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7:45 PM ET, March 23, 2010

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Paul Miller / Engadget:
HTC EVO 4G is Sprint's Android-powered knight in superphone armor, we go hands-on  —  We've been rumoring a WiMAX “HTC Supersonic” for a while now, and Sprint just dropped the hard news: the phone will be dubbed the HTC EVO 4G, will be released this Summer and it's easily the best specced phone we've ever witnessed.
New York Times:
China Counters Google Move by Restricting Hong Kong Site  —  BEIJING — As Google began redirecting tens of millions of Chinese users on Tuesday to its uncensored Web site in Hong Kong, the company's remaining mainland operations came under pressure from its Chinese partners and from the government itself.
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
An Interview with David Drummond of Google
Michael Grothaus / TUAW:
Jobs on a roll, drops three more emails; expect universal iPhone mailbox  —  Okay, who hasn't gotten an email from Steve Jobs this week?  Yesterday we reported on an email Steve sent to a user regarding Google's Picasa.  Also, a MacRumors reader emailed Jobs yesterday about his concern …
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Sprint:
Sprint 4G Expansion Plans to Stretch Coast-to-Coast from Los Angeles to Miami  —  Sprint extends its lead in making 4G technology a reality for millions of customers by announcing more planned coverage across the country  —  On a path to equip an expected 120 million Americans by end …
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John Cook / TechFlash:
Clearwire touts wireless router to boost speeds on Apple's iPad
Discussion: Wi-Fi Networking News and TidBITS
Joseph Palenchar / TWICE:
Clearwire, Sprint Detail 4G Mobile WiMAX Plans
Discussion: Light Reading
Opera Press Room:
Opera Mini submitted to Apple's App Store  —  Opera Mini for iPhone was officially submitted to the Apple iPhone App store today.  A select few first saw it at Mobile World Congress 2010 in February.  Now, the “fast like a rocket” browser is taking its first big step towards giving users a new way to browse on the iPhone.
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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Opera Mini Browser, Coming To An iPhone Near You
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Adobe earnings: Business strong, product cycles boost outlook  —  Adobe's fiscal first quarter was stronger than expected and the company boosted its outlook for the next quarter amid new versions of its Flash Player and Creative Suite.  —  The company reported earnings of $127.2 million …
Discussion: Beet.TV and Business Wire
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Scott M. Fulton, III / BetaNews:   Adobe to launch Creative Suite 5 April 12
Abdur / Twitter Blog:
State of Twitter Spam  —  If you look “spam” up in the dictionary, you'll find two definitions.  There's the “canned meat” and then there's the “unwanted email.”  At Twitter, we see spamming as a variety of different behaviors that range from insidious to annoying.
Stuart Parmenter / blog.pavlov.net:
Stopping Development for Windows Mobile  —  We have been building a version of Firefox for Windows Mobile for quite a while, with the expectation that Microsoft would be doubling down in the mobile market and hoping that they would put out a great new mobile operating system.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Microsoft: Want to Learn About Our Secret Tablet?  Read Engadget.  —  Want to get the latest news on “Courier,” Microsoft's rumored-but-not-confirmed answer to Apple's iPad?  Microsoft doesn't want to talk about it.  But Redmond does have a suggestion for you: Read the gadget blogs.
Vladislav Savov / Engadget:
Nintendo 3DS to come with ‘3D control stick,’ vibration, and Sharp's parallax barrier 3D LCD?  —  You had the hard news for breakfast, so how's about some less official, but still pretty robust, fodder for brunch?  Asahi in Japan offers the first word on how the 3DS achieves its 3D-ness …
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:
Foursquare goes to the ‘Jersey Shore’  —  DJ Pauly D, MTV superstar and new Foursquare power user.  —  We already knew that in the heated battle among location-based social-networking start-ups, Foursquare already had Ashton Kutcher on its team.  Turns out it also has “Jersey Shore” star …
Brian Barrett / Gizmodo:
T-Mobile to Have Crazy Fast HSPA+ In Over 100 Metro Areas This Year  —  T-Mobile has announced that they're rolling out their super speedy HSPA+ network to over 100 metro areas total.  More than half of that will be complete by the middle of the year.  That's aggressive.
Discussion: Engadget, TmoNews and PC World
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Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Apple positioned to introduce connected HDTV within 2-4 years  —  Apple is expected to join the lucrative home entertainment market, estimated to be worth $31.8 billion in the U.S. alone, in the next two to four years by offering a $2,000 Internet- and content-connected HDTV.
Matt Bowman / VentureBeat:
Y Combinator presents 26 new startups  —  Startup incubator Y Combinator is hosting its semi-annual Demo Day today.  Twice a year, the Mountain View, Calif.-based incubator parades its latest batch of companies onstage to present before potential investors.  —  This afternoon, 26 companies will pitch their business plans.
Thanks:keithlinks
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Skype on Verizon: Coming This Thursday  —  Last month, Verizon and Verizon Wireless announced that they were working together to bring a mobile version of Skype to users of BlackBerry and Android handsets on the Verizon network.  Today at the CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas …
Paul Carr / TechCrunch:
Amazon: You Need To Change Your Idiotic Customer Reviews Policy Right Now  —  It's hard to feel sorry for a wildly successful author, but in the case of Michael Lewis I'll make an exception.  Just this once.  —  Lewis' latest book - The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine …
Discussion: TeleRead, Thanks:concarjess3
Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
Yet Another Yahoo Director To Leave  —  Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz now has a third board seat she can fill.  John Chapple, the president of PE firm Hawkeye Investments (and the former CEO of Nextel) won't stand for re-election in order “to devote more time to his other business interests.”
Ina Fried / CNET News:
Microsoft data centers go beyond the container  —  Microsoft's data center of the future will be more like a trailer park.  —  Only the concrete pad will need to be built on-site, with everything else shipped in as a pre-manufactured unit.  That's a step beyond the current approach …
Discussion: ms datacenters
Robert McMillan / Computerworld:
Proposed U.S. law would single out cybercrime havens  —  IDG News Service - A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate Tuesday would compel the White House to identify international cybercrime havens and establish plans for cleaning them up.  —  The International Cybercrime Reporting …
Discussion: The Register
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter Starts Rolling Out Contributors Feature, Salesforce Activated  —  Back in December, Twitter noted a new feature it was testing out, Contributors.  Basically, this allows multiple people to tweet from one account (with individual attribution below the tweet).
Steven Levy / Wired:
How the Tablet Will Change the World  —  Everyone who jammed into the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on January 27, 2010, knew what they were there for: Apple CEO Steve Jobs' introduction of a thin, always-on tablet device that would let people browse the Web, read books, send email, watch movies, and play games.
Discussion: Brainstorm Tech
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple Preps iPads For Gadget Reviewers (AAPL)  —  Apple's trusted cadre of gadget reviewers will get their review units soon: We've heard from an industry source that Apple is either shipping iPads to reviewers this Thursday, or has already shipped them to be received this Thursday.
Discussion: TiPb
Kevin Purdy / Lifehacker:
Google Voice Updates With Near-Instant SMS Notification on Android  —  Android: Google Voice users get free SMS, and dictated voicemails, but they haven't always been a selling point because they could arrive up to 15 minutes late.  The latest Google Voice for Android update delivers SMS and voicemail notifications within seconds.
Staska / Unwired View:
Live pics of Nokia N8-00 12 megapixel Symbian^3 Nseries flagship leak  —  I told you things are about to get much more interesting for Nokia and Samsung.  —  And, less then a day later they already starting to.  —  Yesterday some info about the upcoming Nokia E7-00 Symbian^3 based ESeries device leaked.
 
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Sam Bayard / citmedialaw.org:
Barclays v. TheFlyOnTheWall.com: Hot News Doctrine Alive and Kicking …
David Gilson / last100:
Ubuntu One Music Store goes into public beta, Canonical calls for more testers
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Tricia Duryee / paidContent:
RealNetworks Offers New Way To Mass Produce Mobile Video Apps
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Offerpal Media Acquires Tapjoy, Gains Beachhead For Mobile App Monetization
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
OpenDNS Now Serves 1% Of The Internet (That's A Big Number)
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Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Exclusive: How Google's Eric Schmidt Lost His Mistress, His Partner and Steve Jobs
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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:
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