Top Items:
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple's Black Friday 2011 deals revealed: discounts on iPad, iPod, iMac, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and accessories — A trusted tipster has provided us with the details on Apple's Black Friday (November 25th) 2011 sale. The sale is very similar to Apple's offerings in past years …
Discussion:
Examiner, The Apple Core Blog, IntoMobile, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Mobile Industry Review, Jailbreak | iOS, TechCrunch, I4U News, RazorianFly, Geek News Central, Business Insider, Pulse2, Computerworld, NBC Bay Area, App Advice, The Register, msnbc.com, GottaBeMobile, PC Magazine, CNN, TeleRead, SlashGear, WebProNews, Black Friday 2011 News, TG Daily, Mashable!, Gadgetell and Shiny Objects
RELATED:
Don Reisinger / CNET News:
Apple's Black Friday: $101 off Macs, up to $61 off iPad 2?
Discussion:
Engadget, eWeek, GottaBeMobile, ReadWriteWeb and Marketing Pilgrim
Carl Franzen / TPM Idea Lab:
Hackers Leak Facebook Law Enforcement Guidelines — A group of hackers claiming to represent Anonymous's Antisec movement hijacked two Gmail accounts belonging to a retired California Department of Justice cybercrimes investigator, now a private investigator, and on November 18 published 38,000 private emails …
Discussion:
Public Intelligence and Between the Lines Blog
RELATED:
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
“Leaked” Facebook Law Enforcement Guides Already Available, Still Bad For PR — Several news outlets today wrongly reported that Anonymous Antisec hackers had leaked “newly available” Facebook law enforcement guidelines that explain how and what data can be obtained by officials with a subpoena, warrant, or court order.
Discussion:
CNET News, Thanks:joshconstine
Michael J. de la Merced / DealBook:
Microsoft Signs Nondisclosure Agreement With Yahoo — Microsoft has signed a nondisclosure agreement with Yahoo, according to a person briefed on the matter, formally lining itself up as another potential bidder for the struggling Internet company. — By signing the agreement …
Discussion:
Bloomberg, TheNextWeb, CNET News, paidContent, The Register, VentureBeat, ITworld.com, GigaOM, SlashGear, BetaNews, Pulse2, TechFlash, WinBeta, Electronista, Business Insider, Gizmodo, WinRumors, Seattle Times, Neowin.net and GeekWire
RELATED:
Eric Jackson / Tech and China:
Why Yahoo!'s Board Wants A Deal Before January 7th
Discussion:
Business Insider
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Google Now Censors The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, 4Shared and More — Since January 2011, Google has been filtering “piracy-related” terms from its ‘Autocomplete’ and ‘Instant’ services. — Google users searching for terms like “torrent”, “BitTorrent” and “RapidShare” will notice that no suggestions …
Eric Savitz / The Tech Trade:
Microsoft's Craig Mundie On Siri: Been There, Done That (Video) — Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie isn't nearly as impressed with Siri, the voice recognition interface for the Apple iPhone 4S, as a lot of other people. Mundie, in fact, contends that Apple …
Discussion:
Electronista, parislemon, WinRumors, istartedsomething, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, WMPoweruser, Neowin.net and Daring Fireball
Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:
Apple Removes Game Subscription Plan — Apple Inc. (AAPL) removed Big Fish Games Inc.'s subscription service from its App Store, reversing a move that would have given iPad users access to dozens of video games for a monthly fee. — “We were notified that the app was removed,” said Paul Thelen …
Discussion:
MacRumors, The Verge, The Verge, TechCrunch, CNET News, MacNN, Business Wire, SlashGear, VentureBeat, VG247, PadGadget, iPhone Hacks, Daring Fireball, TechFlash, App Advice and iLounge
E! Online:
Steve Jobs Movie: “Something I'm Strongly Considering,” Says Social Network's Aaron Sorkin — Aaron Sorkin is taking on one tech mogul at a time! Earlier this year, Sorkin won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for his Facebook flick The Social Network.
Discussion:
Social Media, Guardian, MacRumors, Redmond Pie, Geek.com, Mercury News, Jailbreak | iOS, RazorianFly, iPhone, Macgasm, Techie Buzz, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, Gizmodo, TUAW and Gawker
Minjae Ormes / YouTube Blog:
Welcoming your favorite Disney movies to rent on YouTube — Today, the first of hundreds of The Walt Disney Studios movies from Disney, Disney ·Pixar and DreamWorks Studios are coming to YouTube. These titles join thousands of full-length feature films from major Hollywood studios …
Discussion:
Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Digits, MediaFile, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, @pkafka, 9to5Google, SlashGear, VentureBeat, Engadget, Pulse2, GigaOM and Softpedia News, more at Mediagazer »
Business Week:
Palantir, the Vanguard of Cyberterror Security — The Silicon Valley up-and-comer fuses fingerprints, DNA, video, and manifold other data to provide the best heads-up technology yet — In October, a foreign national named Mike Fikri purchased a one-way plane ticket from Cairo to Miami, where he rented a condo.
Discussion:
Beyond Search and Business Insider
Caroline Ross / MIT:
Important step toward computing with light — Research at MIT produces long-sought component to allow complete optical circuits on silicon chips. — David L. Chandler, MIT News Office — There has been enormous progress in recent years toward the development of photonic chips …
Discussion:
Network World, Electronista, ExtremeTech and Softpedia News
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple Television Could Be Ready for Commercial Production by Feb. 2012 — There may be more to Apple's developing relationship with Sharp than simple supply-chain diversification and OLED panels for future iPhones and iPads. The Japanese company is said to be playing a role in the production of the long-rumored Apple television.
Discussion:
AppleInsider, MacRumors, Electronista, everythingiCafe, Macgasm, Digital Trends, PadGadget, Redmond Pie, AppleInsider, Mashable!, Softpedia News and WebProNews
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Barack Obama Joins Google+, White House Itself Still Not There — First Britney Spears takes the top Google+ spot away from Google CEO Larry Page today. Now the President of the United States, Barack Obama, has opened an account. — Not Yet Verified, But Yes, Real — Is it really him?
Discussion:
Mashable!, The Next Web, NBC Bay Area, Barack Obama, Softpedia News, LAUNCH, ReadWriteWeb and Business Insider
Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:
As Investors Flee Groupon, Outlook for I.P.O.'s Darkens — Unable to break a three-day slide, shares of Groupon tumbled again on Wednesday, as more investors dumped shares. — For the first time since it went public earlier this month, Groupon broke below its offering price of $20 per share.
Discussion:
Digital Trends, Gawker, Reuters, TechCrunch, Felix Salmon, VentureBeat, @danprimack, Business Insider, Between the Lines Blog, The Register and Bloomberg
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Cisco to HP: Please Stop Suing Those Employees We Poach — Networking giant Cisco Systems would like to stop hearing so often from lawyers at rival Hewlett-Packard. More specifically, it would like HP to stop suing ex-HP employees seeking jobs at Cisco. — In a Cisco blog post …
Discussion:
Digits, The Register, Techdirt, Cisco Blog and Business Insider
Steve Silberman / NeuroTribes:
The Sketchbook of Susan Kare, the Artist Who Gave Computing a Human Face — Graphical interface pioneer Susan Kare, photo by R.J. Muna — Point, click. — The gestures and metaphors of icon-driven computing feel so natural and effortless to us now, it seems strange to recall navigating in the digital world any other way.
Discussion:
TUAW, Laughing Squid and The Next Web
Michael Gorman / Engadget:
Personal Audio strikes again, has the Kindle Fire in its patent trolling sights — 'Tis the season for reflecting upon our many gifts in life and giving thanks for them. If you're Personal Audio, however, once you've thanked your lucky stars that you own a patent on musical playlists …
Discussion:
paidContent, BGR and The Register
Steve Kovach / Business Insider:
Samsung Is Going Right For Apple Fanboys' Jugular With Its Latest Commercial — I got a good laugh out of this one. — Samsung is kicking off a new ad campaign this week, directly taking a swipe at Apple fanboys and the iPhone and promoting its flagship Galaxy S II line of Android phones.
Discussion:
Examiner, Bits, Technologizer, Betabeat, MacRumors, VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Smartphones …, BGR, AllThingsD, Fortune and CNET News
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Steve Jobs Exhibit on Display at U.S. Patent Office Museum — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week opened a new exhibit honoring Steve Jobs at its museum in Alexandria, Virginia. Located in the atrium of the office's Madison Building headquarters, the free museum offers interactive exhibits …
Discussion:
The Next Web, iClarified, SlashGear, Macgasm and MacNN
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Carrier IQ retracts cease and desist letter sent to security researcher, says it doesn't track Android users — It looks like the unabashed fury of the Android hacking community was too much for data-collection developer Carrier IQ to take: the company has apologized and retracted the cease …
Discussion:
TechCrunch, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Register, SlashGear and 9to5Google
Don Reisinger / CNET News:
Spotify paying subscribers jumps to 2.5 million — Spotify now has 2.5 million paying subscribers, the company announced in a blog post today. — Spotify didn't say how the subscribers break down by country, but it appears that its expansion to the U.S. has been a significant factor in its growth.
Discussion:
Spotify, Bloomberg, The Next Web, SlashGear, Business Insider, Softpedia News, Ubergizmo, Pulse2, GigaOM, VentureBeat and Gizmodo UK
J.B. / Fusible.com:
Google going after YouTube typo domains that lead to survey scams — Google is going after several popular typos of the web address YouTube.com, all owned by the same person. — Each typo domain leads unsuspecting users to a site that looks confusingly similar to the official YouTube site …
Discussion:
TechCrunch
Technology Review:
Undercover Researchers Expose Chinese Internet Water Army — An undercover team of computer scientists reveals the practices of people who are paid to post on websites — In China, paid posters are known as the Internet Water Army because they are ready and willing to ‘flood’ the internet for whoever is willing to pay.
Discussion:
Electronista, Slashdot and Fudzilla
