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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Apple's Papermaster was misquoted — Mark Papermaster must know how Barack Obama, John McCain and, for that matter, Sarah Palin feel when they get shafted by the press. — The 25-year IBM veteran engineer is in the middle of a nasty civil case in which his former employer has sued to stop …
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Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com:
Reality For Startups: Bye Bye Buyers? — PaidContent.org's Staci Kramer put it best: … Not quite sure if the NYT is a modern day Titanic... but the more we dive into the Gray Lady's balance sheet and income statement, the greater we doubt that she can go on.
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Cash Crunch At New York Times (NYT): $400 Million Due In May — The New York Times Company's 10Q (NYT) contains more details on the company's cash crunch. — Specifically, the company must deliver $400 million to lenders in May of 2009, six months from now.
Dan Farber / Outside the Lines:
Obama's CTO: Watch out for the turf wars — Google CEO Eric Schmidt is out of the running for the chief technology officer (CTO) position that the Obama administration is planning to create. In an interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer, Schmidt said, “I love working at Google and I'm very happy …
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Gabriel Madway / Reuters:
Google CEO on Obama tech czar job: No thanks — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Friday he would not serve as technology czar in Barack Obama's administration if he was asked. — “I love working at Google and I'm very happy to stay at Google …
Edible Apple:
What's the most downloaded catalog song in iTunes history? — What's the most downloaded catalog track in iTunes history? Before you jump out your seat and guess ‘Jack Johnson’, keep in mind that a catalog track refers to a song released in the pre-digital era, but later re-released as a digital download.
Cleve Nettles / 9 to 5 Mac:
Sony rolling out iTunes plus — Let's just say we have a hunch on this one. Sony iTunes Plus high quality AAC files coming to the iTunes store in the next few weeks/months..same deal, 256kbit quality, no DRM. — Now when are they going to drop the “BMG”? We have no idea.
GamePolitics News:
New Class-Action Suits Target EA, SecuROM, The Sims & Spore Creature Creator — GamePolitics has learned that a pair of new class-action lawsuits were lodged against Electronic Arts in October. Both suits were filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California …
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Piracy Leads to Less Crap says BitTorrent Co-founder — Ashwin Navin, former president and co-founder of BitTorrent Inc. has left the company after four years. Thus far, the company hasn't been a great success, but the BitTorrent protocol is more alive than ever.
Tom Evslin / Fractals of Change:
Maybe We Don't Need So Much Credit — A friend of ours has started a “new economy” business; she makes delicious Vermont brownies and sells them online at vermontbrowniecompany.com. — Lots of brownies made with good Vermont ingredients are rolling out of South Hero to the brownie-starved world.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Conversation Consolidation: JS-Kit To Acquire coComment? (Update: No) — We're still looking to confirm, but alarm:clock says they've learned that web widget provider JS-Kit has agreed to acquire conversation tracking service coComment. — Update: looks like alarm:clock jumped the shark …
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Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Android Bug Reboots Phone Every Time You Type “Reboot” — The latest big bug discovered in Android has to be one of the craziest that's shipped with a phone. Basically, Android invisibly interprets every word as a command and executes it with “superuser privileges.”
