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Donna L. Tapellini / Consumer Reports News:
New Apple iPad tops our tablet Ratings  —  The high-resolution screen of the new iPad establishes a new benchmark in excellence, providing the best rendering of detail and color accuracy we've ever seen on a tablet display.  As a result, the iPad tops our new tablet Ratings, posted today.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
ChangeWave: 82% of new iPad owners are ‘very satisfied’  —  Apple's new tablet scored even higher than the old.  Heat-gate was a nonissue.  —  Click to enlarge.  —  It's not often you can get 200 people to agree about anything, nevermind something as controversial as a new Apple (AAPL) product.
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Pinterest Co-Founder Paul Sciarra Leaves, Ben Silbermann Officially Takes On CEO Role  —  Well, big changes on the horizon for Pinterest!  We've confirmed reports that Pinterest co-founder Paul Sciarra is indeed leaving the company.  And it's complicated: While Sciarra …
Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
HTC One X review  —  Batman Begins.  The Muppets.  James Bond in Casino Royale.  What do they have in common?  They're all examples of franchises that got better after a reboot (some will disagree on Casino Royale, but I'm standing my ground).  For HTC, that's exactly what the One series represents …
Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Microsoft's IE reclaims lost ground in browser battle  —  Internet Explorer has reversed a slide in usage, at least for now.  —  (Credit: data by Net Applications; chart by Stephen Shankland/CNET)  —  Microsoft's Internet Explorer regained some of the browser usage it's lost in recent years …
Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:
Found Makes Searching For Files Anywhere Super Simple (And Really Slick)  —  As much as many companies want to think that they are your one-stop-shop for data storage, the reality is that you probably have files spread across a handful of different places.  Your home machine, one or two Gmail inboxes …
Ben Popper / VentureBeat:
With stock price tumbling, shareholder lawyers see Groupon as juicy target  —  UPDATE: Groupon's share price is now down more than 15 percent for the day.  —  Groupon's stock has been falling since it revealed on Friday that it was revising its first quarter earnings to reflect a larger than expected loss.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Dell buys Wyse, plays ‘cloud client’ game  —  Summary: Dell expands into thin clients and virtualization software with the acquisition of Wyse.  —  Dell said it will acquire Wyse Technology in a move that gives the company more virtualization heft and an entry in thin computing.
Daniel Rubino / wpcentral:
Nokia kicks off US advertising campaign with a Beta Test, takes on the iPhone  —  There is little doubt that Nokia has the deep pockets, ingenuity and cleverness to make an effective advertising campaign for the AT&T Lumia 900.  The question is, when will “Operation Rolling Thunder” …
Rachel King / ZDNet:
Google, Oracle going to trial as settlement talks collapse  —  Summary: After trying to give an out-of-court settlement one last chance, it is definite that Google and Oracle will now go to trial.  —  It's on: Google and Oracle are set to go to trial two weeks from today now that a last-ditch attempt at a settlement has failed.
Tom Krazit / GigaOM:
Why Google isn't worried about Android revenue  —  Not all investments are made with the expectation that a big payoff is around the corner.  Google's decision to bankroll the development of Android was just such an investment, which makes the past week's back and forth over just how much money Google …
Harry McCracken / Techland:
25 Years of IBM's OS/2: The Strange Days and Surprising Afterlife of a Legendary Operating System  —  Big Blue's next-generation operating system was supposed to change everything.  It didn't.  But it's also never quite gone away.  —  The July 1987 issue of PC World magazine featured a centerfold (!) of Microsoft CEO Bill Gates.
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Kim Dotcom Back Online, Prepares To Release Music Album  —  Following his arrest in January, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was immediately deprived of his freedom.  —  On February 22nd, just over a month later, he was released on bail but heavy restrictions meant that life would not be getting back to normal.
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
Is Apple preparing a physical game controller for the iPad and iPhone?  —  Ever since the introduction of the iPhone over five years ago, Apple has scoffed at the notion that users need anything other than their fingers to control iOS devices.  Apple has never offered a stylus …
Sarah Kessler / Mashable!:
Learning to Code?  Codecademy Adds Beginner Languages HTML and CSS  —  Despite its promise to turn anyone into a computer programmer through interactive online tutorials — and its more than 1 million registered users, including New York City Mayor Bloomberg — Codecademy hasn't been equipped …
More: VentureBeat.  Thanks:@codecademy
Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:
Tumblr launches Facebook Timeline, News Feed, and Ticker integration  —  Sharing Tumblr posts on Facebook has been the same as adding any other piece of content until now.  Tumblr has just announced that it finally has been accepted as an Open Graph partner and will be publishing feeds to your Timeline …
Natasha Baker / Reuters:
Wealthy smartphone users less likely to play games, tweet  —  (Reuters) - Wealthier smartphone users are less likely to play games or tweet and will opt for news, travel or finance apps, according to a new study.  —  The research by The Luxury Institute focused on app usage among wealthy consumers …
Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat:
Yahoo dives deeper down the Node.js rabbit hole with open-source Mojito  —  Today, Yahoo is open-sourcing Mojito, a bit of software that uses JavaScript and Node.js to run a single codebase both on client and server side.  —  Mojito is one of a few Node-centric projects Yahoo's been brewing.
Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:
Revealed: Bono And The Edge of U2 Are Dropbox Investors  —  In the annals of celebrities investing in tech startups, this one's looking especially smart.  Bono and The Edge, the singer and lead guitarist of Irish rock band U2, got into Dropbox's $250 million second round last year, they said in a tweet today.
Jeff Roberts / paidContent:
Lawsuit Says Circumstantial Evidence Enough To Prove e-Book Conspiracy  —  The plaintiffs who are accusing Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and publishers of fixing e-book prices say they don't have to show an actual meeting took place.  Instead, they say, indirect evidence like price jumps and a common motive …
Greg Sandoval / CNET:
Hollywood formally brings ISPs into the anti-piracy fight  —  The country's top Internet service providers, along with major film and recorded music companies, announced that they have hired the person who will oversee their joint antipiracy efforts, scheduled to begin this summer.

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