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Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
New high-speed connection tech due from Apple — An announcement from Apple is expected soon about a new high-speed connection technology, a source told CNET. — Whether the new connector tech will be part of the upcoming MacBook Pro update (rumored to happen February 24) or announced in another context is not clear.
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Evgeny Morozov / Wall Street Journal:
Smart Dictators Don't Quash the Internet — Mubarak had no idea how to counter the power of social media. China, Russia and Iran know better — Egyptians celebrate in Tahrir Square after hearing the news that Hosni Mubarak has resigned. Protestors in Egypt were lucky that the government didn't know a tweet from a poke.
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
To Celebrate The #Jan25 Revolution, Egyptian Names His Firstborn “Facebook” — Cultural relativity is an amazing thing. While American parents worry about their kids being on Facebook, Egyptian parents are naming their kids “Facebook” to commemorate the events surrounding the #Jan25 revolution.
Chris Chang / M.I.C. Gadget:
Exclusive: iPad 2 Leather Case Hands-on & Video! — Ooops. we got an iPad 2 leather case from an Asian case supplier, and here's what we know about the iPad 2: — Finally, we have some interesting updates for the much-rumoured iPad 2. Yup, we hope you enjoy the lengthy video above showing …
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Warpafx / BuzzFeed:
Westboro Church to Anonymous: Bring It, Cowards — Megan Phelps-Roper, granddaughter of Westboro Baptists Church founder Fred Phelps, responded on Twitter to the Anonymous threat.
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Michael Stone / Examiner:
Anonymous delivers ultimatum to Westboro Baptist Church
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Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple in the Sky with Diamonds: A Cloud Based Safe Deposit Box — With OS X nearing its launch this summer, we just might have gotten a glimpse at either a Time Machine or MobileMe upgrade in one of this week's patents. Apple wants to beef up sensitive document security for average consumers …
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Paul Carr / TechCrunch:
Paul Miller And The Five Rules Of Stunt Resignation — On Friday afternoon, Paul J. Miller caused what passes for a kerfuffle inside the technology journalism meta-bubble. — Miller, as you know, is “Senior Associate Editor” at our estranged sister site Engadget - or at least …
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C. Custer / ChinaGeeks:
The Revolution That Wasn't — Late last night, I noticed that calls for large protests in several major Chinese cities were circulating on Twitter. Using the hashtag #cn220, users were reposting information from the overseas Chinese website Boxun, where an anonymous user had called for a Chinese “Jasmine Revolution.”
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Taimur Asad / Redmond Pie:
Geohot Starts a Blog, Asks for Help and Support from Fans to Fight Against Sony — After discussing the entire situation with his lawyers, Geohot has decided to start a blog yet again. He is asking for help and support from his fans in an effort to fight his case against Sony.
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Intel's new Itanium is the Moby Dick of microprocessors — It's a whale of a chip. Intel is announcing today the 10th generation of its Itanium chip, which is a 64-bit microprocessor aimed at the very high end of the corporate computer market. — The chip is a modern miracle in many respects …
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Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
AT&T reportedly provisions iOS 4.3 beta Personal Hotspot feature — AT&T has reportedly provisioned the new Personal Hotspot WiFi sharing feature of iOS 4.3 beta 3 for a developer, indicating it will follow Verizon's lead in offering the feature to its subscribers.
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Horace Dediu / asymco:
The lives and deaths of mobile platforms — When Stephen Elop said that Nokia and Microsoft sought to create a “three horse race” he implied that there were only two viable mobile ecosystems today. With that statement he sought to deprecate or declare “end of life” two platforms …
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