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Microsoft Reports Record Fourth-Quarter Results — Microsoft Corp. today announced record fourth-quarter revenue of $16.04 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, a 22% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share …
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Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Microsoft posts a big quarter, tops Apple, profits jump 50% — Strong sales of Windows 7 and the improving economy helped Microsoft finish its fiscal year with a big quarter — defying, for now, the widespread predictions that its longtime nemesis Apple would surpass it in revenue.
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Windows 7, corporate upgrade cycle propel Microsoft's fourth quarter
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Joel Johnson / Gizmodo:
Is Flipboard Legal? — Social news app Flipboard was yesterday's hot new app, despite—or perhaps because of—technical problems prevented some features from working. But there might be a bigger snag: Is Flipboard scraping content it doesn't have the rights to?
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Connie Loizos / PE Hub Blog:
Flipboard's Mike McCue on Life Over the Last 36 Hours and What's Coming Soon — To say that Flipboard — the new iPad application that ports users' social media into a sleek magazine-like layout — was well-received at its launch yesterday would be understating things considerably.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Disney About To Acquire Playdom — Disney and social gaming startup Playdom are in “very” late stage acquisition discussions, we've heard from, oh, about seven independent sources, including sources close to Playdom, over the last several days. Internally the two parties have referred to the deal as …
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
I confess: I bought an iPad (and so far I love it) — I bought an iPad. — Big deal, you say... So did 3.3 million other people so far this year. — Well, for me it is a big deal. I'm a PC. I am not an early adopter or someone who rushes out to buy the latest/greatest gadget.
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Amazon Mobile Sales Topped $1 Billion In Past 12 Months — Jeff Bezos is bullish on mobile, whether it's Kindles, smartphones or what he calls the “new category” of wireless tablet computers. Why? Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) customers spent more than $1 billion via mobile device in the past 12 months …
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Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
Facebook ‘Suspects’ Zuckerberg Contract Was ‘Forged’ — Facebook says it “strongly suspects” forgery is involved in a contract showing its founder Mark Zuckerberg signed away more than half the rights to Facebook for $1,000 in 2003. The suit to take over the company seven years later is “absurd,” the company said Thursday.
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Sorry, No, I'm Not Going to Write a Piece Arguing That Dan Lyons Is a Jackass — So I get another call from my payola rep at Apple, and she's like, “Hey, thanks so much for all the antenna-related links over the weekend. I just wanted to let you know how much we appreciate it, John.”
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
Droid X users gobbling up 5x the data of other Verizon smartphones — Been wondering why Verizon would seek to curb its unlimited data plans with bogus restrictions? Wonder no more. Jennifer Byrne, a business development executive director at Big Red, has shared with us the shocking stat …
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Brad McCarty / The Next Web:
WordPress vs. Thesis: The battle is over. — This tweet pretty much sums up the whole post: — If you're not familiar with the background, however, the Cliff's Notes version comes down to Thesis Theme using a license other than GPL, which created a conflict between Thesis Theme creator Chis Pearson …
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Facebook's Tornado Unleashes Version 1.0 on The Web — Want to turn your website into a storm of real-time user activity? Another way to do so has just arrived. The real-time web framework called Tornado, which Facebook open sourced last Fall, has just released version 1.0.
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Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Whoa! Disable your Safari AutoFill Immediately — If you use Safari, disable your autofill imediately. Apple enables this by default. We'll wait. — (Uncheck all) — Websites can now steal your Safari browser autofill information including Name, Address, Email …
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Microsoft confirms Windows Phone 7 manufacturers: ASUS, Dell, HTC, LG, and Samsung all on board — Microsoft is no stranger to having partners galore in the phone business, but its lineup of manufacturers for the upcoming, surprisingly promising Windows Phone 7 launch is no less impressive.
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC Charges Dell and Senior Executives with Disclosure and Accounting Fraud — Company to Pay $100 Million Penalty, Michael Dell to Pay $4 Million Penalty — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — 2010-131 — Washington, D.C., July 22, 2010 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Dell Inc …
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Josh Ong / AppleInsider:
LG unable to meet iPad display demand — LG Display's CEO said Thursday that the company had been unable to fulfill orders for displays used in Apple's iPad, but promised “without fail” to catch up with demand by Q2 2011. — Chief executive Kwon Young-soo explained that LG was currently running …
Michele Flannery / YouTube Blog:
Ready...set...discover more music on YouTube — If you want easier ways to discover music on YouTube, just start here. Our revamped music page - part of a redesign that started with our shows and movies pages - showcases the most viewed music videos, special promotions, curated playlists …
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Kyle VanHemert / Gizmodo:
WebOS 2.0 Coming Later This Year, HP's Windows 7 Slate To Be An Enterprise Product — Some interesting news from Fortune's Brainstorm conference: HP VP Todd Bradley says that the company's Windows 7-running tablet, the one Steve Ballmer showed off at CES, will not be a consumer-focused product.
Ian Sherr / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Looks to Small Businesses — Apple Inc. is boosting efforts to appeal to a new type of customer: small businesses. — The consumer electronics giant responsible for the iPhone is seeking to hire engineers in as many as a dozen U.S. retail stores to put together Apple-based computer systems …
