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10:50 AM ET, March 22, 2010

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New York Times:
The iPad App Derby Gets Under Way  —  It can be difficult to write software for a gadget without being able to touch it.  But that has not stopped developers from rushing to create applications for the Apple iPad.  —  For small start-ups and big Internet and media companies alike, the iPad …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Kindle for iPad and tablets makes the scene  —  It must be getting close to April 3rd because the iPad news is hotting up.  Today we get our first glimpse at Amazon's free Kindle app for the iPad.  We've also got a Barnes & Noble iPad app on the way, courtesy of a report in in the New York Times …
Discussion: GeekSmack and iPad News Hub
Tim Carmody / Snarkmarket:
Why books on the iPad just might work
Discussion: Kindle Review and TeleRead
Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:
Palm keeps pushing, announces Pixi Plus and Pre Plus for AT&T “in the coming months”  —  Palm may be down, but they're not out just yet.  Following the launch of the Pre and Pixi on Sprint last year and their respective Plus editions on Verizon back in January, Palm has just announced …
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Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:
Who will buy Palm?  —  If you're in a hurry: no one.  —  If you have more time, here is the sad story: in one day, this past Friday March 19th, Palm shares collapsed, -29% in one Nasdaq session, closing at $4.  The obvious question is why?  But a second query immediately comes up: why $4, why not zero?
Kathrin Hille / Financial Times:
Google set to announce China site closure  —  Google could reveal as early as Monday the closure of its Chinese search engine and its plan for the rest of its China operations, according to a person familiar with the situation.  —  The US internet giant said on January 12 it was no longer willing …
Discussion: Digital Daily, Neowin.net and AppScout
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Rebecca MacKinnon / RConversation:
Chinese netizens' open letter to the Chinese Government and Google
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
DEMO: InVisage's QuantumFilm enables gorgeous camera phone pictures  —  InVisage is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week.  These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.
Financial Times:
Skype founders raise $165m for new fund  —  Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the founders of Skype, have raised a new venture capital fund for investing in so-called “disruptive” early-stage European technology.  —  Atomico Ventures, the London-based group established by the pair in 2006 …
Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
The Man Corporations Love and Xenophobes Hate  —  During my recent trip to India, I flew down to Bangalore for one reason: To meet N.R. Narayana Murthy.  Murthy is the co-founder, executive chairman and former CEO for 21 years of Infosys, the first Indian company to go public on Nasdaq …
Thanks:mrehsi
Alice Rawsthorn / New York Times:
Why @ Is Held in Such High Design Esteem  —  NEW YORK — The French and Italians have nicknamed it the “snail.”  The Norwegians have plumped for “pig's tail,” the Germans “monkey's tail,” and the Chinese “little mouse.”  The Russians think of it as a dog, and the Finns as a slumbering cat.
Discussion: Gizmodo Australia
Tim Anderson / The Register:
Windows Phone 7: Microsoft's exercise in self restraint  —  Thank God for Apple  —  Mix10 The key difference between Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile is not Silverlight, the Windows Marketplace lock-in, nor the disallowing of native-code applications.  —  Rather, Windows Phone 7 …
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Intel and AMD update desktop CPU lineups  —  Intel and AMD have both recently updated their desktop processor lineups and will launch several new CPUs including six-core and low- voltage processors, according to sources from motherboard makers.  —  Intel will soon launch …
Discussion: Hardware 2.0 and Softpedia News
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Why Google Made BitTorrent a Success  —  BitTorrent has emerged as the dominant filesharing protocol in recent years.  Hundreds of millions of computers have a BitTorrent client installed and torrent sites are among the most frequently visited websites on the Internet.
/ Louis Gray:
My6sense Intros Attention API for Hyper-Relevant Web  —  Content is coming at us from every direction in the form of streams, from blogs to tweets to social networks.  These streams are combining to become information waterfalls of noise from practically every direction …
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Microsoft's browser loses market share in Europe  —  (Reuters) - Microsoft's Internet Explorer has lost market share in major European markets, such as France, Britain and Italy, after the U.S. software firm started to make it easier for European consumers to use competing browsers.
Discussion: Electronista and Engadget
Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:
AT&T to soon unveil Android-powered Dell Aero  —  Well, that was unexpected.  Tacked on to the news of the Palm Pixi Plus and Pre Plus finding their way to AT&T was a passing mention that AT&T would soon be pulling back the curtains on an Android-powered phone by Dell called the Aero.
 
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Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Why Is Every App A Game? The Badgeification Of The Internet
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Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Paywall On-Ramps Get A Workaround
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost:
DoubleClick Lead Architect Launches Search Retargeting Platform
New York Times:
Academic Paper in China Sets Off Alarms in U.S.
Kunur Patel / AdAge:
Forget Foursquare: Why Location Marketing Is New Point-of-Purchase
Thanks:atul
Alexandria Sage / Reuters:
EBay, NRF to take on organized U.S. retail crime
Keith Dsouza / Techie Buzz:
Tr.im Stops Web URL Shortening, Continues API
Discussion: The Next Web and Black Web 2.0, Thanks:keithlinks
Michael Cooney / Network World:
IRS security faults leave taxpayer information at risk
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
More ACTA Leaks: Would Create Special Organization To Manage …
Discussion: Ars Technica
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Switzerland passes violent games ban
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Stat Rant: Does Facebook Trump Google For News & Can't We Measure Twitter Correctly?
Paul Carr / TechCrunch:
NSFW: Jimmy Wales Wants Me Dead (The Neutrality Of This Article Is Disputed)
Robert Quigley / Geekosystem:
Ben Folds Performs Live on Chatroulette at Charlotte Concert [Video]
Discussion: Pulse2
Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Anonymous Comments: Are They Good or Evil?
Thomas Erdbrink / Washington Post:
Iranian developers defy huge odds to create acclaimed computer game
Discussion: VentureBeat
 

 
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