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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
New Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse arrive at the FCC — Well, well, what's this? A new Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse have arrived at the FCC, and they've got new model numbers of A1314 and A1296 — the current wireless keyboard is A1255 and the Mighty Mouse is A1197.
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Apple plans Mighty Mouse makeover — Twenty five years after introducing the world to mouse-based computing, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is now hoping to deliver significant advances to the input device by applying the company's extensive research and development in multitouch technologies, AppleInsider has learned.
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Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Google Now Showing Ads On iPhone Map — We got a tip from Anthony Avolio yesterday, who pointed out that Google was showing ads on Maps on the iPhone. Until then I hadn't noticed it. This is another way in which Google seems to be aligning the mobile experience with that on the PC.
Stephen Shankland / Webware.com:
Google urges Web adoption of vector graphics — Some seeds for overhauling Web browser graphics were planted more than a decade ago, and Google believes now is the time for them to bear fruit. — The company is hosting the SVG Open 2009 conference that begins Friday to dig …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Kills Xoopit For Gmail — Yahoo is killing support for a popular Gmail plug-in from Xoopit, a startup it acquired in July. An email was sent out today to Xoopit users on Gmail tited, “Xoopit for Gmail is closing. Here's the info you'll need.” It details different ways users …
Rupert Neate / Telegraph:
Apple flexes iPhone muscle with mobile networks — Apple dictates terms as iPhone price war looms between Vodafone, O2 and Orange. — Apple imposed such secrecy on mobile networks negotiating access to the iPhone that one was forced to keep the deal secret for a year …
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Google: Pirate Bay booted off search by mistake — Update 2:08 p.m. PT: To include The Pirate Bay's reaction in Swedish newspaper. — Google on Friday said an error caused the search engine to remove The Pirate Bay from its search pages. — “Google received a (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) …
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:Google Removes Pirate Bay Frontpage From Search Results
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Alfred Hermida / Reportr.net:
Twitter CEO sees journalists as curators of tweets — Evan Williams, founder and CEO of Twitter, kicked off the Online News Association conference in San Francisco. — The format was a fireside chat, except before an audience of hundreds of journalists, academics and developers.
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John Poirier / Reuters:
Schmidt: Google-Apple board member should stay put — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said former Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson should stay on the boards of both Google and Apple Inc, despite regulatory scrutiny. — Schmidt said on Friday that Google …
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Publishers Like Time Inc.'s “Hulu for Magazines” Pitch. What Will Apple and Amazon Say? — Earlier this year, Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore tasked her lieutenant, John Squires, with figuring out how to put the digital “genie back in the bottle.” Here's part of his answer: A Hulu for magazines.
Patrick Smith / paidContent:
London Evening Standard: Bold Re-Birth Or A Free Folly? — Rupert Murdoch wants to charge you for content, the Financial Times wants you to be a subscriber, and even the pro-free Guardian.co.uk is planning to charge for a forthcoming iPhone app. But despite all that, the London Evening Standard …
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Times of India:
Spooks want govt to block Skype — NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies have asked the government to consider blocking Skype as operators of the popular global VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) engine are refusing to share the encryption code that prevents Indian investigators from intercepting conversations of suspected terrorists.
Claire Cain Miller / Bits:
A Partnership Between Old and New Media — The offices of Curbed, a blog network start-up, are located in the Village Voice building in New York. That is perhaps telling, as readers increasingly turn to blogs like Curbed's — which cover real estate, dining and shopping in big cities — instead of print newspapers.
Darryl K. Taft / eWeek:
New Cloudera Desktop GUI Simplifies Hadoop for Users — Cloudera, which touts itself as the commercial Hadoop company, has announced the release of Cloudera Desktop, a graphical user interface (GUI) for Hadoop applications. — NEW YORK — Cloudera, which touts itself as the commercial Hadoop company …
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Psystar counsel resigns from defense team in Apple suit — A California attorney representing Psystar in its defense against an Apple lawsuit withdrew himself from the case this week, according to new court documents. — David Welker of the law firm Welker and Rosario represented …
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Associated Press:
Craigslist wins preliminary ruling in eBay lawsuit — DOVER, Del. — Craigslist, the online classified ads company, has won the first salvo in a legal battle with Internet auctioneer eBay Inc. — A Delaware judge on Friday granted summary judgment to Craigslist on claims alleging …
Elizabeth Linder / Facebook Blog:
Latin Becomes a Living Language on Facebook — Most of the time when we stumble upon a Latin phrase, it's etched in stone: carved in the hallways of universities, chiseled on facades of government buildings or carefully imprinted in cathedral foyers and churchyards. The language seems almost immovable.
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Palm Pixi to launch on October 20th? Not so fast. — Okay, so we've been hearing whispers all morning that Palm and Sprint are gearing up to launch the Pixi on October 20th, and while we hate to be the bearer of bad news, we've been in contact with sources who would definitely …
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Jeffrey Burt / eWeek:
LifeSize to Release Passport amid Cisco-Tandberg Deal — As Cisco looks to extend the reach of its high-definition video conferencing capabilities by buying Tandberg, rival LifeSize Communications is unveiling Passport, a device designed to bring HD video conferencing to small and midsize businesses, teleworkers and mobile employees.
Jenna Wortham / Bits:
The ‘Twitter Feed, Netflix Faves’ Mating Game — Looking for love online — or at least a date — almost requires a touch of clairvoyance to decipher profiles. Is someone who claims to enjoy sitcoms more of an “Arrested Development” fan or an “Everyone Loves Raymond” devotee?
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Natali DelConte / Webware.com:
Twitter experimenting with a lab of its own — LONDON—Could Twitter Labs prevent drunken tweets like Google Labs hinders drunken e-mails? Here's hoping. — Britt Selvitelle, Twitter's user experience and front end engineering lead, said here Friday that the company will soon launch Twitter Labs.
Jennifer Martinez / GigaOM:
Kai-Fu Lee Talks Up His Post-Google Plans — Kai-Fu Lee, who resigned as head of Google's operations in China last month, is looking to tap into burgeoning areas of the Chinese Internet market with his new Beijing-based incubator and investment fund, Innovation Works.
