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September 14, 2012, 5:15 AM

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Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Apple's iPhone 5 now available to preorder in select launch countries — Following Apple's announcement of the iPhone 5 on September 12, the new smartphone is now available to preorder in the select launch countries, which include the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the UK.

More: Engadget, MacRumors, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint and TodaysiPhone.com

Matt Townsend / Bloomberg:

Wal-Mart to Offer Apple's Pre-Orders for First Time — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), the world's largest retailer, will take pre-orders for the new Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhone for the first time and offer discounts on the device. — The iPhone 5, announced yesterday, can be ordered tomorrow …

More: CNET, VentureBeat, IntoMobile and Gizmodo

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple's iPhone 5 Pre-order Shipping Estimates Slip to Two Weeks — Just an hour after pre-orders for the iPhone 5 went live, Apple Store shipping estimates for new pre-orders have already slipped to two weeks in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Germany, and Australia.

More: The Next Web, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, TechCrunch and Business Insider

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

iPhone 5 Unlocked U.S. Pricing: $649 (16GB), $749 (32GB), And $849 (64GB)

More: iMore.com, The Next Web, Gotta Be Mobile, The Verge, MacRumors, CNET, iClarified, iDownloadBlog.com, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo and Techie Buzz

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

iPhone 5 won't support simultaneous voice and data on Verizon or Sprint — Apple's new iPhone 5 features support for LTE networks across the world, but it won't be able to offer simultaneous voice and data on all of them. The Verge has confirmed with Verizon Wireless that the iPhone 5 …

Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

Will LTE buckle under the iPhone 5's weight? — If you've owned a smartphone on AT&T for longer than a couple years, you likely remember this well: the network was pushed to the brink of disaster by the overwhelming popularity of the iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4. Prior to the iPhone …

More: AllThingsD, iMore.com, Ars Technica, AllThingsD, iDownloadBlog.com and TechCrunch

Brian X. Chen / NYT Bits:

Why the iPhone 5 on Verizon and Sprint Won't Juggle Calls and Data — A lot has changed in Apple's new iPhone. But with the Verizon Wireless and Sprint versions of the iPhone 5, there's something that will remain the same from the old model: The phone still won't be able to place a call …

More: CNET, TUAW, CNET, Engadget, Examiner, BGR, ...by Matt Galligan, Associated Press, MacRumors, everythingiCafe, Gizmodo, nbcnews.com, Macworld, MacRumors and 9to5Mac. Thanks:@bxchen

Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:

What's AT&T planning? Hidden specs unearthed in the GSM iPhone 5 — There's more to the AT&T version of the iPhone 5 than meets the eye. ExtremeTech's Neal Gompa sorted through the device's testing documentation at the Federal Communications Commission and found there are two more 4G …

More: ExtremeTech and iClarified

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Thoughts and Observations Regarding Yesterday's iPhone 5 and Music Event — A Double Feature — There's been a consistent formula to the post-Steve Jobs Apple keynote events. Tim Cook opens, and speaks in broad terms about where Apple is. Numbers and milestones.

More: The Verge

Sean Hollister / The Verge:

Apple says Lightning to HDMI and Lightning to VGA cables will arrive in a matter of months — There's been some confusion as to what Apple's new all-digital Lightning connector will be capable of, but the company has just cleared that up. An Apple spokesperson told The Verge that Lightning …

More: iMore.com, Engadget, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, MacDailyNews and Pogue's Posts

Michael Rose / TUAW:

Lightning 30-pin adapter works with analog audio, “iPod Out” doesn't mean what you think it means — A certain degree of confusion around not-yet-shipping products is inevitable, as hands-on information is limited and manufacturers' descriptions may be cryptic.

More: iMore.com, CNET, The Next Web, eWeek, Computerworld, Macworld, WebProNews and ReadWriteWeb

Jake Smith / 9to5Mac:

Apple releases Lightning to Micro USB adapter for Europeans

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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Microsoft employees getting free Surface tablets, new work PCs, Windows Phone 8 — Microsoft employees are just getting out of their big company meeting at KeyArena in Seattle, and if you hear any of them comparing Steve Ballmer to Oprah, there's a reason: The company announced a surprise package …

More: The Verge, Engadget, Forbes, BGR, memeburn, Windows 8 Beta, ZDNet, Microsoft News Tracker and Neowin. Thanks:@johnhcook

John Battelle / John Battelle's Search Blog:

Am I An Outlier, Or Are Apple Products No Longer Easy To Use? — I've been a Mac guy for almost my entire adult life. I wrote my first college papers on a typewriter, but by the end of my freshman year - almost 30 years ago - I was on an IBM PC. Then, in 1984, I found the Mac, and I never looked back.

Tweets: @edbott, @mattrosoff and @glennf

David Pogue / Pogue's Posts:

Google Glass and the Future of Technology — New gadgets — I mean whole new gadget categories — don't come along very often. The iPhone was one recent example. You could argue that the iPad was another. But if there's anything at all as different and bold on the horizon, surely it's Google Glass.

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple's new iCloud.com officially launches with updated Mail, Find My iPhone, Reminders and Notes apps — Apple has today launched the new official version of iCloud.com — its web portal for cloud services — to all users, reports 9to5Mac. The site features versions of its Mail …

More: iMore.com, Softpedia News, The Verge, AppleInsider, MacStories, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, CNET, MacRumors, Macgasm, TechnoBuffalo, TUAW and 9to5Mac

Dan Frommer / SplatF:

Why Does Apple Announce iPhone Pricing And Availability But Other Phone Makers Don't? — One of the nice things Apple does when announcing a new product — which its competitors only sometimes do, especially in the phone industry — is tell you how much it will cost and when it will go on sale.

Tweets: @ldignan

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Google Finally Adds Do-Not-Track Support in Latest Test Version of Chrome — Google has included support for the Do Not Track privacy setting in its latest Chrome developer build, which was released today. — Do Not Track — which aims to help users opt out of being tracked across Web sites …

More: BrowserFame and Neowin

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Google adds another cool tool to Search: The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon — Forget using Google's more powerful search operators, the best ones are the most fun ones. We've seen ‘tilt’ and ‘do a barrel roll’, but over the past day or so, the company has added another cool new search operator: Bacon number.

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

French 3 Strikes: Court Fines First File-Sharer, Even Though He's Innocent — For almost two years France has been running its controversial “3 strikes” mechanism to deal with the issue of online digital media piracy. — Alleged pirates are sent three warnings before being punished …

More: ZDNet, Softpedia News, Electronic Frontier Foundation, CNET, Techdirt, Ars Technica, Daily Dot and Boing Boing

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

After a decade of research, Intel shows off its digital radio chip — Justin Rattner demonstrated Intel's first all-digital WiFi radio chip after more than a decade of research. That radio is the stepping stone for microprocessors — from the smallest sensor chips to supercomputers …

More: ZDNet, ZDNet, ZDNet, PC World, HEXUS.net Tech Latest Content, Tech Trader Daily, TechEye, The Register and ZDNet

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft details Office 2013 RT, confirms Preview release and lack of Macros or add-ins — We got a brief look at Office 2013 RT for Windows RT tablets at IFA last month, but Microsoft is revealing the finer details of the software today. In a post on the company's Office Next blog …

More: Softpedia News, The Microsoft Office Blog, The Register, Seattle Times, DailyTech, Pocketables, Ars Technica, Computerworld, Business Insider, Liliputing, Neowin, Engadget and WinBeta

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Friendster Founder Jonathan Abrams Launches Nuzzel: A Fast, Simple, Social News Reader — Jonathan Abrams, whose resume as a founder or co-founder includes the Founders Den startup workspace, event service Socializr, social bookmarking service HotLinks, and Friendster (I don't need to explain that last one …

More: VentureBeat and GigaOM

Harrison Weber / The Next Web:

Google and Khan Academy launch contest to bring new forms of education to YouTube — Google has just announced that it is teaming up with Khan Academy for a new competition to find the next generation of “educational YouTube stars.” This news comes as interest in new forms …

More: TechCrunch, YouTube Blog, SocialTimes and Edudemic

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