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5:25 PM ET, October 3, 2009

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John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Palm Ignores USB Group's Warning, Restores iTunes Sync  —  Oh, it's really on now.  This morning Palm (PALM) announced WebOS 1.2.1 another point release to its new WebOS platform that restores media synchronization with the latest version of Apple's (AAPL) iTunes (9.0.1).
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple ads hint at thinner iMacs, lighter MacBooks, cheaper Mac minis  —  First on AppleInsider: A trio of online advertisements that appear to have been published prematurely by one of Apple's international online stores suggest it's only a matter of days before the Mac maker takes the wraps off …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Blu-ray iMacs ‘In A Few Weeks’, Apple Ace Gruber Predicts  —  New iMacs with Blu-ray players could be announced this month, Apple's first set of products supporting the hi-def disc format.  —  At the very least, Apple is coming out with a new keyboard and mouse soon, and we know that ahead …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Newspapers & Journalism  —  Is Google a newspaper killer?  Not by a long shot, says Google CEO Eric Schmidt.  Nor does he want it to be.  In a long interview about his company's relationship with newspapers and the print journalism industry, Schmidt made it clear he wants established players to survive.
Discussion: Techdirt, Mark Evans Tech and Beet.TV, Thanks:beet_tv
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Two New Apps Superimpose Wikipedia Over Your iPhone Camera View of the World  —  What is that mountain you're driving past?  Just point your iPhone at it and you can read its Wikipedia entry.  Science fiction?  Not anymore.  Two new apps for viewing Wikipedia entries about physical locations …
Discussion: I4U News and Mashable!
Clint Boulton / eWeek:
Why Google Chrome Frame Makes Mozilla Firefox Folks Uneasy  —  Table of Contents:  —  Mozilla's Mitchell Baker and Mike Shaver both lamented Google's release of Chrome Frame in blog posts.  The browser experts, who helped Mozilla's Firefox browser reach 23.8 percent market share largely …
Discussion: Softpedia News and TechSpot
Devin Coldewey / MobileCrunch:
iPhone 3GS with 3.1 added to pwnable items list  —  If you've been dealing with a non-jailbroken 3GS running 3.1, now's your chance to redeem it.  The Dev-Team has upgraded PwnageTool to allow the 3GS (and the newest iPod touch) to be busted wide open, provided it was previously pwned in 3.0 or 3.0.1.
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.
Discussion: Jai Bihar and TECH.BLORGE.com, Thanks:krishnan
John Tomasic / Colorado Independent:
Rocky Mountain Independent, online magazine experiment, folds  —  Weeks-long rumors of the end of the Rocky Mountain Independent journalism experiment have been confirmed.  On Thursday evening the three-month-old website announced to subscribers that it would cease producing content Monday, October 5.
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.
Discussion: A VC
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 …
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac
 
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The Macalope / Macworld:
The Macalope Weekly: Who's the boss?
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Knight Report: Broadband Openness Key To Information-Sharing
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Psystar counsel resigns from defense team in Apple suit
Discussion: CrunchGear and Macsimum News
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The ‘Twitter Feed, Netflix Faves’ Mating Game
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Matthew Rivera / Digits:
Could Swine Flu Take the Internet Down?
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Kills Xoopit For Gmail
Discussion: Softpedia News and Webware.com
John Poirier / Reuters:
Schmidt: Google-Apple board member should stay put
Discussion: internetnews.com
 

 
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR suspended Uri Berliner for five days without pay, starting on April 12, after he wrote an essay accusing NPR of losing the public's trust

Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Internal email: Participant Media, which backed films like Green Book and Spotlight, is shutting down; sources: almost all of its 100 employees will be let go

Richard Stengel / The Atlantic:
Publications should suspend paywalls for all 2024 US election coverage, as they get in the way of the public being informed, the foundation of democracy

 
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