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11:25 PM ET, January 2, 2012

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Not the iPad 3 or New TV — But Apple Planning Media-Related Event in the Big(ger) Apple This Month  —  According to sources close to the situation, Apple is planning an important — but not large-scale — event to be held in New York at the end of this month that will focus on a media-related announcement.
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
This Month's Apple Event To Focus On Publishing And iBooks  —  Apple will be holding a product event later this month in New York, Kara Swisher is reporting, and we've confirmed independently with a source.  —  According to the source the event will not involve any hardware at all and instead …
Discussion: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, TUAW and Electronista
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google's Jaw-Dropping Sponsored Post Campaign For Chrome  —  Google, the company that has been fighting against paid links and “thin” content, seems to be behind a campaign that's generating both on behalf of its Chrome browser.  File this under “what were they thinking.”  —  “This Post Sponsored By Google”
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Mac Pro Build-to-Order Ship Dates Slip as Future Remains Uncertain  —  Just before Christmas, shipping estimates for Apple's 12-core Mac Pro model increased to 1-3 weeks, and while that specific model does tend to occasionally see some extra lead time, the shipping delays were later noticed …
Wall Street Journal:
PC Firms Bet on Ultrabooks  —  New Sleek, Thin Laptops Make Stylish Push Toward Mainstream Price Points  —  Intel Corp.'s crusade to redefine the personal computer is entering a crucial phase, as a new breed of sleek skinny portables jostle with tablet-style devices and smartphones for consumer attention.
Barb Darrow / GigaOM:
Twine project blows by funding goals thanks to Kickstarter  —  When Supermechanical turned to Kickstarter to crowd source funding of its Twine project, its cofounders were no doubt optimistic.  But it's hard to believe that even they would have expected that pledges amounting to nearly a half …
Discussion: @cdixon
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
SoundCloud raises $50 million round led by Kleiner Perkins  —  SoundCloud has raised a new fundraising round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.  The amount was not released but TechCrunch understands it to be $50 million.  This would give the company a $200 million pre-money valuation.
Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
Techmeme's biggest stories of 2011, literally, as measured by height  —  One the best things about Techmeme is how “huge” or “big” stories can literally be that: conveyed through a stack of headlines several times taller than your screen size.  (Unless you hate this, in which case it's …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012  —  Summary: Microsoft is preparing to launch a new persistent virtual machine feature on its Azure cloud platform, enabling customers to host Linux, SharePoint and SQL Server there.  —  This headline is not an error.
Tim Stevens / Engadget:
MSN Direct goes dark, SPOT watches to suffer no more  —  When the noble SPOT watch was discontinued back in 2008, Microsoft promised the FM service that kept them informed would soldier on.  A year later that service too had its days numbered, and now, today, the counter clicks over to zero.
Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:
Just Ahead of the Iowa Caucuses, Google Launches its U.S. Election Site  —  Even though the presidential elections are still nine months away, the political circus in the U.S. is in full swing already (and has been for months), thanks to the impending start of the Republican primaries tomorrow.
Aaron Lee / DigiTimes:
Acer, Lenovo to launch Wintel tablet PC in 3Q12  —  First-tier PC vendors Acer and Lenovo are set to launch table PCs based on Microsoft's Windows 8 and Intel's Clover Trail platform in the third quarter of 2012, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Harrison Weber / The Next Web:
It is now illegal to access any foreign website in the Republic of Belarus  —  According to the US Library of Congress, The Republic of Belarus has just recently published a law making it illegal for Belarusian citizens and residents access and/or use foreign websites (particularly for commercial purposes).
Kristian Davis Bailey / The Stanford Daily:
University explains NYC withdrawal  —  Stanford University responded to questions about its Dec. 16 withdrawal of StanfordNYC, an ambitious $2.5 billion proposal to build a graduate school of applied sciences and engineering in New York City, in a press release published on Tues., Dec. 27.
DannyD / SamMobile:
EXCLUSIVE: Product picture Galaxy Note AT&T.  (NFC)  —  On December the 30th we received a nice email.  —  As expected, the Galaxy Note will be hitting the stores in America Q1 or Q2.  —  However, there were no official pictures of this Galaxy Note.  —  Until now!
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Wikimedia Foundation Raises $20 Million From 1 Million+ Donors  —  Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia and other sites, this morning announced that they've raised $20 million from more than a million donors, shattering a record once again.
 
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Ben Popper / Betabeat:
Coursekit Raises $5 M. from Joel Spolsky, David Tisch, IA Ventures
Discussion: Bits and AllThingsD
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Website Blocking Law Implemented By New Spanish Government
Thomas Rogers / Salon:
Are we on information overload?  —  The Internet has transformed knowledge.
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft to quash homebrew on Windows Phone? Not so fast
 Earlier Items: 
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Microsoft and Google: Comparing their top 10 official blog posts of 2011
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Founder And Former CEO Of McAfee.com Lands $1.5M For ‘Grokr’
Discussion: TechEye and Pulse2
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
For Consumers, Android Is More “Clopen” Than Open
Discussion: parislemon and BGR
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
The Internet Is People  —  There's always been a tension …
Dylan Welch / Sydney Morning Herald:
New to Twitter: the tweet Murdoch took down ... fast
David Carr / New York Times:
The Danger of an Attack on Piracy Online
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and Social Media
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Luxury Car-Sharing Service HiGear Shuts Down Due To Theft
Discussion: VatorNews and SlashGear