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Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
What Big Brands Are Spending on Google — From BP's Boost in June to AT&T's Massive IPhone Outlay, Internal Doc Reveals What Marketers Drop on Search — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Before BP could stem the oil gusher at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, it unleashed $100 million in ad spending …
Randall Stross / New York Times:
A Strong Password Isn't the Strongest Security — MAKE your password strong, with a unique jumble of letters, numbers and punctuation marks. But memorize it — never write it down. And, oh yes, change it every few months. — These instructions are supposed to protect us. But they don't.
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ReadWriteWeb and Pitos Blog
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Your Post-Craigslist Guide to Buying Sex Online — As you've probably heard, Craigslist shut down its ‘Adult Services’ section this weekend, caving to pressure from Attorneys General and anti-trafficking groups. But Craigslist is far from the only place to score sex on the Internet.
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BuzzMachine and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Mark Hurd in Talks With Oracle — Mark Hurd, who resigned as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co. last month, is in talks to join Oracle Corp. as a top executive, people familiar with the matter said. — The exact nature of Mr. Hurd's new job couldn't be learned.
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Reuters, Silicon Alley Insider, Computerworld, New York Times, Between the Lines Blog and CNET News
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
HTC's dual-mode CDMA / GSM Android slider hits the FCC, decked out in shades of Verizon — Remember that big, honking red-and-black HTC slider that dwarfed an EVO 4G? It's back sporting Verizon colors just as we were told, and with a few more confirmed specifications thanks to the ever-reliable FCC.
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IntoMobile, Fone Arena, AndroidGuys, BlogsDNA, PhoneDog.com, Phone Arena, Electronista and Phones Review
John Markoff / New York Times:
The Boss Is Robotic, and Rolling Up Behind You — SACRAMENTO — Dr. Alan Shatzel's pager beeped at 9 on a Saturday morning. A man had suffered a stroke, and someone had to decide, quickly, whether to give him an anticlotting drug that could mean the difference between life and death.
Newsweek:
Efforts Afoot to Oust Assange as WikiLeaks Leader — As frontman for wikileaks.org, Julian Assange, the floppy-haired Australian computer hacker, has become an internationally celebrated advocate for would-be whistle-blowers. But now that Swedish prosecutors have reopened a rape investigation …
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The Daily Beast, New York Observer, New York Post and Mediaite
Jonathan Fildes / BBC:
UN reveals global disparity in broadband access — Africa is now encircled with high-speed internet cables — The global disparity in fixed broadband access and cost has been revealed by UN figures. — The Central African Republic is the most expensive place to get a fixed broadband connection …
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Real Social Network: Your Mobile Contacts — The term “social network” is of course synonymous with online networks like Facebook. But think about what you're actual social life is like for a second. Are you really closest to the people whose items you “like” the most on Facebook?
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Emergency Facetime calls? — Interesting little button on lower right hand corner of the 4th generation iPod touch Passcode screen. — Is this another Photoshop error by Apple's web artisans? Or maybe VoIP falls under the Emergency calling guidelines. — Here's another Photoshop error (see the phone icon?)
Michael Stevens / Security Week:
Defense Department's Cyberwar Credibility Gap — Undersecretary of Defense William J. Lynn has published an essay in Foreign Affairs magazine redefining the United States' stance towards cyberwarfare, and he's already getting shot at - primarily by IT pundits who find it hard to believe …
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SANS Internet Storm Center …, Thanks:wiredmike
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Blogging And Mass Psychomanipulation — If I ever write another book it will probably be about one of three topics. The first is the truth about how the press and journalism really works - the sausage making - to show just how much of a beautiful, subjective and chaotic mess it all is.
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SmoothSpan Blog
