Techmeme: Pros and cons of the Asus Padfone modular approach (James Kendrick/ZDNet)

1:35 PM ET, May 30, 2011

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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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James Kendrick / ZDNet:

Pros and cons of the Asus Padfone modular approach — Today at Computex Asus unveiled the expected Padfone modular mobile package that uses an Android smartphone to power a 10-inch tablet. The announcement didn't have surprises over the leaked information, and showcased a clever method …

Discussion: netbooknews.com

Wall Street Journal:

Samsung Expands Ties to Android on Tablets — Samsung plans more tablets despite ongoing legal battles with Apple, and Computex, Asia's answer to Las Vegas's Consumer Electronics Show, starts this week, with Acer and Intel expected to make a splash. WSJ's Andrew LaVallee and Jake Lee discuss.

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Samsung Seemingly Unconcerned Over Apple Lawsuit, Hints Dispute Could Continue to Escalate

Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac

Phone Arena:
Samsung's J.K. Shin says to expect Galaxy S III and 4G tablet in first half of 2012

Discussion: Electronista, SAI, Techie Buzz, The Next Web and AndroidOS.in

Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:

Airbnb Has Arrived: Raising Mega-Round at a $1 Billion+ Valuation — According to several sources Airbnb is in the process of closing a whopper of a funding round: $100 million or more at a $1 billion-plus valuation. The round is being lead by Andreessen Horowitz, and includes participation from DST, say our sources.

Alastair Sharp / Reuters:

As RIM struggles, talk of a change at top surfaces — (Reuters) - The two men who made BlackBerry a household name may not have the luxury of time to fix Research In Motion's flagging fortunes. — Investors are clamoring for RIM to come up with a credible response to Apple's iPhone …

Discussion: AppleInsider, asymco, RazorianFly, Electronista, BlackBerry Cool and PhoneArena

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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Darren Pauli / SC Magazine Australia:
Hacked PBS reports TuPac, Biggie alive

Discussion: Online NewsHour, Boing Boing, @newshour, The Huffington Post, @parislemon, @lulzsec, @lulzsec and @gaberivera

Mikko / F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog:

Phishing Sites Hosted on Google's Servers — Google Docs allows users to create documents, spreadsheets, et cetera at google.com (hosted in Google's cloud): — Spreadsheets can even contain functionality, such as forms, and these can be published to the whole world.

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb

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.

Discussion: Pitos Blog, Conversation Agent and Runnin' Scared

Richard Lai / Engadget:

Gigabyte announces S1080 Windows 7 tablet with USB 3.0 and optical drive dock — We're here at Computex's pre-show event to get some hands-on time with a few new products. As expected many tablets are present, and one such device is Gigabyte's S1080 Windows 7 tablet, which we almost mistook as Viewsonic's Viewpad 7.

Discussion: Electronista

Natasha Singer / New York Times:

Online Personalization Creates Echo Chamber to Affirm Biases — ON the Web, we often see what we like, and like what we see. Whether we know it or not, the Internet creates personalized e-comfort zones for each one of us. — Give a thumbs up to a movie on Netflix or a thumbs down to a song on Pandora …

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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