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Google quietly launches Latitude Leaderboards, threatens Foursquare under its breath — Google didn't exactly offer much fanfare for this new feature — as far as we can tell, it still hasn't been officially announced. With the latest update to the Maps app, Mountain View delivered … | Bill Weir / ABCNEWS: |
A Trip to The iFactory: ‘Nightline’ Gets an Unprecedented Glimpse Inside Apple's Chinese Core — A worker at a Foxconn factory in Shenzen, China, puts the finishing touches on an Apple iPad. ABC News Nightline's Bill Weir was the first journalist allowed onto the Apple production line in China … | E.D. Kain / Forbes: |
Possible Conflict Of Interest In ABC's Exclusive Access To Apple Chinese Supply Chain — In January, the New York Times published a controversial and troubling report about working conditions in FoxConn factories where Apple products are manufactured. Beneath the smooth exterior of the iPads …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Photo of iPad 3 Logic Board with “A5X” System on a Chip — A forum post at Chinese site WeiPhone offers a photo of what is claimed to be the iPad 3's logic board showing an “A5X” system-on-a-chip. — Apple is expected to introduce an upgraded processor and graphics package for the iPad 3 …
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| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
Move Over Search Box, Google's Home Page Gets A Share Box — If you still don't get how much Google is behind ensuring Google+ gets everything it needs to succeed, consider the screenshot below, showing how for the first time ever, Google's home page now lets you do something other than search.
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| Electronista: |
Samsung to spin out LCDs as Samsung Display on April 1 — Samsung spinout backs shift to OLEDs — Samsung on Monday confirmed rumors it was spinning out its LCD business. The group, to be renamed Samsung Display, would separate from its parent on April 1 pending approval.
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BGR, TechEye, eWeek, 9to5Mac, Between the Lines Blog, The Register, Reuters, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Engadget and Electronista. Thanks:@matthewmspace
| Vinod Khosla / TechCrunch: |
The “Unhyped” New Areas in Internet and Mobile — Editor's note: Legendary investor Vinod Khosla is the founder of Khosla Ventures. You can follow him on Twitter at @vkhosla. All Khosla Ventures investments, as well as ventures related to Vinod Khosla, are italicized.
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| Telegraph: |
Facebook hacker jailed for eight months — A student who hacked into Facebook has been jailed in the in the “most extensive and grave” case of its kind to come before a British court. — Glenn Mangham, 26, admitted infiltrating the social media website from his bedroom at his parents' house between April and May last year.
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| Reg Gale / Bloomberg: |
Transistor Made Using a Single Atom May Help Beat Moore's Law — Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Scientists have taken a first early step toward escaping the limits of a technological principle called Moore's Law by creating a working transistor using a single phosphorus atom.
| Chris Kanaracus / PC World: |
Oracle Drops One of Its Patent Claims Against Google — Oracle has decided to give up on one of the patent claims it brought against Google in its lawsuit over alleged Java intellectual property violations in the Android mobile OS. — Earlier this week, Google asked for permission to file …
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| Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!: |
Blockbuster Pulling On-Demand Support From TiVo — Blockbuster Pulling On-Demand Support From TiVo originally appeared on Zatz Not Funny! — It's become clear why TiVo no longer bills their Premiere DVR as the “One Box” given app stagnation and partner defections. And DISH Network's Blockbuster up next:
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| Damaster / LiveSide.net: |
More upcoming SkyDrive features revealed: ODF documents, BitLocker key management, URL shortening, and much more — Following the screenshot leaks of SkyDrive yesterday, revealing details about Microsoft's plans for paid storage and SkyDrive apps for Windows and Mac, today we've been tipped …
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Redmond Pie, WinBeta, WMPoweruser, Techie Buzz, The Verge and The Next Web. Thanks:@kipkniskern
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