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MG Siegler / parislemon:
It's Not A Mirror, It's A Crystal Ball — Aside from a few tweets, I've mainly stayed out of the latest TechCrunch brouhaha. These things tend to flare up every few months, and they ultimately end up meaning nothing. But I would like to address one thing in particular …
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@dannysullivan, @karaswisher, @mathewi, @lanceulanoff, @jeffjarvis, @manan, @sdkstl and @loic
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch As We Know It May Be Over — This is a post I never thought I'd have to write. Unfortunately, I do. And the worst part about it is that it should be Michael Arrington writing this post, not me. — But he can't. — TechCrunch is on the precipice.
David Carr / New York Times:
A Tech Blogger Who Leaps Over the Line
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TechCrunch, AdExchanger.com, louisgray.com, @cullend, @shervin, @arrington, @kevinrose, @kevinrose, OzTechNews.com, @biznickwastaken, @dangillmor, @kluo, jimray, @parislemon, @ed, @arrington, @percival, @scobleizer, @arrington, z3ntv and Robert Scoble, more at Mediagazer »
Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
Feature: Ultrabook: Intel's $300 million plan to beat Apple at its own game — My desktop isn't the only computer I plan to replace in the next few months. I need a new laptop too, and my goal is simple: to find a 13" MacBook Air that isn't made by Apple.
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Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Notebook players limit initial Ultrabook shipment volume below 50,000 units — First-tier notebook brand vendors Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba and Asustek Computer, understanding that demand for notebooks is unlikely to recover in the fourth quarter, while Apple's products are taking up all the glory in the market …
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AppleInsider and Electronista
John Cook / GeekWire:
Photos: A look at Amazon's new delivery locker at 7-Eleven — Amazon's new locker system at 7-Eleven store in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood — Yesterday, my two-year-old son and I did a little investigative reporting. Our goal? Find the Seattle area 7-Eleven housing Amazon.com's new delivery locker system.
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This is my next, MAKE, Digital Trends, Techi.com, Geek.com and Technabob, Thanks:theromit
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Google Customer Support Surprise: Phone Reps Handling 10,000 Calls A Week From 60 Countries — Google has long received mixed-to-negative criticism for its customer service — or lack thereof. But Francoise Brougher is changing all that. Perhaps the least well-known senior executive outside Google …
Chester Wisniewski / Naked Security:
Operation Black Tulip: Fox-IT's report on the DigiNotar breach — Fox-IT, the security auditors hired to investigate the compromise of DigiNotar, the digital certificate authority that signed fraudulent certificates for Google, the CIA and others, released their preliminary findings this afternoon.
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Govcert.nl, CNET News and Associated Press
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Toby Sterling / Associated Press:
Experts suspect Iran involvement in Dutch hacking
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Electronista
Feike Hacquebord / TrendLabs:
Diginotar: Iranians - The Real Target
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Computerworld, Help Net Security, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, Zero Day Blog and Tor Blog
Chris von Eitzen / The H Open Source:
Linux development temporarily moves to GitHub — Linus Torvalds has published the fifth release candidate of Linux 3.1. As the main server for kernel.org is not completely back up and running after the break-in that was made public last week, Torvalds uploaded the git repository with the mainline Linux sources to GitHub.
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lkml.org, adafruit industries blog and torvalds's Activity
Melanie Lee / Reuters:
Dell to partner Baidu to develop tablets, mobile — (Reuters) - Dell Inc said on Tuesday it will partner China's top search engine Baidu Inc to develop tablet computers and mobile handsets. — Baidu offered a glimpse of its upcoming mobile operating system and launched a new mobile application platform …
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Business Insider, This is my next and AppleInsider
Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Why Amazon's tablet will challenge Apple in a way that Google cannot — The key difference between Amazon and Google is that one of them holds millions of credit cards and is a famous name in retail — The rumours are unstoppable: Amazon is going to unveil a tablet in the next few weeks …
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Tech News, Android News, Rumours … and 9to5Google
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
How Market Fares After Labor Day Will Determine if Groupon's IPO Is Delayed — Or Even Pulled (Or Not) — No other recent Web 2.0 company has undergone more scrutiny of late than Groupon. — And that's why some are wondering if — especially given the still dicey economic situation …
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PE Hub Blog
Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:
GameStop to carry iOS devices soon, begins trading-in used iPhones, iPads and iPods for in-store credits — We've received a word from several sources that GameStop will soon begin offering the entire lineup of Apple's popular iOS mobile devices such as iPhones, iPods and iPads at their stores.
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TUAW, Neowin.net, PadGadget, iPhone and Electronista
