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5:35 AM ET, January 4, 2009

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Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple 17 inch MacBook Pro to go unibody, lose removable battery  —  Our folks in Asia are at it again with some pretty startling news.  The 17 inch MacBook Pro is going Unibody like the 13 inch and 15 inch models.  That, in itself isn't really that big a deal, it was expected really.
Discussion: MacBlogz
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Top 10 Macworld rumors for 2009  —  Apple's (AAPL) last Macworld Conference and Expo opens Monday at San Francisco's Moscone Center, but the real action starts Tuesday at 9 a.m. PT (12 noon ET) with senior vice president Phil Schiller's opening remarks — the first Macworld keynote not delivered by Steve Jobs since 1997.
Twitter Status:
Don't Share Your Secret Info!  —  If you receive an email notice saying you've received a Direct Message with a link that redirects to what seems like Twitter.com, be careful about entering your Twitter credentials.  Instead, look closely at the URL to see if it's not really Twitter …
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Chris Pirillo:
Phishing Scam Spreading on Twitter
Markus / The Paradigm Shift:
Its official Match.com Abandons Paid Dating...  Match.com has launched a free dating service.  They picked a damn good domain name and the site looks really good.  —  http://downtoearth.com  —  Downtoearth is headed up by Jacob Solotaroff, the former Director of Product Management and Member Integrity at Match.com.
Timothy R. Butler / OFB.biz:
Fewer Bars in More Places: AT&T Network Upgrades Degrade Service for 2G Phones  —  In an act affecting owners of 2G cell phones on AT&T Mobility's network, including the highly visible, and originally highly expensive first generation iPhone, Open for Business has learned that AT&T …
David Murphy / PC World:
The iPhone 3G Unlock Chart: Will Your Carrier Work?  —  Online forums have been filling up with the cries of iPhone 3G users worldwide.  You can thank The Dev Team for that.  The group's latest iPhone hackery came in the form of an beta unlock tool for 3G devices two days ago.
Discussion: PalmAddicts
Jim Goldman / MSNBC:
Microsoft Readies Cost-Cuts; Though Massive Layoff Unlikely  —  Microsoft will embark on a significant cost-cutting initiative in 2009, which might begin as early as this month, to offset a global slowdown in sales.  However, sources tell Jim Goldman of CNBC, the cuts will largely …
Discussion: The Microsoft Blog and Asa Dotzler
Eric Benderoff / Chicago Tribune:
WiMax edges closer to city  —  Network to deliver fast, wireless Internet may arrive later in year  —  The future of the Internet was supposed to arrive in Chicago by the end of 2008.  Instead, WiMax landed in Baltimore and is heading to Portland.  —  So when will the powerful, high-speed wireless network arrive here?
Discussion: digg.com
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Power Twitter: Inline Media, Integrated Search And A Lot More  —  Version 1.0 of Power Twitter, an add-on for Firefox created by Narendra Rocherolle at 83 Degrees, was just released.  If you use Twitter and were excited about services like Tweetree, this is something you'll want to add immediately.
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
For the Blind, Technology Does What a Guide Dog Can't  —  T. V. RAMAN was a bookish child who developed a love of math and puzzles at an early age.  —  That passion didn't change after glaucoma took his eyesight at the age of 14.  What changed is the role that technology …
Discussion: Oatmeal Stout
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News:
Wikimedia Foundation: Jimmy Wales ‘absolutely’ not out  —  Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is “absolutely” not out of a job at the Wikimedia Foundation, according to the foundation's director of communications.  —  On Saturday, Valleywag editor Owen Thomas reported that Wales was “out of a job …
Discussion: Tech Daily Dose, Gawker and Neowin.net
Michael Laris / Washington Post:
O Brave New World That Has Such Avatars in It!  —  Arlington Among Entities Making a Virtual Presence  —  The virtual world Second Life, a landscape of primping avatars, ballroom dancing bears, space stations and vampire castles, has a new — and maybe even more surreal — inhabitant: the Arlington County government.
 
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Hiawatha Bray / Boston Globe:
Recession muffles buzz at tech show
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
How To Try Spotify Immediately, No Matter Where You Live
Discussion: CNET News, TorrentFreak and digg.com
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
CatholicGoogle: Your Search Engine For All Things Catholic
Fred / A VC:
Putting The Band Back Together
Tateru Nino / Massively:
The death of Lively and some lessons about complexity
Sarah Lacy:
Now for My Next Trick, I'll Turn Brand into Cash
Discussion: /Message
 Earlier Items: 
Mike Schramm / TUAW:
Craigsphone brings Craigslist to the iPhone
Discussion: digg.com
Chris Dannen / Fast Company:
Google's “Product Ideas” Campaign Isn't Crowdsourcing.  It's A PR Stunt
Discussion: IntoMobile
Chris Ziegler / Engadget Mobile:
Fun rumor du jour: BlackBerry Bold coming to Sprint this quarter
Matthaus Krzykowski / VentureBeat:
An FAQ about those Android netbooks
Discussion: AndroidGuys and Tech-Ex
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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