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9:20 AM ET, December 30, 2010

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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Skype video calling for iPhone is official, available now (update: hands-on)  —  All signs have been pointing to this release for a few days now, but we'll admit: we expected Skype to wait until CES next week to pull the covers off what could become its crown jewel service over the coming months.
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Peter Parkes / The Big Blog:
Skype for iPhone now with video calls  —  It's as simple as that: our iPhone app now comes with video.  Download it now from the App Store, or read on to find out more.  —  Skype for iPhone lets you make and receive free Skype video calls on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, and works over both WiFi and 3G connections*.
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Skype for iPhone gets Video Chat.  Works over 3G and with Computers (data usage: 3.4MB per min.)  —  Skype just updated their Skype application for iOS to include video chat functionality.  It works both over WiFi and 3G networks and two-way video calling is supported by the iPhone 4, iPod touch 4, and iPhone 3GS.
Peter Burrows / Business Week:
Rethinking the iPhone Threat to AT&T  —  Apple will soon announce a new version of the iPhone that works on Verizon's network.  But it's unclear whether that will leave AT&T, Apple's once exclusive U.S. service provider, in the lurch  —  Very soon, maybe by Valentine's Day, Apple (AAPL) …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
This Year, Apple Has Two Fangs To Suck The Blood Out Of CES: iPad 2 And Verizon iPhone  —  Every year, it seems the buzz starts building around now for CES, the giant consumer electronics expo in Las Vegas.  And every year at CES, much of the buzz seems to be around the one company that isn't there …
Discussion: PhoneArena
AppleInsider:
Apple expected to hold event by Valentine's Day to announce Verizon iPhone  —  Apple is expected to hold an event “very soon,” perhaps by Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, 2011, to unveil a new CDMA version of the iPhone compatible with U.S. carrier Verizon's network.
Discussion: TUAW and DisplayBlog
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Hitwise: Facebook Overtakes Google To Become Most Visited Website In 2010  —  According to Hitwise data released today, Facebook.com was the top visited website in the US in 2010, taking up 8.93% of site visits between January and November 2010.  Google.com came in second at 7.19% …
Discussion: MediaPost and All Facebook
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Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:
Why iPad Magazine Sales Are Not As Bad As They Seem  —  According to a new report from Women's Wear Daily, digital magazine sales are on the decline.  A closer look at the data, however, reveals that sales are not nearly as bad as they appear.  —  The report, which cites numbers released …
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John Koblin / WWD:
Memo Pad: iPad Magazine Sales Drop
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
What those low iPad magazine sales numbers really mean
Discussion: TeleRead and ThinkMobile
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
What The “Great Delicious Exodus” Looked Like For Pin-Sized Competitor Pinboard  —  When word got out two weeks ago that Yahoo is not 100% committed to Delicious, people who still use the bookmarking service started to panic and look for alternatives.  One competing bookmarking site …
Discussion: High Scalability
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:   Delicious In Purgatory  —  On December 16 Yahoo accidentally told …
Andrew Munchbach / BGR:
Hello, my name is: 9649e796e8b23900dc9629a18f2d47306430e62 f  —  Over the past few weeks, a lot of fuss has been made over the disclosure of a mobile device's unique identifier to third-parties.  Special reports, doomsday headlines... the works.  The short version of the story is this …
Discussion: SAI
Times of India:
Blackberry maker RIM offers data tapping at its premises in India  —  NEW DELHI: Blackberry maker Research in Motion , which had been slapped with a January 31 deadline to provide a ‘final solution’ for lawful interception of services offered on its handsets , has offered to install …
Discussion: Guardian, SlashGear and MobileBurn.com
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Dow Jones Newswires:
Research In Motion: Report On Offer To Allow Data Tapping In India False
Discussion: Computerworld
Tim Bray / ongoing:
Year-end View of the Mobile Market  —  It's that time of year; looks backward and forward are expected.  In point of fact this is a lousy time to be prognosticating about the mobile space, because we're only days from CES and weeks from MWC, both of which will have tons of announcements, some of which might even be game-changers.
Discussion: SAI
Deborah Gage / Venture Capital Dispatch:
The “War” For Top Talent In Silicon Valley  —  The unemployment rate in Silicon Valley may be higher than the 9% national average, but that's not making it any easier for some young technology start-ups looking to hire engineers.  —  Todd McKinnon, the co-founder and chief executive …
John Borland / Threat Level:
Simplest Phones Open to ‘SMS of Death’  —  BERLIN — It's a scene from an as-yet-unmade thriller: Across a country, tens of thousands of cellphones all blink white at the same, and turn themselves off.  Calls are lost, phones are rendered useless, and the affected mobile operator is forced to pay a ransom or lose customers.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Actually, Groupon Already Closed Half Of That Billion Dollar Round  —  Yesterday we reported that fast growing ecommerce startup Groupon was in the process of raising nearly $1 billion in new venture capital at a $4.75 billion valuation.  “The deal should be closed in a few weeks,” we heard from a source.
Daniel Rubino / WPCentral.com:
Windows Phone Marketplace app-security cracked: Proof-of-concept [Video]  —  Disclosure: Well before the publication of this article, WPCentral contacted Microsoft's Brandon Watson directly about the breach, and we are working with Microsoft to address this latest security development.
Walt Mossberg / Wall Street Journal:
What's In Store for Technology in 2011  —  Products, Services and Big Developments to Watch for and the Challenges Facing the Major Players  —  It has been a big year in personal technology, from the debut and early success of Apple's iPad, to the rise and continuous improvement …
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Hackers obtain PS3 private cryptography key due to epic programming fail? (video)  —  The 27th annual Chaos Communication Conference already hacked encrypted GSM calls with a $15 cellphone, but there was a second surprise in store this morn — the souls who unlocked the Nintendo Wii's homebrew potential …
Discussion: MyCE and Electronista
Agence France Presse:
LG pledges action against patent suit by Sony  —  SEOUL (AFP) - LG Electronics said Thursday it would “actively respond” to a lawsuit filed by Japan's Sony that seeks to block mobile phone shipments to the United States by the South Korean firm.  —  Sony has filed a patent infringement …
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Winda Benedetti / msnbc.com:
Nintendo warns: No 3-D gaming for young players
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Yext Organizes The Anti-Google Local Advertising Alliance (Screenshots)
The Smoking Gun:
Affidavit Details FBI “Operation Payback” Probe
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and SC Magazine US
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Thanks In Part To The Northeast Blizzard, Online Holiday Spending …
Riley McDermid / VentureBeat:
SEC takes aim at venture capital rules in 2011
Watts Martin / Coyote Tracks:
Nokia and Microsoft, not sitting in a tree
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
Report: Apple slows iPad production, Kindle matches shipments
Discussion: eWeek, SAI, Go Rumors and Electronista
Liz Gannes / NetworkEffect:
Greylock's Reid Hoffman and David Sze on the Future of Social (Video)
Tim / The Official Lookout Blog:
Security Alert: Geinimi, Sophisticated New Android Trojan Found in Wild
Glenn Fleishman / Wi-Fi Networking News:
NY Times Biffs It on Wi-Fi Conference Overload
Discussion: New York Times
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Russian e-Payment Giant ChronoPay Hacked
Xperia X10 Blog:
X10 mini successor snapped with Gingerbread and benchmarked
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Evan Williams: The Challenges of a Web of Infinite Info
Discussion: Pulse2 and ReadWriteWeb
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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