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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 Lebo / 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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9to5Mac, PreCentral.net, Engadget, Redmond Pie, FreakGeeks, DailyTech and TechnoBuffalo
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
HP To Apple: You Win. — As I write this, I'm sitting in a cafe. Around me, there are five people on laptops — four of them are MacBooks. Four other people are using tablets — all four are iPads. Welcome to the Post-PC world. — That phrase was one of the first things that jumped …
Josh Ong / AppleInsider:
HP eats $100 million charge to cover unsold stockpile of TouchPads
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Bloomberg:
Apotheker Sets HP's Sights on Oracle
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Between the Lines Blog, Bloomberg, AllThingsD and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Nicholas Carlson / The Business Insider:
Time For Facebook To Buy WebOS From HP For A Couple Bucks
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@richardkerris, parislemon and SplatF
Robert Scoble / Google+:
Windows 8 wins — AKA — Oh, HP, kills TouchPad after only a month in market
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VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Pulse2, Computerworld, GottaBeMobile, This is my next and Mobile Industry Review
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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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 …
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.
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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DigiTimes, Softpedia News, MacNN, iClarified and SlashGear
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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MacRumors, AllThingsD, App Advice, Mashable!, PC World, Engadget, DailyTech, Gizmodo, SlashGear and AppleInsider
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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Gizmodo and @anonymousirc
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Jeremy Kirk / ITworld.com:
Anonymous breaches another US defense contractor
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CNET News, Between the Lines Blog, SC Magazine US, Pastebin, @anonymousirc, Inquirer and @anonymousirc
Anthony / UX Movement:
Why Rounded Corners are Easier on the Eyes — Designers use rounded corners so much today that they're more of an industry standard than a design trend. They're not only found on software user interfaces, but hardware product designs as well. So what is it about rounded corners that make them so popular?
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Gizmodo, iClarified and Gizmodo Australia
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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Om Malik / GigaOM:
The truth about scoops — In the wake of Motorola-Google deal, Felix Salmon, one of the finest bloggers in New York, penned a piece, Whither the M&A Scoop? Felix points out that “scoops are the most basic currency of business journalism” and they are what helped folks like Andrew Ross Sorkin become media …
Al Scott / TechFlash:
Google plans 840-person expansion near Seattle — Google's offices in Bothell, Wash., would be near the University of Washington's satellite campus and a revitalized downtown. — Google has filed plans to add up to 840 workers at an office park north of Seattle, a dramatic expansion of its workforce on the home turf of Microsoft.
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GeekWire, NWCN, Bothell/Kenmore Reporter, The Microsoft Blog and bizjournals
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Help, I've fallen into a pit of steaming Google+ (what that means for tech blogging) — For the past six weeks I've been totally engrossed in Google+. Addicted is the right word. It's like those dinosaurs that fell into a pit of tar and couldn't get out. Heck, I'm not the only one.
Rebecca Lynn / Xconomy:
Are Free Motorola Phones in Our Future? A VC's Take on Why Google is Buying Motorola — I was invited to go on Bloomberg West TV on Monday when news broke of Google's plan to acquire Motorola for $12.5 billion in cash. I hadn't had much time to digest the news before going on live television …
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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Beware of Juice-Jacking — You're out and about, and your smartphone's battery is about to die. Maybe you're at an airport, hotel, or shopping mall. You don't have the power cable needed to charge the device, but you do have a USB cord that can supply the needed juice.
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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.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
WordPress Now Powers 22 Percent Of New Active Websites In The U.S. — Blogging software WordPress is announcing a number of impressive growth stats today. WordPress is now powering 14.7% of the top million websites in the world, up from 8.5%. And 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are running WordPress.
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