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Stephen Chapman / Microsoft Kitchen:
Windows 8 Plans Leaked: Numerous Details Revealed — A big thanks to @floo1989 for the heads-up! Over the weekend, the Italian Windows site “Windowsette” got a hold of some super secret squirrel Microsoft presentations apparently laying around on the internet somewhere.
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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft starts sharing Windows 8 plans with PC partners — Windows 8 (which my sources claim recently hit Milestone 1) is starting to take shape. — Microsoft's next version of Windows client is far enough along that the Windows team seems to have begun sharing details about its goals with Microsoft's PC partners.
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Stephen Chapman / Microsoft Kitchen:
The Anatomy of a Leak: Windows 8 Documentation
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Manan / I'm Just Being Manan:
[Screenshots] Kinect's Windows 8 Implementation
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Paul Carr / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch TV Launches... Now. — It's finally here. After months of planning and building and learning and fixing and hiring and spending, TechCrunch TV goes live right... NOW. — Broadcasting daily from our fully-featured San Francisco studio, TechCrunch TV will be packed …
Mickey Kataria / Google Mobile Blog:
Google Docs viewer on Mobile Browsers — (Cross-posted with the Google Docs Blog) — Last week, we announced that the Google Docs viewer supports .doc and .docx attachments. Today we're also releasing a mobile version of the Google Docs viewer for Android, iPhone and iPad to help you view PDFs …
Google Nexus One:
New Android 2.2 Software Update for Nexus One phones — Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive the Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features including support for making your handset a portable hotspot …
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Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
Rumor: Droid 2 will launch with Android 2.2 on August 23rd — A trustworthy source has just informed us that Verizon will be launching the Motorola Droid 2 on August 23rd. We recently got to go hands on with the device and the hardware was finalized so we believe that Verizon planned …
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Legal investigation into iPhone 4 reception problems underway — The Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff Legal firm have opened up their own investigation into the iPhone 4's well-known reception issues. The firm urges customers experiencing issues to contact them via live instant message chat, by phone, or by e-mail.
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
A Look at Who's Getting What on Apple's IAds — Though Complexity, Delays Mean Most Won't Hit July 1 Rollout, Marketers Appear Excited by the Prospects — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The first of Apple's iAds are expected to start popping up on iPhones later this week, but don't expect …
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Alexander Vaughn / App Advice:
iPad To Be Blessed By iOS 4 In November According To Apple?
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Wolfgang Gruener / ConceivablyTech:
An Unexpected Apple Ally: Porn Industry to Drop Flash — Article Navigation — It may seem that Steve Jobs is on a lonely crusade against Adobe's Flash format with the rest of the industry simply waiting who this battle will turn out. While Adobe is rallying support for Flash …
Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
In Faulty Computer Suit, Window to Dell's Fall — After the math department at the University of Texas noticed some of its Dell computers failing, Dell examined the machines. The company came up with a unusual reason for the computers' demise: the school had overtaxed the machines by making them perform difficult math calculations.
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The White House:
Presidential Memorandum: Unleashing the Wireless Broadband Revolution — MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES — America's future competitiveness and global technology leadership depend, in part, upon the availability of additional spectrum.
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
What iPhone? Here Come FOUR MORE Android Phones From Samsung (AAPL, GOOG) — One of Google Android's strengths relative to Apple's iPhone — at least from a market share and platform adoption perspective — is that it's quickly getting sprayed everywhere.
Apple:
iPhone 4 Sales Top 1.7 Million — Apple® today announced that it has sold over 1.7 million of its iPhone® 4 through Saturday, June 26, just three days after its launch on June 24. The new iPhone 4 features FaceTime®, which makes video calling as easy as one tap …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google: Chrome OS Still On Track For This Year Thanks To “Deep Bench Of Talent” — Perhaps you've heard the news by now that Matthew Papakipos, the key architect of Chrome OS, is leaving Google to go to Facebook. While it's not entirely clear what Papakipos will be doing yet …
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Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge:
Facebook Server Count: 60,000 or More — It's said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes a PowerPoint slide can tell the story of thousands of servers. — That was the case with a presentation from Facebook's Tom Cook at last week's Velocity 2010 conference …
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CNET News:
Supreme Court sidesteps software patent issue — Anyone hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court would limit the ability to patent software will be disappointed by Monday's ruling. — The court ruled against patent applicants Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw (PDF), who in 1997 had tried to patent …
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Lance Whitney / CNET News:
Trouble installing iOS 4? This may help — Are you still having trouble trying to upgrade your iPhone or iPod Touch to Apple's new iOS 4? If so, here's a workaround that could help. — After Apple released iOS 4 on June 21, a small but significant number of folks anxious …
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Nokia muses on grip styles, says you can hold your phone ‘any way you like’ — If there's one company in the world who knows more about gripping phones than anyone else, it's Nokia — you know, the creator and sole proprietor of sidetalkin'. So on that note, you might want to sit …
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Jaime Casap / The Official Google Blog:
Two more states open Google Apps for teachers and students — We recently announced that Oregon is the first state to begin offering Google Apps to public schools. Today, Colorado and Iowa are joining the movement. Google Apps for Education will now be available to more than 3,000 schools across the two states.
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Opera Press Room:
Nighttime is prime-time for the mobile Web — New State of the Mobile Web Report answers the question of when people browse — Around the world, 8 p.m. to midnight are the day's prime mobile browsing hours, according to Opera's State of the Mobile Web Report.
Melanie Lee / Reuters:
Baidu to hire U.S. engineers to work in China — (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, China's leading search engine, will start hiring software engineers directly from the United States early next month, as it seeks to expand its technological capabilities and raise its global profile.
Arik Hesseldahl / Business Week:
Apple IPhone 4 Parts Cost About $188 — Researchers at iSuppli tore down the latest iPhone to find parts from LG Display, Samsung, and Broadcom — Apple's iPhone 4 wireless handset includes components that cost as little as $187.51, according to market research firm iSuppli.
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