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Dieter Bohn / This is my next:
Windows 8 demos hint at phone integration? — Could Windows 8 let you call and text your relatives directly from your “Metro-style” tablet? That's what a raft of new evidence suggests, as istartedsomething discovered that two videos from Microsoft's Build developer conference have a variety of references to telephony.
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istartedsomething, WMPoweruser and WinRumors
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Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Customer culture — With so many projects, if the customer is willing to go without a small subset of the functionality they think they need, it can save a massive amount of effort, cost, and complexity and result in a much more elegant, hassle-free solution that makes them much happier in the long run.
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Daring Fireball
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Microsoft CEO hints at ‘Metro-ization’ of Office — Desktop suite will continue, but Microsoft needs a touch-based edition for tablets, says expert — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday strongly hinted that the company will craft a Metro-style version of the next Office suite.
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FT Tech Hub, WinRumors, GottaBeMobile, OSNews, WinBeta, InfoWorld and Slashdot
Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
Microsoft to take 30% cut of Metro apps under Windows 8
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Techie Buzz, Neowin.net, This is my next, SlashGear, Roughly Drafted, VentureBeat, Electronista, Daring Fireball and SlashGear
Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech:
Intel's Ivy Bridge Architecture Exposed — Five years ago Intel announced its ambitious tick-tock release cadence. We were doubtful that Intel could pull off such an aggressive schedule but with the exception of missing a few months here or there tick-tock has been a success.
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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
Ivy Bridge to Offer Faster Graphics and OpenCL Support in MacBook Airs
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CNET News and Softpedia News
MG Siegler / parislemon:
What Needs To Be Said — All day, I kept telling myself I shouldn't say anything. Then I realized: what the f**k? Be honest. I found Paul's post tactless. And I found Erick's response inappropriate. Perhaps both are fitting given the entire clusterf**k that is this situation.
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Real Dan Lyons Web Site, @jason, @karaswisher, @paulcarr, The Network Garden, @jonathanglick, @dannysullivan and @stevecheney
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Paul, I Accept Your Resignation
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@karaswisher, @kevinrose, Michael Arrington, @paulcarr, @erickschonfeld, @jsnell, @robinwauters, @paulcarr, Stowe Boyd, @paulcarr, @andrewphelps and @zee, more at Mediagazer »
Paul Carr / TechCrunch:
I'm Leaving TechCrunch. Here's Why.
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Daggle, @mat, @loic, Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com, Webomatica, Soshable, @grg, @brianstelter, @hunterwalk, @rachelsklar, @jbflint, @robinwauters, @rafat, @parislemon, @alexia, @jasonhirschhorn, @erickschonfeld, Adweek, Betabeat and @jeff, more at Mediagazer »
Paul McNamara / Network World:
Has Google's CEO stopped using Google+? — It's been a month since the masses last heard from Larry Page via his social network — Seemingly every day, the Google+ “suggestions” feature implores me to “circle” (read: follow) the Google+ activities of Google CEO Larry Page, as a whopping 302,319 users have done already.
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Technology News, Gizmodo, @jspepper, L.A. Times Tech Blog and Business Insider
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
SoundCloud, Deezer And Rhapsody Revealed As Facebook Music Launch Partners? — I love Yvo Schaap, even though I've never met him in person. — Wanna know why? Because the man keeps on digging up interesting stuff by simply perusing code, and then alerting us.
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Yvo Schaap, Business Insider, CNET News, Gizmodo, Electronista and NBC Bay Area
Jennifer Saba / Reuters:
PE firms circling AOL turn attention to Yahoo — (Reuters) - The troubles at Yahoo Inc are proving to be a headache for AOL, that other deeply challenged Internet company trying to turn around its fortunes. — Interest in AOL from private equity firms ramped up after the company's stock plummeted …
Christian Zibreg / 9to5Google:
More details on Propeller, Google's Flipboard-killer for Android and iOS devices — The first mention of a social news app from Google came in a Google+ post yesterday by tech watcher Robert Scoble. He wrote: … The news prompted AllThingsD's Kara Swisher to dig for more clues.
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Electronista, Tech Shout!, The Domains, Android Community, MediaPost, T3.com News and mocoNews, Thanks:dujkan
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Why Twitter doesn't care what your real name is — Amid all the noise and fury over Google's policy of requiring real names (or at least real-sounding names) on its new Google+ network — a policy that Facebook also has, and one we have been critical of in the past — it's easy to forget …
Thanks:mathewi
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Appeals Court Reinstates $675,000 File-Sharing Decision Against Joel Tenenbaum — Joel Tenenbaum's fight with the RIAA has been dragging on now for six years. In 2009, a jury found Tenenbaum guilty of “willful infringement” and awarded damages of $675,000.
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Threat Level, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, Digital Trends and Techdirt
Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Netflix investors overreact to new forecast: The streaming numbers are what matters — Netflix investors are selling off this morning — the stock is down 15% — after the company issued new subscriber guidance for Q3 (PDF), reflecting the reaction to its price increases …
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@msuster, TomsTechBlog.com, AllThingsD and Business Insider
