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10:00 PM ET, August 11, 2010

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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Exclusive: Upcoming Apple TV loses 1080p playback, gains apps... and will be renamed iTV  —  You might remember that we broke news of an updated Apple TV headed to market just a few months ago.  If your brain isn't working right, let us jog it: a trusted Engadget source asserted that the gang …
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Exclusive: Sony Ericsson to introduce Android 3.0 gaming platform and PSP Go-like smartphone  —  There's no question that gaming on the Android platform has heretofore been relatively underwhelming, but that looks like it's all about to change.  It seems that Sony Ericsson …
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
N92  —  Let's concede for the moment that Amy Thomson's report for Bloomberg back on June 29 is correct, and that Verizon is going to start selling iPhones in January 2011.  Let's further say that this first Verizon iPhone will be a CDMA iPhone 4 — pretty much the same specs as the iPhone 4 we have now, but with CDMA instead of GSM.
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Rene Ritchie / TiPb:
CDMA iPhone 4 codenamed N92, in engineering verification test for possible January (Verizon?) debut  —  Daring Fireball has revealed that the CDMA iPhone 4 is codenamed N92 and is entering the engineering verification (EVT) stage, one step before the design verification test (DVT) stage …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Waiting for Godot: Apple's Fall Event Is Definitely Happening, but Exactly When and What?  —  Oh, it's coming.  —  According to several sources, and as has been widely expected, Apple will once again be holding its annual autumn special event, possibly closer to mid-September this time.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Two Days After Steve Slater's Slide Ride, JetBlue Comes Back to the Web  —  Be honest — if you ran JetBlue, you'd want to stay quiet, too.  Right?  —  But the airline, which gets lots of credit for engaging its customers on the Web, on Facebook and on Twitter, had to speak up eventually …
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Paul Graham:
What Happened to Yahoo  —  When I went to work for Yahoo after they bought our startup in 1998, it felt like the center of the world.  It was supposed to be the next big thing.  It was supposed to be what Google turned out to be.  —  What went wrong?  The problems that hosed Yahoo go back a long time …
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Ortwin Gentz / The FutureBlog:
PatentGate — Apple responded, resolved amicably  —  To our surprise, the „PatentGate" story, first revealed by Dan Wineman, ignited a true blogosphere frenzy.  The New York Times, TUAW, The Register, TechCrunch, Om Malik, n-tv and heise online are just a few among the many commentators (see below) of the story.
Discussion: TechCrunch, me & her and MacRumors
James Hawkins / Google Chrome Blog:
Syncing, simplifying, and speeding up with Chrome's new beta  —  In today's new Google Chrome beta release, we're introducing a host of new beta features which will further improve Chrome's ease of use and speed.  —  One of my favorite features, Autofill, helps you fill in web forms automatically …
Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
Dell's Streak: a Tiny Tablet That Takes Calls, Too  —  In just a few months, Apple's iPad has established that there is indeed a consumer market for a multitouch tablet computer.  —  The 1.5-pound slate with a 10-inch screen has already sold more than 3 million units, even though it costs $499 …
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Lionel Menchaca / Direct2Dell:
Official Dell Streak Pricing, Carrier and Order Details for US Customers
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Google Ventures Invests In iPhone Game Developer ngmoco  —  Google Ventures, the VC arm of the search giant, has made an investment in popular iPhone/iPad game developer ngmoco, say multiple sources.  The company, which is already profitable, took the money as part of a new round of funding …
Technology Review:
Why We Need This Giant Tablet Computer  —  We need the “screen territory” available in a textbook, magazine, or A4 sheet of paper.  —  The first thing everyone notices about the forthcoming tablet computer / ebook reader called Kno is that it's ginormous.  Each of its two 14.1" …
Discussion: GottaBeMobile
Benjamin Grol / Gmail Blog:
Updates to Contacts and a (slightly) new look for Gmail  —  We're constantly reviewing user feedback about Gmail, and for a while now the number one request has been for a better contacts experience.  You've asked us to generally make Contacts easier to use, as well as for specific improvements …
Roger Cheng / Dow Jones Newswires:
UPDATE: AT&T Pleased With Verizon-Google Net-Traffic Proposal  —  NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- AT&T Inc. (T) was the latest company to weigh in on Google Inc. (GOOG) and Verizon Communications Inc.'s (VZ) joint proposal to establish rules on how deeply broadband operators can manage the traffic riding on their networks.
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Pedram Keyani / Facebook:
Reflecting on 3 years at Facebook  —  Last Friday, I hit my 3-year milestone at Facebook.  This got me thinking about all that I've experienced and learned since I started here.  Before coming to Facebook, I worked at Google as an engineer for two years.  While I learned a number of things there …
Robert McMillan / PC World:
Demand Media a Home to Badware, Researchers Say  —  As Demand Media gears up for its initial public offering, anti-spam advocates and online crime fighters say that the company needs to clean up its act.  —  In a report, released late Tuesday, HostExploit, a volunteer badware-tracking group …
Discussion: HostExploit and Domain Name Wire
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Dan Goodin / The Register:
Facebook bug spills name and pic for all 500 million users  —  Just add email address  —  A bug in Facebook's login system allows attackers to match unknown email addresses with users' first and last names, even when they've configured their accounts to make that information private.
comScore, Inc.:
Indonesia, Brazil and Venezuela Lead Global Surge in Twitter Usage  —  Global Audience to Twitter.com Doubles in Past Year, as Latin American Audience Grows Fourfold  —  comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a report on Twitter.com growth worldwide.
Taimur Asad / Redmond Pie:
Apple Releases iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone, iOS 3.2.2 for iPad to Patch JailbreakMe PDF Exploit  —  Apple has just released iOS 4.0.2 for all iPhones, iPod touches, and iOS 3.2.2 for iPad to patch the PDF exploit which was used by JailbreakMe to jailbreak all iOS devices on iOS 4.0.1.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
First Look At TweetDeck For Android  —  TweetDeck is preparing to release its first Android app in beta tomorrow.  I got a hold of the beta build and some screenshots.  The app adds some new elements which go beyond TweetDeck's popular iPhone app, and even introduces some new elements not yet found in its desktop app.
Mike Steib / Traditional Media:
DIRECTV Partners with Google TV Ads  —  Today, we're announcing a strategic partnership with DIRECTV through which Google TV Ads will offer inventory on a broad selection of television networks available on DIRECTV.  —  DIRECTV's national satellite inventory on Bloomberg Television, Centric …
Electronista:
Firefox 4 beta 3 hits with Windows 7 multi-touch  —  Mozilla today posted Firefox 4 beta 3.  The release primarily accommodates Windows 7 users and now takes multi-touch input from Microsoft's OS.  Web developers can now write code made ideal for touchscreen interfaces rather than assuming the existence of a mouse.
Discussion: CNET News and Boy Genius Report
Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
Cars hacked through wireless tire sensors  —  The tire pressure monitors built into modern cars have been shown to be insecure by researchers from Rutgers University and the University of South Carolina.  The wireless sensors, compulsory in new automobiles in the US since 2008 …
 
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Tour of SimpleGeo reveals why location services can't get along
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Playboy's iPad App: Same Price As Newsstand, But No Digital Gatefold
Kelly Fiveash / The Register:
Deadline for Germans to hide from Street View
Discussion: Bloomberg, Future Tense and eWeek
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Ben Parr / Mashable!:
MySpace Launches a Revamped User Homepage [EXCLUSIVE]
Discussion: Neowin.net and socalTECH.com
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Qualcomm's E-Ink killer: How do you mass produce Mirasol?
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Facebook Had Offered Foursquare $120 Million, Foursquare Asked …
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