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11:55 PM ET, December 25, 2009

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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
Apple ‘iSlate’ Trademark and What is a ‘Magic Slate’?  —  After we broke the news yesterday that Apple had acquired iSlate.com, other pieces to the puzzle seemed to fall into place.  Notably, TechCrunch found that iSlate had been registered as a trademark by an unknown Delaware company …
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Apple's New Tablet To Be Baptized iSlate?  Let's Dig A Little Deeper  —  Nice scoop by MacRumors, which reportedly retrieved historical evidence that Apple has acquired the domain name islate.com back in 2007.  Apparently, the Cupertino company registered the domain through brand protection firm Mark Monitor …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Wonder Of Apple's Tablet  —  In 2007, just prior to its launch, I was absolutely positive I wasn't going to buy an iPhone.  My rationale was that I didn't even like using a cellphone, so why would I want a $600 one?  What I wanted was a touch screen iPod — basically, an iPhone without the phone.
Discussion: CNET News and Redmond Pie
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Basically Every ISP Is Trying to Scare You Into Paying for Internet You Don't Need  —  You thought AT&T was screwing unsuspecting customers into paying obscene bandwidth bills with ridiculous claims of stuff you can't do?  Time Warner says you can't have 3 people on the internet without at least 15Mbps.
Discussion: VoIP Watch and Slashdot
TJ Luoma / TUAW:
Is Google Voice available for the iPhone?  —  Need a refresher on the Google Voice and Apple saga?  Let's recap the story to date:  —  Apple pulled all Google Voice related apps from the App Store back in July, which led to an FCC inquiry, which led Apple to claim they had not rejected but were …
Discussion: Apple and VoIP Watch
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Frances Dinkelspiel / New York Times:
With High-End Meal Perks, Facebook Keeps Up Valley Tradition  —  By 11:45 a.m., when the steel door to Facebook's employee cafeteria rolls open for lunch, there is almost always a line of people waiting for food.  —  On one day, the menu may feature Thai-spiced cilantro chicken or salmon with red curry sauce.
Discussion: Gawker
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
What Facebook Privacy Problem?  Advertisers Yawn.  —  Plenty of Web folks-me included-hollered loudly when Facebook overhauled its privacy policy this month.  But the Web is made for shouting, so that makes it pretty hard to get a sense of how most people really feel.
Discussion: CNET News, Thanks:atul
Stefanie Olsen / New York Times:
Helping Children Find What They Need on the Internet  —  When Benjamin Feshbach was 11 years old, he was given a brainteaser: Which day would the vice president's birthday fall on the next year?  —  Benjamin, now 13, said he typed the question directly into the Google search box, to no avail.
Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:
Why so few paid apps on Android?  Blame Google Checkout  —  The new monthly report on location-based apps from Dutch app store analytics firm Distimo and American location-detection technology maker Skyhook Wireless opens with a striking stat: Only 21 percent of the location-based Android mobile apps …
Peter Lauria / New York Post:
EMusic mulls sale as digital market shifts  —  The biggest music company you've never heard of is looking to make a move.  — In the wake of several industry mergers, New York-based music site eMusic.com is examining strategic alternatives for its business, considering a sale, recapitalization …
Discussion: paidContent
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech:
Macs top Amazon's ‘Most Gifted’ list  —  Some computer wishes seem to have come true this holiday season  —  Last time we looked — on the eve of Cyber Monday — there was a conspicuous discrepancy in Amazon's (AMZN) computer department between the “Most Wished For” and “Most Gifted” machines.
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac
Surfdaddy Orca / hplusmagazine.com:
By Thought Alone: Mind Over Keyboard  —  Why bother to type a document using a keyboard when you can write it by simply thinking about the letters you need to type?  —  A brain wave study presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society shows that people with electrodes …
 
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 More Items: 
Lara Farrar / CNN:
Micro-blogs in China: Tweeting through the Great Firewall
Justin Scheck / Digits:
Critics of H-P Software Soften Their Stance
Discussion: The Next Bench
Schneier on Security:
Intercepting Predator Video
Discussion: CrunchGear and rc3.org
Vladislav Savov / Engadget:
Want to connect your iPhone and Bluetooth keyboard? …
Discussion: Communications … and Digits
 Earlier Items: 
Rafat Ali / paidContent:
New York Daily News Takes “Major” Stake In Content Aggregator Service Loud3r
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
SCVNGR Raises $4 Million From Google Ventures
Discussion: Pulse2 and mocoNews, Thanks:daniel_levine
Sherri / philosecurity:
Our Google Government  —  Recently I saw an ad which read:
Discussion: VentureBeat
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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