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Sean Hollister / Engadget:
HTC Sense coming to Windows Phone 7, after all — Some cried and some cheered when Microsoft revealed that handset manufacturers couldn't reskin Windows Phone 7 devices wholesale. But as it turns out, at least one major OEM is still banking on software to help differentiate its phones.
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HTC to Put Sense on Windows Phone 7 Devices — As well as on Android 3.0-powered ones — Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system is set to arrive on the market with a great deal of changes when compared to the current versions, one of which would be the limitation to the number of UI changes handset vendors can apply.
John Fortt / Tech Check:
HP Using Own Software in Phone Wars with Apple, Google — In its bid to take on Apple and Google in smartphones, Hewlett-Packard won't use Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 software. Instead, HP [HPQ 46.15 .08 (+.17%)] Executive Vice President Todd Bradley told me that the PC giant will exclusively use …
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
And Now Three Questions For Paul Ceglia — The Man Who Says He Owns 84% Of Facebook — Yesterday, we provided a quick analysis of the alleged contract between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and upstate New York wood-pellet salesman Paul Ceglia — the contract that Paul says gives him an 84% ownership stake in Facebook.
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Elie Mystal / Above The Law:
The Facebook Lawsuit: Everybody Calm Down and Remember Your 1L Contracts Class — The internet is on fire today. The purported contract between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and random New York resident Paul Ceglia has hit the worldwide web. We've written about Ceglia's claims to 84% of Facebook before.
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Will Zynga Become the Google of Games? — ORIENTATION for new employees of Zynga, the fast-growing maker of Facebook games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars, can be a heady affair given the company's outsize ambitions — all of which are embodied in Mark Pincus, Zynga's 44-year-old founder.
Barry Collins / PC Pro:
Dell drops Ubuntu PCs from website... for now — Dell has stopped selling consumer PCs preloaded with Ubuntu from its website, and doesn't know when they're coming back. — A search for Ubuntu on the Dell UK website returns only one laptop - the Dell Latitude 2100 from the company's business range.
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
MSFT earnings up, stock down. What do investors want? — Microsoft reported record revenues and profits for the quarter and fiscal year. Yet, the stock (MSFT) is down again. What does Wall Street want from Microsoft? I think the problem is that Microsoft still considers itself a growth company …
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Sylvia Hui / Associated Press:
British royals expand online presence with Flickr — LONDON - These aren't your average family snapshots. — Queen Elizabeth II is joining other proud parents starting Monday in showing off and sharing her photo albums — and those of the House of Windsor — on the online Flickr photo site.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Spam Filtering? Patented! 36 Companies Sued — These kinds of lawsuits are coming fast and furious again these days. Glyn Moody points us to the news that 36 companies have been sued for patent infringement in Marshall, Texas (of course) for supposedly violating a patent (6,018,761) on spam filtering.
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Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
Chatroulette Threatens Perverts With Police — Chatroulette has announced that it is going to take steps against the worst offenders on its service, threatening people who expose themselves to minors with the police. Site founder Andrey Ternovskiy said in a message published on the site Friday night …
Nancy Scola / techPresident:
State Department Sets Out to Figure Out Mobile Money — As part of its ongoing quest to figure out how it might apply modern technologies to the world's toughest problems, the U.S. State Department will bring together its employees, outside government staffers, and other interested parties …
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Miguel Helft / Bits:
What's Behind the White iPhone 4 Delays? — Just a week after Steven P. Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, promised that the already delayed white iPhone 4 would be available by the end of July, Apple said that the device would be delayed again. — Apple's explanation for the new delay is concise and scant on details.
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