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John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Apple Announces Jan. 27 Special Event: “Come See Our Latest Creation” — Confirming a date first reported by Digital Daily, Apple (AAPL) this morning announced an invitation-only special event to be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco on January 27 - a Wednesday.
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Clayton Morris / Fox News:
Apple Tablet, iPhone 4 Launch Confirmed for January 27 — Apple just announced an event on January 27th that will no doubt dazzle us with what the company is calling its “latest creation.” At the event, Apple will unveil the company's long-rumored tablet device.
Daniel Ionescu / PC World:
Apple Tablet and NY Times Paywall: Rumors Merge — The New York Times hasn't spilled the beans over the Apple tablet again, but rumors are linking the two companies once more. Reports of an upcoming paid model to be adopted by the New York Times are correlated with the mythical Apple tablet …
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.
Times of London:
China tried to hack our computers, says India's security chief M.K. Narayanan — Chinese hackers are believed to have attempted to penetrate India's most sensitive government office in the latest sign of rising tensions between the two rival Asian powers, The Times has learnt.
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Jon Stokes / Ars Technica:
The case against a 10" AMOLED Apple tablet — Active matrix OLED (AMOLED) was one of the hot technologies at CES this year—the tech's profile was raised by Google's launch of the Nexus One, and vendors had 3D and 2D OLED prototype displays of up to 32 inches in size on the CES show floor.
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.
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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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
HTC ‘Supersonic’ to ring in WiMAX on Sprint, Android-style — Remember that mysterious HTC A9292 with WiMAX rumored for Sprint a few days back? Well, take a seat, folks — we think we've got the lowdown on it here from a trusted source, and it's a bit of a monster:
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Ryan Vance / Revision3:
An Open Letter to Conan O'Brien — I'm taking this opportunity to officially offer you a brand-new show of your choosing here at Revision3. Rest assured, you'll be able to bring your set, band and even Andy (especially Andy) with you as you transition to our cutting-edge online TV network.
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 …
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Alex Williams / ReadWriteWeb:
RIM and IBM Load up the Blackberry with Lotus Collaboration Applications — IBM and Research in Motion announced a partnership today to sell Blackberry devices fully loaded with IBM's collaboration software. This is the first time IBM has sold Blackberry devices into its business channel.
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Mike / Understanding Google Maps & Local Search:
Google Maps: Now Adding Reviews from News Sites, Hyperlocal Blogs and Other Non Traditional Review Sources — What's New in Reviews at Google Maps: — With their newly implemented sentiment analysis, Google Maps is apparently now reaching across hyperlocal blogs, local portals and news sites …
Brian Barrett / Gizmodo:
The Subscription War: You're Bleeding to Death — You know what's great? My smartphone puts the world in my pocket. Broadband puts 2,454,399 channels on my HDTV. I can access the internet from a freaking airplane! You know what's unsustainable? Paying for it all.
Malatesta / WMExperts:
Windows Mobile 7: What we expect and what we are hearing — Okay everyone, time to put on your rumor helmets (they're like beer helmets, but filled with vodka). Here's what we are hearing about Windows Mobile 7 from various sources (none of which has been announced by Microsoft).
Motorola Media Center:
Motorola Introduces MOTOROI™, Korea's First Smart Phone Powered by Android 2.0 — SEOUL, Korea. - 17 January 2010 - Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), a global leader in mobile telecommunications, today inaugurated a new era in Korea's mobile lifestyle with the introduction of MOTOROI™ …
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Kim Thai / Brainstorm Tech:
Ringtones' requiem — Customized cellphone rings are so 2004. But the music industry has a new source of revenue - it's all about the ringback tone. — Remember the ringtone? Just two years ago consumers were spending $1 billion a year on song snippets for their cellphones.
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Matthew Moore / Telegraph:
Oxford University bans students from Spotify — Oxford University students have been barred from using Spotify, the popular music streaming service. — University authorities imposed the ban because the sheer number of undergraduates listening to free tracks in their bedrooms was crippling the network …
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Baidu CTO Yinan Li Quits, Days After COO's Departure — There's something going on over at Baidu, the leading search engine provider in China. A mere ten days after the company's chief operating officer Peng Ye bailed for ‘personal reasons’, Baidu this morning announced that chief technology officer Yinan Li is also calling it quits.
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
For Many Start-Ups, a Spot on the Nasdaq Is No Longer the Goal — SEATTLE — Investors in technology start-ups have been trying to end the drought in initial public offerings of tech companies. But for entrepreneurs, has taking a company public lost its allure?
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.
