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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
‘iTunes Match’ Allows Both Streaming and Downloading of Music — Apple released a developer beta of the iTunes Match system this evening. The system is described by Apple as follows: … Insanely Great Mac provides this nice walkthrough video which shows you how the service works.
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Jordan Golson / MacRumors:
iTunes Match Beta Now Available for Developers — iTunes Match was released to developers today in an email from Apple: — In the email, Apple notes that beta subscribers will receive an additional 3 months free with their $24.99 paid subscription to cover the beta plus the standard 12 months after launch.
Terril Yue Jones / Reuters:
HP executive says PC business to remain world No.1 — (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co's personal computer business will retain its position as the world's largest PC manufacturer even after any spinoff, the head of HP's PC business said on Tuesday. — A spinoff of the Personal Systems Group …
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PC Magazine, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, CNET News, The Business Insider, Electronista, GottaBeMobile, MobileBurn.com, ITProPortal and Globe and Mail
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Poornima Gupta / Reuters:
HP says prefers to spin off PC unit — (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard said on Monday it prefers to spin off its personal computers unit and is currently working on understanding the larger implications of separating the business from the company. — The world's largest technology company …
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AllThingsD, CNET News, Fast Company, Pulse2, Inquirer, Between the Lines Blog, VentureBeat, Fudzilla, Electronista and Neowin.net
Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:
Despite spin-off talk, Air Force picks HP
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Computerworld UK's News and AppleInsider
Heather Adkins / Google Online Security Blog:
An update on attempted man-in-the-middle attacks — Today we received reports of attempted SSL man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks against Google users, whereby someone tried to get between them and encrypted Google services. The people affected were primarily located in Iran.
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Mozilla Security Blog, InfoWorld, THN : The Hacker News, Dennis Fisher, Ars Technica, Techie Buzz and SC Magazine US
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Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Fraudulent Google certificate points to Internet attack — This screenshot shows the warning the user reportedly got when attempting to log into Gmail. — A Dutch company appears to have issued a digital certificate for Google.com to someone other than Google, who may be using it to try to re-direct traffic of users based in Iran.
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Digital Trends, PC Magazine, Microsoft, TechNet Blogs, Pastebin, ITProPortal, The Register, Softpedia News, ITworld.com, @mikkohypponen and @ioerror
Chester Wisniewski / Naked Security:
Falsely issued Google SSL certificate in the wild for more than 5 weeks
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Help Net Security, Electronic Frontier Foundation, @ioerror and @ioerror
Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
Google Explores Re-Ranking Search Results Using +1 Button Data — Google is making plans to turn its +1 button into a crowdsourcing tool that helps it re-order search results and fight web spam. — While not surprising, the move would bring Google's search engine into the social networking era …
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Search Engine Roundtable and Gizmodo
Electronista:
HP sticks suppliers with 100,000 unmade TouchPad Go tablets — HP webOS exit leaves suppliers with unused parts — HP's sudden exit from webOS hardware has left its part suppliers with a glut of unused parts, the supply chain may have revealed Tuesday. Along with some for the existing TouchPad …
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DigiTimes, Mike Cane's xBlog, PhoneArena, The Next Web, TechEye and Electronista, Thanks:getwired
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Mark Milian / CNN:
WikiLeaks cables detail Apple's battle with counterfeits in China — (CNN) — Apple was slow to act against the booming counterfeit industry in China and other Asian countries, according to cables obtained by WikiLeaks. — The technology giant eventually organized a team in March 2008 …
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MacRumors, Fortune, Between the Lines Blog, iPhone, The Next Web, iLounge, @wikileaks, AppleInsider, MacNN and 9to5Mac
Ed Bott / The Ed Bott Report Blog:
Who killed the fake-antivirus business? — Summary: The fake-antivirus business was a big money-maker in the first half of this year. Then, at the end of June, fake-AV products practically disappeared from the web. Was it technology, or does traditional law enforcement deserve the credit?
Dieter Bohn / This is my next:
Samsung Wave 3, Wave M, and Wave Y Bada 2.0 phones announced — Samsung has announced three new phones running its proprietary Bada 2.0 operating system: the Wave 3, Wave M, and Wave Y. The Wave 3 is the most powerful of the bunch, with a 4-inch WVGA Super AMOLED screen, 1.4GHz processor, and a 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus.
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mocoNews, Samsung Mobile Press, Engadget, InfoWorld, SAMSUNG TOMORROW Global, Reuters, DailyTech, Pulse2, ZOMGitsCj, Fonehome, SlashPhone, The Next Web, AppleInsider, Mashable!, The Register, Ubergizmo, PhoneArena, Electronista, Pocket-lint, Electricpig.co.uk, MobileSyrup.com and The Tech Herald …
Matt Rosoff / The Business Insider:
This 26-Year Old Founder Is Raising $100 Million To Take On Giants Like Microsoft — Aaron Levie is unusual for a 26-year-old CEO — he's much more excited about business software than consumer products like Foursquare. — Levie founded Box.net, an online service for sharing and collaborating on documents and other files, in 2005.
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Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Google CEO Faces Challenges — When Google Inc. co-founder Larry Page announced that he would take over as chief executive earlier this year, he promised that he would shake up the Internet search giant to speed up decision making. Instead, much of the shaking up has happened to the new CEO.
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The Business Insider
Alex Simons / MSDN Blogs:
Improvements in Windows Explorer … It's exciting to have this opportunity to share the improvements we're making to the file management capabilities of Windows Explorer. Explorer is one of the most venerable parts of Windows with a heritage you can trace back to the “MS-DOS Executive” in Windows 1.0!
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InfoWorld, Computerworld, Inquirer, The Register, The Business Insider, WebProNews, GSMArena Blog, Pulse2, Mashable!, O'Grady's PowerPage, Seldo's Tumblr, BetaNews, AppleInsider, MacMegasite, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, WinRumors, PC Magazine, WinBeta, Lifehacker, InfoWorld, Engadget, TechSpot, AnandTech, ExtremeTech, GeekWire, ConceivablyTech, The Next Web and Windows 8 News, Rumors & Tips
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Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Microsoft details native VHD and ISO mounting support for Windows 8 — Microsoft revealed on Monday that it is planning to natively support the mounting of both VHD and ISO files within Windows 8. — ISO's are typically used by software vendors to distribute their products but have also been used …
Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:
Apple's worldwide court battles against Samsung: where they stand and what they mean — Samsung has once again delayed the release of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia to evade an injunction against the device in that country. Samsung may be attempting to find workarounds …
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The Register, Techie Buzz, Appolicious Advisor, SiliconANGLE, FOSS Patents, TUAW and iClarified
Evan Ackerman / Automaton:
Chatbot Tries to Talk to Itself, Things Get Weird — A chatbot is a computer program that's intended to fool us into thinking that it's human. Historically, this has been a tricky thing to do, and for the last 20 years there's been a $100,000 prize and gold medal waiting for the first computer program …
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AllThingsD, Technabob, Crave, Laughing Squid, Digital Trends and Engadget
Greg Finn / Search Engine Land:
Report: Those Searching For Google+ Are Younger & Have More Income Than Facebook Searchers — In a recent study released by comScore, searcher demographics showed some striking differences between those looking for Google+ vs. those looking for Facebook in July.
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comScore Voices and Internet2Go
Douglas MacMillan / Bloomberg:
Yelp Cuts Back on Daily Deals — Following Facebook's lead in retreating from a discounts market that is regularly losing sites, Yelp says it will focus on its core mission of collecting local business reviews — (Bloomberg) — Yelp Inc., a website that collects local business reviews …
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Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat:
Exclusive: With new design chief at the helm, here's how HTC's products will change — Scott Croyle only just took over as the new design head at mobile device company HTC, but the former vice president of design already has big plans. — In the near future, the smartphone and tablet maker will …
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Between the Lines Blog and WMPoweruser
Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Apple: The next chapter — Tim Cook's promotion to CEO comes at an interesting time for Apple. — First, the company continues to refocus itself around iOS, its platform for the future. And second, it continues to grow at an amazing pace. — These two factors create an exciting …
Mike Webb / MacPost:
More iPhone N94 Prototype Photos Leaked - Is this iPhone 4S or iPhone 5? — Images of iPhone 5 back cover marked with N94 didn't revealed much about the next iteration of the device, except that it will launch in White color scheme with iPhone-4-like form factor.
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9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Softpedia News, Ubergizmo, Engadget, TechCrunch, iLounge, Edible Apple, MacRumors, Apple Bitch, everythingiCafe, AppleInsider and Electronista
Serkan Toto / TechCrunch:
Wacom's Inkling Captures What You Draw On Paper Digitally (Amazing Video) — Wacom has announced a pretty amazing product today, the Inkling. This so-called Digital Sketch Pen allows you to capture whatever you draw or write on a sketchbook or any kind of paper in digital form, “stroke by stroke”.
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Electronista, Gizmodo, Geek.com, Pocket-lint and Engadget
Dieter Bohn / This is my next:
Sprint ‘Strategy Update’ on October 7th likely to detail 4G plans — Sprint is holding a special event on Friday, October 7th to provide a “Strategy Update” on its future plans. There are plenty of strategies that need updating at Sprint, but most prominent among them is probably its 4G roadmap.
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Tech Trader Daily, AppleInsider, BGR, IntoMobile, Engadget, Neowin.net, I4U News, Electronista, Android Phone Fans, Sprintfeed and PhoneArena
