Top Items:
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
On The Road With Cr-48: The Chrome Notebook Is Both Shiny And Tarnished — Every piece of technology has both good and bad attributes. Nothing is perfect. Not even the iPhone. (Well, at least not until that AT&T exclusivity ends.) But until three days ago, I had never used a product …
Discussion:
Forbes, PC Magazine and eWeek
RELATED:
Joe Wilcox / BetaNews:
Who really needs a Chrome OS laptop? — Yesterday in comments, Betanews reader DaveN asked why anyone would make the sacrifices he believes necessary to run a Chrome OS laptop. “If you're going to carry around a device in the laptop format, why would anyone want something so limited?”
Gawker:
Commenting Accounts Compromised — Change Your Passwords — Our user databases appear to have been compromised. The passwords were encrypted. But simple ones may be vulnerable to a brute-force attack. You should change your Gawker password and on any other sites on which you've used the same passwords.
Discussion:
Guardian, CNET News, The Next Web, MediaMemo, Gothamist, Mediaite, Neowin.net and SAI, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:zee
RELATED:
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Gawker Media Confirms That Their Commenter Database Was Hacked — Yesterday Gawker Media denied reports that their database of 1.5 Million usernames, emails and passwords had been hacked. Comments broadcast via the apparently compromised Twitter feed of Gawker Media's tech …
Discussion:
The Next Web, SAI and Gawker, more at Mediagazer »
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
A Snapshot of Apple's Latest iPhone Camera Patents — The iPhone's updated 5 megapixel camera includes a feature called High Dynamic Range or HDR. According to Apple, the iPhone's HDR feature when activated, takes a series of three photos, each with different exposure levels.
Discussion:
Fortune and Internet2Go
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Chrome Web Store, HTML5 and the iPad: symbiosis at its best — It's all coming together, folks. It doesn't take much of a gander at the Chrome Web Store to notice a trend: some of the flashiest, most mature “apps” are actually just in-browser versions of iPad apps. And you know what else?
Discussion:
TechCrunch
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
LG Star preview — The LG Star. The dual-core beast from the east that was once a mere twinkle in our eye has managed to find its way to the Engadget mansions, having been lent to us by a very generous (and very anonymous) tipster. It's clearly a test device, as evidenced by its diagnostics menus …
Discussion:
AndroidSPIN, PhoneDog.com, Android Community, Android Phone Fans, AndroidGuys, pocketnow.com, Android and Me and Electronista
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft and Facebook: What could have been (but will not be) — A Microsoft exec confirmed this week what was already reported (by author David Kirkpatrick earlier this year) — namely, that CEO Steve Ballmer made a serious offer to buy Facebook, but was rebuffed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Discussion:
The Search Agents and InformationWeek
Daniel Rubino / WPCentral.com:
Verizon: KIN Studio is closing January 31. Sorry. Here's a new phone? — The title says it all, but let us get into some details about the closing of Microsoft's KIN Studio, which was the backbone in the cloud for the device. — Evidently, come January 31st, people with KINs …
Discussion:
SAI, Gizmodo, WinRumors, Technologizer, PhoneDog.com, Electronista, PhoneArena, Neowin.net, IntoMobile, WMPoweruser.com and Engadget
Greg Sandoval / Media Maverick:
MPAA, RIAA: Lawsuits won't protect content — Trade groups representing the music and film sectors say copyright law offers too many excuses for ISPs to do nothing about protecting copyright. — Lawyers representing independent filmmakers, including the studio that produced Oscar-winner …
comScore, Inc.:
U.S. Online Holiday Spending Approaches $22 Billion for the Season, Up 12 Percent vs. Year Ago — Upcoming “Green Monday” (Dec. 13) Among Candidates for Heaviest Online Spending Day of the Year — comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday …
Discussion:
VentureBeat, Mashable!, I4U News and eMoney
Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
E-Books Entice as New Frontier for Ads — The marketing world is drawing up plans to invade one of the last bastions of media that is largely advertising-free: books. — As e-books proliferate, advertisers are experimenting with ways to pitch to consumers while they read …
