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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Oh, Joe, the world doesn't need a Tablet? Really? — Oh, Joe Wilcox sure knows how to get bloggers going when he wrote about how the hype over Tablet PCs is just way overdone. His headline? The world doesn't need an Apple tablet, or any other. — I'll focus on the “or any other” part of the discussion first.
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Bono risks becoming next Lars Ulrich — Ever since Paul McGuinness, manager of the rock band U2, began lashing out at Internet Service providers two years ago for allegedly profiting from and encouraging illegal file sharing, U2 fans have wondered whether McGuinness spoke for the band.
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Vladislav Savov / Engadget:
Lenovo leaks ThinkPad Edge, X100e, T410s, W510, T510 and more ahead of CES — Hey Lenovo, your cards are showing. Just weeks after the FCC tipped us off on a new pair of netbooks that are all but definitely slated for a CES unveiling, Lenovo has no one but its web administrator(s) to blame for this one.
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Alice Rawsthorn / New York Times:
Impact of ‘iSlate’ Could Rival iPhone — LONDON — You don't need a crystal ball, seer stone, scrying pool or any other spooky stuff to guess what one of the most talked-about design projects of 2010 will be. The tech blogs have been buzzing about it for months.
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
Predictions 2010 — A new decade. I like the sound of that. I'm a bit late on these, but for some reason these predictions refused to be rushed. I haven't had the contemplative time I usually get over the holidays, and I need a fair amount of that before I can really get my head around …
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
What to watch for at the Consumer Electronics Show — The International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the gadget industries SuperBowl. This year's CES events start Tuesday. Floor show exhibits open on Thursday and run through Sunday. VentureBeat's Anthony Ha and I will be covering lots of stories at the show.
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Malatesta / WMExperts:
Year 2016 bug plaguing text messages? Update: Work around found! — Anyone wake up from their hangover in the year 2016? — Seems a new bug has afflicted our phones today: text messages come dated six years from now. — So unless something really weird happened last night, we're seeing a nasty bug in our little gizmos.
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Link by Link: In Allowing Ad Blockers, a Test for Google — IN a manifestolike e-mail message sent last month to all Google employees, Jonathan Rosenberg, a senior vice president for product management, told them to commit to greater transparency and open industry standards.
Steve / For Some Value of “Magic”:
Why Save MySQL Now? — I am having a hard time understanding why Michael “Monty” Widenius is pushing so hard to Save MySQL as the Oracle takeover of Sun Microsystems looms. It was Widenius himself, one of two primary developers of the product, who introduced a dual-licensing model …
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
The TSA's Intimidation Of Bloggers Over Leaked Security Rules Is A Disgrace — Shortly after the Christmas bomber tried to blow up a Delta flight into Detroit, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rolled out an emergency directive requiring airlines to implement draconian new security procedures.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:The Tyranny Of Government And Our Duty Of Confidentiality As Bloggers
Fred / A VC:
Affiliate Marketing Undervalues The Link — Two days I posted about Gretchen Rubin's new book, The Happiness Project . When I linked to the book in the original post (and here too), I included an amazon affiliate code. — And here is the data two days later:
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Trying to Add Portability to Movie Files — It is easy to take a DVD to a friend's house and watch it on his TV. But things are more complicated when digital video downloads are involved. A movie file bought from Blockbuster.com will not work on a Sony HDTV, for example …
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Sarah Weinman / DailyFinance:
Publishers Struggle with Strategies on When to Release Their E-Books — For all their sound and fury, e-book sales accounted for no more than 4% of all book sales in 2009. That figure will certainly rise in 2010. With all manner of e-readers on the market (or about to hit) …
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