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8:10 PM ET, January 10, 2010

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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Facebook's Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over  —  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told a live audience yesterday that if he were to create Facebook again today, user information would by default be public, not private as it was for years until the company changed dramatically in December.
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Rashmi / Rashmi's blog:
Is it time to reimagine your product / service?
Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Google Nexus One vs Apple iPhone 3GS  —  Google has taken the fate of its Android smartphone platform into its own hands by promoting and directly marketing HTC's latest new Android phone under its own brand.  How does the new “superphone” stack up to last summer's iPhone 3GS?
Discussion: IntoMobile and Mark Evans Tech
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Danny Sullivan / Daggle:
No, Your First Impression Isn't Wrong: Android ISN'T As Nice As The iPhone  —  Tried Android and feel it doesn't measure up to the iPhone?  TechCrunch would have you think it's just because you didn't try it long enough.  It's not the phone, you see.  It's you.  And that's bull.
Discussion: Guardian and A VC, Thanks:atul
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
The Switch From iPhone To Android, And Why Your First Impression Is Wrong  —  Earlier this week we saw the launch of the Google Nexus One, the second very high profile Android launch in as many months.  And, as should be expected, the phone is drawing numerous comparisons to the iPhone …
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein: I've Never Used an iPhone  —  If CES 2009 marked Palm's rise-from-the-ashes rebirth, CES 2010 may well be the beginning of its resurgence, the inflection point at which the company really begins to gain traction in a market that nearly left it behind just two years ago.
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Sam Diaz / Between the Lines:
Rubinstein's iPhone comment could haunt him, Palm  —  With just one passing comment at the Consumer Electronics Show last week, Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein may have damaged not only his own credibility but also that of his company.  —  In case you missed it, Rubinstein said …
Brad Stone / New York Times:
The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s  —  My 2-year-old daughter surprised me recently with two words: “Daddy's book.”  She was holding my Kindle electronic reader.  —  Here is a child only beginning to talk, revealing that the seeds of the next generation gap have already been planted.
Discussion: TeleRead, /Message and Slashdot, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Built By Google  —  Pete logs onto his desktop computer.  It's a “dumb” netbook built by Google and called Google Chrome Superbook 5, with a fast startup time of 0.3 seconds, the point at which the Google engineers figured further optimizations were not useful, in terms of limitations of human perception.
Dave / Master of 500 Hats:
Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own Consumer Internet Dogfood  —  Haven't really gotten on a rant in awhile... guess i've been doing a lot of travel lately, but now that i'm back in California for awhile, there's something i've been meaning to bring up that bothers me.
Discussion: Helloform, Thanks:atul
Alexia Tsotsis / All Shook Down:
Video: The Richter Scales Take on Crunchpad Debacle, Google Voice Gate, and Murdoch/Google Wars  —  In further proof that Techcrunch founder Mike Arrington has a sense of humor, we present The Richter Scales' “In the Valley” a ballad to the tune of “At the Copacabana” making light of the perpetual …
Thanks:percival
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Mathew Ingram Joins GigaOM  —  There are some stories that write themselves.  This is one of them.  About four years ago, I traveled to Toronto to attend the inaugural mesh web conference.  There I learned two things: Paul Kedrosky is as funny in person as he on his blog.  And Mathew Ingram is one sharp cookie.
Discussion: mathewingram.com/work, Thanks:susanbeebe
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3 shown off very, very quietly  —  Say, for a moment, that you're Microsoft and you're on the cusp of releasing a version of the much-maligned Windows Mobile 6.5 that actually made it touch-friendly for once — but like all WinMo versions before it …
 
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Paul Paliath / GeekSmack:
Office 2010 build 14.0.4730.1007 leaks, possible RTM in April
Discussion: CodenameWindows, Thanks:paulz0r
Matt Hamblen / PC World:
Gogo In-flight Wi-Fi to Provide Video Downloads
Discussion: Maximum PC
Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
Are Rights Holders Making a Fortune With P2P Lawsuits?
Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:
The magical chip that delivers Nexus One's call quality
David Reid / BBC:
France ponders right-to-forget law
Jack Schofield / Guardian:
No need for new Xbox, says Microsoft
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Sree Sreenivasan / E-Media Tidbits:
News Orgs Take Social Media Seriously by Hiring Editors to Oversee Efforts
The Korea Herald:
LG looks to Android in competition with smartphone rivals
Discussion: Engadget and Android Phone Fans
Jacob Schulman / Engadget:
Airnergy WiFi power system gives RCA a reason to exist (video)
Andy Ihnatko / Chicago Sun Times:
Thoughts on what an Apple tablet should be - or not
Sabrina / labs.moto.com:
DIY Touchscreen Analysis
 

 
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