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Rafe Needleman / CNET:

Here comes Yahoo's own Web browser — Axis — Yahoo is announcing tonight that it's getting into the browser business with its new Axis browser. There are versions for iPad and iPhone, and plug-ins for the desktop browsers Chrome, Firefox, IE, and Safari.

Yahoo! Screen:

Yahoo! Axis Demo — Yahoo! Axis is a new kind of browser that redefines what it means to search and browse the web. Watch this video to see how Axis works on your computer, iPhone and iPad.

More: Techland

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Good Lord, I Might Now Want to Use Yahoo Search Again — Product Dudes Talk About New Axis Browser (Video) — Yahoo introduced its new Axis browser tonight, with versions for the Apple iPad and iPhone, as well as plug-ins for the top desktop browsers. — The company briefed a media army …

More: ZDNet, ReadWriteWeb and BlogsDNA

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Yahoo Axis on desktop, iOS unifies your bookmarks, makes the web visual (hands-on)

More: CNET, Ars Technica, Appolicious ™ App Directory and iClarified

Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:

Who's the big winner in the release of Yahoo! Axis? Microsoft's Bing

More: The H Security

Cliff Kuang / Co.DESIGN:

Yahoo! Announces Axis, A New Visual Paradigm In Web Search UI

More: VentureBeat

Sam Ro / Business Insider:

WSJ Names Two Big Facebook Investors Who Got Selectively Disclosed Information — Business Insider's Henry Blodget first reported that large institutional investors may have had an information advantage over individual investors ahead of the Facebook IPO. — Specifically, a Facebook …

More: Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal and Dealbreaker

Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:

Meet Facebook's Fall Guy — I've only been skimming the news about Facebook's IPO over the last 24 hours, but two or three times now I've read that Facebook's CFO David Ebersman “decided” to increase the size of the offering at the last minute. Example (and, shame on the WSJ for just publishing what was fed to them).

More: Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal

Markcuban / blog maverick:

Facebook IPO Post Mortem - Killer - but not for the reasons you think !

Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:

Congressional panels reviewing Facebook IPO issues

More: VatorNews, VentureBeat and Senator Brown's Press Feed

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

NYSE pitches listing to Facebook after IPO mess: source

More: Bloomberg, CNET, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Inside Facebook and Business Insider

Tweets: @emilychangtv, @cgasparino, @emilychangtv and @emilychangtv

Joseph A. Giannone / Reuters:

Morgan Stanley to adjust prices on Facebook trades

More: WebProNews and This Just In

Reuters:

Facebook, Zuckerberg, banks sued over IPO

More: Business Insider, Computerworld, tinyComb, AllThingsD, PE Hub Blog, Rational Irrationality, WebProNews, CNET, Los Angeles Times, AllFacebook, broadstuff, msnbc.com, Dealbreaker, Techland, Bloomberg, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Inquirer, Guardian and SlashGear

Tweets: @rsingel and @dannysullivan

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

Jury: Google did not infringe Oracle patents with Android — Over a week after it began deliberations, the jury has returned a verdict in the patent infringement case between Oracle and Google, finding that the search giant did not infringe upon Oracle's patents with Android.

More: Computerworld, TechEye, Groklaw, IntoMobile, Bloomberg, NBC Bay Area, Bits, Gizmodo UK, Know Your Mobile, The Next Web, CNET, Ars Technica, DailyTech, MobileSyrup.com, TechSpot, Pocketnow, BGR, Techdirt, Android Phone Fans, AllThingsD, Techie Buzz, Gizmodo, Marketing Land, Mashable!, TechCrunch and GigaOM

Tweets: @CalebGarling and @GinnyLaRoe

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

Oracle v. Google jury foreman reveals: Oracle wasn't even close — Some jurors felt Oracle's IP claims might not be in the public's best interest. — A few minutes after the Oracle v. Google verdict, the ten jurors filed out to the elevator. A group of several reporters, including me …

More: Wired, InformationWeek, CNET, ZDNet, InfoQ, CNNMoney.com and WebProNews

Hewlett-Packard:

HP Launches Multi-Year Restructuring to Fuel Innovation and Enable Investment — HP (NYSE: HPQ) today outlined plans for a multi-year productivity initiative designed to simplify business processes, advance innovation and deliver better results for customers, employees and shareholders.

More: PC Magazine, TechCrunch, The Verge, Bloomberg, Wired, Ars Technica, TechSpot, VentureBeat, Business Insider and The Next Web. Tweets: @kmclaughlin69

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

HP plans to lay off 27,000 people — 8 percent of the workforce

More: Inquirer, Softpedia News, TechCrunch, Shiny Objects, Pandora, TechEye, Pulse2 Technology …, LAPTOP Magazine, SiliconBeat, BetaNews, Forbes, Mashable!, NBC Bay Area and CNET. Tweets: @danprimack

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Autonomy, Not So Autonomous Anymore: HP CSO Bill Veghte Steps In, Founder Mike Lynch Steps Down

More: Business Insider, GigaOM and Market Wire. Thanks:@chrisvelazco

Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:

Microsoft set to release Office for iOS and Android tablets in November — BGR has learned from a reliable source that Microsoft is currently planning to release the company's full Office suite for not only Apple's iPad, but for Android tablets as well. The company is targeting November of this year for both launches.

Paul Carr / PandoDaily:

Jason Calacanis Joins PandoDaily As a Regular Columnist — Well, here's a fun announcement. PandoDaily is very pleased to welcome a new special contributor: Jason Calacanis. Jason will be writing a regular (every couple of weeks) column, offering advice to a company that's at a crossroads.

John Brownlee / Cult of Mac:

You Won't Believe How Much Crazy Science & Microscopic Tech Is Crammed Into Your iPhone's Accelerometer [Video] … Have you ever wondered how your iPhone knows up from down, or when you're shaking it? It's all because of the tiny accelerometer chip inside the device, but how does it work?

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Siri-like Voice Dictation coming to OS X Mountain Lion? — Voice is Apple's next important field of computer-input, and Siri on the iPhone 4S and voice-dictation on the third-generation iPad makes this clear. Siri, in its current implementation, seems perfect for mobile devices like the iPhone 4S …

More: MacRumors, The Next Web, The Verge, Techie Buzz, TUAW, App Advice, Redmond Pie, MacRumors, WebProNews, Business Insider, AllThingsD, Gear Live and MacNN

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

Nokia World no longer a big annual event, now multiple ‘intimate’ events; first in Helsinki on 5-6 Sept — Nokia just announced on its Conversations blog that it is moving away from organizing one major annual event to organizing more than one “smaller, more intimate events” over the course of the year.

More: Tech Europe, Phones Review, IntoMobile, Nokia Conversations, Neowin, Engadget, WMPoweruser, PhoneArena, The Nokia Blog, SlashGear, CNET, MobileSyrup.com and ZDNet

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Browser choice: A thing of the past? — Like to pick your browser? Beware, because new mobile devices threaten to stifle the competitive vigor of the market for Web browsers on PCs. — On personal computers running Windows, Macs, and Linux, you can pick from a variety of browsers …

David Kravets / Wired:

New York Legislation Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech — Did you hear the one about the New York state lawmakers who forgot about the First Amendment in the name of combating cyberbullying and “baseless political attacks”? — Proposed legislation in both chambers would require New York-based websites …

More: SlashGear, Mashable! and NYConvergence.com. See also Mediagazer

Noah Levin / The Official Google Blog:

A faster, simpler Google Search app for iPhone — Starting today, when you use the Google Search app on your iPhone, you'll see a completely redesigned interface that gives you faster results, beautiful full-screen image search, and a simple way to access all your Google apps in one place.

More: Phones Review, Softpedia News, Search Engine Land, The Next Web, VR-Zone, ReadWriteWeb, Know Your Cell, PadGadget, MobileSyrup.com, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear, ZDNet, PC Magazine, everythingiCafe, TechCrunch, Business Insider and Engadget

Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

U.S. tech team tries to attract developers to government, pledges to use open data — The CTO and CIO of the U.S. government have announced a new digital roadmap for the U.S. that encourages the further use of open data, and tries to inspire developers to work for the government.

More: The Verge, The Register, The White House, The White House, The Next Web, TechCrunch, White House.gov Blog, GigaOM, TechCrunch and O'Reilly Radar

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