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Erik Sherman / industry.bnet.com:
Apple Flubs iPod Event, Marketing Changing? — Apple has been the greatest corporate master, perhaps, of the event: keep a tight lid on announcements before, invite the faithful, have Steve Jobs bring in the worship, and keep people on the edges of their seats until the end.
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Sprint CEO on Pre vs iPhone: “It's like comparing someone to Michael Jordan” — Charlie Rose asked Sprint CEO Dan Hesse about how the Palm Pre is doing against the Apple iPhone. The bottom line: Well, but not too well. It almost feels like he's admitting defeat from the start.
John Foley / InformationWeek:
First Look At Amazon's Oregon Data Center — See our photos of the e-commerce giant's new $100-million, 100,000-square-foot-plus site under construction along the Columbia River. — Amazon.com has confirmed that a major data center under construction on the Columbia River in Oregon belongs to the company.
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Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
Hands-On: iPod Nano vs. Flip SD — We were intrigued and excited about the addition of a video camera to the iPod nano this week. Apple threw the gauntlet down against the Flip in the battle to get stupidly simple video cameras into the hands of consumers. But how do the two compare when used literally side-by-side?
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Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Review: Apple's fifth-generation iPod nano (2009) — The glossy-finished new fifth-gen iPod nano builds upon last year's tall and slim form factor by adding video recording, FM radio with iPod tagging and Live Pause, VoiceOver navigation, a built-in Nike+ step counter, and a slightly larger and improved 2.2" …
Boy Genius Report:
Yep, Motorola CLIQ definitely launching in October to T-Mobile — Thanks to one of our top ninjas, we've been able to score this shot of an internal T-Mobile PowerPoint clearly showing the Motorola CLIQ release date listed as October which further supports our previous story about a mid-October launch.
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Jay Robinson:
Some Notes On iTunes LP — It's clear that I'm pretty excited about iTunes LP. The “deluxe album” format from the iTunes Store is an attempt to revitalize music sales by providing an immersive digital experience complete with detailed art reminiscent of when people used to buy records.
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Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica:
Microsoft: Windows 7 upgrade can take nearly a day — While developing Windows 7, Microsoft ran many different performance tests to make sure the operating system was an improvement over its predecessors. One of the tests focused on upgrade performance: Microsoft wanted to make sure …
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Download Squad, Neowin.net, Lockergnome Blog Network, CrunchGear, Gizmodo, Engadget and digg.com
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Danny Sullivan: Carol Bartz Is The Sarah Palin Of Search — Danny Sullivan shares an interesting theory: — Is Carol Bartz the Sarah Palin of search? You be the judge! — Danny has a bunch of other smart things to say about Carol and search, too. (Click through here to access the links):
Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
Goodbye, Gobbledygook — SUNNYVALE, Calif. — For the last 30 years, the computer industry has bragged about its achievements. And when the industry was excited about a breakthrough, it expected — even demanded — that consumers get excited, too. But that less-than-symbiotic relationship may be coming to an end.
Ross Miller / Engadget:
Zune HD promotional videos offer brief glimpse at 3D gaming — Zune HD may really be just around the corner — this Tuesday, in fact — but there's still a few things we don't know about. Enter a handful of promotional videos care of Buy TV to fill in some pieces.
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Podcasting News, WMPoweruser.com, Neowin.net, MobileTechWorld, Ubergizmo, Joystiq and techeblog.com
Josh Lowensohn / Webware.com:
10 TechCrunch50 grads: Where are they now? — Tech blog TechCrunch is hosting the third iteration of its annual startup show next week, where 50 brand new sites and services are slated to be launched. The show was started in early-2007 by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington and entrepreneur …
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Greg Sterling / Internet2Go:
Do iPhone Users Hate Ads? — As I said yesterday, reconciling all the conflicting survey and behavioral data on consumers' attitudes toward mobile advertising is difficult. Generally speaking consumers will say they don't like ads on mobile devices, but respond to advertising and offers when they receive them.
