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6:05 PM ET, July 10, 2010

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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Exclusive: Motorola WX445 leaked, offers low-end Android for Verizon  —  So this little number just rolled into our tips inbox — and at a glance, it appears to be the anti-Droid X, if that makes any sense.  We're being told this is the Motorola WX445 for Verizon (street name unknown) …
Chloe Albanesius / AppScout:
Reddit Solicits Donations to Keep Site Afloat  —  News recommendation site Reddit on Friday released a puzzling blog post in which it announced plans to implement a subscription-based service—sort of.  —  The subscription service, known as Reddit Gold, will help Reddit earn some extra cash …
Discussion: reddit, TechCrunch and Erictric
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Mark Zuckerberg Got Served—but Why?  —  Boom!  Mark Zuckerberg was served legal papers relating to a mysterious lawsuit at a fancy lunch in Sun Valley, Idaho yesterday.  The sneaky server pretended to ask for Mark Zuckerberg's autograph before dropping the bomb.  More »  —  01:35 PM
Discussion: New York Post
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Apple Targets Searchers For ‘Dell Streak’, ‘HP Slate’ With Google Ads For The iPad  —  In a move that suggests a tad of insecurity on Apple's behalf, the iPad maker is apparently buying Google AdWords ads targeting potential buyers of the Dell Streak, the Android-powered micro-tablet or netpad …
Alexander Vaughn / App Advice:
Microsoft Mining The App Store To Find iOS Developers & Win Them Over  —  It's been reported many times that Microsoft and even Google are doing everything in their power to win over developers to their respective mobile platforms.  Yet, these were often just rumors and the fact …
Discussion: Dr. Touch
Bryan Rhoads / Inside Scoop:
Intel Supercomputer Tracks Oil Spill  —  As the catastrophic April 20 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico grows worse by the day, there's one question everyone in the region is asking: Where is all that oil going to go?  —  Now, thanks to a complex ocean current model simulated on a supercomputer housed …
Discussion: VentureBeat
Taimur Asad / Redmond Pie:
Geohot Jailbreaks Apple iPhone 4 !  —  After months of silence, Geohot has finally published a new blog post in which he talks about iPhone 4 jailbreak situation, limera1n, and Pwned4life exploit which he recently talked about at the Nuit Du Hack conference in Paris.
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Pirate Bay and MegaUpload Escape Domain Seizure by US  —  In the final days of last month, US authorities targeted several sites they claimed were connected to the streaming of movies and TV shows.  ‘Operation In Our Sites’ culminated in the apparent shutting down of 9 sites - TVShack.net …
Discussion: Geekosystem
Mike Rohde / Rohdesign:
My PlayMesh Fishies App Story  —  I am angry.  —  I'm burning with a white hot passion to tell the story of the Fishies iPhone app from PlayMesh charging me for $190 worth of useless pseudo-currency in a iPad/iPhone app.  —  This is a cautionary tale about the dangers of free iPad/iPhone apps and in-app purchasing.
Discussion: TUAW
Bertrand Vasquez / Erictric:
Fring Overwhelmed by Video Calling, Temporarily Suspends Access to Skype  —  Yesterday, Erictric reported that Apple approved a Fring update that allows 2-way video calling to other mobile platforms over 3G.  Apparently, the improved application has become a huge success …
Discussion: CloudAve, fring, Pocket-lint and RazorianFly
Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:
More App Store hackery may be afoot  —  Last weekend there were reports that iTunes and the App Store had been hacked.  However, it turned out that a developer had used other users' iTunes accounts to buy his apps repeatedly, quickly moving the apps up the App Store sales ranking.
Whitson Gordon / Lifehacker:
Access Hulu from Outside the U.S. Without a Proxy Server  —  We've featured one or two ways to watch Hulu from outside the US, but one user over at Reddit has discovered another method, no outside proxy server required.  All you need is a Firefox add-on and a few blocked ports.  More »
Discussion: Techie Buzz
 
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Jim Wolf / Reuters:
HP in potential $3.4 billion U.S. Navy network deal
Discussion: Virginian-Pilot and Data Center Knowledge, Thanks:hpnews
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter Changes Tweet Storage Strategy, Confirms Realtime Analytics Product
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Turning the Page on the Page Turn
Rebecca MacKinnon / RConversation:
On Google's license renewal and principled engagement
Carl Bialik / Wall Street Journal:
Hidden Formulas Send Mixed Signals on Cellphones
 Earlier Items: 
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft's new Hawaiian codenames are all about mobile
Chad Catacchio / The Next Web:
Google launches Android app to help you find empty parking spots
Discussion: eWeek, Internet2Go, Mashable! and TechCrunch, Thanks:bradtnw
JP Mangalindan / Fortune:
Twitter's business model: A visionary experiment
Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Apple sues resellers over power adapters
Discussion: The Register and Macsimum News
 

 
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Evan Drellich / New York Times:
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