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8:35 AM ET, August 29, 2007

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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Nokia Goes Web2ish, Launches 4 New Phones, Services  —  Nokia (NOK) is making a splash today with the launch of four new mobile phones, the Nokia music store, a Nokia N-Gage gaming site, and a web services portal called Ovi.  The company announced these new efforts at Go Play, an even the company is hosting in London.
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the Nokia blog:
Nokia Go Play Virtual Event Itinerary  —  10 hours, 6 minutes ago in Preview, N95, N81 and N-Gage.  —  I told you how to get ready for the Nokia Go Play event, and now I'll tell you the what to expect in a few hours.  These are all based on the itinerary I received for the virtual event Nokia …
Nokia:
Get out and play - with N-Gage games in your Nokia device  —  Nokia reveals N-Gage games service with new publishers and game titles  —  London, UK - Life just got more entertaining with the new N-Gage mobile gaming service.  The service allows you to try all N-Gage games for free …
Nokia:
Go Play: Nokia unveils four devices optimized for entertainment, music and games  —  London, UK - Alongside the introduction of Ovi, the door to Nokia's new Internet services, Nokia today unveiled four new mobile devices specifically optimized for entertainment, music and games.
Discussion: mocoNews.net and Mobility Site
Bonnie Cha / CNET News.com:
Nokia N95: Bigger, badder, and made for the U.S.A.
Discussion: GigaOM
Mark Guim / the Nokia blog:
Live at the Nokia Go Play Virtual Event
Discussion: Mashable!
Majia Palmer / Financial Times:
Nokia set to strike note with iTunes rival
Evan Blass / Engadget:
It's on: Apple event slated for September 5th  —  Well the rumors have been floating around for a few days, and now we've gotten official word — in the form of the invite you see above — that Apple will be holding a "special event" on September 5th.  Let the speculation begin!
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AppleInsider:
Apple confirms "Special Event" on September 5th  —  Apple Inc. will use a special media event on September 5th to introduce a new array of digital media offerings, according to digital invitations issued to analysts and members of the media Tuesday afternoon.
Google:
George Reyes To Retire As Google CFO  —  Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that George Reyes has informed the company of his intention to retire as Chief Financial Officer.  Reyes indicated that he will remain to assist in the search for a new CFO and to assure an orderly transition …
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Kevin J. Delaney / Wall Street Journal:
Google's Finance Chief to Resign
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Bye, George! Google's CFO Reyes Hitting the Beach
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Google is working on a mobile OS, and it's due out shortly  —  Can it be true?  Is the Googlephone nigh at hand?  Not that we haven't been hearing this time after time (after time after time, etc.), but we've actually got some hot news from a number of very trustworthy sources about Google's plans for the mobile space.
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GEARFUSE:
5 new Nokia phones due tomorrow; we got them now  —  We received a whole bunch of press photos for Nokia's announcement in London tomorrow, and decided to share with you.  Supposedly there would be 5 phones all focused on entertainment. the N81 gaming phone, N95 music edition with 8GB memory built in …
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Slide - One Million Flash Widgets Added Per Day  —  Slide, which makes slideshow and media widgets for the major social network platforms (including MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Xanga, Tagged and Blogger) has announced that more than a million new flash widgets are being added to its network every day.
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Google, Microsoft-backed group ready to Defend Fair Use  —  Earlier this month, the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed a complaint with the FTC alleging that professional sports leagues, Hollywood studios, and book publishers were all using copyright notices that misrepresented the law.
Discussion: TechCrunch
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Unlocked iPhones highlight DMCA absurdities  —  As of late 2006, cell phone unlocking became legal in the US, but don't tell that to AT&T; the company has unleashed the lawhounds on UniquePhones, a Belfast-based company that claims to have developed a software-only method to unlock the iPhone.
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Jennifer Granick / Wired News:
IPhone's Most Revolutionary Feature: Unauthorized Hacks
Discussion: WebProNews
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Apple now sells more than one in six laptops in U.S.  —  Coming next: A top-to-bottom iPod refresh, says analyst  —  Apple Inc.'s share of the laptop market is growing — the company now sells more than one in every six laptops purchased in the U.S., a research firm said today.
IDC Home:
Some Social Networks May Never Support Brand Advertising, IDC Finds  —  FRAMINGHAM, Mass., August 28, 2007 -Hundreds of millions of U.S. consumers have adopted social networking services as a tool to manage their social networks and express themselves.  Spreading like wildfire …
Discussion: WebProNews
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
LG's KS20 ready for the suits with WinMo 6 and HSDPA  —  Oi, say 'ello to 12.8-mm thin LG KS20, the 3.2Mbps HSDPA cuz to their KU990 touchscreen hottie.  Although the KS20 shares much of the looks of the KU990, they've actually trimmed back the display to 2.8-inches (compared to 3-inches on the KU990) …
Discussion: Tech Blog
 
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Sony announces 15 new Bravia 1080p HDTVs, including 70-inch LCD
Discussion: Newlaunches.com
Kevin J. O'Brien / New York Times:
In Europe, a Push by Phone Companies Into TV
Discussion: 24/7 Wall St.
Bruce Johnson / Google Web Toolkit Blog:
GWT 1.4 release and out of beta
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Yahoo's change of venue
Erling Ellingsen / Medallia Blog:
Fun with the iPhone accelerometer
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Adario Strange / Epicenter:
Earthlink Layoff Aftermath: Employees Speak Out
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The eight ways you can be my friend (or enemy) online
Rodney Rumford / FaceReviews.com:
Google Facebook Application a Hoax?
Miguel Helft / Bits:
Patent Owner Sues the Internet
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Venture Firms vs. Investors
 

 
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