Apple bought Lala.  Is Apple taking the internet seriously now?
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Microsoft China Blatantly Rips Off Microblogging Service Plurk  —  Microblogging startup Plurk may not have become hugely popular in these parts, where Twitter rules the lands, but it has been making strides in Asia.  Recently, the fledgling company has gotten a feared competitor in the space …
Discussion: Computerworld
Todd Spangler / Multichannel News:
Can TiVo Reinvent Itself?  —  DVR Pioneer Needs Help — Fast — From Cable Operators to Survive  —  TiVo president and CEO Tom Rogers says he doesn't run a DVR company.  —  This is odd, since TiVo is synonymous with the digital video recorder — a technology that, in the last decade …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Seagate launches world's thinnest hard drive for laptops and netbooks  —  Seagate Technology is announcing tomorrow its Momentus Thin drive, the world's thinnest 2.5-inch hard disk drive for the smallest laptops and netbooks.  —  The device can also be used in backup devices and consumer electronics gear.
Discussion: Gizmodo and Electronista
Jim Dalrymple / CNET News:
Apple apologizes for iMac delays  —  Apple on Sunday apologized to customers amid reports of shipping delays of its recently introduced iMac computer.  —  “The new iMac has been a huge hit and we are working hard to fulfill orders as quickly as possible,” an Apple spokesperson told CNET.
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
CBS Interactive Dumps Ad Networks  —  An Old Debate Revived: Are Networks Good or Bad for Online Media?  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Hoping to get an ad on CBS.com, Gamespot, TV.com or CNET?  Better call CBS.  CBS is expected to announce Dec. 14 that it will no longer do business …
 
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Yukari Iwatani Kane / Digits:
App Watch: Exploiting the iPhone Lock Screen
Owen Fletcher / PC World:
Yahoo's Microblog Now in Chinese, but Blocked in China
Associated Press:
Hollywood hopes an ensemble cast boosts Blu-ray
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Steve Jobs is a finalist for Time's Person of the Year
Discussion: DailyFinance
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Strong demand for parts forecasts 10M iPhone sales in Q4 2009
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Amazon.com:
Kindle for iPhone App Now Available From App Store In More Than 60 Countries
 Earlier Items: 
Dan Gillmor / Mediactive:
Facebook: Starting Over  —  Like many other people, I have a Facebook account.
Discussion: rc3.org, Thanks:ilamont
Kdawson / Slashdot:
Microsoft Invents Price-Gouging the Least Influential
John Herrman / Gizmodo:
How To: Totally Overhaul Your Phones With Google Voice
Discussion: ARMdevices.net
Priya Ganapati / Gadget Lab:
DIY Book Scanners Turn Your Books Into Bytes
Adam Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
Online, Offline, No Line
Discussion: Daily Patricia and Screenwerk
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Reporters Without Borders sues X in France for “complicity in disseminating false information”, after X failed to block a fake video with RSF's logo

Reuters:
Prince Harry's lawsuit against News Group Newspapers moves towards trial; all but one other litigant in the roughly 40 lawsuits against NGN have settled

 
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