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Nathan Olivarez-Giles / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
HP executive: The TouchPad could be resurrected — Hewlett-Packard could resurrect the TouchPad tablet computer, possibly after spinning off its PC unit into a stand-alone company, an HP executive said in a report Tuesday. — “Tablet computing is a segment of the market that's relevant …
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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, Epicenter, CNET News, Fast Company, Between the Lines Blog, Pulse2, VentureBeat, Fudzilla, Inquirer, Neowin.net and Electronista
Electronista:
HP sticks suppliers with 100,000 unmade TouchPad Go tablets
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VentureBeat, DigiTimes, Mike Cane's xBlog, PhoneArena, The Next Web, TechEye and Electronista, Thanks:getwired
Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:
Despite spin-off talk, Air Force picks HP
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Computerworld UK's News and AppleInsider
Insanely Great Mac:
iTunes Match on iOS w/ live streaming and download (Video) — This video demos iTunes Match on an iOS Device. Works basically the same it appears as a desktop. Users will be able to stream and download songs from their matched iTunes library. Looking for more iOS 5 videos?
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mocoNews, VentureBeat, GigaOM, Evolver.fm, iLounge, blog.chron.com, iDownloadBlog.com and The Next Web
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Apple's Cloud Still Isn't Streaming — When is a stream not a stream? When it's a download. — While a video making the rounds today makes it seem as if Apple's upcoming iTunes Match service will stream music from Apple's servers to a user's device, that's not the case.
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Ars Technica, Gizmodo and SplatF
Jordan Golson / MacRumors:
iTunes Match Beta Now Available for Developers
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MacRumors, Guardian, BetaNews, PC Magazine, 9to5Mac, CNET News, CNET News, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, Signal News, TechSpot, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, Apple Bitch, Gizmodo, This is my next, FierceMobileContent, I4U News, Engadget, SuperSite for Windows, BGR, Tools, Mashable!, WebProNews, Examiner, Electronista, iEnlive Technology, TUAW and everythingiCafe
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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Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Fraudulent Google certificate points to Internet attack
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Microsoft, Digital Trends, PC Magazine, TechNet Blogs, Pastebin, Softpedia News, ITProPortal, The Register, 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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eWeek, ConceivablyTech, Help Net Security, Dennis Fisher, @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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Computerworld, Search Engine Roundtable, WebProNews, Ryan Jones Blog and Gizmodo
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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Gizmodo, Electronista, GottaBeMobile, Geek.com, Pocket-lint and Engadget
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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GigaOM, MacRumors, Fortune, Between the Lines Blog, The Next Web, iPhone, MacNN, @wikileaks, AppleInsider, iLounge and 9to5Mac
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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GigaOM, LAPTOP Magazine, Inquirer, Engadget, SAMSUNG TOMORROW Global, Samsung Mobile Press, Reuters, IntoMobile, Geek.com, DailyTech, InfoWorld, Pulse2, AppleInsider, The Next Web, Mashable!, The Register, Fonehome, Ubergizmo, SlashPhone, PhoneArena, ZOMGitsCj, Pocket-lint, Electricpig.co.uk, Electronista, MobileSyrup.com and The Tech Herald …
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?
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.
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
OpenDNS and Google team to speed up the web — A few million Americans may find their YouTube requests get delivered faster on Tuesday as Google, OpenDNS, and several content delivery networks announce the Global Internet Speed Up effort. — As the web scales and bandwidth demands rise …
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ZDNet, Network World, PC Magazine, eWeek, CNET News, San Francisco Chronicle, VentureBeat, Lifehacker, Business Wire and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Nicholas Carlson / The Business Insider:
A Very Gloomy Picture Of Larry Page's Short Tenure As Google CEO — So far, new Google CEO Larry Page's tenure at the top has been fun for the rest of us to watch. — There was the big Motorola Mobility acquisition, a deep re-organization, and Google+'s successful launch.
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AllThingsD and Wall Street Journal
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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The Business Insider, Social Markets, reDesign, paidContent and Screenwerk
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.
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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IntoMobile, The Register, Techie Buzz, Appolicious Advisor, SiliconANGLE, TUAW, iClarified and Edible Apple
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 …
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
Mark Milian / CNN:
CNN acquires Zite, maker of iPad magazine app — San Francisco (CNN) — CNN announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Zite, a Canadian tablet software developer. — Zite offers an iPad application that can build a personalized magazine based on someone's interests and social media feeds.
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CNN, AllThingsD, paidContent, Zite - Blog and Appolicious Advisor, more at Mediagazer »
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 and Digital Trends
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Social Contacts App Twezr Shuts Down, Company Pivots To Photo-Sharing — So long, Twezr, it's been fun. The mobile social contacts application Twezr is being shut down after having a fairly well-received launch back in November 2010. The app, for those unaware, was based on a great idea: it was a social address book.
Don Reisinger / CNET News:
Barnes & Noble's Nook revenue up 140 percent — The Barnes & Noble Nook Color. — Barnes & Noble's traditional business model is lagging, but its digital focus has helped buoy its financial performance, the company announced today. — During the firm's fiscal first quarter ended July 30 …
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VatorNews, TechCrunch, paidContent, Between the Lines Blog, MacNN, Associated Press, Reuters and Wall Street Journal
