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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Intel Buys Cyber Security Giant McAfee For $7.68 Billion In Cash — Intel has just bought McAfee according to a release issued this morning. The deal is worth $7.68 billion, or $48 per share. See the release below. — According the statement issued by Intel, McAfee will continue operate …
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Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Intel's McAfee Buyout Inspires Head Scratching
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George Kurtz / McAfee Security Insights Blog:
Performance, Connectivity and Protection
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Michael Eyal Sharon / Facebook Blog:
Who, What, When, and Now...Where — If you're like me, when you find a place you really like, you want to tell your friends you're there. Maybe it's a new restaurant, a beautiful hiking trail or an amazing live show. — Starting today, you can immediately tell people about that favorite spot with Facebook Places.
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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Foursquare CEO Fights Back! Promises Redesign, Says “We're Still A Platform For Location” — Following last night's big Facebook Places launch, we sent Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley an email. We asked: — “So is Facebook the location platform now? And is Foursquare an app on that platform?”
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Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Bing, Google get split decision in Facebook Places mapping feature
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
New Facebook Places Logo Is A “4.” In A Square. Yeah.
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Addy Dugdale / Fast Company:
In the Age of Seamless Product Presentation, Facebook Keeps It Lo-Fi
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Facebook Places Goes Live On The iPhone. Check-In While It's Hot (If You Can)
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Computerworld, Gizmodo, Macworld, ReveNews and Gadgetell
Gareth Beavis / TechRadar.com:
Revealed: Android Honeycomb next up from Google — Will it be Android 3.1 or Android 3.2? — Tell us what you think [ 1 comments ] — Google is set to call the next iteration of its mobile OS Android Honeycomb, following on from the tablet-friendly Gingerbread platform.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Time Inc. breaks the iPad logjam — This week's People app is the first to be free to subscribers. Time, SI and Fortune to follow — Image: Time Inc. — There's more to the iPad issue of People that appeared on the Apple (AAPL) App Store this morning than Carrie Underwood's dream wedding.
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Hugo Miller / Bloomberg:
RIM Said to Adopt BMW, Crusher Tank Software for Planned Tablet Computer — Research In Motion Ltd. is turning to technology used in BMW audio systems and the Army's Crusher tank as it tries to distinguish its new tablet computer from Apple Inc.'s iPad, said three people familiar with the plans.
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple Shutting Down Quattro Wireless Network On Sept. 30 To Focus Exclusively On iAd — Apple will shut down the Quattro Wireless ad network it acquired last year for $275 million, and will focus its efforts solely on the iAd mobile advertising product that Quattro's team has led at Apple.
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple testing iOS 4.1 alongside next-gen iPod touch, iPad and ‘unknown’ product — Apple is internally testing the first material update to its iOS 4.0 mobile operating system against a handful of new devices, including next-generation iPod touches, an iPad revision, and an “unknown” product, AppleInsider has discovered.
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DigiTimes:
Google may cooperate with Motorola for Android 3.0 tablet, says Digitimes Research — As several smartphone makers are working aggressively to form cooperation agreements with Google for an Android 3. tablet PC, Motorola is currently the company's priority choice, according …
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Clint Boulton / eWeek:
Google Chrome OS Tablet Unlikely So Soon
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report Blog:
It's official: Windows 7 is a hit, and XP is finally in decline — Last year at this time, Microsoft was in the final stages of preparing Windows 7 for its worldwide launch. The new OS was finally available to the public—well, at least that segment of the public with a TechNet or MSDN subscription.
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Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Music industry questions Google on piracy — The music industry wants assurances from Google and Verizon that their proposed regulatory framework for the Internet would include protections against piracy and child pornography. — Several groups representing the music industry including …
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Future iPhones, iPads could recognize, adjust for individual users — Relying on a user's picture or the sound of their voice, future portable devices from Apple like an iPhone or iPad could recognize individuals who pick up and use the item. — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office …
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Simone S. Oliver / New York Times:
Who Elected Me Mayor? I Did — ALEXANDRA HARCHAREK will never forget the first time she was anointed the “mayor” of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia. It was an overcast Wednesday in April and she was driving to the city on her last day of an internship.
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Caroline Waxler / Metropolis:
212 Lust: Old Phone Numbers Are New Thing in Tech Scene … The most coveted accessory in New York's tech scene isn't a new iPad app or an invitation to a private beta. It's a status symbol that comes from the city's analog age — something that evokes the days of egg creams and subway tokens, not Silicon Alley: a 212 area code.
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Wall Street Journal:
RIM Shops for Mobile Ad Network — Under pressure in the increasingly competitive wireless market, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. is shopping for a mobile advertising network, people familiar with the matter said. — In recent months, the Canadian device maker has held talks …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Begins Charging Devs $5 To List Chrome Extensions, Themes, And Apps — Completely open stores and galleries are great — until you realize that they quickly get loaded up with crap. And especially when you realize that some of that crap is intending to be malicious.
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Chromium Blog and GeekSmack
Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry Bold R020 internal overview, replaces BlackBerry Bold 9700 — You'd think that RIM would be replacing highest-end product with a brand new device, right? Well, previous rumors suggested that the BlackBerry Bold 9700 would get nothing more than a simple refresh, and we're able to confirm those rumors.
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Roger Cheng / Digits:
LG Goes With Nvidia Chip in New Smartphones — LG Electronics on Thursday confirmed that it would be using a dual-core processor manufacturered by Nvidia for its line of Optimus smartphones later this year. That's a coup for Nvidia, which has been pushing to enter the smartphone market …
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