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Putting sites at the center of the browsing experience, using the whole PC: IE9 Beta Available for Download — Our approach to building a faster web browsing platform, as seen in the Platform Previews, involves using everything the PC and its hardware have to offer.
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Internet Explorer 9 beta review: Microsoft reinvents the browser — Today in San Francisco, Microsoft will officially unveil Internet Explorer 9 and make it available to the general public. It is, without question, the most ambitious browser release Microsoft has ever undertaken …
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Epicenter, Neowin.net, Technologizer, Engadget, MSDN Blogs, PC Magazine, Download Squad, Beyond Binary, Covering Web, Ryan Stewart, Redmond Pie, TechNet Blogs, Ed Bott's Windows Expertise, The Huffington Post, iClarified and GottaBeMobile, Thanks:edbott


Internet Explorer 9 Brings Apps to Microsoft Windows 7 — What are apps, other than tiny colorful icons that provide rich, interactive experiences on mobile devices? Think about your iPhone's New York Times or Facebook app. They don't feel like an installed program—they're much less clunky …
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MSDN Blogs, Guardian, TechCrunch, Digital Daily, Gadgetell, Redmond Pie, Computerworld, ReadWriteWeb, The Next Web, Covering Web, Download Squad and The Huffington Post


Bing Previews a More Beautiful Search Experience in IE9 — We are very excited about the IE9 beta launch today in San Francisco. The team has put a lot of work into building a browser that helps to unlock the beauty of the web. Bing was one of several publishers to preview some new possibilities …
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InformationWeek, Seattle Times, PC Magazine, PC Pro, Computerworld, Search Engine Land, TechCrunch and The Next Web

Feature: Inside Internet Explorer 9: Redmond gets back in the game
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The Windows Blog, istartedsomething, Channel 10, PC World, ReadWriteWeb, BetaNews and Download Squad

Microsoft, Mozilla, Google Trade Barbs Over Speed Moves
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Computerworld and CNET News

Apple's AirPrint Wireless Printing for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch Coming to Users in November — Available First on HP ePrint Printers — Apple® today announced that it is releasing a beta version of its AirPrint wireless printing for iPad™, iPhone® and iPod touch® …
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Macworld, BetaNews, PC World, MacRumors, VentureBeat, Covering Web, PadGadget, Boy Genius Report, Engadget, Fortune, Computerworld, 9 to 5 Mac, DailyTech, TiPb, Geek.com, Redmond Pie, The Apple Press, Spirit, Obsessable, TUAW, Data Central, iLounge, everythingiCafe, The Toybox Blog, GeekSugar, Geekosystem and The Next Web
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iOS 4.2 turns iPad's screen lock into volume switch
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The Next Web

iOS 4.2 on iPad preview (video) (updated)
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App Advice, AppleInsider, 9 to 5 Mac, MacRumors, Gizmodo, iLounge, Thoughts from the Sidelines, TUAW, Redmond Pie, Covering Web, everythingiCafe and The Huffington Post

Apple to announce subscription plan for newspapers — Apple is expected to announce soon a new subscription plan for newspapers, which hope tablets like the iPad will eventually provide a new source of profit as media companies struggle with declining print circulation and advertising revenue.
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Yahoo! News, PC World, Fast Company, Boy Genius Report, AppleInsider, MacRumors, DailyFinance, Obsessable, CNET News, VentureBeat, 9 to 5 Mac, Erictric, FierceMobileContent, TheAppleBlog, Silicon Alley Insider, IntoMobile, The Next Web, ChasNote, Lost Remote, SlashGear, Digital Trends, MediaPost, iLounge, TUAW, GeekSugar, Electronista, everythingiCafe, Gizmodo Australia and [H]ardOCP News/Article Feed, more at Mediagazer »

Exclusive: Sources Detail Google's Proposal For A Music Service — Google is circulating a proposal among major record labels for a long-anticipated music service that would include an a la carte digital download store and a subscription-based cloud-based locker, according to industry sources.
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Epicenter, Neowin.net, Ars Technica, Techland, GigaOM, Engadget, paidContent, Electronista, CNET News, MediaMemo, Tech Trader Daily, Music Ally and Mobile Entertainment, more at Mediagazer »
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Google Music: Part iTunes, Part Lala, Part Awesome. But... An article yesterday on Billboard gives some new details into Google's upcoming music store plans. Over the past several years, there have been no shortage of services that have launched with the hopes of being the “iTunes killer” …


Tip: Just the text, please! — Has this ever happened to you? You're writing an email online and you try to copy some text from a webpage. But when you paste it in, you get all the original fonts, colors, and spacing. “Wait!” you say, “I just wanted the text!”
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Download Squad


Status Of CrunchPad Litigation — Late last year, on the eve of launch, I announced the end of the CrunchPad project, sadly ending a very exciting one and a half year effort to create a very inexpensive touch screen tablet computer. — Our partner, Fusion Garage, had inexplicably decided …
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Electronista


Apple Continued To Lose U.S. Marketshare Despite Spike From iPhone 4 Sales — Apple's iPhone 4 did not give the company the bump in sales it needed to put Android's momentum in check. Instead, Apple's smartphone marketshare in the U.S. dropped by 1.3 percent in the three months ended in July …
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The Microsoft Blog, IntoMobile and PreCentral.net
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Apple: To Ward Off Android Threat, It Needs A Verizon iPhone
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Macsimum News, Digital Daily, Cult of Mac, Electronista, MediaPost and Between the Lines Blog


Skyhook Sues Google in a Location Battle Royale — Updated: Skyhook Wireless, the company that provides software and a database for determining location using nearby Wi-Fi signals, has sued Google for interfering with its business and for patent infringement.


Exclusive: Facebook and Microsoft Deep in Talks About Deepening Search Ties — Facebook and Microsoft are discussing an agreement that would significantly expand the search relationship the pair have shared for many years, said several people with knowledge of the situation.
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The Microsoft Blog, CNET News, Silicon Alley Insider, SiliconANGLE, Neowin.net, Softpedia News and Skeptic Geek


Singel-Minded: Craigslist Took One for the Open Internet — Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has Craigslist and the open internet in his cross hairs. AP Photo/Jessica Hill — ANALYSIS: Despite having the law on its side Craigslist took down its “Adult Services” …
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The Atlantic Online and Gawker, Thanks:atul
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Twitter's New Mini Platform: The Right-Side Pane — While the new design of Twitter.com itself is big news, just as big is what it means for the Twitter ecosystem. I'm not talking about the third-party clients that have similar features to the ones Twitter just rolled out …
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The New Twitter & Search, An Illustrated Guide
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Brian Solis, SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog and Technology Review, more at Mediagazer »


Developer Release — Today we are releasing the source code for Diaspora. This is now a community project and development is open to anyone with the technical expertise who shares the vision of a social network that puts users in control. From now on we will be working closely …
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TechCrunch and The Next Web, Thanks:hornokplease

Novell Inc. reaches two-part sale deal: sources — Novell Inc. has reached a deal in principle to sell itself in two parts, and is three to four weeks away from signing a deal, according to people close to the process. A strategic buyer will buy the piece of the software provider that develops …
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Open Source Blog, The Register, PE Hub Blog, Network World, Computerworld, OStatic blogs, virtualization.info and Tech Trader Daily

Firefox Panorama: Search proof-of-concept — There are two modes people use for finding information: browsing and searching. Browsing is for when you don't know exactly what you want to find, and search is for when you know exactly for what you are looking.
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Lifehacker and Download Squad, Thanks:atul

What's Next for Nokia? — Here's the situation facing Nokia's new CEO, Stephen Elop: — Nokia needs to settle on one software platform for mobile devices, very soon. — None of their Symbian-based stuff should be the choice. — The only other thing they have in-house is MeeGo.
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Engadget, TechCrunch, Tech Trader Daily and displayblog


License Plates Used for Public Messaging — Apps that read license plates can send notes to their owners, and help businesses track customers. — Next time you're stuck in traffic, take a look at the license plates on the cars around you. To a user of bump.com—which launches today …
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PC Magazine and PogoWasRight.org