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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
The Times to Charge for Frequent Access to Its Web Site — The New York Times announced Wednesday that it intended to charge frequent readers for access to its Web site, a step being debated across the industry that nearly every major newspaper has so far feared to take.
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Jaikumar Vijayan / Network World:
Military contractors targeted in Chinese attacks, says F-Secure — Attacks followed apparent China-based hacks targeting Google, other tech firms — The targeted cyberattacks apparently originating in China that hit Google and more than 30 other companies late last year are now targeting …
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Apple, Microsoft Discuss Giving Bing Top iPhone Billing — Amid an accelerating rivalry with Google, Apple is discussing ways to make Bing the default search engine on the iPhone — In 2003, when Apple said its iTunes music software would work on PCs using the Windows software of its age-old rival …
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Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
NYC: Apple in 11th hour ‘tablet’ meetings with leading US book publishers — Apple negotiators are in New York this week for a series of eleventh hour “secret” iSlate-related meetings with leading US book publishers, reports The Bookseller. — The report suggests publishers are attempting …
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
No Time Inc. for the Tablet Next Week — Here's someone else you won't see onstage with Steve Jobs next week: Anyone from Time Inc. With good reason-the magazine company doesn't have any tablet-ready stuff to show off yet. — Time Warner's (TWX) publishing unit is intensely interested …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Amazon gives publishers a bigger royalty cut for Kindle; Apple Tablet defense? — Amazon on Wednesday outlined a new royalty option for its Kindle platform where authors and publishers can get 70 percent of list price net of delivery costs. There are a few catches in the royalty package …
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:Amazon Fires Missile At Book Industry, Launches 70% Kindle Royalty Option (AMZN)
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Dave Cole / The White House Blog:
WhiteHouse.gov: Anywhere — Today, we're excited to announce the new White House App available for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The White House App delivers dynamic content from WhiteHouse.gov to the palm of your hand. — One feature that stands out is live video streaming.
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Bill Gates Joins Twitter - Uses The Web Interface — Bill Gates has joined Twitter and is tweeting away using the web interface. — Twitter employee @caroline has confirmed this. — Of course, Bill Gates is the famed man from Microsoft who brought us a talking paperclip and Windows 1.0 pillow cases, if you remember that far back.
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Tamar Lewin / New York Times:
If Your Kids Are Awake, They're Probably Online — The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school — using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Bing Maps Goes Silverlight — Microsoft just announced that it is taking the Bing Maps Sliverlight version out of beta and making it the default version for Bing Maps. The Bing Team is rolling this change out slowly. Within a few weeks, all users in the U.S. will see the Silverlight maps by default.
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Jon Stokes / Ars Technica:
feature: Google talks Chrome OS, HTML5, and the future of software — On the last day of November, 2009, after the initial rush of excitement around Google's Chrome OS launch had quieted a bit, Ryan Paul and I sat down with Matthew Papakipos, the engineering director for the Chrome OS project, and Eitan Bencuya, from Google PR.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Opera Buys Mobile Ad Startup AdMarvel For $8M In Cash Plus A $15M Earnout — This morning, Norwegian browser maker Opera Software announced that it has agreed to acquire AdMarvel, a small privately-held mobile advertising company based in San Mateo, California.
Stephen Lawson / PC World:
Analyst: AT&T Needs to Spend US$5B to Catch up — AT&T would need to spend about US$5 billion on its wireless network to catch up with the coverage offered by Verizon Wireless, a financial research firm said Tuesday. — The public's perception of AT&T's network is poor and declining …
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Asustek expected to unveil Nvidia Tegra-powered Eee Pad at Computex 2010 — Asustek Computer plans to unveil a tablet PC based on Nvidia's Tegra processor at Computex Taipei 2010, according to industry sources. The device, dubbed the Eee Pad, will be manufactured by Pegatron Technology.
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Laura Rich / Fast Company:
Why You Should Start a Company in... New York — It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick.
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Google's multitouch dilemma — As anyone who's seen the last Engadget Show knows, we were incredibly lucky to have Google's Erick Tseng as our guest. Erick is product manager of Android at Google, and he's one of the sharpest, brightest, funniest guys around — it was great having him on the show …
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Want to Know Where Your Neighbors Are Spending Their Money? Bundle Will Tell You — Do you want to know where your neighbors are spending their money? Or do you want to know if your spending pattern is in line with that of others in your age and income group in your neighborhood?
Joe Fay / The Register:
Google: Keep user data safe by letting us hoard it forever — Fleischer demands EU trust Google — Google has sought to turn its China crisis to its advantage by arguing it demonstrates why it should be allowed to hang onto search logs indefinitely. — Privacy supremo Peter Fleischer …
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Donald Melanson / Engadget:
Lockheed Martin introduces ‘PC on a stick’ flash drive — yes, Lockheed Martin — Our coverage of Lockheed Martin here on Engadget normally focus on things like laser weapons or futuristic airships, but it looks like the mega-defense company is now trying its hand as something a little closer to home for us …
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Sony delays new motion controller for PS 3 until fall — Sony is eating crow tonight as it announced it has postponed its new Motion Controller from the spring until the fall of 2010. — The new controller is a step up from the motion-sensing controller currently selling with the PlayStation 3 game console.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Valued At $14 Billion On SecondMarket — Offers to buy Facebook common stock have surged to $32 per share on SecondMarket, a marketplace for the buying and selling of private company stock. That offer values Facebook at roughly $14 billion. — The last time we checked in …
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Robert Andrews / paidContent:
YouTube Confirms Live Cricket Deal; Not In U.S.; Big Ad Push — Google has confirmed yesterday's reports - YouTube has inked rights from the big-money Indian Premier League's (IPL) licensing partner Global Cricket Ventures to live-stream all 60 matches of the 45-day tournament, starting March 12.
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John Herrman / Gizmodo:
Ultimate Genesis: Sega's Official Console Emulator for iPhone — Apple's finicky about emulators in the App Store, but most of the candidates have been unofficial, and dubiously legal. Sega's Ultimate Genesis, though, is official, and looks like a full virtual console for your iPhone.
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Boxee Plans New Pay Wall For Summer; Will Keep Less Than 30 Percent Of Rev Split — As Boxee prepares to roll out its branded set-top box, the streaming-music company is trying to sign up content owners for its first “payment platform” to be unveiled this summer.
