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Michael Arrington launching venture fund — America's most powerful tech blogger is taking a major step into the world of venture capital. — Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, is raising a venture capital fund to invest in early-stage technology companies, Fortune has learned.
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Michael Arrington, TechCrunch Blogger, to Invest in Start-Ups — SAN FRANCISCO — Michael Arrington has become a fixture in Silicon Valley by writing about technology start-ups on his influential blog TechCrunch, which AOL bought last year. Now, Mr. Arrington is starting a venture capital fund …
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ARIANNA HUFFINGTON: Mike Arrington Is Out At TechCrunch
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AOL Is Replacing Michael Arrington At TechCrunch - He'll Still Write
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Aol: You've Got Conflicts
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Netflix offered $300 million-plus, but Starz wanted higher consumer prices — Starz didn't just want Netflix to pay more money for its content. It wanted Netflix consumers to pay more too. — Netflix offered Starz more than $300 million per year to renew their agreement …
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NETFLIX CEO REED HASTINGS: Here's Why We Let Starz Walk Away... We asked Netflix CEO Reed Hastings for his take on Starz walking away from the contract negotiations. — Here's what he said: — Starz has been a great content partner for many years and we are thankful for their support.
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Netflix loses a ton of content in 2012 as Starz ends renewal talks [Updated]
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Netflix's 60% price hike goes into effect today
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Google Acquired Motorola for More Than Patents, Chairman Eric Schmidt Says — Google Inc. (GOOG) Chairman Eric Schmidt said his company's planned $12.5 billion purchase of smartphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. was aimed at acquiring products, and not merely patents.
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Weighs In On Patent Issues: They're ‘Terrible’
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Apple Puts Legacy Final Cut Studio Back on Sale — Apple has put the previous version of its Final Cut Studio video editing suite back on sale after a mixed reception to the new and completely redesigned Final Cut X. We received word that Apple had issued a memo this afternoon announcing re-availability of the product.
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Apple explains decision to start selling Final Cut Studio again
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AT&T prepares two-track plan to save T-Mobile deal — (Reuters) - AT&T Inc is expected to soon present a proposed solution to U.S. antitrust regulators to salvage its planned $39 billion acquisition of smaller rival T-Mobile USA, according to people close to the matter.
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Sprint: AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Would Destroy Jobs, Here's A Study To Prove It
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Twitter Keeps Suspending Accounts Based On Highly Questionable DMCA Claims — Last year, we wrote about how Twitter was receiving a ton of DMCA takedown notices. That seemed pretty strange to us, because with such short messages, there's little that could be covered by copyright.

Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS — Intel reportedly plans to temporarily discontinue development of its MeeGo OS due to a lack of enthusiasm for the platform from handset and tablet PC vendors. Instead, Intel will focus on hardware products, with its handset platforms to be paired …
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Lenovo announces IdeaPad A1, the $199 Android tablet, we go hands-on (video) — If you thought you couldn't get a real Android tablet from a brand you've heard of for less than $200, think again. Lenovo's just announced the IdeaPad Tablet A1, a 7-inch Android unit that we got a sneaky first glimpse of back in July.


Ex-Microsoft exec kickstarts new social network for college kids — Creating a social network for college kids might seem like a foolhardy pursuit given Facebook's historic roots in that market. And Jonathan Lazarus says that his new upstart, a social networking site called CollegeBrain …
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Court Tosses Out Ridiculous Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google — A year and a half ago, we wrote about a bizarre antitrust lawsuit filed in Ohio state court by a small shopping search engine company most people haven't heard of called myTriggers. The details were particularly odd.
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Samsung Electronics Would ‘Never’ Pursue Purchase of WebOS, Says CEO Choi — Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest maker of mobile phones, rejected speculation it may buy Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ)'s WebOS software used in handsets and tablet computers.
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Lost iPhone 5 Prototype: SFPD Says It Has No Records of Investigation — Yesterday we related an interesting scoop that popped up on CNET: the tech-news site reported that a prototype of Apple's latest iPhone model had been lost in a San Francisco bar, echoing a similar incident last year …
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Apple's first store in London's financial district in doubt over sunlight regulations — Apple may be hindered in its attempts to open a new Apple Store in the heart of London's financial district after the plot's current owner, the City of London local authority, has been swept up in a legal issue …
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Anonymous Roars Back With 3GB Leak of Texas Police Chief Emails: “That stupid bitch got what she deserved” — Anonymous, after a relatively large period of doing nothing, are back with a vengeance. Even without their (arrested) de facto leader Topiary, they've punched Texan law enforcement squarely …


LulzSec and Anonymous police and FBI investigation sees two more arrested — Two men arrested in South Yorkshire and Wiltshire as part of investigation into international online hacking gangs — Two men have been arrested in connection with online attacks by hacking gangs Anonymous and LulzSec, Scotland Yard said.
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