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Graham Cluley / Graham Cluley's blog:
Twitter ‘onmouseover’ security flaw widely exploited — The Twitter website is being widely exploited by users who have stumbled across a flaw which allows messages to pop-up and third-party websites to open in your browser just by moving your mouse over a link.
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The Social, Top stories for TNW Network, Pocket-lint, THINQ.co.uk, Mashable! and TechCrunch Europe
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
When Larry Ellison Met Marc Andreessen-A Silicon Valley Settlement Story (Plus Mark Hurd Returns Some Dough!) — According to multiple sources, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison (pictured right) approached Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) board member Marc Andreessen (pictured left) to help broker a settlement between the companies.
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Inquirer, DealBook, IBD Click, Softpedia News, The Register, Silicon Alley Insider, eWeek, Digital Daily, TechEye, Electronista and Tech Trader Daily
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Aaron Ricadela / Bloomberg:
HP and Oracle Resolve Litigation on Hurd Employment — Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co. and Oracle Corp. said they resolved litigation over the appointment of Mark Hurd as a president of Oracle and reaffirmed the long-term partnership between the two companies.
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Fast Company, Business Wire, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Mercury News, GigaOM, VentureBeat, DealBook, Between the Lines Blog, PreCentral.net, Engadget and bizjournals
foursquare:
Introducing foursquare 2.0: Tips + To-Dos + Add to foursquare + More! — When we started foursquare, we dreamed it would be much more than check-ins. We really wanted to build tools that would help people collect and share their real-world experiences. Today we're rolling out the 2. version …
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Mashable!, About Foursquare, ReadWriteWeb, www.pocketgamer.biz, VentureBeat, Mobile Entertainment, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, Download Squad, Silicon Alley Insider, WebProNews, GeekSugar and The Next Web, Thanks:atul
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Foursquare 2.0 Goes Beyond The Check-In — By Reshuffling Old Features
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Mobile Marketing Watch, TUAW and Marshall Kirkpatrick …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Is Apple Working on a 7-Inch Screen iPad? — Apple, perhaps worried about competition from the Android camp, may be looking to develop a new version of iPad, this one with a 7-inch screen. It would bring such a device to market some time in 2011, according to a research note put …
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Computerworld, everythingiCafe, msnbc.com, SlashGear, Electronista, TheAppleBlog, Pocket-lint, Softpedia News, I4U News and The Tech Herald …
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Regarding Ashok Kumar's Track Record on Apple
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James Kendrick / jkOnTheRun:
Google Bringing Document Editing to Android, iPad — Google unveiled a new mobile login verification system today, and perhaps more importantly, said that editing of Google Docs would be coming soon to Android and the iPad. The ability to edit docs on the two mobile platforms will bring real-time collaboration to mobile users.
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Dan Nosowitz / Fast Company:
Google Docs Coming to iPad in “the Next Few Weeks” to Slap iWork Around
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Silicon Alley Insider and InformationWeek
Matt Van Wagner / Search Engine Land:
How Google Saved $100 Million By Launching Google Instant — It seems fitting that from the moment it was announced, Google Instant became an instant headline news story. — For the past few week, industry pundits have been talking, tweeting and writing about Google Instant and offering …
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ReadWriteWeb, Softpedia News and Search Engine Watch
Claire Cain Miller / Bits:
Google Reports on Government Requests and Censorship — Google has lately found itself on the receiving end of criticism from privacy and transparency advocates. But with two new tools, Google is trying to convince them that the company is on their side. — On Tuesday, Google will introduce …
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TechCrunch, The Official Google Blog, Mashable! and WebProNews, Thanks:srikardhanakoti
Peter Birch / Google LatLong:
Ocean comes to Google Earth for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch — We recently announced the arrival of ocean bathymetry and ocean layer content to Google Earth for Android. Today, with the latest release of Google Earth 3.1 for iOS, we're proud to announce that you can now explore underwater landscapes …
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eWeek, IntoMobile, Phone Arena, Phones Review, 9 to 5 Mac, App Advice, MobileContentToday and everythingiCafe
Christopher Mims / Technology Review:
Why No Second Internet Bubble? — Internet adoption has only accelerated since 2001, so why hasn't the economy been goosed again? — In 2001, the global stock market peaked. At left, the technology-heavy NASDAQ composite shows what happens when a mind-bogglingly huge amount …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Facebook Has Quietly Implemented A De-Facto Follow Feature — A few days ago, Facebook made what seemed to be a small tweak to its Friend Requests area. As first noted by Inside Facebook, the social network changed the way friend rejections work. Previously, you could either Confirm or Ignore (deny) a request.
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Switched, Thanks:srikardhanakoti
Matthew Lynley / VentureBeat:
Credit Suisse: Verizon iPhone will get 1.4M users from AT&T in 2011 — An estimated 1.4 million AT&T subscribers will shift to Verizon with the advent of a Verizon iPhone in early 2011, according to a report released today by Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse's report relies on a supposed February 15 launch …
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Digital Daily, TiPb, AppleInsider, Silicon Alley Insider and mocoNews
Jason Hiner / Tech Sanity Check:
The truth about iPad: It's only good for two things — Because of the iPad, 2010 will likely be remembered as a landmark year in computing. It will rank right up there with 1984 when the graphical user interface debuted to the masses in the first Macintosh, and 1995 when the launch …
Thanks:techrepublic
Hamid Tehrani / Global Voices Advocacy:
Iran: Jailed blogger, Hossein Derakhshan ("Hoder") may face death penalty — A reliable source has told Global Voices that Tehran's prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for jailed Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan (also known as “Hoder"). The presiding judge, named Salavati, has not yet ruled in the case.
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Jeremy Kirk / PC World:
Microsoft Pushes Zune Expansion Outside the US — Microsoft plans to offer elements of its Zune music and movie services throughout Europe and other countries this fall in conjunction with the release of its Windows Phone 7 operating system. — Windows Phone 7 is scheduled to launch …
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Inquirer, Telegraph, Microsoft, Music Ally, Guardian, Softpedia News, Ars Technica, BetaNews, SlashGear, Electronista, Mobility Digest, TechNet Blogs, Download Squad, Neowin.net, Gizmodo, LiveSide.net and The Microsoft Blog
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John Cook / TechFlash:
Fox, NBC, MLB and others look to squash Seattle startup ivi Inc. — Some of the biggest names in TV broadcasting are looking to put the brakes on a tiny Seattle startup called ivi Inc. The 18-person company, which launched a live Internet TV service one week ago today, has received cease …
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Maija / Nokia Conversations:
Nokia N8 shipping update — ESPOO, Finland - There have been a few stories this morning about the N8 availability which we feel need clarification. As we have previously said, we still expect to start the shipments by the end of the third quarter. As with every global launch …
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Agence France Presse, Bloomberg, SlashGear, My Nokia Blog, Softpedia News, Engadget, V3.co.uk and Phones Review
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
TerreStar Genus hybrid satellite phone hits AT&T at long last for $799 — It's been just shy of a year since TerreStar's Windows Mobile-based Genus was announced for AT&T, offering a unique combination of GSM / HSPA backed up with satellite capability for those times when you find yourself …
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MobileCrunch, Associated Press and Phones Review
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Police interview Steve Jobs about prototype iPhone — For months, little news has surfaced about the police investigation into the sale last spring of a lost prototype iPhone 4. That may soon change. — Stephen Wagstaffe, chief deputy district attorney for San Mateo County, Calif. …
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Silicon Alley Insider, AppleInsider, Phone Arena, MacNN and iPhone Download Blog
Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
British Chip Designer Prepares for Wider Demand — CAMBRIDGE, England — Near the southeastern edge of Cambridge, where this idyllic university town gives way to fields of green, sits the headquarters of ARM Holdings. Neither the modest three-building campus nor its surroundings evoke notions of a thriving hotbed of computing.
Cade Metz / The Register:
Yahoo! ‘owns several patents’ on Google Instant — ‘Streaming search’ all about cash, says ex-Google man — Exclusive Yahoo! owns several patents covering Google's new Instant search engine, according to Shashi Seth, Yahoo!'s senior vice president of search and a former search product leader at Google.
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Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
How to pitch your company at Techcrunch or get investors to write checks — I saw over 100 company pitches last week at DEMO and at Google. There will be 100 more at Techcrunch Disrupt next week. The good ones stand out immediately. How can you get noticed?
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TechCrunch, Thanks:dondodge
Erica Ogg / CNET News:
Secrets of Apple's customer success — Hardware manufacturers liberally take cues from Apple products, so why not its approach to customers? — For the seventh straight year, Apple has topped its competitors in the PC industry in the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index …
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Alastair Jamieson / Telegraph:
Girl, 14, fears 21,000 party guests after Facebook invite blunder — A teenager from Hertfordshire who mistakenly posted her address and phone number on Facebook to publicise a birthday party ended up with 21,000 promised guests. — Rebecca Javeleau, 14, mistakenly made the details public …
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BBC, The Blog Herald, GMSV and CNET News
