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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's Squirrel project revealed... as the Square iPhone Payment System — Remember the Square iPhone Payment System we told you about back in August? If you'll recall, the device — which involves an iPhone app and associated dongle — enables an iPhone or iPod touch …
Andrew Munchbach / Boy Genius Report:
Verizon Tweet: Palm Pre early next year — Oh the soap opera between the Palm Pre and Verizon Wireless — it's denied, it's confirmed, it's tweeted. VZWOffers has reiterated announced that Verizon will indeed have the Pre “early” next year. America's largest carrier will seemingly …
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Verizon's anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’ — We knew Verizon Wireless would soon be throwing caution to the wind in an effort to sway uncommitted smartphone buyers towards Big Red, and it looks like the November-bound Motorola Droid will be VZW's anti-iPhone.
Electronista:
Verizon starts anti “iDevice” campaign, vows Palm Pre — Verizon today sent signals that it's about to launch an aggressive campaign against Apple through a combination of marketing and devices. A leaked note regarding an upcoming ad series, nicknamed “iDoesn't,” specifically targets the …
Kurt Kleiner / New Scientist:
New camera promises to capture your whole life — A camera you can wear as a pendant to record every moment of your life will soon be launched by a UK-based firm. — Originally invented to help jog the memories of people with Alzheimer's disease, it might one day be used by consumers to create …
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Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
Forecast for Microsoft: Partly Cloudy — RAY OZZIE, the chief software architect at Microsoft, bristles when asked whether people think that new versions of his company's flagship software — like Windows and Office — are exciting. — “It's tremendously exciting,” he exclaims defensively …
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J. Nicholas Hoover / InformationWeek:
The Custom URL Shortener — My first thought when I saw that the federal government had created its own URL shortener was: what a waste of time and effort. The more I think about it, the more I wonder why other large organizations with popular Websites haven't done this for their links.
Robert McMillan / Computerworld:
Mozilla blocks Microsoft's buggy Firefox plugin — Mozilla developers have blocked a Firefox plugin that was quietly pushed out by Microsoft, saying that it presents a security risk. — Mozilla developers have blocked a Firefox plugin that was quietly pushed out by Microsoft, saying that it presents a security risk.
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
MPAA: Antipiracy is now ‘content protection’ — LOS ANGELES—The six largest Hollywood film studios are apparently dissatisfied with the way their trade group has waged war on illegal file sharing. CNET News has learned that at least three leaders of its antipiracy operations have been fired.
Stephen Marche / Wall Street Journal:
The Book That Contains All Books — The globally available Kindle could mark as big a shift for reading as the printing press and the codex — On Monday, the Kindle 2 will become the first e-reader available globally. The only other events as important to the history of the book …
Joachim Bean / TUAW:
EyeTV app removed from the App Store over streaming workaround — Update: As of this writing, Total Apps reports that it's back in the UK App Store. We still don't see it in the US store. — That sure didn't last long. Just shortly after the discovery of a 3G “backdoor” for the EyeTV app, it has been pulled from the App Store.
Steven Sande / TUAW:
The future of TV on your iPhone is ATSC Mobile DTV — If you're able to watch TV on your iPhone or iPod touch right now, you're probably having something streamed to your handheld device. That may change — your phone may soon be equipped with a digital TV tuner to pick up the signals sent out by your local stations.
