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12:00 PM ET, March 9, 2010

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech:
Apple talks tough to handset makers  —  The HTC lawsuit capped blunt talks that have reportedly shaken their faith in Google  —  Oppenheimer's Yair Reiner issued a behind-the-scenes report Tuesday that sheds a lot of light on the patent suits Apple (AAPL) filed last week against HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone maker.
Fred von Lohmann / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
All Your Apps Are Belong to Apple: The iPhone Developer Program License Agreement  —  The entire family of devices built on the iPhone OS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) have been designed to run only software that is approved by Apple—a major shift from the norms of the personal computer market.
Pedro Bustamante / Panda Research Blog:
Vodafone distributes Mariposa botnet  —  Here is yet another example of a company distributing malware to its userbase.  Unfortunately it probably won't be the last.  —  Today one of our colleagues received a brand new Vodafone HTC Magic with Google's Android OS.  “Neat” she said.
Michael Calore / Webmonkey:
Amazon Is Building a Better Browser for Kindle  —  Browsing the web on one of Amazon's Kindle e-readers is like taking a step backwards in time.  It's clunky and has only limited support for web standards and bare-bones JavaScript capabilities.  —  But now Amazon may be looking …
AppleInsider:
FileMaker Pro 11 released with quicker, easier database creation  —  FileMaker Pro 11, the latest version of the Mac database software, was officially released Tuesday, packing in improved chart visuals, “on the fly” reporting, a new Quick Find capability, and a number of productivity tools …
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
iPhone Apps on the iPad  —  Brian X. Chen at Wired, on the default iPhone apps that aren't present on the iPad: … Actually, it's sort of the opposite problem.  It's not that Apple couldn't just create bigger versions of these apps and have them run on the iPad.  It wasn't a technical problem, it was a design problem.
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Foursquare Introduces New Tools for Businesses  —  Foursquare, a location-based social network, plans to distribute a new analytics tool and dashboard in the coming weeks that will give business owners access to a range of information and statistics about visitors to their establishments.
John Poirier / Reuters:
U.S. considers some free wireless broadband service  —  (Reuters) - U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday.
Discussion: Phone Scoop
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Go Tribal Wants To Help Women Coordinate Social Plans  —  We've written about Plancast, a “Foursquare For The Future,” that essentially broadcasts your plans to your online social circle.  We're big fans of the startup, which just raised seed funding from an impressive group of investors.
Discussion: VentureBeat, GigaOM and Mashable!
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Investors Say “Count Me In” To Plancast
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, CloudAve and paidContent
Paul Bonanos / GigaOM:
Apple's iTunes LP 6 Months Later: LP What?  —  When it was first unveiled, Apple's new iTunes LP format — codenamed “Cocktail” and introduced at a “rock and roll event” in San Francisco — promised to give consumers a new reason to buy albums instead of individual songs.
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Another one bites the dust: Cisco steps out of the WiMAX game  —  It's still far, far too early to call WiMAX a dead technology, but with the second major infrastructure supplier moving away from it in as many months, that's a pretty damning sign, isn't it?  After Alcatel Lucent's announcement …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Cisco Unveils “Next-Generation” Routing System to Speed Up Video on the Web  —  Cisco today announced a new version of its key routing system, which the networking giant said had a dozen times the traffic capacity of competitors.  —  Cisco's CEO John Chambers said the CRS-3 Carrier Routing System …
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Report: Microsoft moves up Windows 7 SP1 release date  —  Analyst argues that Microsoft should delay SP1 to maintain momentum of fast-selling OS  —  Computerworld - Even though Microsoft has dropped a plan to wait nearly two years after Windows 7's launch to issue a first service pack …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Foursquare + Google Maps = FourWhere  —  With the SXSW conference approaching in Austin, we are seeing a lot of geo-location launching this year.  A lot of startups are taking advantage of Foursquare's APIs in particular to get their geo apps quickly out of the gate.  —  Take FourWhere.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Mainsoft's Harmony Brings Google Docs To Microsoft Outlook  —  Google's recently announced $25 million acquisition of DocVerse represented one saga of an ongoing war between Google and Microsoft over dominance in the productivity suite place.  Today, Israeli enterprise software company Mainsoft …
Mercedes Bunz / Guardian:
German publisher in row with Apple over pin-ups in iPhone app  —  Conflict sparks debate about online censorship and highlights Apple's control over software platform  —  The International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP) is considering making a complaint to Apple …
Discussion: textually.org
TEDTalks / The Huffington Post:
Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide  —  At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for “raw data now” — for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the web.  At TED University in 2010, he shows a few of the interesting results when the data gets linked up.
Chris Rawson / TUAW:
Apple patent: use your iPhone as an electronic “iKey”  —  The Daily Telegraph reports that a new Apple patent has surfaced which could potentially allow the iPhone, or another Apple portable, to act as a sort of electronic key.  The potential applications are as limitless as the number of things locked by old-school metal keys.
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Google's online-only phone selling model has failed  —  Well, it's been a while now since Google launched the Nexus One — and so far, it hasn't lived up to their expectations.  I guess it's not as bad as the Google Buzz roll-out, but Google's attempt at fundamentally changing the way we buy cell phones has yet to bear much fruit.
Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat:
WHERE joins the mobile advertising business with WHERE Ads  —  The mobile search and recommendation service WHERE announced today the launch of its new hyper-local mobile advertising network, WHERE Ads.  —  WHERE's claim to fame is its immensely useful mobile application which goes by the same name.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Looks To Be Partnering With Eventbrite To Monetize Events  —  Here's a fascinating idea - Facebook looks to be partnering with Eventbrite to let users sell tickets to the 3.5 million events added to Facebook each month.  —  Earlier this month we confirmed that Facebook intends …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
More states propose Internet sales taxes  —  Jeremy Bray received an e-mail message this morning with an unwelcome surprise: Amazon.com told him it had canceled its affiliate program, which provides small payments for referring customers, for everyone in the state of Colorado.  —  The reason?
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Google Testing TV Search Service On Android-Enhanced Set-Top Boxes (GOOG, DISH)  —  Google is testing a new TV search service with Dish Network, the no. 2 U.S. satellite TV provider, the WSJ reports.  —  The service lets you search TV shows and Web video, including YouTube videos, the WSJ's Jessica Vascellaro reports.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Sobees Streamlines Native Twitter Client For Windows, Integrates Realtime Search  —  We've written about Twitter client Sobees, which is working to create the best social media client on the market, competing with both TweetDeck and Seesmic.  Today Sobees is releasing a new version …
Guardian:
Facebook security measures criticised after Ashleigh Hall murder  —  Networking site under fire after conviction of Peter Chapman, who posed as a teenager to lure and kill 17-year-old girl  —  Facebook was today accused of a “glaring failure” to implement advice on protecting children online …
Discussion: BBC
 
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Ethan Zuckerman / Worldchanging:
Internet Freedom: Beyond Circumvention
Douglas MacMillan / Business Week:
Web-Connected TV: A Distant Dream for App Makers
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Buzz Could Have Dominated Location.  (And Snuck Up On Facebook And Twitter.)
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
Tumblr Hits Major Milestones, Plans to Start Generating Revenue
Discussion: bijan sabet, Tumblr Staff and VatorNews
Karen Gullo / Bloomberg:
Hewlett-Packard Sues MicroJet Alleging Patent Infringement Over Cartridges
Kim-Mai Cutler / VentureBeat:
Bump Technologies closes in on 10 million downloads
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 Earlier Items: 
John Cook / TechFlash:
Paul Allen's Vulcan says case involving fired workers is ‘tainted’
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Fourface Is Foursquare As Modern Art
Discussion: CloudAve, Tnooz and SocialTimes.com
Robert McMillan / Computerworld:
FDIC: Hackers took more than $120M in three months
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Canada Now Somewhat Less Anti-Startup
Discussion: PE Hub Blog, Thanks:keithdsouza
Vivek / delicious blog:
Early Beta of Delicious Chrome extension available
Discussion: Download Squad
Liz Gannes / GigaOM:
When It Comes to Social Sharing, Don't Forget About Email
Max Wang / DigiTimes:
Acer to launch a frameless-screen ultra-thin notebook with touch keyboard in 2H10
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
HP Slate makes an appearance to show off Flash, stays for a rock concert
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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