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11:55 PM ET, September 9, 2011

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Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Sprint Is Said to Plan Unlimited Data With IPhone 5 to Stand Out From Pack  —  Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) will offer Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPhone next month with unlimited data service plans to distinguish itself from rivals AT&T Inc. (T) and Verizon Wireless, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Chris Ziegler / This is my next:
Exclusive: Android ‘Jelly Bean’ comes after Ice Cream Sandwich (update)  —  We're hearing from a trusted source this afternoon that the next version of Android after Ice Cream Sandwich will be known as “Jelly Bean,” continuing Google's longstanding tradition of naming Android builds after sweet treats in alphabetical order.
Bloomberg:
AOL Said to Discuss Deal With Yahoo Advisers  —  AOL Inc. (AOL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Armstrong is talking with advisers to Yahoo! Inc. to gauge its interest in combining the companies after the ouster of CEO Carol Bartz, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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@cnbc:   CNBC: Source Close To Yahoo Says No Interest In A Deal With AOL @Yahoo @AOL
Tim Carmody / Epicenter:
Rumor: AOL's Tim Armstrong Wants to Merge With Yahoo
Discussion: VatorNews and Deal Journal
Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
More Bad News For Groupon: Sales Team Files Class-Action Suit  —  Earlier this week came reports that the daily-deals site, suddenly unpopular with both users and investors, is considering shelving its long-expected IPO.  Now comes more bad news—Groupon's own employees have filed a class-action suit against the company.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft to give Hotmail an image (and feature) makeover  —  Summary: Microsoft is planning a Hotmail press event in October that may mark the introduction of a new (and maybe HTML5-based) version of its Web-based e-mail service.  —  Microsoft is inviting New York and San Francisco press …
Jonny Evans / Computerworld:
Adobe brings Flash-free-Flash to Apple iPad, iPhone  —  At long last Adobe Flash has come to an iPad or iPhone.  At long last, Adobe finally seems to have got the idea in its long-running dispute with Apple [AAPL] over the once important media encoding technology.  Flash will in future run on Apple devices — no Flash required.
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Google's Zagat buy could give search critics more ammo  —  Google's acquisition of Zagat, which was announced on the Google blog on Thursday, is a relatively small one for the search-engine giant: less than $66 million, according to some estimates.  But the ripples created by the deal …
Discussion: CNET News, Computerworld and MediaPost
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Greg Sterling / Screenwerk:
WSJ: Google Paid $125MM for Zagat
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Pinterest Working On A Huge Round At A Big Valuation  —  A month ago, we wrote that Pinterest, a startup that lets everyone keep a virtual bulletin/inspiration board, was raising a massive round.  —  A source involved in the financing confirms this and suggests the valuation could be massive.
Emil Protalinski / Friending Facebook Blog:
Facebook may have missed revenue projections by $500 million  —  Summary: According to new analysis, the report suggesting Facebook's revenue doubled to $1.6 billion for the first half of 2011 is actually bad news.  —  Earlier this week, we learned that Facebook reportedly doubled its revenue …
Discussion: BNET
Mike Rosenberg / Mercury News:
Cupertino residents fear traffic boom from Apple Campus 2  —  Not everyone is thrilled at the prospect of living next to one of the biggest buildings in the Bay Area, as residents from three cities told Cupertino officials Thursday that Apple's plan for a second mega-campus may simply be too big and busy.
Karen Gullo / Bloomberg:
Ellison, Page Ordered to Attend Patent Case Settlement Talks  —  Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) — Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison and Google Inc. CEO Larry Page were ordered by a federal judge to attend a Sept. 19 settlement conference in the business-software maker's copyright …
Todd Haselton / BGR:
Netflix app now supports all Android Froyo/Gingerbread devices  —  Netflix updated its Android application on Friday with support for any smartphone running Android 2.2 (Froyo) or Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).  Netflix launched an Android app in May of this year, but it initially only supported a handful of high-end devices.
Ben Parr / Mashable!:
Facebook Begins Testing Friend Filters in News Feed [PICS]  —  Facebook has begun testing a slew of changes to the News Feed, including friend list filters and Smart Lists that automatically categorize your friends.  —  The changes seem to be aimed at making the content within the News Feed more relevant.
Agam Shah / Computerworld:
Nvidia CEO: Intel ousted company from chipset market  —  Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang says Intel preferred it not stay in the chipset business  —  IDG News Service - Nvidia concluded that it would exit the chipset business as Intel made it impossible for the company to operate in the market …
Discussion: TechCrunch
Steven Sinofsky / MSDN Blogs:
Delivering fast boot times in Windows 8 … Few operations in Windows are as scrutinized, measured, and picked apart as boot.  This is understandable—boot times represent an effective proxy for overall system performance and we all know the boot experience is an incredibly important thing for us to get right for customers.
Graham Cluley / Naked Security:
NBC News Twitter account hacked with fake news of 9/11 Ground Zero attack  —  Sick-minded hackers have broken into the Twitter account of NBC News and posted messages claiming that there has been a terrorist attack at Ground Zero in New York.  —  The bogus messages claimed that Flight 4782 …
Discussion: eWeek, CNET News, Reuters and The Next Web, Thanks:jonups
Sharif Sakr / Engadget:
Apple tops J.D. Power customer satisfaction survey, grim reading for RIM and Nokia  —  Not only is Apple shipping the most smartphones, it's also shipping the best smartphones — if you believe the stats in J.D. Power and Associates' latest US customer satisfaction survey.
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Car Rental Marketplace Getaround Gets Around $3.4 Million  —  Car rental community Getaround is announcing a $3.4 million seed round today, with participation from Netflix founder Marc Randolph, Powerset founder Barney Pell, WordPress' Matt Mullenweg, Redpoint Ventures, General Catalyst, Michael Arrington's Crunchfund and others.
Zach Epstein / BGR:
RIM may be rushing BlackBerry Colt QNX phone amid weak BlackBerry 7 sales  —  Research In Motion is said to be rushing its first QNX-powered smartphone to market in light of underwhelming BlackBerry 7 devices sales.  In a note to investors on Friday, Jefferies & Company analyst Peter Misek suggested demand …
Bloomberg:
Intel Said to Weigh InterDigital Bid  —  Intel Corp. (INTC) is among companies considering submitting bids for InterDigital Inc.'s patent portfolio this month, while Google Inc. (GOOG) is losing interest in the assets, said people with knowledge of the matter.
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Hurt Locker Lawsuits Hit Canada, ISPs Ordered To Reveal BitTorrent Users  —  In March 2010, the law firm Dunlap, Grubb and Weaver imported the mass litigation “pay up or else” anti-piracy scheme to the United States.  —  Some of the most high-profile customers of the law firm …
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
Exclusive: Evernote considers IPO as growth picks up  —  (Reuters) - Evernote, which makes a popular app for taking notes and storing data on tablets, phones and personal computers, is considering filing for an initial public offering by the end of next year, its chief executive told Reuters on Friday.
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Michael de la Merced / DealBook:
AT&T Responds to Justice Dept.'s Lawsuit Over T-Mobile Deal
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
In One Year, Tumblr Goes From 1 Billion Posts To 10 Billion
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Microsoft posts security bulletins 4 days early, scrambles to fix mistake
Discussion: Computerworld
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
In Its Sixth Acquisition This Year, Group Buying Site BuyWithMe Scoops Up TownHog
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Melanie Lee / Reuters:
Alibaba to release English mobile OS this month: executive
Oliver Milman / StartupSmart:
Google Mapping a way to the top
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Researchers' Typosquatting Stole 20 GB of E-Mail From Fortune 500
Discussion: Geek.com and Geekosystem
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
Apple wins (again) in Germany: Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction upheld
Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
Ex-Googlers Launch Mobile Travel Guide To Kill Lonely Planet; Raise Funding From Chris Sacca & More
Discussion: Tnooz, Gizmodo and MediaPost
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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