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Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
AT&T VP: iPhone 5 coming in early October, prepare to get ‘really, really busy’ — One of our high-level AT&T sources just informed us that an AT&T Vice President has confirmed to several employees that the iPhone 5 is slated to launch in early October. Additionally, the VP communicated …
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Matt Brian / The Next Web:
HP tested webOS on an iPad. It ran over twice as fast as the TouchPad. — HP's WebOS team almost certainly had an idea that the company's new tablet, the TouchPad, had very little chance of challenging Apple's dominance in the tablet market, as the company's webOS operating system was running …
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Joshua Topolsky / This is my next:
HP: ‘We are not walking away from webOS;’ exclusive details from inside — An insider has given us details from an all-hands meeting HP just held with employees in the webOS Global Business Unit in light of today's announcement that HP will no longer make webOS devices.
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
An inside look at HP killing webOS hardware: Here's how it really went down. — Neither Palm devices, nor the HP TouchPad were ever going to be able to showcase webOS properly. That's why yesterday's news that HP was shutting down its webOS hardware development should have been welcomed …
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PreCentral.net, TechnoBuffalo, NBC Bay Area and Engadget
Josh Ong / AppleInsider:
HP eats $100 million charge to cover unsold stockpile of TouchPads
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VoIP & Gadgets Blog, ZDNet Australia, Guardian and PhoneArena, Thanks:beijingdou
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
HP's WebOS conundrum: Sell the IP or try licensing?
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Bloomberg:
Apotheker Sets Biggest HP Strategic Bet in Oracle Rivalry: Tech
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Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg
Nicholas Carlson / The Business Insider:
Time For Facebook To Buy WebOS From HP For A Couple Bucks
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Paul Sandle / Reuters:
Lynch guides Autonomy into big tech's grasp — (Reuters) - Mike Lynch once claimed to enjoy watching sheep-dog trials. The software business he founded that is now at the heart of Hewlett-Packard's new strategy makes its living herding cats. — Autonomy Plc software searches …
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Colleen Taylor / GigaOM:
Why HP is betting the farm on Autonomy
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Bloomberg:
Sprint Said to Talk With Cable Companies About Clearwire Buyout — The third-biggest U.S. wireless operator is negotiating with Comcast and other cable companies to obtain control of Clearwire and help complete its LTE network — (Bloomberg) — Sprint Nextel Corp. is talking with cable companies …
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Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:
Germany vs. Facebook: Like Button Declared Illegal, Sites Threatened With Fine — German websites have until the end of September to remove Facebook's ‘like’ button or face a fine of up to 50,000 Euro. — Germany has a long tradition of using laws to protect its citizen's privacy.
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Zach Epstein / BGR:
Google ‘Nexus Prime’ Android 4.0 phone could launch in October — Google's third-generation “Nexus Prime” smartphone — which will likely be the first Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” phone to hit the market — will launch in October according to a new report from Korean-language Electronic Times.
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Exclusive: How the FBI investigates the hacktivities of Anonymous — On September 19, 2008, hackers from the Anonymous collective attacked the website of Fox News host Bill O'Reilly. The hackers found and immediately posted e-mail addresses, passwords, and physical addresses …
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Jeremy Kirk / ITworld.com:
Anonymous breaches another US defense contractor
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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
Wall Street Journal Confirms Early 2012 iPad 3 with Retina Display — In case you still had doubts, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is indeed working on its next generation iPad for early 2012. The newspaper also seems to confirm the 2048x1536 Retina display that has been long rumored.
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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
Production of the iPad 3 Retina Display Remains a Challenge
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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple seeds iOS 5 beta 6, iTunes 10.5 beta 6, Xcode 4.2 preview 6 to developers (full change log) — Apple has released iOS 5 beta 6 to developers today as the fall launch of the major iOS software upgrade nears. In addition, Apple released beta 6 of iTunes 10.5 to developers …
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Jessica Dye / Reuters:
Apple moves against knockoffs in New York — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has moved swiftly and, until now, secretly to crack down on stores in the Chinatown section of Queens, New York, accused of selling knock-off Apple gear emblazoned with the company's distinctive logo, according to documents unsealed Thursday in Brooklyn federal court.
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Andreas Udo de Haes / Computerworld UK's News:
Apple files inaccurate evidence in Dutch Samsung case — Is the iPhone and iPad maker shooting itself in the foot with manipulated images? — Apple has filed inaccurate evidence again in a major case against Samsung, this time in the Netherlands, where the company is arguing Samsung's Galaxy S smartphones …
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Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Facebook Begins Rolling Out “The Ticker” To More Users — While we haven't confirmed whether or not the move is permanent, Facebook appears to be in the process of rolling out their live feed ticker to the homepage of all users. What's most significant is how this could impact the platform …
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Gizmodo, TechCrunch and NBC Bay Area
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft: Here's what caused our cloud outage this week — Summary: Microsoft is informing customers hit by its Office 365 cloud outage this week that a “networking interruption” caused the problem, and that the company is planning to offer them a 25 percent credit for their trouble.
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Seattle Times, FierceCIO News, WinRumors, Softpedia News and Neowin.net
Nick Bilton / Bits:
F.T.C. Says It Will Not Investigate Ashton Kutcher — It looks like Ashton Kutcher is in the clear. — Mr. Kutcher drew criticism this week after the release of an online-only version of Details magazine that he guest-edited. In the issue, the actor failed to fully disclose his investments …
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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Ashton Kutcher Could Face Questions About Disclosure
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