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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Firefox Just Perfected Tabbed Browsing.  It's Like Apple's Expose Plus Spaces For The Web  —  If you're anything like me, at any given time you have a dozen to two dozen tabs open across multiple web browser windows.  It's great to have all these webpages open and ready to click on at any second …
Discussion: Erictric and Gizmodo Australia
BBC News:
India shows $35 ‘iPad’ prototype  —  The Indian government has unveiled the prototype of an iPad-like touch-screen laptop, with a price tag of $35 (£23), which it hopes to roll out next year.  —  Aimed at students, the tablet supports web browsing, video conferencing and word processing, say developers.
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Priya Ganapati / Gadget Lab:
Why India's $35 Tablet May Be Just a Dream
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Takes on Droid X With Latest Smartphone Antenna Video  —  After its iPhone 4 press conference last week, Apple posted a new smartphone antenna performance page on its site highlighting how several other smartphones experience similar decreases of signal bars to that of the iPhone 4.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Apple's Real Problem With The White iPhone 4 — Well, Potentially  —  I've fielded a lot of questions today about the iPhone 4.  No, not about the antenna — that was last week — today, all people want to know is why the hell is white version being delayed again?  Like everyone else outside of Apple, I have no idea.
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How to Get Your Free iPhone Bumper
Amanda Surya / YouTube API Blog:
A New Way To Embed YouTube Videos  —  An enhancement to our video embed capability is now available through a new embed code style.  This new style uses <iframe> and looks like this:  —  <iframe class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ VIDEO_ID" frameborder="0">
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Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:   YouTube testing hybrid HTML5/Flash embeds
John Fortt / Tech Check:
HP Using Own Software in Phone Wars with Apple, Google  —  In its bid to take on Apple and Google in smartphones, Hewlett-Packard won't use Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 software.  Instead, HP [HPQ 46.15 .08 (+.17%)] Executive Vice President Todd Bradley told me that the PC giant will exclusively use …
David Goldman / CNNMoney.com:
Most iPhone users love AT&T  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Despite a very vocal group of detractors, the vast majority of iPhone users love AT&T.  —  That's the key finding in a survey released this week by Yankee Group, which reports that 73% of iPhone users are very satisfied with AT&T's service.
Jaikumar Vijayan / Computerworld:
Fake femme fatale shows social network risks  —  Researcher Thomas Ryan says fictitious Robin Sage character fooled many holding security, military and intelligence posts … A security researcher created a fake online profile for a fictional cyberthreat analyst named “Robin Sage.”
Duncan Geere / Wired.co.uk:
Samsung offering Galaxy S phones to frustrated iPhone users  —  It appears that technology giant Samsung is handing out free Galaxy S smartphones to iPhone 4 owners frustrated by reception problems.  An account on Twitter called @samsungukmobile is contacting people who've tweeted …
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple warns of short-term iMac shortages ahead of new models - sources  —  Apple late this month began advising its direct and indirect sales channels of near-term shortages of its popular all-in-one desktops, as the company prepares draw down inventories ahead of introducing new models in the coming weeks.
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Mac Pro Unavailable for In-Store Reservations at Many Locations
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Tech worker testifies of ‘blue screen of death’ on oil rig's computer  —  Crucial drilling monitoring and control system crippled by crashes, says rig's chief electronics technician  —  Computerworld - A computer that monitored drilling operations on the Deepwater Horizon had been freezing with a …
Cecilia Kang / Post Tech:
Wireless group sues San Francisco over cellphone ordinance  —  The wireless industry's biggest trade group said Friday that it has sued the city of San Francisco for its recent ordinance requiring retailers to display the radiation levels emitted from cellphones.
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
iPad Attracting “Surprising” Interest From Businesses, Says AT&T, Which Activated 400-500K Last Quarter  —  AT&T said on its earnings call today that it activated 400,000 to 500,000 3G iPads during Q2.  —  Remember that was basically just the last two months of Q2, as the iPad 3G didn't ship until the end of April.
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Fewer Than 900,000 Kindles And 3G Nooks Activated In U.S. Last Quarter
Discussion: Kindle Review and Electronista
Miguel Bustillo / Wall Street Journal:
Wal-Mart Radio Tags to Track Clothing  —  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to roll out sophisticated electronic ID tags to track individual pairs of jeans and underwear, the first step in a system that advocates say better controls inventory but some critics say raises privacy concerns.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter Nabs Google's Lead Android Evangelist.  Next Target: Students  —  After a bit of a slow start, the Android app ecosystem is now growing at a rapid clip, as it nears 100,000 apps.  One of the people Google can thank for that is Sun Hu Kim, their lead for Android developer marketing.
Discussion: Fortune
 
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