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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Tim Armstrong's Secret Project Is To Turn AOL Into A Low-Cost Content Machine — A couple days ago at the Web 2.0 Summit, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong caused a little bit of a stir when he hinted that AOL is working on a “secret” technology project. When pressed for details on what exactly it is, he was vague.
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Kim-Mai Cutler / VentureBeat:
Sequoia Capital: The economy's not so grim after all — (I'm live-blogging from Startup School, a daylong program from startup incubator YCombinator held at Berkeley today. You can watch it here live or update as we go....) — Greg McAdoo, a partner at Sequoia Capital …
Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica:
Microsoft Security Essentials ongoing beta begins — The Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) Ongoing Beta Program has started letting testers in and is already handing out build 1.0.1676.0. MSE is so far available in 39 markets. — As expected, Microsoft has started sending out e-mails …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Startup School: Ev Williams And Biz Stone Admit Even Twitter Thought Twitter Was Stupid At First — Ev Williams and Biz Stone have just taken the stage at Startup School, where they'll be taking many questions form the audience. You can submit questions by tweeting a question like this " …
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Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:
Motorola Droid ("Sholes") hits the FCC with AT&T-friendly 3G - for real this time. — Looks like Verizon might not be the only one getting the Moto Droid. A few days ago, we wrote a post highlighting the fact that a GSM version of the oh-so-hypetastic Motorola Droid (otherwise known as “Sholes” or “Tao") had cleared the FCC runway.
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget Mobile:Verizon's Droid is a series, not just a phone; Droid Eris coming from HTC
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Sequoia Capital Invests In Bump Technologies, The iPhone-Tapping Data Swap App — Bump Technologies, the startup behind the very popular iPhone application Bump, has closed a funding round led by Sequoia Capital. We had heard whispers of the news weeks ago, but the company declined to comment on it.
Kevin Kelleher / GigaOM:
PayPal's Fate Now Rests With Developers — PayPal opening up its payment processing API to developers, hoping to unleash new apps that use its electronic payment service, sounds somewhat anti-climactic. After all, most of the other brand-name web companies that emerged in the late 90s …
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Patrik Jonsson / Christian Science Monitor:
Tweets from the jury box: jurors using Twitter jeopardize trials — In one case, a juror divulged a verdict on Twitter before it was announced. Now, some judges are trying to manage how members of the jury use Twitter. — ATLANTA - — During the trial of an Arkansas lumber supplier In February …
Tom Harvey / Salt Lake Tribune:
Trustee says SCO Group should pursue IBM, Novell lawsuits — Linux » Decision means high-profile copyright cases likely to continue. — The SCO Group intends to aggressively pursue lawsuits against IBM and Novell, the trustee now running the company told a bankruptcy judge on Friday.
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EU adopts tough file-share stance — The European Parliament has given the green light for member states to cut persistent file-sharers off from the net. — It has dropped an amendment to its Telcoms Package which would have made it hard for countries to cut off pirates without court authority.
AdAge:
Volkswagen to Rely Solely on IPhone App for GTI Launch — Automaker Says Move is Cost-Efficient Way to Reach Target Demo — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Volkswagen of America is launching the newest-generation GTI exclusively on an iPhone app, a cost-efficient approach the automaker said is a first for the industry.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
New Video Discovery Site Promises To Make a Rippol In The Stream (1,000 Beta Invites) — The last thing the world needs is another video site, right? Well, that's not stopping Aaron Crayford, who convinced a bunch of his supercomputer engineer buddies to put together Rippol …
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