Top Items:
Dionne Searcey / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Allen Sues Apple, Others Over Patents — A firm run by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen is suing Apple Inc., Google Inc. and 9 other companies alleging they are violating patents developed at a Silicon Valley lab Mr. Allen financed more than a decade ago.
Discussion:
Ars Technica, PR Newswire, Techdirt, Fast Company, 9 to 5 Mac, The Microsoft Blog, Agence France Presse, Computerworld, Hillicon Valley, AppleInsider, DailyFinance, paidContent, CNET News, Fortune, Silicon Alley Insider, MacRumors, Engadget, Tech Trader Daily, TUAW, SlashGear, msnbc.com, 24/7 Wall St., Techland, Neowin.net, Epicenter, Gizmodo, Voices on All Things Digital, The Next Web, iLounge and Buleyean String
RELATED:
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Paul Allen's Interval Licensing patent complaint takes aim at Google, Apple, others — Paul Allen's Interval Licensing sued a bevy of technology companies including AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix and others for copyright infringement. — Interval Licensing …
Discussion:
The Seattle Times, TechFlash and Electronista
Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Google buys Angstro and hires founder to help build social networking service — Highly respected entrepreneur and Internet researcher Rohit Khare has sold his company Angstro to Google and taken a job at the Internet giant to help build its social networking product Google Me.
Stuart Parmenter / The Mozilla Blog:
Fennec Alpha Released for Android and Nokia N900 — The Alpha release of the next major version of Fennec is now available for Android and Nokia N900 users to download and test. Fennec (codename for Firefox mobile) is the first mobile browser to offer add-ons and is built on the same technology that powers desktop Firefox.
Discussion:
The Register, CNET News, Computerworld, ReadWriteWeb, BetaNews, PC Magazine, Download Squad, InformationWeek, Webmonkey, Fone Arena, TG Daily, DailyTech, Gizmodo, IntoMobile, Engadget, Phone Arena, Android Phone Fans, Erictric, SlashGear, FierceMobileContent, MobileCrunch, Droid Life, iThinkDifferent, EuroDroid, Lifehacker, Electricpig.co.uk, Android Police and Electronista
RELATED:
Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOMGigaOM:
Fennec Shows Glimpse of Future Mobile Browsing
Discussion:
AndroidGuys and Android and Me
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Developer of Tablets Loses Apple as Customer — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple severed ties with a small Silicon Valley design firm that for nearly a decade had helped with the development of some of its products, after the firm showcased its own prototype tablet computer.
Discussion:
AppleInsider, App Advice, Geek.com, DailyTech, 9 to 5 Mac, Edible Apple, Black Web 2.0, SlashGear, Cult of Mac, IntoMobile, Gizmodo, CNET News, MacRumors and MacNN
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Index Ventures Buys Into Etsy, Triples Valuation To Nearly $300 Million — Crafty commerce site Etsy just raised another $20 million in its fifth venture round (that would be the Series E). Index Ventures is the new investor leading the round, with partner Danny Rimer getting an observer's seat on the board.
Discussion:
GigaOMGigaOM, alarm:clock, msnbc.com, Inc.com, Venture Capital Dispatch, Silicon Alley Insider and paidContent
RELATED:
Fred / A VC:
Angel Liquidity — Lots of talk these days about new forms of angel/seed capital.
Discussion:
TechCrunch Europe, Thanks:atul
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Former Googler Adam Freed Takes COO Job at Etsy, As It Crafts More Funding
Discussion:
VatorNews and VentureBeat
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Guess Who Is Trying To Trademark The Word “Face”? (And Guess Who Is Trying To Stop It?) — When it comes to trademarks, Facebook is proving to be a bully. It is going after Teachbook in court for using a similar name, and already forced Placebook to change its name. But that is only half the story.
Emily Wood / The Official Google Blog:
Find out what's hot on search with the Google Beat — Every day, there are more than a billion searches for information on Google. Have you ever wondered what those searches are about—or whether what you're searching for also happens to be on the minds of millions of others across the country?
Discussion:
ReadWriteWeb, VentureBeat, NewTeeVee, Silicon Alley Insider and Pocket-lint, more at Mediagazer »
Allison O'Mahony / The Windows Blog:
Windows Live Sync to be named Windows Live Mesh — In June, we announced that as part of Windows Live Essentials beta, we brought together two programs, Windows Live Sync and the Live Mesh beta, into one: Windows Live Sync beta. We focused on four things with our beta release:
Discussion:
Download Squad, BetaNews, LiveSide.net, TechCrunch, Beyond Binary, All about Microsoft Blog, Channel 10 and MobileTechWorld
Jeremy Horwitz / iLounge:
Brand New Details On the iPod touch 4G — According to a source who would have reason to know, the fourth-generation iPod touch is changing back shapes—sorry, readers who have been posting with love for the dome-like curved iPod touch 2G/3G back, but that's going away.
Discussion:
Yahoo! News, 9 to 5 Mac, Cult of Mac, Technologizer, App Advice and MacRumors
Peter Kirn / Create Digital Motion:
Apple-Centric Observers Get the Facts Wrong: H.264 Still Ain't Free — Addendum to the previous story: an “end user” and an “application” are not the same thing. Watching comments from some users dumping on Firefox and Opera because they don't understand this is painful.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
A billion to launch Windows Phone 7? I bet Microsoft is paying a lot more — Combining guesswork with analyst estimates, TechCrunch is reporting that Microsoft may spend as much as a billion dollars to launch and develop Windows Phone 7 in its first year. — Microsoft, as you'd expect, isn't commenting on that figure.
Discussion:
GMSV and Silicon Alley Insider
RELATED:
Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:
Microsoft To Pay More Than Half A Billion Dollars To Jump-Start Windows Phone 7
Discussion:
All Facebook, Engadget, Electricpig.co.uk, Computerworld, GigaOMGigaOM, Silicon Alley Insider, WMPoweruser.com, AppleInsider, Hardware 2.0 Blog, WMExperts, Electronista, www.pocketgamer.biz, Geek.com, Phone Arena, Appolicious Advisor, FierceWireless, Tech Trader Daily, asymco, Neowin.net, Gadgetell, Gizmodo, Tech Eye, MobileContentToday, The Microsoft Blog and InformationWeek
Nancy Gohring / Computerworld:
Google bows out of JavaOne due to lawsuit — Due to its dispute with Oracle, Google said it will not present at the JavaOne conference this year. “We wish that we could, but Oracle's recent lawsuit against Google and open source has made it impossible for us to freely share our thoughts …
Discussion:
The Register and Google Open Source Blog
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Netflix soars as Blockbuster plans bankruptcy — Remember walking the aisles to find a movie? Those days appear to be ending. — As if fights for survival, video-rental chain Blockbuster is preparing to file bankruptcy next month, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
Matthew Humphries / Geek.com:
Lenovo to release Ebox game console in China next year — In a surprise move it is being reported that PC manufacturer Lenovo has decided to develop a games console for the Chinese market. — The China Daily newspaper is reporting that 40 Lenovo staff have been allocated to the project …
Discussion:
CHINAdaily, Dow Jones Newswires, Technologizer, CNET News, Tech Eye, TG Daily, The Tech Report, VatorNews and GamePolitics News
RELATED:
Kelvin Soh / Reuters:
Lenovo to develop game consoles in China: report
Discussion:
Fast Company, PC World, Electronista, SlashGear, Obsessable, Tech Trader Daily and Gearlog
Leena Rao / TechCrunchIT:
The Bidding War For 3PAR Continues; HP Offers $2 Billion In Cash — Here we go again-again. HP just offered $2 billion, or $30 per share in cash for data storage company 3PAR. This morning, Dell announced that 3PAR had accepted its increased offer to acquire the storage leader for $27 per share in cash …
Discussion:
Direct2Dell, VentureBeat, TG Daily, Dow Jones Newswires, Silicon Alley Insider, Digital Daily, Mercury News, Reuters and Between the Lines Blog
Paul Lamkin / Pocket-lint:
ViewSonic Android tablet: Pictures emerge — Earlier this week, we at Pocket-lint brought you the news that ViewSonic is planning a big (well, little in size but big in attitude) tablet launch at IFA. — And now we've been sent these pics from our inside man, showing off a ViewSonic tablet in all of its glossy glory.
Discussion:
Engadget, GottaBeMobile, SlashGear, I4U News, Softpedia News, Electronista and Liliputing
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Charges Settled Over Fake Reviews on iTunes — SAN FRANCISCO — Savvy Internet users know that glowing online reviews of things like books or restaurants can't always be trusted. But federal regulators are giving notice that if you stand to gain financially from the review you are writing, you should be up front about it.
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Don't Click this Button in Google Voice! — Warning: This tip is only for Gmail users outside US. — Google says that the latest Gmail feature that allows you to make phone calls is only available in the US, but that's not true. If you set Gmail's interface language to English (US) …
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Are Wikileaks Activists Finally Realizing Their Founder Is a Megalomaniac? — Julian Assange's attempt to spin his creepy romancing of two Swedish women into a Pentagon smear campaign was a huge mistake. Now Assange's role as the head of the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks is in doubt.
