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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Is this the Apple tablet? (update: new image) — Okay, we obviously can't confirm this, but we just got two very interesting images of what certainly looks like a prototype Apple tablet, or what could be the tablet bolted down to a table. It's big — really big — and it's running …
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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
McGraw-Hill CEO Confirms Apple Tablet, iPhone OS Based, Going to Be “Terrific” — In an interview with CNBC, McGraw-Hill's CEO confirms that their textbooks will be on the Apple Tablet and it will be an iPhone OS based machine. When asked about their textbooks being on the Apple tablet, Terry MrGraw responds (2m 50s):
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Tablet Portends Rewrite for Publishers — Book publishers were locked in secret 11th-hour negotiations with Apple Inc. that could rewrite the industry's revenue model after the technology giant unveils its highly anticipated tablet device Wednesday. — Apple's new multimedia tablet device …
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Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Wins iChat and Major Tablet Patent Prior to Launch — The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 13 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. Without a doubt the granted patent that screams out this morning is one that relates to Apple's forthcoming Tablet.
Epicenter:
Apple Event to Focus on Reinventing Content, Not Tablets — The teaser for Apple's press event, “Come see our latest creation,” has a double meaning. Content creators, not gadget freaks, will be the biggest target of Apple's Wednesday press conference. — Although most of the speculation …
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Derek Powazek:
What I Hope Apple Unleashes Tomorrow — Tomorrow Apple's having an event here in San Francisco and everyone's expecting them to launch some sort of tablet computer. The specifics are still unclear, but people are expecting something that looks like an iPhone but bigger, with an interface that can handle more complicated tasks.
Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
IPhone game developer redesigns app for Apple tablet with no assurance of its existence — The maker of Crosswords for the iPhone dropped a news release in our inbox this afternoon touting an in-development version of its popular game for the Apple tablet. — Apple's touch-screen tablet computer …
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Alan Kay: With the Tablet, Apple Will Rule the World — Computer pioneer Alan Kay isn't known for buying into hype. Credited with inventing the concept of the laptop back in 1968, Kay has been lambasting computer makers for not maximizing its potential ever since.
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Ted Samson / InfoWorld:
Report: Oracle plans to hire more employees than it cuts from Sun — Larry Ellison reportedly says Oracle will slash Sun workforce, then hire 2,000 new workers — With Oracle's anticipated purchase of Sun drawing near, company CEO Larry Ellison disclosed plans to hire 2,000 engineering …
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News:McNealy's bittersweet memo bids good-bye to Sun
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Ina Fried / CNET News:
Microsoft eyes clean break with Windows Mobile 7 — Microsoft's long and winding road toward regaining lost ground in the cell phone business will reach an important milestone in Barcelona next month. — At the annual Mobile World Congress event, Microsoft will at long last show off Windows Mobile 7 …
Jennadawn / Twitter Blog:
Now Trending: Local Trends — Twitter trends began as a way to shed light on popular conversations. It's interesting to know that one topic can now spread across the world in real-time, and Trends help us discover which of those topics are paramount on a global scale.
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John Koblin / New York Observer:
After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's Web Site — In late October, Newsday, the Long Island daily that the Dolans bought for $650 million, put its web site, newsday.com, behind a pay wall. The paper was one of the first non-business newspapers to take the plunge by putting up a pay wall …
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Kevin Purdy / Lifehacker:
Browser Speed Tests: Firefox 3.6, Chrome 4, Opera 10.5, and Extensions — Firefox 3.6 is out, Chrome's stable version got a big upgrade, and Opera 10.5 is inching toward release. It's a great time for us to break out the timer, process manager, and code tracker for some up-to-date browser speed tests.
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Elizabeth Woyke / Forbes:
AT&T To Launch Yelp Competitor — The telco's buzz.com site lets users' “favorite” local vendors and services. — AT&T latched on early to the local search and advertising market, first with the Yellow Pages, then with an online version, YellowPages.com.
Dan Whitcomb / Reuters:
Facebook may “lock in” its Internet dominance — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - College senior Alyssa Ravasio gave up MySpace on the day she got a Facebook account and never looked back. She has already lost interest in Twitter. But how does Facebook know it can keep her loyalty?
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Bloomberg:
Netflix-Backed Roku Seeks Funds for 100-Channel Set-Top Internet Service — Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — Roku Inc., the television set-top box maker spun off by Netflix Inc., is planning to raise $30 million in private funding this quarter and may sell shares to the public next year, Chief Executive Officer Anthony Wood said.
Kip Kniskern / LiveSide.net:
My.live.com to be discontinued on March 15th — We've had numerous questions posed to us over the last few months about the status and future of My.live.com, the personal home page that started out as an Atlas framework (now ASP.net Ajax) project managed by Sanaz Ahari and the late Steve Rider.
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William Saletan / Slate:
Which is more important: politics or technology? … Latest Twitter Updates — Follow William Saletan on Twitter.
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Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
A Little ‘i’ to Teach About Online Privacy — A LITTLE blue symbol is carrying big implications. — Trying to ward off regulators, the advertising industry has agreed on a standard icon — a little “i” — that it will add to most online ads that use demographics and behavioral data to tell consumers what is happening.
