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DigiTimes:
Apple to launch 22-inch touch-enabled all-in-one PC in 2010, says paper — Apple reportedly plans to launch a 22-inch touch-enabled all-in-one PC in 2010, in addition to the current non-touch 21.5- and 27-inch iMacs, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.
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Reuters:
Google probing possible inside help on attack — Buzz up! — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google is investigating whether one or more employees may have helped facilitate a cyber-attack that the U.S. search giant said it was a victim of in mid-December, two sources told Reuters on Monday.
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Foreign Journalists in Beijing Hit by E-Mail Hackers — BEIJING — At least two foreign journalists living in Beijing have had their Google e-mail accounts hacked, a journalists' advocacy group in China said Monday. The hackers changed settings so that all Gmail messages would be forwarded to unfamiliar addresses.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
BarMax: The $1,000 iPhone App That Might Actually Be Worth It — In August 2008, Apple approved an application in the App Store called I Am Rich. The app did nothing beyond show a picture of a red gem. So why was it notable? Because it cost $999.99. Though Apple pulled it relatively quickly …
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Telegraph, EverythingiCafe, iPhone Buzz, Edible Apple, The iPhone Blog and textually.org
Lee Mathews / Download Squad:
Google returns the favor, includes Avast antivirus in Google pack — It was really just a matter of time before Avast replaced Norton Security Scan and Spyware Doctor in the Google Pack. After last month's introduction of Google as an opt-in during Avast installs, most of us fully expected Google to return the favor.
the nytpicker:
Hello? New York Magazine's Supposed “Scoop” Today About NYT Charging For Website Isn't A Scoop At All. — New York Magazine's supposed “scoop” today about a NYT decision to charge online readers for content was no scoop at all — just a mish-mash of previously-reported stories …
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:New York Times Leaning Toward ‘FT’ Metered Model; Announcement Finally On Way?
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:New York Times Ready to Charge Online Readers
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Nicole Lee / Crave: The gadget blog:
Aliph Jawbone Icon boasts industry-first software platform — The Aliph Jawbone Icon comes in six different designs. — Aliph has just unveiled the Jawbone Icon, which promises to be the company's most sophisticated Bluetooth headset yet. We've had a chance to really put the headset through …
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Mike Shields / Mediaweek:
Google TV Gets Static — By almost any measure, Google is an extraordinary success—except when it comes to traditional media. — After launching ambitious plays to digitize the radio and print businesses in recent years, the search giant eventually bailed on them.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Price Of Google In China — The news this past week that Google would cease the censorship of its search results in China, and could well be forced to entirely halt operations in the country as a result, is quite simply one of the most interesting stories to come along in the tech sphere in a long time.
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Forget Gum. Walking and Using Phone Is Risky. — SAN FRANCISCO — On the day of the collision last month, visibility was good. The sidewalk was not under repair. As she walked, Tiffany Briggs, 25, was talking to her grandmother on her cellphone, lost in conversation. — Very lost.
Jeremy Wagstaff / loose wire blog:
Skype's New Dawn? — We talk about Facebook, twitter, MySpace and Friendster as the big social networks but we keep forgetting one that is far bigger than that: Skype. This from a Bloomberg piece on Skype's vacillating fortunes: … Pretty much everyone I know is on Skype—more so than Facebook …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Aol Quietly Launches An Expert Site Called Owl, and Feeds It Seed — Aol's answer to Wikipedia is Owl, a new site described as “a living, breathing library where useful knowledge, opinions and images are posted from experts the world over.” — Owl seems more of a testbed for Seed than anything else.
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Bloomberg:
Workers at iPhone's Suzhou Supplier Strike For Bonus, 21CBH Says — Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — Workers went on strike at a touch-screen supplier for Apple Inc.'s iPhone in China's eastern city of Suzhou on Jan. 15, the 21st Century Business Herald reported, citing a statement from the high-tech zone home to the factory.
Eli Hodapp / Touch Arcade:
‘Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars’ Out in U.S. Too - First Impressions and Video — Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars [App Store] was quietly released into the App Store this evening. Chinatown Wars for the iPhone seems to lie somewhere in between the DS and PSP versions in regards to graphical quality …
Matthew Moore / Telegraph:
Google uses search expertise to find survivors after Haiti earthquake — Google is using its search engine expertise to help Haitians overseas find loved ones caught up in last week's devastating earthquake. — The technology giant has set up a person finder micro-site to which anyone …
The Independent:
Twitter joke led to Terror Act arrest and airport life ban — When heavy snowfall threatened to scupper Paul Chambers's travel plans, he decided to vent his frustrations on Twitter by tapping out a comment to amuse his friends. “Robin Hood airport is closed,” he wrote.
