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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
CrunchPad Federal Lawsuit Filed; Some Additional Thoughts — Thursday afternoon we filed a lawsuit against Fusion Garage in the Northern District of California Federal court. The causes of action include Fraud and Deceit, Misappropriation of Business Ideas, Breach of Fiduciary Duty …
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Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:
JooJoo (formerly Crunchpad) late to launch, hit by TechCrunch lawsuit — Today was supposed to be launch day for the JooJoo tablet computer, a $499 device that promised to create a new genre of “couch computing.” Chandrasekar Rathakrishnan, CEO of Silicon Valley-based Fusion Garage …
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Apple Countersues Nokia for Copying iPhone (Plus Disputed Patents and Full Text of Counterclaim) — On Oct. 22, Nokia filed suit against Apple, accusing the company of hitching a “free-ride” on its intellectual property. This morning, Apple filed a searing countersuit accusing Nokia of the same thing.
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Steve Dowling / Apple:
Apple Countersues Nokia — Responding to a lawsuit brought against the company by Nokia, Apple® today filed a countersuit claiming that Nokia is infringing 13 Apple patents. — “Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours,” …
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The Official Google Blog:
Two new features enhance search beyond the results page — On Monday, when Amit Singhal introduced Google real-time search, he talked about bringing you information at the speed of light. But speed isn't just about the time it takes the results to load, or even the time it takes us to index …
Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
iPhone users suffering ‘Stockholm Syndrome’, analyst firm reckons — iPhone users are suffering from delusion akin to Stockholm Syndrome, says Strand Consulting in a weird little slice of research released this morning by this particular team of generally anti-iPhone analysts.
Amy-Mae Elliott / Pocket-lint.com:
Motorola Milestone sells out in less than 3 hours — eXpansys says it's the fastest-selling gadget in its 11-year history — Online retailer eXpansys, the exclusive stockist of the new Motorola Milestone, has revealed the new high-end handset has sold out in record time.
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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Microsoft Acquires Opalis Software — The Deal reports that Microsoft will today announce it has acquired Opalis Software, “a venture-backed maker of IT process automation technology.” — Terms were not disclosed. — In early October, Opalis put out a relase touting a 104% increase in license bookings.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Why Facebook Changed Its Privacy Strategy — We reported yesterday that Facebook is aiming to get people to be more public on the site and that anyone who hasn't changed their privacy settings will now see it “recommended” that their status updates, photos etc. be exposed to the whole web.
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Richard / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Google CEO Eric Schmidt Dismisses the Importance of Privacy — Yesterday, the web was buzzing with commentary about Google CEO Eric Schmidt's dangerous, dismissive response to concerns about search engine users' privacy. When asked during an interview for CNBC's recent “Inside the Mind of Google” …
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Ina Fried / CNET News:Mozilla worker touts Bing over Google, citing privacy
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Steve Lohr / Bits:
Microsoft Is Losing Fight for Consumers, Analyst Says — Mark Anderson is the writer behind the Strategic News Service, a predictive newsletter with a wide following among technology executives and venture capitalists, which he publishes from the island redoubt of Friday Harbor …
Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
Apple's Next Media Frontier Will Be Streaming Video — Video entertainment was “the one that got away” from Apple, but recent moves reveal the company is taking a second stab at the category, and that streaming video will play a major role. — The addition of video cameras to Apple's latest iPhone …
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The Huffington Post:
Inside The Lives Of Amazon.com Warehouse Employees: Long Hours, Long Walks, And Heavy Lifting (PHOTOS) — What goes on behind the scenes at a giant online retailer like Amazon.com? — A job posting for openings at Amazon.com's largest “fulfillment center” in Coffeyville …
Chris Pollard / The Sun:
Coke ‘sorry’ for swear blunder — FIZZY drinks giant Coca-Cola has apologised after its website produced a security code that read: “U F * * K R”. Customer Alistair Beswick was shocked when the randomly generated string of letters appeared as he was logging on to Coke Zone.
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Softpedia News:
Over One Hundred Thousand Websites Infected in New Attack — Rogue frames load exploit cocktail — Security researchers have detected a new mass injection attack that has compromised over 130,000 websites so far. A rogue IFrame is used to exploit visitors and infect their computers with a banking trojan.
Greg Hardesty / Orange County Register:
Getting flashed by your laptop is no fun — ORANGE - Stacy Gore was on the phone with a computer technician in India who had remotely accessed her computer to help repair it when an image flashed across her laptop screen, shocking her. — It was a snapshot of her bare breasts.
Lisa Barone / Outspoken Media:
Is Google Moving In The Wrong Direction? — It's been one hell of a week for all of us. I'm exhausted and I need a nap. I do have a question, though. And it is only a question, so simma down, Internet. — The question is this: Is Google making search too complex and moving …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors iPhone Blog:
TomTom Introduces U.S.-Only GPS iPhone Application for $49.99 — TomTom today launched TomTom U.S.A. [App Store], a new U.S.-only GPS navigation application for the iPhone carrying an introductory price of $49.99 through December 28th. — The introductory price marks a 50% savings …
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
CloudShare raises $10M for cloud-based demos — CloudShare, a startup that improves the sales process by allowing companies to run software and appliance demos in the cloud, has raised $10 million in a second round of institutional funding. The money comes from some big-name venture firms …
Bobbie Johnson / Guardian:
US firm sues UK blogger - in Australia — The US based online game company Evony is suing a British blogger for defamation — In an internet defamation case that lawyers say could set an “extraordinary precedent”, an American games company is suing a British blogger in the Australian courts.
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Ravit Lichtenberg from / ReadWriteWeb:
10 Ways Social Media Will Change In 2010 — This time last year, I wrote about the 10 ways social media will change 2009, and while all predictions have materialized or are on their way, it has only become clear in recent months how significant of a change we've seen this year.
JBC / Nokia Conversations:
Nokia 5235 Comes With Music rolls into view — GLOBAL - The new Nokia 5235 Comes With Music promises to bring a plethora of free music to users at a price they might not expect. Based on the 5230, this Comes With Music edition boasts the perfect mix of size, usability and of course as much music as users could ever want.
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Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
4 Out of 5 Viewers Leave If a Stream Buffers Once — Whatever happened to patience? More than 81 percent of all online video viewers click away if they encounter a clip rebuffering, according to a new study by Tubemogul. The Emeryville-based video distribution and analytics startup took …
eMarketer:
US Online Ad Spend Turns the Corner — Online bright spot as total media continues to fall off — US online advertising spending is set to drop this year for the first time since 2002. eMarketer estimates online ad spending will be down 4.6% this year. However, the slowly recovering economy …
Bobbie Johnson / Guardian:
Google backs world's fastest net cable — • Undersea line set to run 5,000 miles across southeast Asia — • £245m cable marks latest investment in net infrastructure — In little more than a decade, Google has conquered the technology industry and become one of the world's most powerful companies.
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
iPhone developer says Apple taking more lenient approach with apps — Despite a spotted violation of Apple's rules for developers, one iPhone application was approved for released on the App Store with a warning to fix the issue in a future update. — Developer Vimov, creators of iSimulate …
