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Andrew Allemann / Domain Name Wire:
Confirmed: Facebook Acquires FB.com Domain Name — Facebook acquires FB.com domain name. — Ending months of speculation, it's now confirmed that Facebook has acquired the FB.com domain name. — The whois record for the domain name just updated to show Facebook's name and nameservers for the domain name.
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Examiner, Techie Buzz, TechCrunch and Pulse2
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Why You'll Give Up Gmail for Facebook Mail — Get ready for a new invasion wave from Facebook: Mail. According to Techcrunch's sources, a full webmail client integrated with The One and Only Social Network will debut next Monday. This is why it may become your favorite webmail service.
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eWeek, TechCrunch, Covering Web, THINQ.co.uk, Inquirer, WebProNews, Bits and Epicenter
Jackie Cohen / All Facebook:
Facebook Currently Using FB.com Internally
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Mashable!, Yahoo! News, SAI, The Next Web and paidContent
Tim Wu / Wall Street Journal:
In the Grip of the New Monopolists — Do away with Google? Break up Facebook? We can't imagine life without them—and that's the problem — How hard would it be to go a week without Google? Or, to up the ante, without Facebook, Amazon, Skype, Twitter, Apple, eBay and Google?
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Technology Liberation Front and Pulse2
Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Facebook's Paul Buchheit talks about Facebook, Google and his new gig — Earlier today we reported that Paul Buchheit, who created Gmail and founded FriendFeed,was leaving Facebook to join Y Combinator. We caught up with Buchheit on his last day at Facebook. — Q: What was it like working for Facebook?
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ReadWriteWeb and Y Combinator Posterous
Tom Krazit / Relevant Results:
Google senior execs getting 30 percent raises — Google gave all of its employees raises earlier this week, but it saved the best raises for its senior management team. — Four of Google's seven named executive officers—Patrick Pichette, Nikesh Arora, Alan Eustace, and Jonathan Rosenberg …
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Pulse2, Search Engine Land and Bloomberg
Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
IPad Sales May Miss Estimates as Customers Trim Spending — Apple Inc.'s iPad and other tablets may not sell as well as analysts had estimated as customers cut back spending on new technology or opt for new smartphones and laptops instead, according to Rodman & Renshaw LLC.
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Fortune and Tech Trader Daily
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Netflix headed to ‘select Android devices’ early next year — Netflix has always been something of a fickle beast, lavishing treats upon just one platform at a time, but now that iOS, Windows Phone 7 and every game console under the sun are streaming its video, the firm's finally turned its gaze on Android.
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The Netflix Blog, Electronista, PPCGeeks.com, mobiputing, Android Central and Android Phone Fans
Pat Kinsel / Docs.com Blog:
Support for Facebook Groups — Since docs.com was released in April, many of you have asked for the ability to share a doc with a group of friends. — Facebook recently released a new Groups capability designed to help you share and communicate with unique sets of friends.
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All Facebook, Download Squad, LiveSide.net, Winrumors and The Next Web, Thanks:rawmeet
Dan Frommer / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Mystery Over! Apple TV Is Amazon's No. 12 Best-Selling Gadget — Amazon has quietly updated its best selling electronics list to include several gadgets that were not showing up before, including Apple TV and the Boxee Box. — Apple TV is currently the no. 12 best-selling gadget on Amazon, and the Boxee Box is no. 15.
Andy Baio / Waxy.org:
Joining Expert Labs — Big news! I'm very happy to announce that I've joined Expert Labs as a Project Director, working alongside the wonderful and talented Anil Dash and Gina Trapani. (Read the official announcement.) — Our goal's to help government make better decisions about policy …
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Expert Labs and ReadWriteWeb
Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint:
UK phone operators turn down Palm Pre 2 — Major carriers won't be stocking new webOS 2.0 phone — The? Palm Pre 2 is to go on sale in the UK, SIM-free and costing ? 399. But, if you are holding out to see if any of the major UK operators will be stocking the phone, allowing you to get it on contract, don't hold your breath.
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Engadget, IntoMobile, Softpedia News, PreCentral.net, Go Rumors, GottaBeMobile, Phones Review and The Next Web
SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
iPAD SURVEY RESULTS: Everything You Need To Know About How People Use The iPad — We recently surveyed Apple iPad owners to find out how they use their tablets. — The answers have implications for web publishers, app designers, and other gadget makers. — Based on responses …
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Vlad Bobleanta / Download Squad:
Windows Phone 7 Marketplace lets you peek at any app's source code — It has just been discovered that it's possible to download any Windows Phone 7 XAP full application package directly from Microsoft's Marketplace server — no need to use a Windows Phone 7 device or the Zune application.
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MobileTechWorld, Go Rumors, SlashGear and istartedsomething
Robert McMillan / Computerworld:
Researchers take down Koobface servers — Researchers have taken down the command and control servers used by the Koobface botnet. — Security researchers, working with law enforcement and Internet service providers, have disrupted the brains of the Koobface botnet.
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Insights on the tech industry and Krebs on Security
Tom Warren / Winrumors:
Microsoft hosting special Silverlight day to ease worried developers and reveal future plans — Microsoft is planning to dedicate a whole day to the future of Silverlight. — The software giant will host a developer event on December 2 where it promises to reveal the future of Silverlight.
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The Official Microsoft …, MSDN Blogs, MobileTechWorld, CNET News, The Next Web and LiveSide.net, Thanks:tomwarren
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
University Begins Reporting All P2P Users to the Police — Georgia's Valdosta State University has updated its network with software that can pinpoint students who use P2P software. The university is committed to stop file-sharing on its network even if that results in prison sentences for students.
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Boing Boing and Techdirt
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Boxcar 4.0 Pushes iPhone Notifications To The Next Level — People say that I never say anything bad about the iPhone. Here's something: its notification system is awful. In particular, I'm talking about the way notifications are managed. They aren't. Any Push Notification that comes in overrides another one.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Aol To Unveil New Aol Mail On Sunday — Aol (err, us, I guess) will relaunch Aol Mail on Sunday afternoon, we've confirmed from sources close to Aol (hah). The company is currently the no. 4 webmail provider with around 30 million users. — We'll have a chance to play with it before then and post …
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Digital Trends, Social Medium and Erictric
