Techmeme: Will Intel's latest Xeon lineup be an ‘economic no brainer’? (Larry Dignan/Between the Lines)

9:30 AM ET, March 16, 2010

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@anywhere — When we designed Twitter, we took a different approach—we didn't require a relationship model like that of a social network. Keeping things open meant you could browse our site to read tweets from friends, celebrities, companies, media outlets, fictional characters, and more.

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

Uh Oh. Not Another “Don't Be Evil” Company — Long ago Google unofficially abandoned the Don't Be Evil mantra and replaced it with, no kidding, an “evil scale.” Sometimes you have to chose between the lesser of two weevils, as Patrick O'Brian would say. And frankly, just staying this side of decent is enough for most companies.

Thanks:yuriyp

Kim-Mai Cutler / VentureBeat:

Twitter launches “At Anywhere” platform, integrates tweets, profiles across the web — Twitter CEO Ev Williams demonstrated a new platform that will spread the microblogging network's profiles, tweets and possibly advertising across the web. It's taking the hovercards it launched …

Discussion: Computerworld, TechCrunch, Tech Central, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and Mashable!

Daniel Terdiman / CNET News:
Lackluster Twitter CEO keynote leads many to bail

Discussion: Digits, broadstuff, TechCrunch, Irregular Enterprise, PC World, Silicon Alley Insider, NBC Bay Area and VentureBeat

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Where Are Twitter's Ads? You May Have to Wait a Month (Or More).

Discussion: AdExchanger.com, Globe and Mail, GigaOM, MediaPost and Guardian, Thanks:dmac1

Ben Parr / Mashable!:
Twitter CEO Says “No” to Acquisition in Next Two Years

Discussion: VentureBeat, Epicenter and Bits

Nilay Patel / Engadget:

Confirmed: HTC HD2 will not be upgraded to Windows Phone 7 series — Bad news, HTC HD2 owners: Microsoft has finally come right out and confirmed our suspicions that the mighty HTC HD2 won't be upgraded to Windows Phone 7 Series. Joe Belfiore just told us that the HD2 is …

Discussion: SlashGear, Softpedia News, The Toybox, Phone Arena, InformationWeek, Android Forums, Phones Review, displayblog and Neowin.net

Nilay Patel / Engadget:

Confirmed: Marketplace will be the only way to get apps on Windows Phone 7 Series — We just got out of a meeting with Microsoft's Todd Biggs, who dropped a little bombshell on us: the only official way to get apps on a Windows Phone 7 Series device will be to download them from the just-detailed Windows Phone Marketplace.

Discussion: The Windows Blog, PhoneNews.com, MobileContentToday, Windows Phone Thoughts.com, istartedsomething, SlashGear, Phone Arena, BetaNews, IntoMobile, GottaBeMobile.com and InformationWeek, Thanks:mrinaldesai

Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Netflix prototyped for Windows Phone 7 Series

Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
Like iPhone, Windows Phone 7 Won't Fully Multitask

Discussion: PC Magazine, IntoMobile, All about Microsoft, MobileTechWorld, WMExperts, Ars Technica, ithinkdifferent, The Microsoft Blog, MobileContentToday, Pocket-lint, WMPoweruser.com, PhoneNews.com, Phone Scoop and Computerworld

Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Microsoft announces Windows Phone 7 Series dev partners and details …

Reuters:

China warns Google to obey rules even if it pulls out — (Reuters) - Google should obey Chinese government rules even if it decides to retreat from the country over hacking and censorship complaints, a Chinese government spokesman said on Tuesday. — Investors have sold off Google Inc shares …

Discussion: Reuters, The Register, Bloomberg and Dow Jones Newswires

Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Google misses China licence deadline

Discussion: ITworld.com and PC World

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:
Google sees mobile ad rates passing PC rates

Discussion: Digits, PC World, L.A. Times Tech Blog and Fast Company

David Flynn / APC:

EXCLUSIVE: Samsung to release ‘slate’ PC — Samsung is working on a slate-based device with desktop docking, which it says will have enough processing muscle to become the “primary device” for many people. — A senior Samsung executive has confirmed that the company will release a ‘slate’ PC in the second half of this year.

Discussion: The Toybox, Liliputing, GottaBeMobile.com, CNET News, Gizmodo, SlashGear, ZDNET.com.au, Maximum PC, Delimiter and TechSpot

Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider:

The Nexus One Is A Flop: 74 Days In, Just 135,000 Sold — This just in from mobile analytics company Flurry: Nexus One sales are still flopping. After 74 days on the market, Flurry estimates that Google has sold 135,000 Nexus Ones. — In its first 74 days on the market, the Droid sold 1.05 million units.

Discussion: blog.flurry.com, TechCrunch, AndroidGuys and Mobile Entertainment

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:

PayPal Launches Revamped iPhone App, Teams With Bump For Phone-Tapping Money Transfers — PayPal has just launched an upgraded iPhone application that adds new features and includes a facelift that's meant to help instill a greater sense of security. And it also brings with it big news …

Discussion: Fast Company, Bits, Softpedia News, IntoMobile, Digits, 9 to 5 Mac, Shelly Palmer, textually.org, Mobile Entertainment, App Advice and Phone Scoop

Patricia Cohen / New York Times:

Emory University Saves Rushdie's Digital Data — Among the archival material from Salman Rushdie currently on display at Emory University in Atlanta are inked book covers, handwritten journals and four Apple computers (one ruined by a spilled Coke). The 18 gigabytes of data they contain seemed …

BBC:

Lords pass internet piracy bill — Legislation to tackle internet piracy, including bans for illegal file-sharers, has been passed by the Lords. — The Digital Economy Bill is now expected to be rushed through the Commons before the general election. — Peers had earlier rejected a bid …

Discussion: Telegraph, DSLreports, Music Ally, Techdirt, Softpedia News and Guardian

NexusOne News:

Google runs into a problem with Nexus One trademark application — Google filed an application for the Nexus One trademark back on 10th December 2009 for use in connection with mobile phones. It would appear however that whoever handled the filing didn't spend a lot of time on the initial …

Discussion: The Register and Geeky-Gadgets, Thanks:atul

Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:

40% of Blackberry users willing to trade in for an iPhone — BlackBerry users may be ready to move on to other smartphone platforms, suggesting that RIM isn't keeping up with consumer demand in its efforts to combat growing encroachment from the likes of iPhone and Android.

Discussion: Crowd Science, AndroidGuys, BerryReview.com, Maximum PC, Boy Genius Report, Electronista, Android Phone Fans and IntoMobile

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Hacker News Just Banned Google And Every Other Search Engine — Talk about making a point, Hacker News (a service of YCombinator) has just blocked every search engine from indexing their website. Want proof? Take a look at this: — By blocking robots spidering their website, Google …

Jessica Dolcourt / CNET News:

Opera Mini 5, Opera Mobile 10 graduate to stable — Well, that was fast. Just last week we speculated that Opera Software would release the final versions of their latest beta Web browsers in time for the CTIA cell phone conference in late March. Instead, Opera released them a week earlier than we predicted.

Discussion: Opera Press Room, AppScout, Phone Arena, Unwired View, PhoneNews.com, The Register, Mashable!, Mobile Knots, IntoMobile, Ubergizmo and All About Symbian

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:

Will Intel's latest Xeon lineup be an ‘economic no brainer’? — Intel launched its latest server chips designed for next generation data centers Tuesday and is pitching a five month return on investment for customers using single core servers—a third of the customer base—and a 15 month payback for more modern machines.

Discussion: Paul Venezia's blog, Ars Technica, PC World, DigiTimes, Tech Eye, Electronista, VentureBeat, The Register, blogs.ft.com and Softpedia News

Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:

Delays hit iPad accessories, more shortages to come? — Over the past few days, Apple has altered some of the shipping times on their branded iPad accessories. First we noticed the iPad case making a slight shift from April 3rd to Mid-April. Today we notice Apple has delayed the iPad Keyboard Dock.

Discussion: App Advice and Electronista

Jon Brodkin / Network World:

60% of virtual servers less secure than physical machines, Gartner says — As virtualization adoption grows, so do security risks — Sixty percent of virtual servers are less secure than the physical servers they replace, the analyst firm Gartner said in new research Monday.

Robin Wauters / CrunchGear:

Alex eReader now on sale in the U.S. for $399 a pop, starts shipping mid-April — Spring Design this morning announced that its dual screen Alex eReader will be available online today (the rumors were true!) for $399. Customers can thus start pre-ordering the Android-based multimedia e-reader …

Discussion: Gizmodo, jkOnTheRun, Geeky-Gadgets, DVICE, OhGizmo!, Gadget Lab, Android Phone Fans, GottaBeMobile.com, Engadget and Electronista

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