Techmeme: Can cable block the Google TV revolution? (Matthew Lasar/Ars Technica)

1:10 AM ET, February 10, 2011

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John Biggs / CrunchGear:

HP Announces The TouchPad — It's official. Palm's new WebOS state is device is called the Touchpad. It has a 9.7-inch screen, front 1.3-megapixel camera, and comes in 16 or 32GB models. It runs a 1.2GHz Snapdragon Processor processor and the screen resolution is 1024×768.

Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:

HP makes Google Android look even more creaky (and RIM, Nokia, Microsoft not in the game) — HP's Jon Rubenstein just showed off the HP TouchPad. — I'm so glad that I told my readers to wait before they bought a tablet until at least today. — What did HP just do?

Discussion: Mashable!, SAI, @davezatz, @techbutterfly, Cinchcast, NBC Bay Area, Geek.com, Electronista, Download Squad, Redmond Pie, Black Web 2.0, Open Source Blog, @toddbishop, @treestman and @ryanstewart

Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
HP's TouchPad Tablet Looks Great, But Feels Slow

Discussion: Engadget and SAI

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Yes, Apple Is Lining Up For A “Surprise” This Fall. And Yes, It's Likely An “iPad 3″ — The following may sound a little crazy considering that the iPad 2 has not even been acknowledged or introduced by Apple yet. But from what we're hearing, the next iteration of the iPad …

Discussion: eWeek, MacRumors, MacStories, Daring Fireball, PC World, everythingiCafe, 9 to 5 Mac, Computerworld, MarketWatch, Guardian, Electronista, Apple Bitch, The Microsoft Blog, TiPb, Neowin.net, Gadgetell, WebProNews, BlogsDNA and The Huffington Post

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Next Six Months

Discussion: AppleInsider, Mobile Knots, Fast Company, OS X Daily and The Tech Report

Dan Frommer / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
iPad 3 Could Launch By Fall, John Gruber Hints

Discussion: @jsnell, @gartenberg and NBC Bay Area

Wall Street Journal:

Twitter as Tech Bubble Barometer — As Internet valuations climb and bankers and would-be buyers circle Silicon Valley in an increasingly frothy tech market, many eyes are on one particularly desirable, if still enigmatic, target: Twitter. — Executives at both Facebook Inc. and Google Inc. …

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Wall Street Journal / @wsj: Twitter is holding low-level acquisition talks at an estimated valuation of $8 billion to $10 billion http://on.wsj.com/elAbbC

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

Exclusive Video Of INQ's Facebook Phone — Remember all that talk about a Facebook phone? And by that I mean an Android phone built by various cell phone manufacturers optimized for social experiences with Facebook's help. If you want a refresher, read this interview Mark Zuckerberg gave TechCrunch …

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Bloomberg:

Nokia Is Said to Be Near Partnership With Microsoft — Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — Nokia Oyj is close to announcing a software partnership with Microsoft Corp., a bet that together the two companies can better challenge Google Inc. and Apple Inc., according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Engadget, @dannysullivan and SAI

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Many Brilliant Layers Of Vic Gundotra's Nokia-Exposing, Microsoft-Bashing Tweet

Discussion: Engadget, DealBook, TechCrunch Europe, @vicgundotra, Scobleizer and The Next Web

Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Nokia drops first MeeGo phone before launch -sources

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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:

It's Official: Voice is Worthless — With AT&T announcing its free mobile to mobile calls to help fend off customers defecting for the iPhone on Verizon's network, it's time to recognize that voice is now worthless. We can joke that AT&T clearly thought that all along (hello, dropped calls) …

Discussion: TiPb, IntoMobile and Androinica

Rachel King / The Toybox Blog:
AT&T launches unlimited calling to any mobile number

Discussion: BGR, AT&T, CrunchGear, PC Magazine, Appletell, Ars Technica, Telecompetitor, DSLreports and SlashGear

Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:

Former Apple and Lucasfilm Exec Joins HP To Help Bolster The webOS App Catalog — After HP unveiled the Pre3, Veer, and TouchPad at their big webOS event today, we figured they were pretty much done with news for the day. — Turns out, they had at least one more tid-bit to share.

Discussion: Engadget, CrunchGear, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Ars Technica and Gizmodo

Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
HP Will Ship WebOS As An Addition To Windows, Not A Replacement

Discussion: AppleInsider, CrunchGear, Engadget, SlashGear, Liliputing, eHomeUpgrade and Gadget Lab

Michael V. Copeland / Fortune:
What HP really bought from Palm: A mobile future, untethered from Microsoft

Discussion: Engadget, GigaOM, SAI, CNET News, GottaBeMobile, @scobleizer, @gartenberg and @om

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

Exclusive: Andreessen Horowitz Invests $80 Million in Twitter — Andreessen Horowitz has invested more than $80 million in Twitter via purchasing stock in secondary markets. — When called about it by BoomTown, a spokeswoman at the high-profile Silicon Valley venture firm confirmed the purchase.

Discussion: L.A. Times Tech Blog, VatorNews, Venture Capital Dispatch, Mashable!, PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat, @danprimack, NBC Bay Area, The Next Web and SAI

Chris Ziegler / Engadget:

The HP Veer: smallest smartphone in the webOS stable has 2.6-inch display — The HP Veer: smallest smartphone in the webOS stable, 2.6-inch display, coming this spring By Chris Ziegler posted Feb 9th 2011 1:31PM Breaking News You wanted a small smartphone? Well, you've got it in HP's Veer …

Discussion: MobileCrunch, HP, PC World, Engadget, Data Central, Scobleizer, Computerworld, PC World, Tech Trader Daily, ITworld.com, Mobile Knots, InfoWorld, Boing Boing, SAI, Engadget and Download Squad

Adam Zeis / CrackBerry.com blogs:

16GB BlackBerry PlayBook Priced at $499 and heading to Office Depot — Earlier this week we saw some news that the BlackBerry PlayBook will be sold at Staples (among plenty of other retailers) and it looks like it will be on the way to Office Depot as well.

Discussion: BerryReview.com, SlashGear, PhoneArena, GottaBeMobile, CrunchGear, IntoMobile, wirelessgoodness.com and Know Your Cell

Tom Nguyen / Adobe Flash Player Team Blog:

Flash Player 10.2 is Here: Available Now for Windows, Mac, and Linux — Today, we're launching Flash Player 10.2 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. We're especially excited that this release introduces Stage Video, a full hardware accelerated video pipeline for best-in-class, beautiful video across platforms and browsers.

Discussion: PC Magazine, Web Browsers, Adobe, 9 to 5 Mac, AppleInsider, Adobe, Engadget, GigaOM, Erictric, Mashable!, BetaNews, Pulse2, Quick Online Tips, CNET News, ITProPortal, Apple Bitch, Webmonkey, Techie Buzz, Lifehacker and MacStories

Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:

Feature: How one man tracked down Anonymous—and paid a heavy price — Aaron Barr believed he had penetrated Anonymous. The loose hacker collective had been responsible for everything from anti-Scientology protests to pro-Wikileaks attacks on MasterCard and Visa, and the FBI was now after them.

Tom Warren / WinRumors:

Microsoft's Zune Video bites healthy chunk out of Apple's online movie share … Microsoft's Zune Video service gained over 50% more market share in 2010 compared to 2009. — The software giant's Zune video platform now accounts for 17.9% of the market compared to 11.6% in 2009.

Thanks:jayoakesy

Marco Arment / Instapaper Blog:

Full API now available — The full Instapaper API is now available for developers. See the Full API documentation to get started. — I've made an unusual decision for it that I'd like to explain. I was reluctant to make a full API before now for a few reasons:

Discussion: ProgrammableWeb, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, @parislemon, The Next Web and @marcoarment, Thanks:arpitnext

Xavier Ducrohet / Android Developers Blog:

Android 2.3.3 Platform, New NFC Capabilities — Several weeks ago we released Android 2.3, which introduced several new forms of communication for developers and users. One of those, Near Field Communications (NFC), let developers get started creating a new class of contactless, proximity-based applications for users.

Discussion: Android Community, IntoMobile, Erictric, Android Phone Fans, Download Squad, Androinica, Zatz Not Funny!, The Next Web, Android and Me, Mobile Knots, Electronista and Engadget

Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:

Can cable block the Google TV revolution? — Behind the scenes at the Federal Communications Commission, a quiet war is being waged over the future of television. It isn't getting as many headlines as net neutrality or the Comcast/NBCU merger, but the debate is nearly as important.

Robin Sloan / Twitter Media:

repetition #repetition #repetition — This might be the most useful graph you see all week: — I mean, the implications are obvious... right? — Just kidding. Bear with me and I'll explain: The graph above is from a new paper (PDF) from Cornell's computer science department.

Scott Steinberg / Rolling Stone:

‘Guitar Hero’ Dead — The Guitar Hero video game franchise is officially dead. According to publisher Activision, which will close its music game division and cease development of existing Guitar Hero titles, they're ending the series in order to refocus efforts online.

Discussion: Eurogamer, investor.activision.com, Mashable!, Company Town, Joystiq, GameLife and Ars Technica

Steve Kovach / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:

The Motorola Atrix Is A Great Android Phone, But Not Much Of A Laptop — Here it is: The Atrix 4G, the phone Motorola and AT&T are touting as “the world's most powerful smartphone.” — Aside from the dual core Tegra 2 processor, the Atrix stands out for being able to power a separate laptop that runs entirely off the phone.

Discussion: CrunchGear, Engadget, MobileCrunch, GigaOM, Liliputing and Crave

Om Malik / GigaOM:

Startup Charts the Future of Camera Phones, Ends Megapixel Myth — From DailyBooth, which, thanks to the front facing cameras has become a quick way to share emotions and moods to Instagr.am, which has become a way to add pizzazz to one's photos, the mobile photo revolution is unfolding around us.

Discussion: 1001 Noisy Cameras, Gizmodo and Electronista

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