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9:45 PM ET, December 29, 2009

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David / TmoNews:
T-Mobile “Officially” Confirms Google Phone  —  Update: Our sources are confirming a January 5th date, 9am, ordering through Google ONLY.  Sadly, still no word on pricing.  —  T-Mobile has gone and made their expected support of the Google Phone aka Nexus One “official” this morning, albeit in a vague sort of way.
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Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
Leaked Nexus One Documents: $530 Unlocked, $180 With T-Mobile  —  A tipster just sent in these Nexus One screenshots that supposedly confirms two things: that Google will sell it unlocked and unsubsidized for $530, and that Google will sell it by themselves.  Plus, some other very interesting details.
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Google Announces Jan. 5 Android Event  —  This just in: Google will host an Android press gathering at its global HQ on Jan. 5 (click on image below to enlarge).  Presumably, the event will have something to do with the company's Nexus One, an Android phone that Google plans to sell …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
With Nexus One, Is Google Eating Its Own Dogfood Or Its Own Children?  —  January 5.  That's the day we'll learn all we want to know about the Nexus One.  Google didn't explicitly say anything about the device in its invites today for an “Android press gathering,” but we all know what is coming.
Discussion: TmoNews
Arn / MacRumors:
Another Buried Apple Trademark - ‘iGuide’ as Another Name or Service for iSlate?  —  With the revelation that Apple had acquired the iSlate.com domain and iSlate trademarks, it seemed clear to us that iSlate was the likely name for Apple's upcoming tablet computer.
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Liz Gannes / GigaOM:
My Wish for 2010: A Personal Dashboard for the Social Web  —  Give, give, give — that's all I (and other social web users) do.  We share a lot of information about ourselves these days, and we get a lot out of that experience (monetarily speaking, the companies that provide the social web environment get even more).
Discussion: Shooting at Bubbles, Thanks:atul
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
It Was a Facebook Christmas; Site Hits #1 in US For First Time  —  Christmas is a holiday that brings people together, so perhaps it should be no surprise that Facebook has become a part of millions of peoples' Christmas experiences.  For the first time in its history, Facebook was the number …
AppleInsider:
Magic Mouse helps Apple double share of market in 8 weeks  —  Apple's new Magic Mouse helped Apple see a twofold increase in its share of domestic mice sales last month, AppleInsider has learned, garnering the Mac maker a double-digit slice of the market for the first time ever.
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Apple Approves “Tits & Boobies” and “Pussy Lovers” Apps  —  I knew this was bound to happen sooner or later, but it's wrong.  From the iTunes description.  “If you love pussy, this application is for you.  Each and every pussy is more and more tight and super tempting.”  Really?  —  Of course not.
Discussion: GeekSmack, KRAPPS and Mobile Whack
Ashlee Vance / Bits:
Have You Zeen What H.P. Is Up To?  —  This is my Zeen.  It is the key to my Airlife.  —  I'm not sure what those two sentences mean either, but someone at Hewlett-Packard just might know.  Over the last few months, the company has quietly been applying for some glitzy-sounding trademarks …
Discussion: Gizmodo
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Reveals Push Button Antenna that may Point to Cable TV Content  —  The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a newly granted patent of Apple's that would suggest that they may be considering a push button style antenna for future devices such as their iPhone, iPod Touch or perhaps even a new tablet.
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac and Gizmodo
Michael Grothaus / TUAW:
Tim Cook gets $12.3M for watching Apple while Jobs was out  —  Apple COO Tim Cook has received $12.3 million in Apple stock for stepping in as CEO during Steve Jobs absence earlier this year.  —  Considering its been a rough couple of years for the economy and many CEOs still got large salaries …
Discussion: Yahoo! News and ParisLemon
Natalie Zmuda / AdAge:
Resource Interactive Goes ‘Off the Wall’ for Shopping on Facebook  —  Digital Agency Launches Platform That Lets Consumers Buy Products Directly From Retailers' Social-Network Page  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The latest Facebook breakthrough is coming not from a software developer but from an agency.
Kat Hannaford / Gizmodo:
Rumor: 8GB iPhone 3GS Imminent?  —  Could Apple be giving the iPhone 3G the slip, replacing the $99 model with an 8GB iPhone 3GS?  It certainly seemed plausible when we first heard about it, and now a forum-dweller has received packaging suggesting it could be true.
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Teen Muziic founder chastised by Vevo  —  The music industry's patience with Muziic and the site's teenage founder may have finally run out.  —  Rio Caraeff, chief executive of Vevo, the recently launched Web site that features music videos from three of the top four recording companies …
Discussion: hypebot and 901am
Michael Grothaus / TUAW:
Apple drops MacBook to $899 for students  —  Just a quick note that the online Apple Store has quietly dropped their white MacBook from $949 to $899 for students, teachers, and faculty members.  Some buyers are even seeing pricing as low as $728, according to Engadget.
Discussion: Engadget, Macworld and Macsimum News
Neil Fraser's News:
Google Multivac  —  In 1958 Isaac Asimov wrote a short story titled “All the Troubles of the World” (included in the collection “Nine Tomorrows").  It described a world transformed by Multivac, a giant all-knowing computer.  Asimov died in 1992, a mere four years before Larry and Sergey started …
Discussion: lalawag
Azaria Jagger / Gawker:
Escaped Inmate Taunts Cops with Facebook Pictures and Status Updates  —  Remember how, in Catch Me If You Can, fugitive Leonardo DiCaprio kept calling Detective Tom Hanks to taunt him?  Here is a convicted burglar doing the same thing, in real time on Facebook.  Should we celebrate or fear him?
Discussion: All Facebook and Mirror.co.uk
Brian Barrett / Gizmodo:
First Look at Blio, Ray Kurzweil's Tablet-Friendly Ebook Format  —  Blio, officially debuting next week at CES, lets you read your ebooks as they're intended to look on paper.  Clearly, Kurzweil is signaling his choice of tablets over e-ink, and his first shots are definitely persuasive.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Nokia Increases Scope of Patent Complaints to Include ‘Virtually All’ Apple Products  —  The legal battle between Nokia and Apple has been ratcheted up another notch today with Nokia's announcement that it has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) …
Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
Appsaurus: A Smarter Recommendation Tool Than App Store Genius  —  Let's face it: The iPhone's “Genius” recommendation tool for finding apps is mediocre at best.  Fortunately a startup cooked up something better.  It's called Appsaurus.  —  You “train” Appsaurus into understanding you better …
Jeremy Toeman / LIVEdigitally:
The Third Age of Gadgets nears its end  —  The iPad TabletMac MacTouch iSlate will supposedly launch next year, and with it comes the end of an era.  For that statement to make any sense, I should probably backtrack a bit and give a little explanation.  While considering the impact of this product …
Erik Sherman / industry.bnet.com:
Google Might Get Into Hosted Gaming Via YouTube  —  There's an interesting patent application from Google (GOOG) that was published earlier this month titled Web-Based System for Generation of Interactive Games Based on Digital Videos.  Filed February 19, 2009 and published earlier this month …
Discussion: Mashable!
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
The Secret Behind the Kindle's Best-Selling eBooks: They're Not for Sale  —  One big reason readers choose e-books over ink and paper versions: The digital ones are cheaper.  —  This wasn't the case when e-books first appeared a decade ago.  But Amazon (AMZN) has made a point of selling …
Discussion: Crave and GalleyCat
Totlol:
The story of Totlol  —  Prelude - a trap set up by Google Every start-up has a story.  This is the story of Totlol.  Because I did everything myself, it is also the story of almost two years of my life.  It's the story of a flourishing service into which I put tons of work.
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch and GigaOM, Thanks:atul
Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
‘Welcome to Macintosh’ hits CNBC Jan 4  —  ‘Welcome to Macintosh’, the independent documentary highlighting Apple Inc.'s history and following, is to make its exclusive North American television premiere on CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, on Monday, January 4 at 9:30PM ET.
Discussion: 901am
 
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