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Arn / MacRumors:
Black Friday 2010: List of Apple and 3rd Party Discounts on Apple and Mac Products — Apple has officially unveiled their U.S. Black Friday sales for their online and retail stores. The discounts are in line with past year events, around 8% depending on the product.
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9 to 5 Mac, The Next Web, Engadget, Electronista and Gizmodo
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Gizmodo:
The Ultimate Black Friday 2010 Cheat Sheet [Updated] — Black Friday's the biggest shopping day of the year. There are tons of deals—and not-really-deals—capitalizing on the hysteria. So, we've combed through every single deal we could find and ranked them all.
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Crave, OhGizmo!, L.A. Times Tech Blog, LogicBUY Hottest Deals, Pulse2, Notebooks.com, LAPTOP Magazine, Gearlog, GottaBeMobile, Softpedia News, Macworld, AppleInsider, Engadget, SAI and Search Engine Land
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google VP: Chrome OS Coming To Tablets & TVs; Windows And Sys Admins Going Down — Chrome OS draws near. Last night brought perhaps the more surefire sign yet: Google is openly talking to The New York Times about it. Perhaps that is in response to rumors that it was being delayed into next year.
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Richard Tyler / Telegraph:
Groupon explains why Google is in takeover talks — US voucher website Groupon, which trades in the UK as MyCityDeal, sets out why companies like Google and Yahoo! are interested in the fast growing company — Groupon has revealed why companies like Yahoo and Google may want to buy the fast growing online discount voucher company.
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The Next Web
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
A Look At Windows Phone 7 Marketplace's Catalog, App Prices (Distimo Report) — App store analytics provider Distimo took its monthly look at the world of mobile application stores, and this time zoomed in on the differences between Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Marketplace and Windows Marketplace for Mobile (6.x).
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IntoMobile, HEXUS.channel, LaptopMemo, The Next Web and Engadget
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Imran / iThinkDifferent:
The first Windows Phone 7 'Jailbreak'/Unlock ChevronWP7 is Out - Download now! — Admit it. You were waiting for a jailbreak for your WP7 Phone for the sake of ‘freedom’ and whatever it is that gets you going through the day with a phone that can run apps with access to private APIs.
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Engadget, ChevronWP7, istartedsomething, Hardware 2.0 Blog, Gizmodo, WPCentral.com, Shoutpedia, Geek.com, BlogsDNA, ThinkMobile, TechSpot, PalmAddicts and WinRumors, Thanks:itdfeed
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Kinect hacks let you control a web browser and Windows 7 using only The Force (updated) — Hacking the Xbox 360 Kinect is all about baby steps on the way to what could ultimately amount to some pretty useful homebrew. Here's a good example cooked up by some kids at the MIT Media Lab Fluid …
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CNET News, GottaBeMobile, ReadWriteWeb, T3.com News, VG247, Neowin.net, technabob and Web Browsers
Sam Biddle / Gizmodo:
The TSA Needs to Opt Out of Tweeting — The TSA has its own Twitter account—which could be a great way to inform the scared, angry public (and do damage control). Instead, it's filled with idiotic, tasteless, and downright creepy tweets. Funded by your tax money.
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Inevitable! Google Chrome Extension Exports Your Facebook Contacts — Well look what we have here ... Last time we checked in on the Facebook/Google slapfight, Facebook had removed the option to import your contacts from Gmail and was still holding strong on the whole …
Darrell Etherington / GigaOM:
Say Cheese: Social Photo Sharing App Throwdown — You badly need to share that photo of your cat wearing a pumpkin costume. It's understandable. You've got an iPhone and Internet access, but which app should you use? There's recently been a mini-boom in social photo sharing applications …
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Zediva Streams You Movies From Actual DVD Players, Argues It's Legal — New startup Zediva attempts to circumvent all the licensing hassles experienced by streaming video services like Netflix, iTunes and Hulu through operating more like a traditional movie rental store, except online. — The catch?
Chris Davies / SlashGear:
Acer Windows 7 tablet to use AMD Bobcat APU confirm insiders — Acer was pretty miserly with hardware details for their 10.1-inch Windows 7 tablet earlier this week, but that hasn't stopped specifications being pieced together. According to manufacturing sources talking to DigiTimes …
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DigiTimes, TechEye, Softpedia News, Liliputing and Electronista
