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7:40 AM ET, July 26, 2010

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Ross Miller / Engadget:
Mystery HTC Windows Phone 7 device: in the wild and lacking any Sense  —  A candybar slate from HTC with a 3.7-inch SLCD and 1GHz Snapdragon processor — sounds about right for the Desire, but this little puppy is actually running Windows Phone 7 (presumably a developer build, given the apps catalog).
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HTC to Put Sense on Windows Phone 7 Devices
Simon Rogers / Guardian:
Wikileaks Afghanistan files: download the key incidents as a spreadsheet  —  Key incidents from the Wikileaks Afghanistan war logs selected by Guardian writers.  As a spreadsheet, with co-ordinates  —  • Get this data  —  • INTERACTIVE: These key incidents mapped  —  • Glossary of military terms
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
In Disclosing Secret Documents, WikiLeaks Seeks ‘Transparency’  —  WikiLeaks.org, the online organization that was to post tens of thousands of classified military field reports about the Afghan war on Sunday, says its goal in disclosing secret documents is to reveal “unethical behavior” by governments and corporations.
Jonny Evans / Computerworld:
RIP: Why the iPad ‘killers’ are already dead  —  iPad is huge, big, massive hit, an echo of the iPod effect on the MP3 player market and the iPhone effect on the mobile world.  Apple has stolen the tablet/netbook industry to the extent competitors face a pretty tough time in even manufacturing their ‘iPad killers’.
Discussion: App Advice and DailyTech, Thanks:jonnyrhere
Paul Carr / TechCrunch:
NSFW: Sorry AirBnB Hipsters, I'll Take Health and Safety Over the Cult of Disruption  —  Get out of the way, old man!  You're being Disrupted!  Screw you, newspapers: blogs are stealing your readers and Craigslist is pillaging your revenue!  Take that publishers: Andrew Wiley doesn't need you and your stupid dead trees!
Discussion: New York Magazine and Curbed NY, Thanks:alexia
Om Malik / GigaOM:
FourSquare's Crowley on Facebook, Check-in Fatigue & the Copy Cats  —  I was in New York this week, and as part of my visit, I decided to check-in (pun intended) with Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley.  He showed off the company's massive new office that is still under construction …
Discussion: parislemon, Thanks:atul
Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
The Varieties of Religious Experience: How Apple Stays Divine  —  The iPhone Antennagate is, for most intents and purposes, over.  Apple's free-case quick fix for the problem tamped down consumer anger — and Apple's great earnings report blasted its problems off the front page.
Discussion: Gizmodo, Switched and kottke.org
Fred / A VC:
The AngelList  —  There are a growing number of resources for entrepreneurs on the web, but certainly one of the very best is Venture Hacks.  And their AngelList service is particularly useful for entrepreneurs trying to get angel rounds done.  I found myself recommending it to at least a half dozen entrepreneurs this past week.
David Kaplan / mocoNews:
iPhone Becomes Focus Of Media Measurement Consortium  —  Major media companies are zeroing in on the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone as the key to understanding consumers' habits with regard to TV, online and mobile.  The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), the research initiative formed …
AppleInsider:
Limited iMac retail inventory precedes anticipated update  —  Some Apple retail stores have run out of stock of both 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac models, ahead of an expected refresh to the desktop Mac hardware.  —  An AppleInsider reader sent word Sunday that the 21.5-inch iMac …
Discussion: MacRumors and Softpedia News
Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Mimicking Apple an imperative for PC makers  —  PC makers are beginning to bear an uncanny resemblance to Apple.  —  So, what does Apple look like these days?  Apple is not as much about the Mac anymore (in case anyone didn't notice).  And it's not just about a successful gadget sideshow, i.e., the iPod.
Josh Constine / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Application Bookmarks Now Drop Below The Fold If Unused For 30 Days  —  Today, Facebook announced an update to the bookmarks panel of the home page's left-hand navigation sidebar in an effort to keep the panel tidy and to surface frequently used applications.
 
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Dell drops Ubuntu PCs from website... for now
Discussion: TechSpot and Techie Buzz
Elie Mystal / Above The Law:
The Facebook Lawsuit: Everybody Calm Down and Remember Your 1L Contracts Class
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
MSFT earnings up, stock down. What do investors want?
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Spam Filtering? Patented! 36 Companies Sued
Discussion: WebProNews and The Next Web
 

 
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Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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