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Horacio Gutierrez / Microsoft:

Microsoft Takes Legal Action Against Barnes & Noble, Foxconn and Inventec for Patent Infringement by Android Devices — Statement from Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing — Microsoft Corp. today filed legal actions …

Horacio Gutierrez / TechNet Blogs:

Android Patent Infringement: Licensing is the Solution — Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel — As you may have seen, Microsoft today filed legal actions against Barnes & Noble, Inc., Foxconn International Holdings Ltd., and Inventec Corporation in both the U.S. International …

Discussion: Technologizer, The Next Web, All about Microsoft Blog, CNET News, PC World, Fortune, mocoNews, WebProNews, Fast Company, Seattle Times and WinRumors

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

Drunk On Licensing Fees And Patents, Microsoft Has Become A Joke — Earlier today, it was revealed that Microsoft was suing yet another company for infringing on their patents. The target this time? Barnes & Noble. Yes, Microsoft is suing a book chain. Why?

Discussion: @migueldeicaza and @tedneward

Devin Coldewey / CrunchGear: Microsoft Alleges Patent Infringement On Barnes & Noble E-Reader Devices

Bloomberg:

Apple Sues Amazon.com, Seeks Order to Stop Use of ‘App Store’ Trademark — Apple Inc. (AAPL) sued Amazon.com Inc., saying the online retailer is improperly using Apple's “App Store” trademark for a mobile software developer program. — Apple, in a complaint filed March 18 in California …

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, Wall Street Journal, TeleRead, TiPb, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, 9 to 5 Mac, CNET News, mocoNews, Digital Daily, Geek.com, MacStories, Engadget, mobiputing, Erictric, MacRumors, GeekWire and iClarified

Sinead Carew / Reuters:

Verizon Wireless CEO says no interest in Sprint deal — (Reuters) - The chief executive of Verizon Wireless said he has no interest in buying Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N) even as the company stands to lose its top position in the U.S. wireless market because of a merger between AT&T Inc (T.N) and T-Mobile USA.

Discussion: CNET News and Electronista

Ina Fried / Mobilized:

What AT&T Owes T-Mobile if Deal Doesn't Go Through — If regulators squelch AT&T's $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile, the company will have more than just its frustrations to deal with. — As part of the deal, AT&T has agreed to pay T-Mobile $3 billion and promised valuable spectrum …

Discussion: eWeek, IBD Click, eMoney, PC World, Deal Journal, TUAW, BB Geeks, TmoNews, Internet Evolution, techblog.dallasnews.com and LAPTOP Magazine

Peter Svensson / Associated Press:
AT&T: T-Mobile 3G phones will need to be replaced

Discussion: GottaBeMobile, Between the Lines Blog, Android Phone Fans, Gizmodo, Neowin.net, Apple Gazette and TechSpot

Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

That was quick: Four lines of code is all it takes for The New York Times' paywall to come tumbling down — The New York Times paywall is costing the newspaper $40-$50 million to design and construct, Bloomberg has reported. And it can be defeated through four lines of Javascript.

Discussion: Technologizer, TechCrunch and euri.ca, more at Mediagazer »

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
A Rule of Thumb: Pricing Should Be Simple

Discussion: Mixed Media

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
NYTimes Paywall Limit To Extend Beyond Google To “All Major Search Engines”

Discussion: MediaMemo, @pkafka, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan and Techdirt

Michael Abbott / Twitter Engineering:

The Great Migration, the Winter of 2011 — If you look back at the history of Twitter, our rate of growth has largely outpaced the capacity of our hardware, software, and the company itself. Indeed, in our first five years, Twitter's biggest challenge was coping with our unprecedented growth and sightings of the infamous Fail Whale.

Discussion: SFGate, Data Center Knowledge, CNNMoney.com, PC World, GigaOM, The Buzz Bin, ReadWriteWeb and NetworkEffect

Biz Stone / Twitter Blog:
Happy Birthday Twitter!

Discussion: TechCrunch, CNN, Mashable!, Computerworld, GigaOM, Bits, NewsGrange, Softpedia News, Scobleizer, L.A. Times Tech Blog and BBC

Matthew Lynley / VentureBeat:

Nokia releasing yet another cheap Symbian smartphone … Nokia announced today that it is launching the Nokia Astound in the United States, a low-end smartphone geared toward first-time smartphone owners running the company's Symbian mobile operating system.

Electronista:
Hands on: Nokia C7 Astound for T-Mobile

Discussion: CNET News, Reuters and Issues & Insights

Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:

Here Come the First T-Mobile 42 Mbps Cities, Devices — The latest T-Mobile news may have been focused on the AT&T's plans to purchase the carrier, but that isn't stopping T-Mobile with its network expansion plans for 2011. Today, the company announced the first three cities …

Discussion: CNET News, Engadget, Smartphones …, BGR, Mobilized, Gizmodo and LaptopMemo, more at Mediagazer »

Joe Light / Wall Street Journal:

Google Is No. 1 on List Of Desired Employers — One in four young professionals wants to work at Google Inc., according to a survey by Universum, a consulting firm that helps companies improve their attractiveness to prospective employees. — Nearly 25% of survey respondents picked Google …

Discussion: Search Engine Land

Nick Bilton / Bits:

The Technology Behind Making Mobile Payments a Reality — It's only a matter of time before your mobile phone swallows up yet another piece of technology: your credit card. — In this not-too-distant future, rather than pay for gas or dinner with a piece of plastic that you slide through a machine …

Discussion: TG Daily, AppleInsider, Electronista, MacStories, MacRumors, everythingiCafe, Phones Review, Edible Apple, The Huffington Post and iClarified

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / SAI:

Dropbox Could Generate $100 Million In Revenue This Year — Dropbox, the startup that makes cloud backup and syncing incredibly easy, is cash-flow positive, on track to generate $100 million in revenue this year and could be worth $1-2 billion, Fortune reports. — Dropbox has a good freemium business model.

Discussion: @anildash

Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:

Apple iOS 4.3.1 coming within one to two weeks? — We've just been given some info on Apple's next iOS release, 4.3.1, and from what we have been told, it will contain minor bug fixes. Here are the changes from iOS 4.3: — Baseband updates for the 3GS and iPad (original)

Discussion: Unwired View, BlogsDNA, Neowin.net, PC Magazine, Geek.com, AppleInsider, GeekSmack, ITProPortal, Redmond Pie, IntoMobile, Softpedia News, mocoNews, App Advice, TUAW, MacStories, NBC Bay Area, MacHackPC, iClarified, SlashGear and thinq_

Greg Blevins / Google Mobile Blog:

Explore the world with updated apps for iPhone: Check in with Latitude and use Places in 30 languages — We're happy to announce updates for two iPhone apps that help you connect the people you care about with the places you love: Google Latitude with check-ins and Google Places in 30 languages.

Discussion: App Advice, TechCrunch, The Social, The Next Web, MacStories, PC Magazine and mobiputing

Bloomberg:

Apple's Jobs Must Answer Questions in ITunes Antitrust Suit — A federal magistrate judge ordered Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs to answer questions in an antitrust dispute alleging the company operated a music-downloading monopoly. — Lawyers for consumers who filed …

Discussion: AppleInsider

Tim Stevens / Engadget:

Nintendo 3DS review — See that greenish blue thing up there? That might look like this greenish blue thing over here that we reviewed a few weeks back, but actually they're not the same. No, sir. This thing up there is the genuine, guaranteed, red-blooded American version …

Discussion: The Seattle Times and GoNintendo

Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:

Mac OS X 10.6.7 released with 2011 MacBook Pro fixes, more — Apple has just released an update to Snow Leopard - Mac OS X 10.6.7 - with fixes for the early 2011 MacBook Pro models, an improved Back to my Mac: … The early 2011 MacBook Pros have been the source of numerous issues …

Discussion: Apple, Apple, MacStories, MacHackPC, CNET News, TidBITS, The Next Web, AppleInsider, GigaOM, Ars Technica, Redmond Pie, 9 to 5 Mac, Engadget and TUAW

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

If You Love Something, Set It Sort-Of Free: Condé Nast Mulling Reddit Spin-Off — Condé Nast, which bought Reddit five years ago, is considering spinning out the social news site. — The publisher would continue to own the site, but it's talking to investors about selling a stake.

Discussion: The Next Web

Scott Gilbertson / Ars Technica:

HTTPS is more secure, so why isn't the Web using it? — You wouldn't write your username and passwords on a postcard and mail it for the world to see, so why are you doing it online? Every time you log in to any service that uses a plain HTTP connection that's essentially what you're doing.

Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:

Is Late Stage the New Early? Behind the Staggering Return of the $1B Venture Fund — In Silicon Valley it's not just who you invest in that matters- it's also when you invest in them. The earlier the investment, the riskier the bet. But the more jawdropping the returns if the company hits it big.

Discussion: broadstuff, SAI, Digits, VentureBeat, PE Hub Blog and Between the Lines Blog, Thanks:marklavine

Kara Swisher / Boom Town:

Asana Hires “COO-Type” - Van Zant First Biz Side Hire for Workplace Collaboration Start-Up — As it gets ramped up for a wider launch, Asana, the high-profile group collaboration start-up founded by top former Facebook execs, has hired former SolarWinds product strategy exec Kenny Van Zant in a “COO-type of role.”

Discussion: Asana

New York Times:

China Tightens Censorship of Electronic Communications — BEIJING — If anyone wonders whether the Chinese government has tightened its grip on electronic communications since protests began engulfing the Arab world, Shakespeare may prove instructive. — A Beijing entrepreneur …

Discussion: Geek.com, New York Times and Geekosystem

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