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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Nexus One gets a software update, enables multitouch (updated with video!) — The iPhone isn't the only handset getting bumped today — Google's just outed a very, very significant update to the Nexus One that includes Google Goggles on board and a re-upped version of Google Maps that includes suggestions and a dedicated night mode.
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Google Nexus One:
New Software Update for Nexus One phones — Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive an over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features, and fixes a few problems that some users might have experienced, including:
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Did Google Just Multi-Punch Apple In The Face? — As great as Android phones are getting, there has been one major feature lacking that users have complained about: multi-touch. Yes, some third-party apps have been free to use it on certain devices, but the best Android apps, those made by Google, have all lacked it.
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Photo of Apple's next-generation iPhone in the wild - sources — A photograph containing one of Apple's fourth-generation iPhones has been lingering undetected in the public domain for nearly a week now thanks to having been overshadowed — quite literally — by the company's new iPad, AppleInsider has learned.
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Twitter Status:
Reason #4132 for Changing Your Password — As part of our ongoing efforts to monitor our user base for odd activity, we noticed a sudden surge in followers for a couple accounts in the last five days. Given the circumstances surrounding this, we felt it was best to push out a password reset …
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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
We're turning comments off for a bit — Hey guys, we know you like to have your fun, voice your opinions, and argue over your favorite gear, but over the past few days the tone in comments has really gotten out of hand. What is normally a charged — but fun — environment for our users …
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Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:
Engadget editor: Why I turned off comments — Gearhead megasite Engadget, which attracts millions of readers every month, and sometimes in a single day, disabled comments on its posts this morning in response to a barrage of what the editor calls “trollish” comments in the wake of the site's extensive iPad-related coverage last week.
Haiping Zhao / Facebook Developers:
HipHop for PHP: Move Fast — One of the key values at Facebook is to move fast. For the past six years, we have been able to accomplish a lot thanks to rapid pace of development that PHP offers. As a programming language, PHP is simple. Simple to learn, simple to write, simple to read, and simple to debug.
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Dan / WordPress for Android:
WordPress for Android 1.0 Release — We're pleased to announce that WordPress for Android is now available in the Android Market. The initial release has focused on giving you the ability to manage your blog while on the go. — Features include the ability to: — Configure and manage multiple blogs
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Apple Demands Removal Of USB Sharing Feature In Stanza iPhone App — Like many people, I have the Stanza app installed on my iPhone. Made by Lexycle (acquired by Amazon last year), Stanza is a free app for iPhone and iPod Touch that serves as a gateway to a library of more than 100,000 ebooks for easy reading on the go.
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David Goetzl / MediaPost:
Cuban Rails Against Google, News Aggregators — Outspoken billionaire cum provocateur Mark Cuban charged Google and other content aggregators Tuesday of being freeloaders — or worse. “The word that comes to mind is vampires,” he said. “When you think about vampires, they just suck on your blood.”
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Rosensweig to Leave Guitar Hero; Takes Over as CEO of Online Textbook Rental Start-Up Chegg — Longtime Silicon Valley exec Dan Rosensweig (pictured here) is stepping down as CEO and president of the Guitar Hero division of Activision Blizzard to take a new job as president and CEO of Chegg, the top online textbook rental start-up.
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Miguel Helft / Bits:
YouTube's Take From Movie Rentals: $10,709.16 — By the measures of the movie rental market, YouTube's first foray into the business of charging users to stream full length feature films was hardly a runaway success. — YouTube said last month that it would dip its toes …
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Ina Fried / CNET News:
Microsoft investigating Windows 7 battery issue — Microsoft says it is looking into a problem that is causing some Windows 7 users to get a warning that there is a problem with their battery when, in fact, there is not. — “We are investigating this issue in conjunction with our hardware partners …
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Amit / Digital Inspiration Technology Blog:
Google Adding Direct Phone Support for Nexus One Customers — The initial reviews of the Nexus One device were largely positive but one area where Google certainly faced issues was customer support. — Unlike most other companies in the hardware business, Google doesn't offer any phone support for Android / Nexus One.
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Granted Patent for Next Generation Apple TV Technology — The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of seven newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. The most notable patent covered in this report relates to possible next generation technology that Apple …
Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:
Internet Explorer 8 Officially Becomes World's Most-Used Browser — This week, Net Applications released their January browser market share report. Their report shows that Internet Explorer 8 is not only the most popular browser on Windows with 27.9% usage share, but that it now has 25.6% …
Yukari Iwatani Kane / Digits:
The Mysterious iMac Delay — Three months after Apple updated its iMac desktop computers, the company is still experiencing two-week delays in shipping its 27-inch model. — When the delay was first noticed on its online store in December, Apple attributed the delays to the model's popularity …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
3Crowd Comes Out Of Stealth, Reveals Its Plan To Disrupt The CDN Market — 3Crowd, the new startup from BitGravity co-founder Barrett Lyon, is ready for its close-up. Until now little was known about the company, other than that its backers include Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, Storm Ventures, and Greenwich Technology Associates.
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Stanford News:
Stanford signs Google Book Search agreement, endorses court settlement — Google agreement expands digital scanning of millions of Stanford library books. — Stanford University has affirmed its support for the recently amended Google Book Search settlement agreement …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
TheFunded Ranks The Most Loved VCs Of 2009 — Some VCs are getting an early Valentine's Day gift fromTheFunded, the site where CEOs rate venture capitalists and their firms. Below you will find the top-ranked individual VCs, as determined by their ratings in 2009.
Nick Saint / Silicon Alley Insider:
Google Phones Remember Searches You Made On Your Computer (GOOG) — Google (GOOG) announced a new feature today that allows Android phones to remember Google searches made on computers or other devices: — Imagine you're on your computer and you come across the Place Page for Mario's Bohemian Cigar Store Cafe.
Rafat Ali / paidContent:
Glam Raises $50 Million Mezzanine Round at $750 Million Valuation — Glam Media, the online women and lifestyle media and ad-network company, has raised another big round, this time a mezannine round before its logical next move of an IPO in the next year or so.
Gmail Blog:
Improved Google Search in Labs — Hello again. I've been taking advantage of my 20% time to make some improvements in the Google Search lab I told you about last April. For starters, I've hooked up a bunch of Google's most popular search features, including:
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
HP rolls out 20-foot datacenter pod — Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday unveiled a 20-foot version of its Performance-Optimized Datacenter (POD), a trailer-sized container that packs a datacenter in it. — In 2008, HP introduced a 40-foot POD that was initially designed for so-called “scale out” …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
What's new in Windows Mobile 6.5.3 — A few blogs noted on February 2 that Sony Ericsson has a new Windows Mobile phone out that's running the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 operating system. — What's new in 6.5.3? This looks like the long-rumored update to Windows Mobile that provides support for capacitive-screen phones.
Jefferson Graham / USA Today:
Free video site Hulu hits 1 billion videos; will people pay? — LOS ANGELES — Less than two years ago, Hulu.com launched with a novel online strategy. Instead of just short video clips, it offered full TV shows and movies. — Skeptical tech analysts initially wondered if people would sit still at their PCs for that long.
