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Lost iPhone prototype spurs police probe — Silicon Valley police are investigating what appears to be a lost Apple iPhone prototype purchased by a gadget blog, a transaction that may have violated criminal laws, a law enforcement official told CNET on Friday.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Palm Shake-Up Imminent, Rubinstein May Be Out — Palm right now is a disaster. Its sales are going nowhere, its market share is plummeting, and try as it might, it can't even find a buyer. Industry sources tell us that a major restructuring and management shakeup is imminent and CEO Jon Rubinstein may be replaced.
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Kelvin Soh / Reuters:
Lenovo emerges as leading candidate for Palm -sources — Lenovo (0992.HK), the world's No.4 PC brand, has emerged as the leading candidate to buy struggling smartphone maker Palm (PALM.O), after the U.S. firm was rebuffed by other potential Asian buyers, sources said.
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Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
Why Nobody Wants Palm — Except Maybe Facebook
Kevin Thau / Twitter Blog:
Cloudhopping — Twitter was inspired by SMS and we continue to embrace this simple but ubiquitous technology. In fact, Twitter's 140 character limit was designed specifically to allow for any tweet to be read in its entirety whether you're using a rudimentary mobile phone, or a more sophisticated Internet enabled device.
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Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:
Blippy cofounder responds to credit card leak: “It's a lot less bad than it looks” — Earlier today, VentureBeat broke the news that some members of Blippy, a social-sharing site for shoppers, had their credit card numbers published to Google by Blippy's servers.
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Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:
Blippy users' credit card numbers found on Google — [Update: Blippy cofounder Philip Kaplan emailed a response.] — Yesterday was a big day for social-oversharing site Blippy, which lets members automatically post their purchases to the Internet. The company announced $11.2 million …
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Greg / yardley.ca:
The tech press isn't either — Blippy, a service that lets you share your purchases with others, was just called out by Mashable for exposing its users' credit card numbers to a search engine. Since Mashable is widely-read, I start hearing from all over that Blippy released …
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Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:
Google blocks Blippy credit card search
Dan / UNEASYsilence:
CONFIRMED: Fusion Garage SOLD ONLY 64 JooJoo Devices — STUPID STUPID Fusion Garage. When you email your customers use the BCC field rather then the CC field! — This morning, Fusion Garage emailed all their customers asking for their experience using the JooJoo.
Danny Sullivan / Daggle:
Dear Facebook & Google: We Are Not Your Pawns - Enough With The Auto Opt-In! — Over the past few months, both Facebook and Google had followed an alarming trend of opting people into things rather than letting them chose themselves. Fair to say, I've had enough of all that. I don't think I'm alone.
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Brad Stone / New York Times:
For Web's New Wave, Sharing Details Is the Point — SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Brooks wants the whole Web to know that he spent $41 on an iPad case at an Apple store, $24 eating at an Applebee's, and $6,450 at a Florida plastic surgery clinic for nose work. — Too much information, you say?
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Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Asustek Eee Pad to hit channel in July — Asustek Computer chairman Jerry Shen has announced, at a conference in Taiwan, that the company will introduce its tablet PC, the Eee Pad, at Computex 2010, scheduled between June 1-5, and is aiming to launch the device in retail channels …
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Shenaz Zack / Google Public Policy Blog:
Content ID and Fair Use — (Cross-posted from the Official YouTube Blog) — Over the past decade, the evolution of the Internet has altered the landscape for both traditional media companies and the doctrine of fair use, and the media industry has tried to keep up.
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Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Google highlights fair use defense to YouTube takedowns
Google highlights fair use defense to YouTube takedowns
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Daniel Ionescu / PC World:
Google Dashes Hopes of Free iPhone Turn-by-Turn GPS — Google has denied the latest rumors that the search giant will bring free turn-by-turn GPS navigation on the Apple iPhone, although the features could come in the future to other (unspecified) mobile platforms.
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Chris Messina / FactoryCity:
Understanding the Open Graph Protocol — I attended Facebook's F8 conference yesterday (missed the keynote IRL, but you can catch it online) and came away pondering the Open Graph Protocol. — In they keynote Zuck said (as Luke Shepard calls him):
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David Carnoy / CNET News:
B&N delivers meaty Nook update, teases iPad app — Barnes & Noble's new Read in Store feature is part of the Nook's firmware 1.3 update. — When Barnes & Noble launched the Nook e-book reader late last year, the company said that it would offer unique features such as e-book lending …
Markcuban / blog maverick:
Is Facebook the new internet and how soon before Microsoft tries to buy it ? — A question for you. When was the last time you surfed the net ? Can you remember when you just clicked around looking to discover new sites or a site to occupy your time ? Now ask yourself when was the last time you sat …
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