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August 12, 2012, 9:30 AM

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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

uTorrent Becomes Ad-Supported to Rake in Millions — uTorrent for Windows saw its first public release in September 2005 and soon became the most widely used BitTorrent application. Today over 125 million users worldwide use the client regularly and this number continues to rise.

More: The Verge, Gizmodo and Neowin

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Malaria is no excuse for patent trolling, Mr. Myhrvold — Nathan Myhrvold, CEO of Intellectual Ventures, took issue with GigaOM this week after we expressed skepticism about his company's plans to hire a “VP of Global Good.” — In an interview with tech site Geekwire, Myhrvold said …

Tweets: @tomkrazit and @dangillmor

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

A feisty Nathan Myhrvold defends his quest for ‘Global Good’ — Scientists and researchers working with Intellectual Ventures have come up with lots of wild ideas over the years. Some of them have the potential to help the world, ranging from a laser to zap mosquitoes to a container for preserving vaccines for long periods of time.

More: Slashdot. Tweets: @counternotions

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Outlook.com team hints at IMAP support, admits Mac client support 'isn't great' — Microsoft launched its all-new Outlook.com late last month, but Mac users and fans of IMAP were left out in the cold. Although Microsoft has never officially supported IMAP in Hotmail, a large number of users have always called for its inclusion.

More: Neowin, NDTV Gadgets and GadgeTell

Matthew Wong / Venture Capital Dispatch:

VCs Tune In to YouTube Channels — Producer and director Brian Robbins started AwesomenessTV six months ago to provide streaming shows ranging from a version of “The View” for teenage girls to a program featuring sports highlights and bloopers hosted by NBA star Blake Griffin.

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Joe Pollicino / Engadget:

Barnes & Noble cuts prices across its Nook lineup, vies for your budget tablet affection — In what could be seen as a response to the positive reaction that Google's $200 Nexus 7 has garnered, Barnes & Noble has just cut down the prices on all three of its Android-based, seven-inch Nook Tablets.

More: Good E-Reader

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Spotify Radio for desktop gets thumbs up/down feature, letting you sync the songs you like across devices — Spotify enabled mobile radio on iOS a month ago, with the same functionality landing on Android last week. — Spotify Radio lets users create radio stations based on any artist, album or playlist.

More: The Verge, Engadget, Download Spotify and GadgeTell

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

How YouTube Will Escape Google's New Pirate Penalty — Google has announced that it will soon penalize sites that are repeatedly accused of copyright infringement. But one site in particular doesn't need to worry: Google's own YouTube. It has a unique immunity against the forthcoming penalty.

More: CNET, SEO Book.com, PC World, The Verge, Gizmodo, Geek News Central, VentureBeat, Geekosystem, Softpedia News and Guardian. See also Mediagazer

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

The Emanuel Update: Google Will Penalize Sites Repeatedly Accused Of Copyright Infringement

More: Forbes, A VC, RIAA, eWeek, Digital Media Wire, Neowin, insidesearch.blogspot.co.uk and The Register

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Apple Offered to License its Patents to Samsung for $30 Per Smartphone, $40 Per Tablet — Apple executives have testified the company was “shocked” when Samsung debuted its first Galaxy phones. But, considering the Korean company was a major supplier, Apple apparently was also willing to make a deal with its rival.

Violet Blue / CNET:

Piracy witch hunt downs legit e-book lending Web site — commentary: Several authors on Twitter mistook an e-book lending Web site for a piracy hub, a mistake that eventually took the site offline. As the dust settles, a disturbing picture of file-sharing hysteria emerges.

More: The Digital Media Machine, The Verge, GigaOM and Techdirt. See also Mediagazer

RT:

Stratfor emails reveal secret, widespread TrapWire surveillance system — Former senior intelligence officials have created a detailed surveillance system more accurate than modern facial recognition technology — and have installed it across the US under the radar of most Americans, according to emails hacked by Anonymous.

More: Public Intelligence, Salon, Hit & Run, Business Insider, Neowin, VentureBeat, The Register, Featured stories and Daily Dot

MG Siegler:

You Either Die A Hero Or You Become The Villain — Over the past month, I've been watching Dalton Caldwell's App.net experiment with much interest. Essentially, he's trying to rebuild Twitter from the ground up, only as a fully user and developer-supported network.

More: The Next Web and GigaOM. Tweets: @hunterwalk

Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:

With three days left, App.net is 70% funded and already has developers building apps with it

More: Lifestream Blog, Business Insider, Social Igniter, Dalton Caldwell, Pulse2 Technology …, Techland, The Next Web, Gawker, AllTwitter and BuzzFeed. Tweets: @scobleizer

Don Lehman / The Tech Block:

The unibody iPhone — This is could be one of four things — 1. A very elaborate hoax. If it's a hoax, kudos to whoever made it because it would require the same amount of design and engineering effort that would go into an actual smartphone. Not to mention all of the collaboration …

More: Examiner, CNET, Computerworld, MacRumors and TechnoBuffalo. Thanks:@abdophoto

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