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11:40 AM ET, September 16, 2010

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Alex Payne / Online Writing:
The Very Last Thing I'll Write About Twitter  —  I have an odd mental relationship with my former employer.  Clearly, I wouldn't have worked there for three and a half years if I didn't care about the product and the community.  But then, I wouldn't have left if I really wanted to see that commitment through.
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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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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The real Facebook burglaries story  —  I did a little reporting to get the real story behind the reports of a Facebook burglary spree that supposedly used the service — right after its launch of Places — to find victims who were away on vacation.  I emailed Nashua, NH detective Dan Archambault …
Gavin Clarke / The Register:
Microsoft: IE9 will never run on Windows XP  —  Chrome and Firefox always an option  —  Microsoft has ruled out putting Internet Explorer 9 on Windows XP, leaving millions of PCs open to Mozilla and Google browsers providing hardware-accelerated rich-internet.
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Dean Hachamovitch / IEBlog:
Putting sites at the center of the browsing experience, using …
Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
Feature: Inside Internet Explorer 9: Redmond gets back in the game
Apple:
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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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
iOS 4.2 on iPad preview (video) (updated)
Tricia Duryee / mocoNews:
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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Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
‘Halo: Reach’: $200M in 24 hours, biggest game in Microsoft history  —  “Halo: Reach,” the new installment in the blockbuster Xbox 360 series, topped $200 million in sales in the U.S. and Europe in its first 24 hours, according to data released by Microsoft tonight.
Matt Gross / New York Times:
A Baby Photo Becomes an Internet Meme  —  SOMETIME back in 2000, Allen S. Rout, a systems programmer from Gainesville, Fla., posted a few photos of his 5-month-old son, Stephen, on his personal Web site.  They were the kind of photos that every parent takes, but one in particular stood out …
Seth Weintraub / Fortune:
Schmidt: We'll pull Facebook's data by hook or by crook  —  Google wants the data in Facebook and CEO Eric Schmidt isn't afraid to say that they'll find a way to get it.  Facebook isn't just winning the battle for web users' time (comScore says Facebook passed Google this month), they are also pulling some of Google's star engineers.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Motorola Acquires Location-Based Mobile Software Startup Aloqa  —  Motorola this morning announced that it has bought Aloqa, a privately-held startup that develops location-based software and technologies designed to enable the discovery of relevant web content by mobile smartphone users.
Evelyn Rusli / TechCrunch:
Look YouTube, No Hands!  Looxcie Introduces Wearable Camcorder  —  Just when you thought our digital culture was bumping against the limits of oversharing, Looxcie steps in with a device that makes it even easier for oversharers to document every mundane moment of their lives.
Rupal Parekh / AdAge:
Sony Taps MySpace to Market Facebook Movie  —  We Know ‘The Social Network’ Isn't Helping Facebook.  But MySpace Is Another Story  —  When you've established yourself as the social network for music and movies, that means serving up all the latest entertainment content — even if it plugs a competitor.
Juro Osawa / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Bullish on Kinect  —  TOKYO—Microsoft Corp. is targeting global sales of more than three million units of its new Kinect motion-sensor gaming accessory for its Xbox 360 console in the first two months after the Nov. 4 launch in the U.S., providing a much needed holiday sales boost …
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
HTC HD7 resurfaces on a T-Mobile accessories list, could be with us by November 1  —  Aha!  The phone you heard about here first has made its second document-based appearance, this time crossing the Atlantic and showing up on a T-Mobile inventory sheet.  We can apparently look forward …
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Why Skyhook Is Suing Google: Google Basically Forced Motorola To Ditch Skyhook To Pass Compliance Tests  —  Boston-area wireless startup Skyhook Wireless is suing Google for interfering with its business and for patent infringement, seeking an injunction and “millions of dollars” in damages.  —  Why?
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Skyhook Sues Google in a Location Battle Royale
Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
Finding the Best Way to Read Books on an iPad  —  Though it's just five months old, Apple's iPad is a certifiable hit, having already sold millions of units and spawning tens of thousands of apps tailored for its 10-inch screen.  The tablet has prompted many of its owners to use it instead …
Paul Marks / Gizmodo:
Nokia Developing 3D Rival to Google's Street View  —  Nokia and its mapping division Navteq are developing a rival to Street View, one that offers full three-dimensional computer models of villages, towns and cities, and could one day allow those urban centers to form the backdrop to realistic games.
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Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
Look Out Dropbox, Here Comes Verizon's Mobile Cloud  —  V CAST Media Manager, a Verizon Wireless (z vz) subscription service to offload media and documents from mobile phones on to Verizon's servers, is available for Android and BlackBerry smartphones.  The service initially launched last year …
 
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: MySpace and Google Zero in on Renewing “Realistic” Search Deal
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Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Launches Dashboard for Multiple Advertiser Accounts
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Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb:
NPR API Architect Headed to Netflix
Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
LinkedIn's CEO on the perks to keeping profiles fresh
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Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
What's It Like to Develop Apps for Nokia Phones?
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Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
Singel-Minded: Craigslist Took One for the Open Internet
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Status Of CrunchPad Litigation
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Peter Kasting / Google Chrome Blog:
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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