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Lawrence Lessig / The New Republic:
Sorkin vs. Zuckerberg — ‘The Social Network’ is wonderful entertainment, but its message is actually kind of evil. — In 2004, a Harvard undergraduate got an idea (yes, that is ambiguous) for a new kind of social network. Here's the important point: He built it.
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broadstuff, Epeus' epigone and Scripting News
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Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Early Facebook employee: The Social Network is ‘just wrong’ — The Social Network may be getting insanely good reviews, but early Facebook employee Matt Cohler said the movie's portrayal of the company and its co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is “just wrong.” — Cohler spoke on a panel …
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L.A. Times Tech Blog, Derek Andersen, GigaOM, Investor's Business Daily and Silicon Alley Insider
Miguel Helft / Bits:
Where Are Facebook's Employees? At the Movies, of Course
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Slate, SEO and Tech Daily and Nicke's shared items …
Ben Worthen / Digits:
Larry Ellison ‘Speechless’ Over New CEO of H-P — Larry Ellison, the outspoken CEO of Oracle, said he is having trouble finding words to describe his reaction to H-P naming former SAP chief Leo Apotheker as its new top man-and then found plenty of them. — “I'm speechless,” he wrote in an email to the Wall Street Journal.
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Digital Daily, SmoothSpan Blog, Silicon Alley Insider, Gizmodo, Enterprise Irregulars, VentureBeat, DailyFinance, GMSV, Computerworld, Velocity, Gearlog, PC World, DailyTech and deal architect
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Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Oh Thank God Oracle Has a New Rivalry — I used to cover enterprise software for BusinessWeek. You're probably not impressed by that, and you shouldn't be. That beat is a combination of a punishment and proving ground because despite being a huge market, most enterprise software purchases …
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Digits
Erica Ogg / CNET News:
New HP chief sees software as ‘the glue’
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blogs.ft.com, Inquirer, Crave, ReadWriteWeb and Silicon Alley Insider
Horacio Gutierrez / TechNet Blogs:
Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements — As many of you may have seen, Microsoft filed an action today in the International Trade Commission and in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against Motorola, Inc. for infringement of nine Microsoft patents by Motorola's Android-based smartphones.
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Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Ed Brill, Faster Forward, Post Tech, Bits, ITworld.com, jkOnTheRun, SiliconANGLE, Technologizer, TechCrunch, Agence France Presse, IntoMobile, 9 to 5 Mac, Network World, Computerworld, All about Microsoft Blog, Digital Daily, Fone Arena, WebProNews, Associated Press, paidContent, WMExperts, Silicon Alley Insider, Between the Lines Blog, V3.co.uk, Tech Trader Daily, MacRumors, I4U News, Neowin.net, Smartphones … and Fortune
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Brier Dudley / Seattle Times:
Microsoft using anti-Linux tactic against Google's Android
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PC World, LAPTOP Magazine and Epicenter
Ina Fried / CNET News:
Aiming at Android, Microsoft sues Motorola
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The Microsoft Blog, VentureBeat, DailyFinance, Crave, TechFlash, silicontap.com and WinBeta
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Google Acquires Impressive Touchscreen Keyboard Startup BlindType — Google has just acquired BlindType, a very impressive technology that allows you to type on touch screens without even looking at them. See our past coverage of the startup here. — BlindType doesn't force you to type using …
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ReadWriteWeb, Androinica, Phone Arena, IntoMobile, Erictric, Mashable!, Droid Life, Electronista and The Next Web, Thanks:gsharma
Stephen Baker / NPD Group Blog:
I Own An iPad, So What Do I do With It? — NPD has released the second in its series of iPad surveys. While the first looked at buying intentions prior to the launch this one is more focused on what the current ownership looks like and how those owners are using their iPad.
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The Register, NPD Group, Technologizer, SlashGear, BetaNews, Fast Company, Phone Arena, Fortune, Internet2Go, msnbc.com, I4U News, AppleInsider, Digital Daily and iLounge
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
iPad's ‘Cannibalization’ of Notebook Computers Disputed
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Liliputing, Electronista, WebProNews and NPD Group
Mikko / F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog:
Stuxnet Questions and Answers — Stuxnet continues to be a hot topic. Here are answers to some of the questions we've received. — Q: What is Stuxnet? — A: It's a Windows worm, spreading via USB sticks. Once inside an organization, it can also spread by copying itself to network shares if they have weak passwords.
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The Register, PC Magazine and UMBC ebiquity
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Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
Microsoft's Secret Acquisition Spree — A weekly look at a story that is defining the news. — Several reports that circulated this week claimed that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) had made zero acquisitions in 2010, a stark contrast to Google's 25. And, while it's true that Microsoft …
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Virtual Worlds News, TechFlash and New World Notes
Google Mobile Blog:
Car Home for Android Gets Personal — Car Home for Android turns your Android phone into a better driving companion by providing you with quick access to key applications on the go: GPS navigation, voice-activated commands, contacts, and more. Today, we're releasing a new version of Car Home …
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eWeek, Softpedia News, AndroidGuys, Google Android News …, Android Community, Phone Arena, IntoMobile, Erictric, ThinkMobile, The Next Web, WebProNews, Electronista, Lifehacker and ReadWriteWeb
Brian / brianstorms:
Why I Think (And Hope) @Qwiki Will Fail — “Today, consumers are absolutely overwhelmed with information.” — “Information is an experience that we can watch. Wow, that is an amazing idea!” — Quotes from Doug Imbruce, the CEO of Qwiki. Quotes that quite ironically and quite perfectly suggest why I think Qwiki will fail.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
CNN's Social Media Pioneer Gets Fired: What Happens to Rick Sanchez on Twitter? — CNN host Rick Sanchez has more than 140,000 followers on Twitter but is now out of a job. The controversial but creative TV personality interacted live on the air with Twitter and Facebook users …
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CenterNetworks, Lost Remote, Gizmodo and Mediaite
Paul Carr / TechCrunch:
NSFAOL: Highlights From Yesterday's Secret “Welcome To AOL” Meeting — “Windows is the past. In the future, AOL is the next Microsoft.” — Steve Case (1999) — Like most serious writers, I've always dreamed of working for AOL. So you can imagine how thrilled I was when Heather …
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Here's How Apple's iPad Is Invading The Business World — Apple's iPad is a consumer device, first and foremost. (And it's a good one, at that.) — But a few recent events have illustrated how the iPad could also potentially become an important device for business and enterprise users …
Matt McGee / Search Engine Land:
Google Pulls Dead Body Images From Street View Brazil — Google has removed Street View images in Brazil that showed dead bodies on local streets. One image showed a partly-covered body lying on the side of Avenida Presidente Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, and the other showed a covered body near police cars in the city of Belo Horizonte.
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CNET News and TechCrunch
