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Yukari Iwatani Kane / Digits:
Speculation, Questions Around Apple Event — Since we reported Friday that Verizon Wireless would launch its long awaited iPhone at a special event Tuesday, the rumor mills on the Internet have been churning with speculation. — The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that the iPhone …
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Shayndi Raice / Wall Street Journal:
Verizon iPhone to Be Available Around End of January — Apple Inc.'s iPhone will make its way to Verizon Wireless stores around the end of the month, a person familiar with the matter said. — The largest U.S. wireless carrier by subscribers will make the long-awaited announcement to carry …
David Chartier / Macworld:
Developers weigh in on the Mac App Store — The Mac App Store is the biggest thing to happen to Mac software distribution since the Internet itself—some might say that the store is even bigger. Many users haven't bothered with boxes and CDs of software for some time …
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Phil Libin / Evernote Blogcast:
Mac App Store more than doubles new users — People are interested in what effect yesterday's launch of the Mac App Store has had on Evernote. I'll let one graph tell most of the story: — Each column shows the number of new users that signed up for Evernote every hour starting at midnight …
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Windows on ARM is a big deal, but it's not enough to win at tablets — While “Windows runs on ARM now” is a really easy thing to say, it's an extremely complicated subject, fraught with industry drama, technical accomplishment, and a hint of Microsoft's vision for the future.
Naked Security / Sophos:
Facebook will NOT end on March 15th. Hoax news story spreads like wildfire — Heard a story that Facebook is going to end on March 15th? You should take it with a pinch of salt. — A story is spreading like wildfire across Facebook this weekend, claiming that the world's most popular social network is closing on March 15th.
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
How Not To Be Influential? Quora Spam On Mechanical Turk — There's has been much discussion in the past couple of days about how Quora can handle its recent explosive growth, avoid becoming a Yahoo Answers (i.e. full of nonsense and spam) and scale with grace.
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Edward Moyer / CNET News:
Shooting suspect left unsettling artifacts online — The suspected gunman in the shooting today of a U.S. Congresswoman posted disturbing artifacts on YouTube and MySpace, according to various reports, including a photo of a gun on top of a U.S. history book, and videos featuring strange, sometimes political ramblings.
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Joe Brown / Gizmodo:
Some of Tomorrow's Best Gadgets — You know what? There's some pretty sweet gear at this year's CES: tablets galore, smart cameras, cool phones, audiophile pr0n. Woot! This little trade show might have a future! Check out some of our favorites. — Motorola's Atrix Android Phone Has Two Cores And Can Dock Into a Laptop
Gautham Nagesh / Hillicon Valley:
Issa bill would provide green cards for up to 55,000 workers — Tech companies and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have bemoaned the shortage of U.S. students earning advanced math degrees. — House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would pave …
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Donald Melanson / Engadget:
Kenmore shows off smartphone / tablet-connected appliances at CES (hands-on) — We've already seen some smartphone-connected appliances in LG's Thinq lineup, and it looks like Kenmore is now getting ready to join it in a big way with some fairly impressive “enhanced” appliances of its own …
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Productopia
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
‘Internet Freedom Act’ Tries To Stop FCC Neutrality Rules — Part of larger Republican effort to scuttle new rules — Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) this week filed the ironically-entitled Internet Freedom Act (pdf), which is designed to prevent the FCC from enacting network neutrality rules intended to protect the open Internet.
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