Techmeme: iPad is just the beginning — The media pad market is brand new. (Brooke Crothers/CNET News)

10:55 PM ET, August 8, 2010

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Steve Cheney / TechCrunch:

Why The Verizon iPhone Rumors are True—CDMA iPhone Due in January — We've been hearing Verizon iPhone rumors for years now. — It's to the point that no one really believes the rumors anymore, since analysts and pundits have cried wolf so many times. But this time looks to be different due …

Discussion: Electronista, App Advice, AppleInsider, 9 to 5 Mac, Erictric, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, PhoneDog.com, Phone Arena, TUAW, TiPb, iPhone Download Blog, GeekSmack, iPhone Savior, everythingiCafe and Phones Review

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Reportedly Orders CDMA Chips for December Production Run of Verizon iPhone

Discussion: Phones Review, The Huffington Post and Macsimum News

Miguel Helft / New York Times:

Executive Leaves After iPhone Antenna Troubles — Mark Papermaster, the Apple executive in charge of hardware for the company's flagship iPhone, has left the company in the wake of widely reported problems with the antenna of the recently introduced iPhone 4.

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Papermaster and That Damn Antenna — I don't know much more than what I wrote yesterday regarding Mark Papermaster's ouster from Apple in the wake of Antennagate. I do have a few points to add, though. — Several readers asked whether this is proof that the iPhone 4 antenna is, in fact, fundamentally flawed.

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

The iPhone 4 Antenna Issue Won't Die — Because Apple Won't Let It — In the past few weeks, I've been seeing more and more iPhone 4s out in the wild. I think it's pretty safe to assume that Apple has added a least a couple million more to the 3 million sales figure they revealed at their press conference three weeks ago.

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Mark Papermaster Leaves Apple; Responsible for iPhone 4 Antenna

Discussion: Ars Technica, TechCrunch and Electronista

Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:

Former softcore porn actress Jodie Fisher identified in HP CEO sex scandal — Above, while it lasts: the video demo reel on YouTube for actress Jodie Fisher (not Jodie Foster!), who was today identified by the New York Times, USA Today, San Jose Mercury News, AP, Reuters …

Discussion: New York Times, Silicon Alley Insider, PR Newswire, Between the Lines Blog, DailyTech, Associated Press, Mercury News, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE and SFGate

Ben Worthen / Wall Street Journal:
H-P's Hurd Reaches Settlement With Contractor

Discussion: CNET News, VentureBeat, Silicon Alley Insider, Epicenter and Associated Press

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
HP after Hurd: May the CEO guessing game begin

Discussion: VentureBeat, Gawker, SFGate, Silicon Alley Insider, Gizmodo, CrunchGear, Mercury News, WebProNews and Pulse2

Robert X. Cringely / New York Times:

A Net Game for Google? — MY three young sons never hit each other. They may poke, push, graze, bump or even slap, but they never hit, because Mom says hitting isn't allowed. This same semantic technique fits the mind-set of technology companies like Google.

Discussion: Slate, eWeek, Quoderat and Beep Beep

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:

Microsoft Research shows off a prototype ‘Menlo’ mobile phone — For the past few months, I've been trying to piece together what Microsoft codename “Menlo” is. My tipsters described it as a project by Microsoft Researchers to investigate new operating system possibilities in the mobile space.

Discussion: Crave, Gizmodo, Electronista, WMExperts and GeekSmack

Taimur Asad / Redmond Pie:

Flash / Frash Ported to iPhone 4 !! [Video] — The title says it all! Yes, you can now get very alpha version of Flash (aka Frash) running right on your iPhone 4. Previously, we showed you how to install Flash (Frash) on iPad. And now folks at Grant Pannell site has managed to compile an iPhone 4 version of Flash.

Discussion: Grant Pannell, Engadget, App Advice, Gizmodo, iPhone Download Blog, iThinkDifferent, Erictric, 9 to 5 Mac, The Next Web, MobileWhack.com, Covering Web, GeekSmack and Geek.com, Thanks:taimurasad

Brooke Crothers / CNET News:

iPad is just the beginning — The media pad market is brand new. And it's not going to be stuck at a 9.7-inch diagonal. — So, no one should be surprised by rumors about Apple bringing out more tablets (or tablet-like devices) beyond the current 9.7-inch iPad.

Discussion: TeleRead, more at Mediagazer »

Mikko / F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog:

Questions and Answers on the jailbreakme vulnerability — Q: What is this all about? — A: It's about a site called jailbreakme.com that enables you to Jailbreak your iPhones and iPads just by visiting the site. — Q: So what's the problem? — A: The problem is that the site uses …

Discussion: Krebs on Security

Electronista:

Netflix confirms Android app coming — A Netflix employee has confirmed that the company is hiring Android developers through Reddit. This confirms that, like the earlier job listings, Netflix plans on releasing an app that will let users stream Watch Instantly content.

Discussion: WebProNews, The Next Web, Erictric and Phone Arena

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

TorrentReactor Buys and Renames Russian Town — TorrentReactor, listed among the five most popular torrent sites on the Internet, has surprised friends and foes by acquiring a small town in central Russia. The town formerly known as Gar has reportedly been bought for the equivalent of $148,000 …

Discussion: Geek.com, TechSpot and Download Squad

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