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Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
The iPad has Adobe's Flash on Apple's video — You saw it here first, folks. In Apple's official video the iPad, they show the New York Times being used. Looks pretty nice right? Well, unless the Times has a special iPad version of the site that switches HTML5 out when it detects Apple mobile products …
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David Worthington / Technologizer:
Microsoft: The iPad is “Humorous” — It's an understatement to say that Apple's iPad generated a lot of chatter when it was announced on Wednesday; the scuttlebutt actually slowed down the Internet. Even Microsoft couldn't help but weigh in, criticizing the iPad for being a “locked down device.”
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Associated Press:
Nintendo Chief Unimpressed With Apple's iPad — TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo's president shrugged off the just unveiled iPad tablet computer from Apple as delivering “no surprises,” and displayed as little enthusiasm for 3-D technology and high-definition upgrades for games.
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App Advice, TG Daily, VG247, SlashGear, Joystiq, Electricpig, Electronista, GoNintendo and Kotaku
Alex Payne / al3x:
On the iPad — For years, me and thousands of other techies have been wondering what comes after the Personal Computer as we've known it. Yesterday, in Apple's iPad, we caught a glimpse. If I had to pick one predominant emotion in reaction, it would be “disturbed”.
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Peterb / Free Software Foundation:
iPad is iBad for freedom — With new tablet device, Apple's Steve Jobs pushes unprecedented extension of DRM to a new class of general purpose computers — As Steve Jobs and Apple prepared to announce their new tablet device, activists opposed to Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
3 Million Amazon Kindles Sold, Apparently — “Millions of people now own Kindles,” said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com yesterday. That surprised analysts, who thought that Amazon would sell 2.5 million or so of the devices by the end of 2010, nearly a year from now.
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Rene Ritchie / The iPhone Blog:
Former Facebook for iPhone Developer Joe Hewitt Says iPad “Everything He's Been Wishing For” — Joe Hewitt, who developed the awesome Facebook 3.0, but controversially (and some would say detrimentally) left the iPhone platform before Facebook 3.1 over the App Store review process, has come out extremely positively about the iPad:
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Miguel de Icaza, Joe Hewitt, ReadWriteWeb, Scripting News, Digits, inessential.com, Guardian and Technologizer
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Molly Wood / CNET News:The Apple iPad: it's just ahead of its time
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Dana Gardner's BriefingsDirect, blogs.ft.com, Computerworld, Electronista, AppScout, VentureBeat, PC World and Crave
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:Various and Assorted Thoughts and Observations Regarding the Just-Announced iPad
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Computerworld, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, ReadWriteWeb, Daily Patricia, Marco.org, Technologizer, SlashGear, The iPhone Blog and Macworld, Thanks:atul
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Nexus One experiencing nationwide data outage? — Well, Happy Friday to you, too! We've been inundated with tips from perturbed Nexus One users across the country (and even in Puerto Rico) suggesting that their T-Mobile data coverage is completely out of commission.
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CNET News, Silicon Alley Insider, Gizmodo, I4U News, TG Daily, AndroidSPIN and Electronista
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Apple and Fujitsu inevitably caught up in iPad trademark dispute — Well, here we go again. Apple might have stolen all the headlines yesterday with the iPad, but as we've already noted, that name has been in dispute since September — and it doesn't look like Fujitsu …
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The Mobile Gadgeteer, The Register, Asiajin, New York Times, Techdirt, Softpedia News, Agence France Presse, SFGate, Electricpig and Pocket-lint
Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Facebook Is Working On A Foursquare-Killer — One of New York's hottest startups, Foursquare, is under heavy fire from more established Silicon Valley players. — A source briefed on the matter tells us Facebook is working on a feature that will allow users who access the network from mobile devices to …
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Dell Adamo falls to under $1,000 for the first time, tempts you mercilessly — You know what's hard to resist? This. You know what else is difficult to turn a blind eye to? One of the sexiest machines Dell has ever made, at a price point that's below the all-important four figure mark.
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Gadgetell, Softpedia News, The Toybox, Ubergizmo, The Tech Report, Maximum PC and Gizmodo
Greg Robbins / Google Mac Blog:
Upload Your Email to Google Apps — Several years ago, I began hosting the email for my personal domain with the free Standard Edition of Google Apps. At first I remained a curmudgeon, and set my email client to delete messages from the server after retrieving them, because I wanted my email stored just on my own computer.
Omri / fring:
3G video & voice calls now available on iPhone! — You wanted it, immediately after Apple allowed it, fring launches its 3G-friendly VoIP app. — With fring on 3G, users get unrestricted, mobile communication. Now iPhone fring users can call, video call, chat and more for FREE over 3G and wifi!
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Connecting the Dots, GigaOM, Mashable!, 901am, iPhone Savior, The Apple Core, fring, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, IntoMobile, Engadget, Recombu and Pocket-lint
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
AMD and Intel preparing to launch six-core processors — AMD plans to launch three six-core desktop processors (Thuban) under its new Phenom II X6 1000T series in May 2010, while Intel plans to launch its six-core desktop processors (Gulftown) beginning at the end of March, according to sources from motherboard makers.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
HTC Magic's Sense update ready for download — You've waited long enough, now today's the day that HTC releases ROM Version:3.05.401.3 that brings the Sense user interface to Magic owners. Just be sure and heed HTC's warning to backup your data since this update will overwrite whatever it is you've been doing.
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HTC, Android Community, Softpedia News, jkOnTheRun, IntoMobile, AndroidGuys, Android Central, Pocket-lint and AndroidSPIN
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Social Net For Gay Men Fabulis Raises $625K From WaPo, Others — Fabulis, a social net and lifestyle site aimed at gay men, has raised $625,000 in a first round funding, founder and CEO Jason Goldberg told paidContent. The site is currently in stealth mode and Goldberg …
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Kim-Mai Cutler / VentureBeat:
How a tweet brought makeshift 911 services to life in Haiti — Haiti's earthquake devastated not only lives. It destroyed whatever emergency services the barely functioning government had to offer. But in less than five days, a makeshift version of 911 sprung to life.
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
AT&T Will Spend $2 Billion To Improve Wireless Network — AT&T kicked and screamed when Verizon stung it with its “There's a map for that” series of ads, but deep inside it knows its wireless coverage needs to be improved. — In order to add some more blue dots to its map …
Iljitsch van Beijnum / Ars Technica:
Comcast running out of IPv4 addresses, beginning IPv6 trial — Comcast is asking for volunteers to participate in its upcoming IPv6 trials. The cable ISP has been participating in IPv6 circles for a long time and with its huge subscriber base, it is experiencing the IPv4 address scarcity first-hand.
Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
Wikileaks temporarily shuts down — Whistleblowing website says it cannot continue without public donations and has appealed for cash — The whistleblowing website Wikileaks has temporarily shut down because of a lack of funds. — The site, which has been a major irritant to governments …
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Collage of Shame: Media Who Took Obvious iPad Prank Seriously — Web entrepreneur Jason Calacanis' prank claims about the Apple tablet yesterday were so over the top, we had to laugh. Until prestige media started reprinting them like they had merit, and our good humor turned to amazement.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Video Ringtone Company Vringo Files For $13.8 Million IPO (Corrected) — An SEC filing has revealed that video ringtone sharing community Vringo has filed to raise an estimated $64.3 million via an initial public offering of stock and warrants. — The company plans to trade on NASDAQ, with Maxim Group serving as lead underwriter.
Tech-On! : tech news:
[Interview] Sony Speaks on E-book Reader Business — Sony Corp has been enlarging the electronic book (e-book) market in the US together with Amazon.com Inc. It released an e-book reader with 3G communication capability and tied up with a major media firm to deliver newspaper to the device in December 2009.
