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2:45 PM ET, October 7, 2011

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Vlad Savov / This is my next:
Samsung and Google postpone Galaxy Nexus launch  —  Samsung has just announced, rather sensationally, that the product launch it had planned in conjunction with Google for next week's CTIA will not in fact be happening.  Here's the statement in full:
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Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Samsung Galaxy Nexus caught on video  —  Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later.  Google's upcoming flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has leaked out in video form courtesy of Gadget.co, and it's almost a minute and half of pure Google.  Ice Cream Sandwich looks like an evolution of Honeycomb …
Charles Duhigg / New York Times:
With Time Running Short, Jobs Managed His Farewells  —  Over the last few months, a steady stream of visitors to Palo Alto, Calif., called an old friend's home number and asked if he was well enough to entertain visitors, perhaps for the last time.  —  In February, Steven P. Jobs had learned that …
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Ryan Tate / Gawker:
What Everyone Is Too Polite to Say About Steve Jobs  —  In the days after Steve Jobs' death, friends and colleagues have, in customary fashion, been sharing their fondest memories of the Apple co-founder.  He's been hailed as “a genius” and “the greatest CEO of his generation” by pundits and tech journalists.
D.B. Grady / The Atlantic Online:
In Praise of Bad Steve
Reuters:   Hong Kong teen's somber design for Jobs a cyber hit
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Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Unlocked iPhone 4S coming in November, won't work with CDMA carriers  —  Apple on Friday began taking preorders for the iPhone 4S, and also revealed its next-generation handset will be sold unlocked and contract-free in November starting at $649.  —  The unlocked iPhone 4GS will only work …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple's iPhone 4S now available for pre-order ahead of Oct. 14 launch
Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:
Nuance To Acquire Swype For $100+ Million  —  Nuance has acquired Seattle-based startup Swype for something more than $100 million, says a source with knowledge of the deal.  —  I'm a big fan of Swype, and this is a brilliant acquisition by Nuance.  Swype first launched at a TechCrunch conference in 2008.
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Dcurtis / Dustin Curtis:
3.5 Inches  —  I've been wondering why Apple chose to make the iPhone 4′s screen 3.5-inches when other comparable phones with Android and Windows Phone 7 have larger, more inviting screens.  When you first see a phone with a 4-inch or larger screen, it seems like a much better experience.
Discussion: Macgasm
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
En Fuego: Kindle Fire Orders Keep Climbing  —  After racking up an estimated 95,000 pre-orders within the first 24 hours of availability, Amazon's forthcoming Kindle Fire tablet continues to sell well.  Demand for the device shows no signs of slowing.  In fact, sources close to Amazon claim …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
RIM Buys NewBay  —  Another acquisition for Research In Motion.  The BlackBerry maker is buying NewBay Software, a provider of white-label cloud-based content services.  RIM confirmed to AllThingsD that it has signed an agreement to acquire the company, but declined to provide any further details.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft's Skype purchase gets the EC green light.  Now what?  —  Summary: The European antitrust authorities have given the nod to Microsoft's acquisition of Skype.  —  The European Commission's antitrust authorities have given Microsoft's $8.5 billion Skype acquisition regulatory clearance.
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Bloomberg:
Groupon Plans to ‘Significantly’ Reduce Marketing Spending Amid Criticism  —  Groupon Inc., the online-coupon site that has filed for an initial public offering, said it plans to “significantly” reduce online marketing spending over time as such investments yield insufficient returns.
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Exclusive: Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet  —  A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America's Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots' every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones.  —  The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago …
Chris Dale / YouTube Blog:
YouTube now has movies in the UK  —  Back in May we brought new release movies and more for rent to YouTube in the US.  Last month, we took it to Canada.  Now, over a thousand full-length feature films from major Hollywood and British studios are available for rent in the UK at youtube.com/movies.
Electronista:
Sprint goes LTE: 120 cities with new 4G by end of 2012  —  Sprint Strategy Update event talks LTE  —  Sprint in tandem with its Strategy Update event Friday is now known to be outlining a switch to LTE for its 4G.  Taking advantage of its Network Vision sites, which mix CDMA, EVDO 3G …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
LivingSocial Issues $143 Million In Stock For TicketMonster Deal  —  LivingSocial is busily expanding its daily deal footprint both in the U.S. and abroad.  According to a new SEC filing, LivingSocial issued $143 million in stock as part of a “business combination transaction, such as a merger, acquisition or exchange offer.”
Aaron Lee / DigiTimes:
Acer plans 15-inch ultrabooks using fiber glass cases  —  Acer plans to launch a 15-inch ultrabook model in early 2012 built using fiber glass cases supplied by Mitac Precision Technology.  Asustek Computer is expected to follow suit, also adopting fiber glass cases from MPT, according to industry sources.
Amy Schatz / Digits:
Net Neutrality Case Heads to D.C. Circuit Court  —  Efforts by public interest groups to get a legal challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's new “net neutrality” rules heard somewhere other than the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit belly-flopped Thursday when the D.C. Court won the case in a random lottery.
Discussion: CNET News and DSLreports
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Todd Haselton / BGR:
FCC files motion to toss Verizon's net neutrality appeal suit
 
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Adrianne Jeffries / Betabeat:
Twitter: ‘We Are Not Blocking Terms Related To #OccupyWallStreet In Any Way, Shape or Form’
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Burt Herman / Storify Blog:
Want To Build An Audio Clip Into Your Storify Story? You Can, With SoundCloud
Discussion: TechCrunch and ReadWriteWeb
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Michael Jackson Facebook Concert Unplugged
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
F.C.C. Plans to Direct More Support to Broadband
Discussion: Ars Technica and ITProPortal
Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:
Chamath Palihapitiya, the Unconventional Venture Capitalist
Tim Lohman / Computerworld:
OpenWorld 2011: Big Red apps coming to iPad and Android
Discussion: Tech Trader Daily
 Earlier Items: 
Jason Mick / DailyTech:
HP Claims Someone Snuck Android Onto Its TouchPads, Opens Investigation
Discussion: Engadget and TeleRead
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Yahoo looking to sell Japanese stake, exit market
Eric Goldman / Technology & Marketing Law Blog:
GoDaddy Mismanages Its User Agreements—Crabb v. GoDaddy
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Windows Azure beats Amazon EC2, Google App Engine in cloud speed test
Darrell Etherington / GigaOM:
Apple details new Cards app for iPhone and iPod touch
Discussion: VatorNews and The Next Web
David Pogue / Pogue's Posts:
Steve Jobs: Imitated, Never Duplicated
Discussion: Tech Daily Dose
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
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