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Tony Bradley / PC World:
HP Slate vs. iPad: Focus on Flash — With the iPad presale beginning in just a few days, and the clock ticking down to the much-anticipated Apple tablet finally hitting the streets, HP launched a renewed campaign for its Slate tablet PC debuted at the 2010 CES by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
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Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Does HTML5 Really Beat Flash? The Surprising Results of New Tests — With the impending launch of the Apple iPad, the Cupertino-based company's shunning of Adobe Flash technology has been brought to the forefront of technological discussions. While it was one thing to forgo Flash on a small …
Chris Vander Mey / The Official Google Blog:
Open for business: the Google Apps Marketplace — Every day, thousands of businesses choose the cloud. More than 2 million businesses have adopted Google Apps over the last three years, eliminating the hassles associated with purchasing, installing and maintaining hardware and software themselves.
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Leaked Dell Streak flyer shows multitude of color options, confirmed specifications — There's no denying that the Mini 5 is real, but up until now, we've had to provide all of our own promotional material. At long last, it seems as if the suits in Round Rock are finally getting around …
Shannon Guymon / The Official Google Blog:
Biking directions added to Google Maps — Whenever I meet someone who finds out that I work on the directions team for Google Maps, the first question I'm asked is often “So when's Google Maps going to add biking directions?” We're big biking fans too, so we've been itching to give you a concrete answer.
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Dan Nystedt / Computerworld:
ARM sees over 50 new iPad-like devices out this year — IDG News Service - The launch of Apple's iPad will pave the way for a slew of rival products this year, an ARM executive said Wednesday, predicting over 50 tablet PC devices will be launched globally. — The coming swarm of tablets …
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Reuters:
Google stands behind plan to stop China censorship — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google has not changed its decision to stop censoring its Chinese search site even if it means leaving that market, a senior executive told a U.S. Congressional panel on Wednesday.
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Jerry Dicolo / Wall Street Journal:
Google CEO Sees Conclusion to China Talks Soon — Google Inc.'s chief executive said Wednesday he expects the company will soon reach a conclusion to negotiations with the Chinese government regarding the fate of its China business. — “We are in active negotiations with the Chinese government …
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Taylor Cascino / The Official Google Blog:
YouTube calling: Now serving ads on the YouTube mobile site — (Cross-posted with the YouTube Biz Blog) — Mobile phones are rapidly becoming essential tools for surfing the web, connecting with friends, and sharing and watching video online, and we're seeing these effects at YouTube.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Get Satisfaction Turns To Facebook To Socialize Customer Support — Two years ago customer support startup Get Satisfaction turned its ear to Twitter to help its clients monitor Twitter for mentions of brands. Get Satisfaction makes a network of customer support forums where customers …
Del Harvey / Twitter Blog:
Trust And Safety — As Director of Twitter's Trust and Safety team, a big part of my job is focused on the detection and prevention of spam and abuse. A couple weeks ago, Biz explained how Twitter users were being victimized by phishing scams spread primarily through links in Direct Messages.
Eric Engleman / TechFlash:
Amazon.com's 1-Click patent confirmed following re-exam — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is confirming Amazon.com's controversial 1-Click patent following a re-examination that lasted more than four years. — Amazon's 1-Click has come under a lot of fire over the years from critics …
Royal Pingdom:
Innovation by acquisition — What do Flash, Android, Hotmail, Google Analytics and Powerpoint all have in common? Can you guess? — The answer is: None of them were created by the companies who now own them. They were acquisitions. — These products have continued to develop at their new homes …
Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Why do we ignore ‘real-time’ results from Google search? — Eye-tracking shows that tweets added into search results don't get much attention. Too soon to be useful, or never going to be useful? — Users ignore “real time” results in searches. That's the conclusion …
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Rik Myslewski / The Register:
Tablet maker threatens, then robs Apple — The non-iPad iPad clone — The publicity whores at China's Shenzhen Great Loong Brother tablet-PC maker are at it again. — First, they raised a worldwild rumpus by floating the prospect of a lawsuit accusing Apple of stealing the design of their tubby P88 slate for the iPad.
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Eternal optimist Verizon calls iPad launch ‘an opportunity’ to sell some data plans — That's the “glass is half full” attitude we like, Verizon — always looking for a way to sign a few more of those lucrative data contracts, no matter the circumstances! Turns out Big Red is tipping off …
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Apple iPhone targeted in patent lawsuit over sync, Bluetooth — Apple — along with AT&T, Research in Motion and a number of other companies — is the defendant in a new patent suit that covers a broad range of smartphone related technologies, including e-mail syncing and Bluetooth connectivity.
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ap.org:
Social engagement networks could enhance advertising effectiveness, study shows — MIAMI, Fla - Many news consumers feel bombarded by advertising but are more receptive to it if is presented in a trusted, interactive environment, a new study for The Associated Press concludes.
Mike Jones / MySpace:
MySpace Launches New Games Experience and Connects with Developers at GDC 2010 — Gaming is core to the overall entertainment value of MySpace. Nearly a third of our users engage daily in games and there are more than 28 million active app users on our site.
comScore, Inc.:
comScore Reports January 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share — Use of Social Media via Mobile Sees Considerable Gains in Past Three Months — comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service …
Suzy Jagger / Times of London:
Microsoft launches free rival to BBC iPlayer - the MSN Video Player — Microsoft is launching a free online video player - the first serious rival to the BBC's iPlayer — The MSN video player, which goes live tomorrow, will feature a thousand hours of television programming that is aimed mainly …
Colin Gibbs / GigaOM:
The Disconnect Between Subscriber Growth and Revenues in Broadband and Mobile — Subscriber growth for both fixed-line broadband and mobile service providers was “pretty decent” in 2009 even despite the faltering economy, according to TeleGeography Research, which released figures for the year this morning.
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Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Drudge Report accused of serving malware, again — A CNET reader grabbed this screenshot of what looks like a fake antivirus warning that popped up on Drudge Report. — For the second time in less than six months, visitors to the Drudge Report say they got malware in addition to the Web site's usual sensational headlines.
