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2:30 PM ET, December 14, 2009

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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Exclusive: first Google Phone / Nexus One photos, Android 2.1 on-board  —  Well here you have it folks, honest-to-goodness pics of the Google Phone... AKA, the Nexus One.  As you can see by the photos, the design of the device is largely similar to those we've seen, but the graphic …
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Sascha Segan / PC Magazine:
Why So Many Are So Wrong on the ‘Google Phone’  —  Google on Saturday announced that its internal developers are using a new Android-powered phone that many Web sites have dubbed “Nexus One” from its Internet browser identification string, but which many reports say is a variant of HTC's HD2 phone.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
HTC Nexus One blessed by the FCC (updated)  —  Well lookie here.  A little phone by the name of “NEXUSONE” just slipped through the FCC as model number PB99100 built by HTC.  The filing also confirms a few more details including microSD expansion, 802.11b/g WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Google Pals Up With T-Mobile to Push Its “Nexus One” Phone  —  Google plans to sell its new phone on its own Web site, without getting a wireless carrier to subsidize the handset.  —  But that doesn't mean Google (GOOG) won't also work with a carrier: The search giant intends to launch …
David Coursey / PC World:
Google “Nexus One” Smartphone Could Hurt Android
Discussion: MarketingVOX
Market Wire:
Oracle Makes Commitments to Customers, Developers and Users of MySQL  —  Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) has engaged in constructive discussions with the European Commission regarding the concerns expressed by the Commission about the Oracle/Sun Microsystems transaction, and in particular the maintenance …
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Paul Meller / Computerworld:
Oracle's pledges on MySQL are ‘purely cosmetic’, say critics
Discussion: BetaNews, InformationWeek and Reuters
The Official Google Blog:
Cloud apps, big city: LA goes Google  —  This fall we've seen lots of government agencies decide to make the switch to cloud computing, joining the many businesses already using Google Apps for email and collaboration at work.  Today we'd like to officially welcome another customer to the mix: the City of Los Angeles.
TeliaSonera:
TeliaSonera first in the world with 4G services  —  Today, as the first operator in the world, TeliaSonera launches 4G services commercially to customers in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway.  —  “We are very proud to be the first operator in the world to offer our customers 4G services.
Jim Dalrymple / CNET News:
Apple apologizes for iMac delays  —  Apple on Sunday apologized to customers amid reports of shipping delays of its recently introduced iMac computer.  —  “The new iMac has been a huge hit and we are working hard to fulfill orders as quickly as possible,” an Apple spokesperson told CNET.
Emma Barnett / Telegraph:
Marissa Mayer: An omnivorous Google is coming  —  Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president for search products and user experience, shares her unparalleled insights into the future of internet search engines.  —  The next big breakout area for Google is going to be language, according to Marissa Mayer.
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb
Guardian:
New Guardian iPhone app  —  Want to view the Guardian in double quick time, with slicker graphics and better clarity on your iPhone?  Well there's an app for that...
Times of London:
Spinvox nears £92m takeover  —  SPINVOX, the troubled technology firm, is close to accepting a $150m (£92m) takeover offer from an American rival.  —  A sale to Nuance Communications, the speech-recognition group, could be announced before Christmas.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Seagate launches world's thinnest hard drive for laptops and netbooks  —  Seagate Technology is announcing tomorrow its Momentus Thin drive, the world's thinnest 2.5-inch hard disk drive for the smallest laptops and netbooks.  —  The device can also be used in backup devices and consumer electronics gear.
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Barnes & Noble Nook torn down and rooted — but still respected  —  Barnes & Noble might be pitching the Nook to the literary set, but it turns out the Android-based dual-screen reader is pretty hacker-friendly as well: both the OS and filesystem are stored on a microSD card.
Werner Vogels / All Things Distributed:
Expanding the Cloud - Amazon EC2 Spot Instances  —  Today we launched a new option for acquiring Amazon EC2 Compute resources: Spot Instances.  Using this option, customers bid any price they like on unused Amazon EC2 capacity and run those instances for as long their bid exceeds the current “Spot Price.”
Todd Spangler / Multichannel News:
Can TiVo Reinvent Itself?  —  DVR Pioneer Needs Help — Fast — From Cable Operators to Survive  —  TiVo president and CEO Tom Rogers says he doesn't run a DVR company.  —  This is odd, since TiVo is synonymous with the digital video recorder — a technology that, in the last decade …
Discussion: DSLreports and The SiliconANGLE, Thanks:arjo
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Huffington Post's New Ad Revenue Stream: Twitter Feeds  —  Marketers Can Pay to Add Tweets, Comments Alongside Readers' Own  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The Huffington Post has started offering marketers the ability to inject their own paid comments among reader comments and place paid Tweets among …
Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee:
Brightcove Releases iPhone SDK, Reports Record Signups for Updated Platform  —  Brightcove, ever since it released the latest version of its white-label video management platform last month, has been busy signing up new customers and adding features to its product set.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Location's Social Paradox  —  There's an absolute eruption of activity around location-based services right now.  Companies are getting funded left and right, new ones are popping up daily, and certain ones are seemingly starting to take off.  But for a number of them, there's a very big wall looming.
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?  —  Apple's always been a particular kind of company, obsessed with experiences, controlling them, end to end.  But those they've always been centered around the traditional desktop.  Until Apple bought Lala.  Is Apple taking the internet seriously now?
Discussion: TechStartups.com
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web Network:
Microsoft Blatantly Steals From Startup?  - Plurk Stunned and Confused  —  I am not sure what to make of this one.  Plurk, a very promising social networking startup is claiming that Microsoft (you read that right), has been involved with “blatant theft of code, design, and UI elements.”
Yukari Iwatani Kane / Digits:
App Watch: Exploiting the iPhone Lock Screen  —  Most iPhone app developers work with Apple to get their products in the iPhone App Store, submitting software for the company's approval.  But a community of maverick developers sidesteps that process to target iPhones that have been modified-or …
Ubergizmo:
ViewSonic VNB102 ViewBook, ViewSonic's first Netbook  —  ViewSonic is entering the crowded Netbook market with the VNB102, a ViewBook that resemble offerings from other brands.  The specifications are standard: Atom 1.6Ghz, 160GB hdd, 10" 1024x600 display, Win7 Starter, 2.4lbs.
Discussion: SlashGear
 
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Michelle Maisto / eWeek:
BlackBerry User Satisfaction on Rise, as iPhone, Droid Skirmish
Discussion: Brainstorm Tech
John Cook / TechFlash:
Widevine to grow with new $15 million venture round
Discussion: VentureBeat, NewTeeVee and paidContent
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Chartbeat Brings Realtime Analytics to TypePad and DreamHost
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Qik Hastens Its Live Broadcasts With A Desktop App (Invites)
Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Web accessibility no longer an afterthought
Nathan Eddy / eWeek:
Verizon Offers V Cast Media Manager Application
Roi Carthy / TechCrunch:
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 Earlier Items: 
Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
TwitVid gets a real-time search engine, analytics
Discussion: NewTeeVee and Mashable!
Martin Bryant / The Next Web Network:
Google advertises Chrome with giant UK newspaper ad (Update: Billboard ads too)
Discussion: TechCrunch, Erictric and TechCrunch Europe, Thanks:boris
Associated Press:
Hollywood hopes an ensemble cast boosts Blu-ray
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Steve Jobs is a finalist for Time's Person of the Year
Discussion: MobileCrunch and deal architect
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Strong demand for parts forecasts 10M iPhone sales in Q4 2009
 

 
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