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DigiTimes:
Apple to add 5 new features to iPad 2, says paper — A Chinese-language Economy Daily News (EDN) report citing industry sources claims Apple will add five new features to the iPad 2: video phone, better mobility, USB port, new display technology and 3-axis gyroscopes.
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MacRumors, IntoMobile, The Next Web, PadGadget, Pulse2, MacStories, BGR, Shoutpedia, PhoneArena, Erictric, Pocket-lint and MobileBurn.com
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Jay Yarow / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
iPad 2 Getting Gyroscope, Retina Display, USB? — Around this time last year, the rumor mill for “Apple's tablet” started cranking hard. This year, the rumor mill for the iPad 2 is starting to warm up, but we don't think it's going to be quite as interesting.
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Computerworld, BlogsDNA, Softpedia News and TiPb
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
U.S. Government Seizes BitTorrent Search Engine Domain and More — Following on the heels of this week's domain seizure of a large hiphop file-sharing links forum, it's clear today that the U.S. Government has been very busy. Without any need for COICA, ICE has just seized the domain …
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THINQ.co.uk and Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog
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Nick Saint / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Homeland Security Is Seizing Internet Domains Left And Right — The Department of Homeland Security's ICE has launched a major crackdown on websites enabling copyright infringement or selling counterfeits of trademarked goods. In just the past few days ICE has seized at least 12 domains, TorrentFreak reports.
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TorrentFreak
Electronista:
Microsoft Black Friday: free netbook with Office, Mac deal — Not normally known for its Black Friday deals, Microsoft today launched a promo that promises major giveaways, including for Mac users. The highlight is a free Dell Mini 1018 netbook with a copy of Office Home and Business 2010 …
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Arn / MacRumors:
Black Friday 2010: List of Apple and 3rd Party Discounts on Apple and Mac Products
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L.A. Times Tech Blog, iPodNN, Mark Evans Tech, TechCrunch, NBC Bay Area, AppleInsider, Electronista, Computerworld, Gearlog, Neowin.net, O'Grady's PowerPage, 9 to 5 Mac, Inquirer, VatorNews, MacNN, PE Hub Blog, Examiner, The Next Web, Engadget, Softpedia News, The Huffington Post, WinRumors, Pulse2, Crave, GottaBeMobile, Gizmodo and Macworld
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.
Discussion:
SAI and The Next Web
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
‘Collections’, PDF E-Mailing and Printing coming to iBooks — Just yesterday we reported that Steve Jobs informed a customer that better iBooks management would be ‘coming’ and today we got our hands on the details. First of all folders are indeed coming to iBooks for iOS and are similar to the folders on the iOS 4 homescreen.
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App Advice, BlogsDNA, Softpedia News, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ubergizmo and Electronista
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
The Address Book Wars Continue: Facebook Contact-Scraping Chrome Extension Taken Down — This is just getting silly. Yesterday, we reported on a new Chrome extension created by a developer that allowed you to scrape your Facebook contact information. Called “Facebook Doesn't Own My Friends …
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Inevitable! Google Chrome Extension Exports Your Facebook Contacts
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Examiner
Emma Barnett / Telegraph:
Twitter lacks ‘clear long term vision’ admits new CEO — Dick Costolo, Twitter's chief executive, has admitted that the microblogging company is currently lacking a clear long term vision. — Dick Costolo, formerly the chief operating officer of Twitter, took over as the company's chief executive officer last month.
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Scripting News, Thanks:michaelkroker
Douglas MacMillan / Business Week:
So Google's Buying Your Startup. Now What? — Google's M&A chief has to persuade founders to stick around, often with financial incentives and the promise of expanded roles — You'd think David Lawee has it easy. He's the mergers-and-acquisitions chief for Google (GOOG) …
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SAI
Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Microsoft: Using ChevronWP7 unlock could render Windows Phone 7 permanently unusable — Microsoft has responded to the recent news of an unlock tool for Windows Phone 7. — A Windows Phone 7 “unlock” tool was released on Thursday that allows owners to side load home-brew applications.
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ReadWriteWeb, DailyTech, mobiputing, Pronet Advertising, istartedsomething, ChevronWP7, GeekSmack, WMPoweruser.com, MobileTechWorld, Engadget, pocketnow.com and iThinkDifferent, Thanks:rebsurry
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Chrome and Multiple Profiles — Google Chrome has always supported multiple profiles, but you had to use a command-line flag (—user-data-dir="c:\path\to\the\p rofile") to associate a profile with a folder where the browser will save its state. — At some point, Google added an option …
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ReadWriteWeb, Download Squad, Techie Buzz and Fortune
Chris Chang / M.I.C gadget:
The End of Apple CEO Action Figure — A few hours ago, we have just received an email from a law firm representing Apple.Inc. Apple has informed us that this phenomenal SJ action figure, has not consented to the use of Apple's copyrights and trademarks, therefore they request us immediately …
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MacStories and Fortune
Dark Shikari / Diary Of An x264 Developer:
Patent skullduggery: Tandberg rips off x264 algorithm — There's been a lot of very obnoxious misuse of software patents in recent years. This ranges from patent trolls wielding submarine patents to overly-generic patents being used to scare everyone else out of a business.
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Inquirer and THINQ.co.uk
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google's Internal Chrome OS Netbooks Codenamed “Mario” And “Andretti”? — So, it appears that the first Chrome OS netbooks are set to launch in the next few weeks. And it now appears that the first ones will be Google-branded versions, built by a third-party manufacturer.
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TechSpot, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Electronista, Electricpig.co.uk, Technologizer and New York Times, Thanks:blogfisher
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Jere Downs / Courier-Journal:
modern migrants — Around the clock, an estimated 500 “work campers” from Florida, Texas, Michigan and elsewhere supplement 3,000 temporary Amazon staff covering three shifts sorting, wrapping, stacking and packing holiday orders. Year-round, Amazon employs 1,200 full time in Campbellsville, a 90-minute drive south of Louisville.
Martin Bryant / The Next Web:
Pirate Bay trial appeal: Defendants face $6.5m fine and jail time — Three men connected with infamous BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay have today been told they face prison sentences and payment of a share of a $6.5 million in damages to the entertainment industry.
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BGR, Slyck, Macworld, The Local, Music Ally, paidContent, Associated Press, BBC, Techie Buzz, Mashable!, The Register, p2pnet, Pocket-lint, THINQ.co.uk, TorrentFreak and SlashGear
