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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.
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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 …
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 …
Paul Carr / TechCrunch:
NSFW: Why Seth MacFarlane's Microsoft Guy is the end of television, and the world — “I won't be happy til the whole world hates me.” Not my words, for once, but those of Seth MacFarlane on stage last year at Carnegie Hall. The audience laughed, as well they might ("he was on the Internet …
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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The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs
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.
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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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.
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
When 2+2 Equals a Privacy Question — TIME to revisit the always compelling — and often disconcerting — debate over digital privacy. So, what might your movie picks and your medical records have in common? — How about a potentially false sense of control over who can see your user history?
Thanks:mrinaldesai
Schneier on Security:
The Commercial Speech Arms Race — A few years ago, a company began to sell a liquid with identification codes suspended in it. The idea was that you would paint it on your stuff as proof of ownership. I commented that I would paint it on someone else's stuff, then call the police.
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.
