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Lee Mathews / Download Squad:
Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26 — The title pretty much says it all on this one, folks. — Yes, our source tells us that Google is building a Chrome OS tablet. It's real, and it's being built by HTC. No surprise there, since HTC churned out the Nexus One for Google.
Sam Kennedy / 1UP.com:
Google Shows the Future of Browser Games — Google's game developer advocate Mark DeLoura demonstrates the Google App store and more. — Earlier today at GDC Europe, which takes place before Gamescom this week in Germany, Google's new game developer advocate Mark DeLoura …
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Chrome Web Store Slated For October Launch, Google Taking A Mere 5% Cut Of Revenue
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New York Times:
Investors Chide Michael Dell — SAN FRANCISCO — Dell's shareholders delivered a sharp rebuke of Michael S. Dell, the company's founder and chief executive, when a fourth of the investors withheld support of Mr. Dell in a recent vote. — In a regulatory filing released Tuesday …
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Digital Daily, Inquirer, Tech Eye, DailyTech, Silicon Alley Insider, Financial Times, Reuters and Engadget
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Google TV Is a Tough Sell Among Would-Be Partners — Google Inc. is launching a campaign to line up TV networks' support for its new Google TV software, but many remain reluctant to partner with a service that encroaches on their turf. — The service will allow people to watch and search cable …
Nick Bilton / Bits:
For the Class of 2014, No E-Mail or Wristwatches — Every year the administrators at Wisconsin's Beloit College put together a list of information about incoming freshmen that is shared with the school's professors. It's not a list of student names, or the books they'll need to order for class.
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Technologizer, hypebot, Gizmodo, ResourceShelf and Gawker
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Wired Says ‘The Web is Dead’ — On Its Increasingly Profitable Website — Chris Anderson will generate plenty of chatter with his “The Web is Dead” Wired cover, foretold here previously. Fair enough; that's what a smart magazine editor does. But all the more reason to note the rich ironies in his eulogy.
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Fast Company, Wired, Service-Oriented …, broadstuff and The Atlantic Wire, more at Mediagazer »
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
The Web Isn't Dead; It's Just Continuing to Evolve
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Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Joyeur and Wired, more at Mediagazer »
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing:
Is the web really dead? — Wired uses this graph to illustrate …
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
If German Homes Can Now Opt Out Of Google, Then How About People? — Google made their “opt out of street view” service live in Germany today, giving select Germans until September 15th to exclude their properties from being mapped when the Street View service launches.
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Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Jaunted, Erictric, Deutsche Welle and Wall Street Journal
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Raphael Minder / New York Times:
Google Sued in Spain Over Data Collecting
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Softpedia News, The Register, ReadWriteWeb, WebProNews, SiliconANGLE and Guardian
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Microsoft's Arc Touch Mouse revealed? — It's not official until Microsoft says it is, but the image above of the rumored Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse was just snagged off a German online store. Amazingly, the mouse arches its back for comfortable mousing before packing flat for easy transport.
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DailyTech, Softpedia News, Techland, Boy Genius Report, CrunchGear, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Electronista and GottaBeMobile, Thanks:rawmeet
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Confirmed: Facebook Rolling Out A New Slimmer, Sexier Like Button — Though it has only been out for a few months, it seems as if Facebook's Like button is all over the web. And despite some initial backlash, a lot of people seem to like it (see what I did there?).
Howard Breuer / People.com:
Plastic Surgeon Was Texting in Car Before Fatal Crash — Dr. Frank Ryan, plastic surgeon to Heidi Montag and other celebrities, was sending a Twitter message about his border collie just before his fatal car accident, his ex-girlfriend tells PEOPLE. — “He lived up in Malibu on a tiny street …
PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain — There he goes again, making up nonsense and making ridiculous claims that have no relationship to reality. Ray Kurzweil must be able to spin out a good line of bafflegab, because he seems to have the tech media convinced that he's a genius …
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The Equity Kicker, Digital Tools and Embracing Chaos
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Apple won't change antenna for Verizon iPhone, says expert — Dismisses talk of coating or change in design for possible CDMA iPhone — Computerworld - If an iPhone does appear on Verizon, don't expect Apple to change its antenna design, an expert said today.
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Erictric, iPhone Buzz, everythingiCafe, I4U News, Ubergizmo, 9 to 5 Mac, SlashGear, IntoMobile and Phones Review
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Millennial Media: Android OS Grew By 47 Percent In July, iPad Requests Up 327 Percent — Mobile ad network Millennial Media is releasing its monthly mobile mix report today. According to Nielsen, Millennial's ads reach 63 million of a total of 77 million mobile web users in the U.S., or 81% of the U.S. mobile web.
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Your fears confirmed: “up to” broadband speeds are bogus — Broadband providers in the US have long hawked their wares in “up to” terms. You know—"up to" 10Mbps, where “up to” sits like a tiny pebble beside the huge font size of the raw number. — In reality, no one gets these speeds.
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Computerworld, blogs.chron.com, Lifehacker and DSLreports
Brody McKee / Neowin.net:
Microsoft Flight Simulator is back! Less the ‘Simulator’ — It's been a day full of gaming news from Microsoft, but perhaps the most exciting - at least to your grandfather, or plane-obsessed uncle - was the announcement that marks the return of the longest running game franchise of all time.
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Technologizer, PC Authority, PC Magazine, iThinkDifferent, The Microsoft Blog, Geek.com, Computerworld, Pocket-lint, Softpedia News and LiveSide.net
Adrianne Jeffries / ReadWriteWeb:
Swipely Opens to Public, But Are People Ready to Broadcast What They Buy? — The social shopping network Swipely, in private beta for three months, is opening up to the public today. Users upload credit and debit card information so the site seamlessly records where they're “swiping,” …
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Steven Sande / TUAW:
Apple awarded patents for Slide to Unlock, keyboard letter pop — In the fast-changing world of smartphone design, often the most valuable thing that a company can own is a patent for a specific feature they've invented. No matter how seemingly trivial the design feature is …
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Geek.com, The Next Web and MacStories
Ina Fried / CNET News:
Get ready for ‘Catfish’, another Facebook movie — While the upcoming “The Social Network” movie will offer one view of Facebook, another big-screen release may do a better job of showing both the power and pitfalls of the social network. — Catfish, which played at Sundance earlier …
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The Next Web and BoomTown
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Ebay Takes Down U.S. Access To Loquo Amid Sex Trafficking Allegations — Craigslist, embattled over the most recent allegations of sex trafficking and underage prostitution, pointed their finger at eBay yesterday. Craigslist has put significant efforts into moderating inappropriate listings on their site, says CEO Jim Buckmaster.
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