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1:35 PM ET, February 13, 2011

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David Segal / New York Times:
Search Optimization and Its Dirty Little Secrets  —  PRETEND for a moment that you are Google's search engine.  —  Someone types the word “dresses” and hits enter.  What will be the very first result?  —  There are, of course, a lot of possibilities.  Macy's comes to mind.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Search Still Sucks  —  A decade ago I tried Google for the first time.  Like everyone said, it was magic - the result I wanted was right there at the top.  For someone who'd been using AltaVista for years before that it was a very pleasant experience.  Anyone who was on the Internet …
Vanessa Fox / Search Engine Land:
New York Times Exposes J.C. Penney Link Scheme That Causes Plummeting Rankings in Google  —  Today, the New York Times published an article about a search engine optimization investigation of J.C. Penney.  Perplexed by how well jcpenney.com did in unpaid (organic) search results …
Fred Oliveira / Helloform:
On Search and spoiled bloggers  —  I just read a post by Michael Arrington about “search” sucking.  You can read the post yourself by clicking here, even though it's a waste of your time - but hey, it's a Sunday, so you're fine.  Mike argues search sucks and also that Google is starting to flail …
Wall Street Journal:
Apple Works on Line of Less-Expensive iPhones  —  Apple Inc. is working on a new line of iPhones and a software overhaul that would make it easier for customers to access entertainment and personal photos and videos, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Arn / MacRumors:
Apple Working on Cheaper, Smaller iPhone and MobileMe Overhaul  —  The Wall Street Journal seems to confirm an earlier Bloomberg report that Apple is working on a smaller, cheaper version of the iPhone due this summer: … The previous Bloomberg report claimed the price of the smaller iPhone …
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
Motorola Xoom up for pre-order at Best Buy this Thursday... for $1,199?  —  What the what?!  Best Buy has just put up word on when you can pre-order the Motorola Xoom — this coming Thursday, February 17th — and a price, $1,199.  There are “great” financing offers available, but we can't get over this price we're seeing.
Joanna Stern / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 official: Tegra 2, Honeycomb, dual cameras (hands-on with video)  —  Geez, it's been a long weekend of almost incessant Galaxy Tab II teasing, but the time has come: Samsung's finally releasing the official details of its 10.1-inch, Android Honeycomb tablet to the world.
Discussion: Computerworld, SAI, Crave and IntoMobile
Bob Warfield / SmoothSpan Blog:
Scoble Discovers Developers are Schizo About New Platforms  —  I just listened to Scoble's bar interview of @longview (Nick Long) and @renatto (Paul Robinett), two Dreamworks developers who are building a mobile app of their own.  They're talking about the Mobile World, and there are some great sound bites coming from the interview.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:   The End of the (Nokia) Raj
Kent German / Crave: The gadget blog:
Sony Ericsson debuts Xperia Neo and Xperia Pro  —  BARCELONA, Spain—Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play wasn't the only new cell phone that the company released at Mobile World Congress.  The slim and media-centric Xperia Neo and Xperia Pro also had their official coming out party in Spain.
Discussion: Engadget and Engadget
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
Intel promises, teases MeeGo smartphone and tablet for MWC  —  Lookie here.  Intel may have been the jilted bride left at the altar by Nokia, but it's not giving up on MeeGo just yet.  The above poster has been hung up here in Barcelona, in the area us humble journalists still aren't in allowed yet …
Discussion: PhoneArena, Liliputing and PalmAddicts
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy S II official: dual-core 1GHz CPU, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus, coming this month (hands-on with video)  —  One of the worst-kept secrets of MWC this year — the Galaxy S II — is finally official, and we'd say it definitely lives up to its name as a proper successor …
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Robert Scoble / @scobleizer:
As much as @google is proud of @Ghonim for starting the Egypt revolution it sure must chafe that he used Facebook and not Google Buzz.
Discussion: @sdkstl
Mark Joyella / Mediaite:
First Tunisia, Now Egypt, What's Next?  Wael Ghonim Says “Ask Facebook”
Discussion: The Big Picture and AOL News
Chris Barth / Invested Interest:
Anonymous Claims Possession Of Insidious Stuxnet Virus  —  Houston, we have a problem.  Or should I say, “Iran, we have your problem?”  Last night, a member of hacker group Anonymous - a devious 4chan-spawned Internet coalition known for increasingly serious web-based attacks …
Discussion: Slashdot
 
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Arn / MacRumors:
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 Earlier Items: 
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Verizon iPhone 4 Launch: Why the Lack of iLines?
Discussion: IntoMobile
Tiernan Ray / Barron's Online:
AAPL: iPad Leading In IT ‘Consumerization,’ Says Barclays
Discussion: MacStories and AppleInsider
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Report: Stuxnet Hit 5 Gateway Targets on Its Way to Iranian Plant
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Pandora's Music Fees Are Huge! And Not That Bad.
 

 
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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:
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