Techmeme: Lufthansa launches in-flight WiFi on intercontinental flights … (Darren Murph/Engadget)

6:25 AM ET, December 5, 2010

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Darren Murph / Engadget:

Lufthansa launches in-flight WiFi on intercontinental flights, ushers in ‘the future’ — There's just no two ways about it: what Lufthansa has managed to accomplish here is nothing short of incredible. While avid jetsetters have been enjoying in-flight WiFi on (select) …

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

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Clint Boulton / eWeek:

Samsung Galaxy Tab Tops 1 Million Units Sold — Samsung confirmed it has sold more than 1 million Apple iPad rival Galaxy Tab tablet computers worldwide, up from 600,000 just two weeks ago. The holiday rush helped sales. — Samsung has sold more than 1 million Apple iPad rival Galaxy …

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Gautham Nagesh / Hillicon Valley:

Sens. Snowe and Warner want WiFi in all federal buildings — Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced legislation on Friday that would require all public federal buildings to install WiFi base stations in order to free up cell phone networks.

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Caroline McCarthy / The Social:

Amazon adds Wikipedia to book-shopping pages — A look at the Amazon-hosted ‘shopping-enabled Wikipedia pages.’ — Last month, e-commerce marketplace Amazon.com launched a relatively unnoticed new feature that brings content from Wikipedia pages to its own servers in a shadowy new project …

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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Google's Possible “+1″ iPhone App, Facebook Similarities, And Social “Loop” Groups — Since we broke the news a couple days ago that Google's secret social project, formerly known as “Emerald Sea”, is now being called “Google +1″, we've gotten more confirmation about the naming.

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