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David / TmoNews:
T-Mobile “Officially” Confirms Google Phone — Update: Our sources are confirming a January 5th date, 9am, ordering through Google ONLY. Sadly, still no word on pricing. — T-Mobile has gone and made their expected support of the Google Phone aka Nexus One “official” this morning, albeit in a vague sort of way.
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John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Google Announces Jan. 5 Android Event — This just in: Google will host an Android press gathering at its global HQ on Jan. 5 (click on image below to enlarge). Presumably, the event will have something to do with the company's Nexus One, an Android phone that Google plans to sell …
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Arn / MacRumors:
Another Buried Apple Trademark - ‘iGuide’ as Another Name or Service for iSlate? — With the revelation that Apple had acquired the iSlate.com domain and iSlate trademarks, it seemed clear to us that iSlate was the likely name for Apple's upcoming tablet computer.
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Technologizer, Domain Name Wire, NBC Bay Area, Ars Technica, 9 to 5 Mac, Mashable!, Webomatica, EverythingiCafe, The Next Web and AppleInsider
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:The Apple Tablet: Will It Be Called iSlate, iGuide, Or Something Else?
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
It Was a Facebook Christmas; Site Hits #1 in US For First Time — Christmas is a holiday that brings people together, so perhaps it should be no surprise that Facebook has become a part of millions of peoples' Christmas experiences. For the first time in its history, Facebook was the number …
AppleInsider:
Magic Mouse helps Apple double share of market in 8 weeks — Apple's new Magic Mouse helped Apple see a twofold increase in its share of domestic mice sales last month, AppleInsider has learned, garnering the Mac maker a double-digit slice of the market for the first time ever.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Nokia Increases Scope of Patent Complaints to Include ‘Virtually All’ Apple Products — The legal battle between Nokia and Apple has been ratcheted up another notch today with Nokia's announcement that it has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) …
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Brett Young / Reuters:Nokia opens new patent battle against Apple
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BBC, AppleInsider, Nokia, Tech Trader Daily, SlashGear, Softpedia News and Associated Press
Azaria Jagger / Gawker:
Escaped Inmate Taunts Cops with Facebook Pictures and Status Updates — Remember how, in Catch Me If You Can, fugitive Leonardo DiCaprio kept calling Detective Tom Hanks to taunt him? Here is a convicted burglar doing the same thing, in real time on Facebook. Should we celebrate or fear him?
Neil Fraser's News:
Google Multivac — In 1958 Isaac Asimov wrote a short story titled “All the Troubles of the World” (included in the collection “Nine Tomorrows"). It described a world transformed by Multivac, a giant all-knowing computer. Asimov died in 1992, a mere four years before Larry and Sergey started …
Michael Grothaus / TUAW:
Apple drops MacBook to $899 for students — Just a quick note that the online Apple Store has quietly dropped their white MacBook from $949 to $899 for students, teachers, and faculty members. Some buyers are even seeing pricing as low as $728, according to Engadget.
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Ford becomes first automaker to offer HD Radio with iTunes tagging — If you thought the automakers would be leaving CES to the TV and PMP makers, Ford would like to have a word with you. A few words, actually. Aside from announcing that in-car WiFi will be available next year …
Bloomberg:
Netflix Envoy to Wary Hollywood Pitches Web-Viewed Film Rentals to Studios — Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — Netflix Inc. Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos bypassed Hollywood to jumpstart the company's online film-rental business last year. Now he has to convince the studios the company is a friend and not a foe.
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Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
‘Welcome to Macintosh’ hits CNBC Jan 4 — ‘Welcome to Macintosh’, the independent documentary highlighting Apple Inc.'s history and following, is to make its exclusive North American television premiere on CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, on Monday, January 4 at 9:30PM ET.
Kat Hannaford / Gizmodo:
Rumor: 8GB iPhone 3GS Imminent? — Could Apple be giving the iPhone 3G the slip, replacing the $99 model with an 8GB iPhone 3GS? It certainly seemed plausible when we first heard about it, and now a forum-dweller has received packaging suggesting it could be true.
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Ten years of BlackBerry — The year is 1999. Bill Clinton is the President of the United States, gas is 94 cents a gallon, Bondi Blue iMacs are a staple in dorm rooms across the country, and Microsoft is trying to bring the desktop Windows experience to the pocket, pushing its Palm-size PC concept …
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Palm smartphone pops up in WiFi certification database: is this Verizon's Pre? — Look, let's not beat around the bushes — Verizon Wireless will one day stock Palm's Pre. It's a rather well documented fact, and at this point the only real question is “when?”
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Techie Buzz, DSLreports, IntoMobile, PhoneDog.com, Electronista, Download Squad and PreCentral.net
Kevin Helliker / Wall Street Journal:
Daring to Live Your Life Offline — When reporting a story, I sometimes need to find a particular kind of person—someone who's battling cancer, or who recently switched banks, or who owns both a Chevy pickup and Toyota sedan. — At such moments, I call my brother Keith, a telecommunications worker in eastern Kansas.
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Totlol:
The story of Totlol — Prelude - a trap set up by Google Every start-up has a story. This is the story of Totlol. Because I did everything myself, it is also the story of almost two years of my life. It's the story of a flourishing service into which I put tons of work.
Andrew Parker / Financial Times:
O2 says sorry for snags in London network — has apologised to customers who could not make phone calls because the mobile operator's London network was overwhelmed by bandwidth-hungry smartphones. — Ronan Dunne told the Financial Times he was disappointed with O 2 's network performance in London since the summer.
Electronista:
Paradigm Shift to out color e-book reader at CES — A relatively unknown company called Paradigm Shift Sourcing and Manufacturing will introduce two full-color e-book readers that use 5- and 7-inch color displays at next month's CES show in Las Vegas. The company says both units …
Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Verizon sees rise of ‘slate’ computers in 2010 — Verizon is looking closely at “slate” computers as it plans to expand its portfolio of offerings in 2010. — In an interview, Brian Ullem, who heads emerging devices for Verizon Wireless, discussed slate computers (aka tablets) …
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech:
Mr. iFart appeals to Steve Jobs — The developer of the iPhone's No. 1 flatulence app says Apple's policies stink — UPDATE: Apple on Monday quietly approved Joel Comm's Ka-Ching Button app, one month after he posted his video appeal. — “We added a simple options button that lets people select …
Aaron Ricadela / Business Week:
Google's Chrome OS Cited as Likely Hacker Vehicle — The HTML 5 technology intended to power Google's forthcoming computer operating system can access a PC online or off, warns security vendor McAfee — Google's computer operating system, due to be released next year …
Steve Outing / Editor and Publisher:
Goodbye, for Now: Looking Foward — Back in 1995, Editor & Publisher invited me to start writing a freelance column for its brand-new Web site, initially called MediaInfo.com. Nearly 15 years later, this will likely be my last column for E&P — and I'd like to project on what digital possibilities …
Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:
Court orders three H-1B sites disabled — Judge's ruling to shut down three opposition sites is part of Apex libel lawsuit — Computerworld - A New Jersey judge has ordered the shutdown of three H-1B opposition Web sites and seeks information about the identity of anonymous posters.
