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TechCrunch As We Know It May Be Over — This is a post I never thought I'd have to write. Unfortunately, I do. And the worst part about it is that it should be Michael Arrington writing this post, not me. — But he can't. — TechCrunch is on the precipice.
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It's Not A Mirror, It's A Crystal Ball
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Apple May Have to Show IPad Sales to Successfully Bar Samsung in Australia — Apple Inc. (AAPL) may have to reveal iPad and iPad 2 sales figures in the U.K. and U.S. to improve its chances of barring Samsung Electronics Co. from selling the Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer in Australia, a judge said.
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Feature: Ultrabook: Intel's $300 million plan to beat Apple at its own game — My desktop isn't the only computer I plan to replace in the next few months. I need a new laptop too, and my goal is simple: to find a 13" MacBook Air that isn't made by Apple.
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Notebook players limit initial Ultrabook shipment volume below 50,000 units
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Closed in Error on Google Places, Merchants Seek Fixes — In mid-August, Jason Rule learned some surprising news about the coffee shop that he owns and operates in Hays, Kan.: the place had closed for good. — Not in the real world, where it is thriving.

Google exec Marissa Mayer threatened by man on Twitter — A man accused of threatening a prominent Google executive via Twitter has been arrested and indicted on felony charges by a federal grand jury in San Francisco, court documents show. — Gregory Calvin King, 27 …
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Apple designer Jonathan Ive enters a new era — The synergy between ‘Jony’ Ive and Steve Jobs set into motion a decade of hits from the iPod to the iPad. Now Apple will be counting on Ive to deliver breakthrough designs without much input from Jobs. — Reporting from San Francisco …


In E-Mail Age, Postal Service Struggles to Avoid a Default — The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due …
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Following Lost iPhone 5, Apple Job Hunts for “New Product Security Managers” — What do you do when an employee at your company just lost another top-secret smartphone prototype somewhere in a San Francisco-area bar? — It remains to be seen what Apple has in store for the poor worker …
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Why Amazon's tablet will challenge Apple in a way that Google cannot — The key difference between Amazon and Google is that one of them holds millions of credit cards and is a famous name in retail — The rumours are unstoppable: Amazon is going to unveil a tablet in the next few weeks …
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Samsung Stratosphere (LTE) for Verizon Revealed (Images) — We've gotten a few glimpses of the Samsung Stratosphere SCH-I405 in the wild, but the handset could never seem to sit still for a clear or full-body shot. Now this Verizon-bound, LTE-capable QWERTY slider has been fully revealed.
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After Doubling Fund Size, Google Ventures Looks For Next Google — First, it's the strength of Google — it is Google Ventures. We have access to all these resources. It'd be foolish to ignore them. Google is really great at recruiting. We get millions of resumes at Google.

Comodo hacker claims credit for DigiNotar attack — The hacker appears to have a political motivation for striking the Dutch certificate authority — IDG News Service - The hacker responsible for a stunning attack on a Dutch company that issues security certificates for websites warned …
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28% of American adults use mobile and social location-based services — More than a quarter (28%) of all American adults use mobile or social location-based services of some kind. This includes anyone who takes part in one or more of the following activities:
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Will Windows Phone Apps Run On Windows 8? — When you look at the combined 70 percent smartphone market share of Android and Apple in the U.S. compared to Microsoft's measly and shrinking 6 percent, it seems like it's game over before it really began for Windows Phone.
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Dell to partner Baidu to develop tablets, mobile — (Reuters) - Dell Inc said on Tuesday it will partner China's top search engine Baidu Inc to develop tablet computers and mobile handsets. — Baidu offered a glimpse of its upcoming mobile operating system and launched a new mobile application platform …
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