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10:15 PM ET, October 25, 2011

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Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Exclusive: Nokia to launch Lumia 800 and 710 Windows Phones [pics]  —  Nokia CEO Stephen Elop will introduce at least two Nokia Windows Phones tomorrow morning.  —  WinRumors has learned that the company is planning to make the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 devices available in November following an announcement at Nokia World on Wednesday.
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Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:
Nokia's new Windows Phones leak ahead of tomorrow's London debut
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Amazon Misses, Q3 Sales Up 44 Percent To $10.9B; Net Income Down 73 Percent To $63M  —  Amazon reported third quarter earnings today.  Net income decreased 73% to $63 million in the third quarter, or $0.14 per diluted share, compared with net income of $231 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, in third quarter 2010.
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Steve Kovach / Business Insider:
Amazon Is Making ‘Millions More’ Kindle Fires Than Originally Expected After Huge Demand  —  Amazon is ramping up production on its new Kindle Fire tablet after seeing a huge demand, according to the company's earnings report.  —  In a statement, Jeff Bezos said Kindle Fire pre-orders …
Discussion: GeekWire
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Amazon predicts record Kindle sales, but says revenue will lag behind
Discussion: parislemon
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
IBM Has a New CEO: Meet Virginia Rometty  —  Speculation has been running fairly consistent for awhile now that there would soon be a new CEO at IBM, as Sam Palmisano approached the company's typical retirement age.  Today the company's board of directors named Virginia Rometty …
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Jessi Hempel / Fortune:
IBM's new chief: “Don't accept inevitable”
Discussion: eWeek and GigaOM
Journalism.org:
How People Use Tablets and What it Means for the Future of News  —  Eighteen months after the introduction of the iPad, 11% of U.S. adults now own a tablet computer of some kind.  About half (53%) get news on their tablet every day, and they read long articles as well as get headlines.
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Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:
Study: Tablet Users Love to Read the News, Still Reluctant to Pay for It
David J. Smith / Inside BlackBerry:
An Update on BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0  —  We know that many of you are looking forward to BlackBerry® PlayBook™ OS 2.0, and we wanted to provide you with an update on the progress that we're making.  —  As much as we'd love to have it in your hands today, we've made the difficult decision …
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Dan Frommer / SplatF:
The Apple-fication of everything  —  One of the best things about Steve Jobs' return to Apple — which will live on and benefit society long after Jobs' death — is how he basically spent the last 14 years teaching thousands of Apple employees to have incredibly high standards and to build amazing products.
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Steven Levy / Wired.com:
Brave New Thermostat: How the iPod's Creator Is Making Home Heating Sexy
Clayton Morris / Fox News:
HP Testing Windows 8 on TouchPads  —  June 27, 2011: The HP TouchPad — a new tablet computer running Palm's WebOS operating system — is displayed in San Francisco.  —  Zombie tech?  —  The products you thought were dead at HP may not be quite dead just yet.
Discussion: Gizmodo, SlashGear and MobileBurn.com
Patrick Bisch / pinglio:
Twitter Quietly Rolls Out New Timeline Update [Updating]  —  It seems Twitter is quietly rolling out a much-needed update to its Timeline feature.  The new Timeline allows users to click individual tweets to expand conversations, media, and RTs.  Alternatively, when hovering over a tweet …
Joe Sharkey / New York Times:
IPads Change Economics, and Speed, of Hotel Wi-Fi  —  IF, like me, you have been complaining about unusually poor Internet service in hotel rooms lately, the hotels have a good explanation.  —  Largely because of the broad use of iPads and other mobile tablets, which are heavy users of video streaming …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Reed Hastings Lays Out the Netflix Comeback Plan  —  Netflix wants investors to believe that it can restart its engine, which conked out yesterday.  And it wants customers to believe it will have stuff they want to watch, even though it is losing some prize jewels.  —  You'll forgive both groups if they're a tad skeptical.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
New Law Would Require Warrants for GPS Surveillance  —  New Businesses and Civil Rights Both Require Legal Change.  —  Location data produced by modern technology like GPS and cell phones can today be accessed by law enforcement agents without probably cause and a warrant …
Discussion: ITworld.com and Search Engine Land
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Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
U.S. Requests for Google User Data Spike 29 Percent in Six Months
Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
Gazelle: BlackBerry trade-ins at all time high  —  BlackBerry trade-ins on Gazelle's site.  —  Gadget buyer Gazelle, which purchases gadgets in return for cash, today said it's seen an 80 percent increase in BlackBerry trades since last week, up from record highs earlier this month.
Discussion: Neowin.net, Thanks:josh
Christina Bonnington / Gadget Lab:
Taiwanese Animators Distill Steve Jobs' Bio Into 93 Seconds of Funny  —  Steve Jobs' ghost punches his younger self in NMA's most recent video.  Image: Next Media Animation  —  Those kooky Taiwanese animators from NMA.TV have reached a new high in campy 3D synthesis of real-world events …
Shira Ovide / Deal Journal:
Groupon Loves Satire.  Except When It's About Their IPO  —  Groupon is known for its wacky irreverence.  But the company's lawyers apparently don't appreciate when the wackiness is at their expense.  —  Online retailer Cat5 Commerce created a website poking fun at Groupon and its troubled IPO.
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
HTC may announce HTC Rezound on November 3rd in NYC, aims to Beats the Galaxy Nexus  —  If you're just waiting to blast some Beats audio-laden tunes from HTC's latest and greatest, November 3rd will probably be a good day for you.  That's the date on the invitations HTC just sent out to the media …
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Ron Conway, Marissa Mayer, MC Hammer And Others Endorse SF Mayoral Candidate Ed Lee In Amazingly Silly Video  —  Good morning everybody.  In case you needed a reason to stare at your computer screen dumbfounded for a few minutes, here is an amazing video, financed by tech titans Ron Conway and Sean Parker …
James Kendrick / ZDNet:
Every Android device now infringes Apple patent: Slide to unlock  —  Summary: Apple has received a confirmed patent for the “slide to unlock” control in use on every Android phone and tablet in existence.  —  Whatever your position is on patent infringement and the never-ending lawsuits in the mobile space …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Amazon patents gift cards that can tattle on what you buy  —  A diagram from the newly issued Amazon patent.  —  Happy Birthday!  Here's the Creepiest Gift Card Ever!  —  U.S. Patent & Trademark Office records show that Amazon today received a patent on something called “customizing gift instrument experiences for recipients.”
Philip Michaels / Macworld:
Macworld Expo unveils new name, focus  —  When it kicks off on January 26, 2012, Macworld Expo will have a new name — Macworld|  iWorld — to emphasize its focus on the entire range of Apple products and technology.  Registration for the conference and expo opened Tuesday.
 
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Brent Simmons / inessential:
Google Reader and Mac/iOS RSS readers that sync
Discussion: Epicenter, Thanks:steverubel
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Online gambling finds support in House
Discussion: Hillicon Valley, Thanks:stiffjab
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Ustream Forges Joint Venture With South Korea's KT Corp., Raises $10 Million
Lee Spears / Bloomberg:
Groupon IPO Said to Ask Triple Amazon's Price-to-Sales for 2012
Discussion: Reuters
Colleen Taylor / GigaOM:
Wow: SoundHound powering 4M voice searches a day
Discussion: VentureBeat and TechCrunch
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Eric Schmidt-Backed Slice Brings Receipt Aggregator And Tracking Service To Gmail
 Earlier Items: 
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Introduces us to a Next Generation Microstrip Styled Cellular Antenna for Future MacBooks, iWatch and Beyond
Discussion: iDownloadBlog.com and App Advice
Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com:
Amazon's Kindle Fire Will Become To The Video Industry What The iPod Was To The Music Industry
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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