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Edward Helmore / Guardian:
iPad ‘newspaper’ created by Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch — Apple and News Corp reportedly set to launch joint iPad news publication exclusively via download — Rupert Murdoch, head of the media giant News Corp, and Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, are preparing to unveil a new digital …
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David Carr / New York Times:
A News Corp. Newspaper, but Not in Print — People who own an iPad will tell you it makes everything look sexier. Maybe even a newspaper. — Rupert Murdoch, an old-timey newspaper romantic, has nonetheless deputized himself as the digital savior of paid content.
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction — REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — On the eve of a pivotal academic year in Vishal Singh's life, he faces a stark choice on his bedroom desk: book or computer? — Your Brain on Computers — Staying on Task — Articles in this series examine how a deluge …
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Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Palm webOS ‘Enyo’ framework paves the way for tablets and larger phones (video) — Don't expect HP's webOS 2.0 to be tied to an HVGA screen for long — come “early 2011,” the company will introduce a number of “really interesting new form factors,” including tablets and phones.
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Rupert Neate / Telegraph:
Apple's iPhone SIM card plan thwarted — Apple has ditched its plan to create its own iPhone SIM cards after mobile operators threatened to stop selling the iconic device. — Apple had wanted to exclude operators, such as Vodafone and O2, from the sale process in order to build a more direct relationship with customers.
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Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac:
Steve Jobs Gets His Head Shaved And Other Youthful Stories [Early Playboy Interview] — I've read a lot of Steve Jobs interviews but until now I'd not seen this 1985 interview from Playboy. — It catches Steve Jobs at age 29, one year after the Macintosh was launched.
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Lone TSA Twitter Account Fights Entire Internet — In case you're confused by @tsagov, @tsabloggerbob, @tsaagent, @TSAsupervisor, @tsablog and countless other parody accounts, the real Transportation Safety Administration is actually on Twitter at @TSABlogTeam and wow, talk …
Kenneth Corbin / Datamation:
White House Pledges Cloud Computing Approach to Federal IT — McLEAN, Va. — In perhaps its most dramatic move yet toward reshaping the federal IT apparatus, the Obama administration on Friday announced a multipronged strategy to improve efficiencies and eliminate waste from the government's …
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Irina Slutsky / AdAge:
YouTube Readies New Ad Units That Users Can Skip — New Units Will Give Consumer's Choice — Even if That Choice Is to Opt Out — SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) — Whether it's walking out of the room, fast-forwarding on a DVR or paying for premium cable, consumers are used to having choice with ads on TV.
Victoria Barret / Forbes:
Salesforce.com: The Web's Big Upstart — Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff is shooting to become the biggest player in tech. He's kidding, right? — Marc Benioff simply can't let go. Beefy, intense, talkative, uninterruptible, jovial, sarcastic and relentless—his ferocious tenacity makes …
Wall Street Journal:
EU Chews on Web Cookies — By PAUL SONNE in London and JOHN W. MILLER in Brussels — Europe's effort to regulate online “cookies” is crumbling, exposing how tough it is to curb the practice of tracking Internet users' movements on the Web. — Seeking to be a leader in protecting online privacy …
Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
For an Online Marketplace, It's Better Late Than Never — BACK in the deranged days of dot-com mania, a company called Ariba could do no wrong. — Ariba promised to revolutionize how businesses bought things. It would create a vast network linking buyers and sellers …
