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1:50 PM ET, August 19, 2011

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Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
AT&T VP: iPhone 5 coming in early October, prepare to get ‘really, really busy’  —  One of our high-level AT&T sources just informed us that an AT&T Vice President has confirmed to several employees that the iPhone 5 is slated to launch in early October.  Additionally, the VP communicated …
Joshua Topolsky / This is my next:
HP: ‘We are not walking away from webOS;’ exclusive details from inside  —  An insider has given us details from an all-hands meeting HP just held with employees in the webOS Global Business Unit in light of today's announcement that HP will no longer make webOS devices.
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
An inside look at HP killing webOS hardware: Here's how it really went down.  —  Neither Palm devices, nor the HP TouchPad were ever going to be able to showcase webOS properly.  That's why yesterday's news that HP was shutting down its webOS hardware development should have been welcomed …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
HP To Apple: You Win.  —  As I write this, I'm sitting in a cafe.  Around me, there are five people on laptops — four of them are MacBooks.  Four other people are using tablets — all four are iPads.  Welcome to the Post-PC world.  —  That phrase was one of the first things that jumped …
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
HP tested webOS on an iPad. It ran over twice as fast as the TouchPad.
Josh Ong / AppleInsider:
HP eats $100 million charge to cover unsold stockpile of TouchPads
Discussion: Guardian, ZDNet Australia and PhoneArena, Thanks:beijingdou
Bloomberg:
Apotheker Sets Biggest HP Strategic Bet in Oracle Rivalry: Tech
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg
Nicholas Carlson / The Business Insider:
Time For Facebook To Buy WebOS From HP For A Couple Bucks
Discussion: @richardkerris
Bloomberg:
Sprint Said to Talk With Cable Companies About Clearwire Buyout  —  The third-biggest U.S. wireless operator is negotiating with Comcast and other cable companies to obtain control of Clearwire and help complete its LTE network  —  (Bloomberg) — Sprint Nextel Corp. is talking with cable companies …
Paul Sandle / Reuters:
Lynch guides Autonomy into big tech's grasp  —  (Reuters) - Mike Lynch once claimed to enjoy watching sheep-dog trials.  The software business he founded that is now at the heart of Hewlett-Packard's new strategy makes its living herding cats.  —  Autonomy Plc software searches …
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Colleen Taylor / GigaOM:
Why HP is betting the farm on Autonomy
Technology Review:   Why HP Wants Autonomy: Math Skills
Zach Epstein / BGR:
Google ‘Nexus Prime’ Android 4.0 phone could launch in October  —  Google's third-generation “Nexus Prime” smartphone — which will likely be the first Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” phone to hit the market — will launch in October according to a new report from Korean-language Electronic Times.
Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
Wall Street Journal Confirms Early 2012 iPad 3 with Retina Display  —  In case you still had doubts, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is indeed working on its next generation iPad for early 2012.  The newspaper also seems to confirm the 2048x1536 Retina display that has been long rumored.
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Exclusive: How the FBI investigates the hacktivities of Anonymous  —  On September 19, 2008, hackers from the Anonymous collective attacked the website of Fox News host Bill O'Reilly.  The hackers found and immediately posted e-mail addresses, passwords, and physical addresses …
Discussion: Gizmodo and @anonymousirc
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Jessica Dye / Reuters:
Apple moves against knockoffs in New York  —  Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has moved swiftly and, until now, secretly to crack down on stores in the Chinatown section of Queens, New York, accused of selling knock-off Apple gear emblazoned with the company's distinctive logo, according to documents unsealed Thursday in Brooklyn federal court.
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Facebook Begins Rolling Out “The Ticker” To More Users  —  While we haven't confirmed whether or not the move is permanent, Facebook appears to be in the process of rolling out their live feed ticker to the homepage of all users.  What's most significant is how this could impact the platform …
Discussion: Gizmodo, TechCrunch and NBC Bay Area
Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:
Germany vs. Facebook: Like Button Declared Illegal, Sites Threatened With Fine  —  German websites have until the end of September to remove Facebook's ‘like’ button or face a fine of up to 50,000 Euro.  —  Germany has a long tradition of using laws to protect its citizen's privacy.
Anthony / UX Movement:
Why Rounded Corners are Easier on the Eyes  —  Designers use rounded corners so much today that they're more of an industry standard than a design trend.  They're not only found on software user interfaces, but hardware product designs as well.  So what is it about rounded corners that make them so popular?
Andreas Udo de Haes / Computerworld UK's News:
Apple files inaccurate evidence in Dutch Samsung case  —  Is the iPhone and iPad maker shooting itself in the foot with manipulated images?  —  Apple has filed inaccurate evidence again in a major case against Samsung, this time in the Netherlands, where the company is arguing Samsung's Galaxy S smartphones …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft: Here's what caused our cloud outage this week  —  Summary: Microsoft is informing customers hit by its Office 365 cloud outage this week that a “networking interruption” caused the problem, and that the company is planning to offer them a 25 percent credit for their trouble.
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Help, I've fallen into a pit of steaming Google+ (what that means for tech blogging)  —  For the past six weeks I've been totally engrossed in Google+.  Addicted is the right word.  It's like those dinosaurs that fell into a pit of tar and couldn't get out.  Heck, I'm not the only one.
Discussion: GigaOM
Om Malik / GigaOM:
The truth about scoops  —  In the wake of Motorola-Google deal, Felix Salmon, one of the finest bloggers in New York, penned a piece, Whither the M&A Scoop?  Felix points out that “scoops are the most basic currency of business journalism” and they are what helped folks like Andrew Ross Sorkin become media …
 
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Steven Sande / TUAW:
British Airways testing iPads to enhance customer service
Rebecca Greenfield / The Atlantic Wire:
This Is How a Twitter-Based Hedge Fund Beat the Stock Market
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Dan Kaplan / SC Magazine US:
Kaspersky says McAfee report is all bark and no bite
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Rebecca Lynn / Xconomy:
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Darrell Etherington / GigaOM:
IPad helps Apple take top spot in worldwide mobile PC market
Discussion: DisplaySearch, TechSpot, Inquirer and GigaOM
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
My Old Friend, AT&T, Still Bringing The Scumbaggery After All These Years
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College One-Stop Shop: Chegg Buys Web Tutoring Service
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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Beware of Juice-Jacking
Sherilynn Macale / The Next Web:
With one click on YouTube you can now watch videos with your friends on Google+