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Vlad Savov / Engadget:
ASUS announces the Padfone (update: eyes-on!) — If pads and phones are the fastest growing categories in consumer tech, surely a Padfone would be the ultimate combo? That's what ASUS thinks, and it's just introduced an Android smartphone device that comes with a tablet it can dock into.
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Engadget, PC World, jkkmobile, SlashGear, Mashable!, MacHackPC, CrunchGear, Electronista, ZDNet, techeblog.com and pocketnow.com
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Android Market's most popular emulators disappear without a trace (update) — If you're an Android gamer, chances are you've heard of Nesoid, Snesoid, Gensoid, N64oid, Ataroid, Gearoid and Gameboid: they're all video game console emulators developed by yongzh, and many ranked among the most popular paid apps on the Android Market.
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Android Police, TechEye, Android Phones …, VG247, Examiner, Computerworld, Gizmodo, Gadgetsteria, Neowin.net, PC Magazine, Electronista, GoNintendo and Android Phone Fans
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
NVIDIA's quad-core Kal-El used to demo next-gen mobile graphics, blow minds (video) — You might think yourself too grown-up to be wowed by shiny, glittery things, but we doubt many will be able to watch NVIDIA's new Glow Ball tech demo without a smidgen of childlike glee.
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9 to 5 Mac, SlashGear, NVIDIA, CNET News, TechEye, PC World, DailyTech, New York Times, Pocket-lint, AllThingsD, BGR, Fudzilla, GigaOM, Neowin.net, 9to5 Google, IntoMobile, Electronista, LAPTOP Magazine and netbooknews.com
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
PBS hacked in retribution for Frontline Wikileaks episode — The PBS.org website, and data associated with the PBS television network, its programs, and its affiliate stations, appear to have just been hacked by an entity calling itself LulzSec (or “The Lulz Boat").
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Disruptors, New York Times, TG Daily, Softpedia News and Threat Level
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Darren Pauli / SC Magazine Australia:
Hacked PBS reports TuPac, Biggie alive — Hackers steal admin credentials, run rampart on PBS. — Tweet Comments — Hackers have infilitrated the US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and published a report that claims legendary rappers Tupac and Biggie Smalls are alive in New Zealand.
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The Firewall, VentureBeat, Online NewsHour, Boing Boing, The Huffington Post, @parislemon, @lulzsec, @newshour, @gaberivera and @lulzsec
Zee / The Next Web:
Ultra-minimalist writing app iA Writer now available for Mac — If you're a minimalism freak you've come to the right place. Today marks the release of iA writer for Mac, a writing app or rather “digital writing tool” with so much minimalism, there's barely anything there.
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Information Architects, Gizmodo, @ia, MacStories and App Advice
Ethan McKinney / Conceivably Tech:
Linus Torvalds Approves Linux 3.0 RC1 — Nearly 20 years after Linus Torvalds' first Linux post and after 39 major releases for the Linux 2.6 kernel, the OS inventor signed off on Linux 3.0. The new kernel is now available as RC1. Torvalds posted the 3. RC1 as a 93 MB download …
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
ViewSonic ViewPad 10Pro boots an Intel Oak Trail CPU into either Android or Windows 7 Pro — The ViewPad 10 era is over, here comes the epoch of the ViewPad 10Pro. Beyond the introduction of Intel's Oak Trail Z670 1.5GHz processor, the new Windows 7 Pro / Android 2.2 dual-boot tablet throws in a 3G radio …
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Computerworld, Electronista and Softpedia News
Bradley Wint / BlogTechnical:
[Update] Skype installs EasyBits Go CrapWare on your systems without users' prior knowledge — It seems that Skype is automatically installing crapware called EasyBits Go without informing or asking users for installation permission. — This morning I was notified that Skype needed third-party access …
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forum.skype.com, Hardware 2.0 Blog, Engadget, Neowin.net and Jeff Duntemann's …
Amber Karnes / My Aim Is True:
Anatomy of a trending topic: How Twitter & the crafting community put the smackdown on Urban Outfitters — Today has been a fun ride. Behold the power of social media muscle. — This morning, online buddy Gayla Trail (also known as You Grow Girl) posted a link to her Facebook page.
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Runnin' Scared, Conversation Agent, Gothamist and The Business Insider
Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:
Google Wallet: Big Deal or another Buzz? — After weeks of rumors, Google finally announced its near field communication payment system, christened Google Wallet. It must be big because PayPal sued, but how big? — Let's start with the basics. — First, the ostensible goal is to get rid …
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