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1:40 AM ET, September 16, 2010

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Dean Hachamovitch / IEBlog:
Putting sites at the center of the browsing experience, using the whole PC: IE9 Beta Available for Download  —  Our approach to building a faster web browsing platform, as seen in the Platform Previews, involves using everything the PC and its hardware have to offer.
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report Blog:
Internet Explorer 9 beta review: Microsoft reinvents the browser  —  Today in San Francisco, Microsoft will officially unveil Internet Explorer 9 and make it available to the general public.  It is, without question, the most ambitious browser release Microsoft has ever undertaken …
Austin Carr / Fast Company:
Internet Explorer 9 Brings Apps to Microsoft Windows 7
Apple:
Apple's AirPrint Wireless Printing for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch Coming to Users in November  —  Available First on HP ePrint Printers  —  Apple® today announced that it is releasing a beta version of its AirPrint wireless printing for iPad™, iPhone® and iPod touch® …
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Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
iOS 4.2 turns iPad's screen lock into volume switch
Discussion: webpronews.com and The Next Web
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
iOS 4.2 on iPad preview (video) (updated)
Alex Payne / Online Writing:
The Very Last Thing I'll Write About Twitter  —  I have an odd mental relationship with my former employer.  Clearly, I wouldn't have worked there for three and a half years if I didn't care about the product and the community.  But then, I wouldn't have left if I really wanted to see that commitment through.
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Skyhook Sues Google in a Location Battle Royale  —  Updated: Skyhook Wireless, the company that provides software and a database for determining location using nearby Wi-Fi signals, has sued Google for interfering with its business and for patent infringement.
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Why Skyhook Is Suing Google: Google Basically Forced Motorola …
John Boudreau / Mercury News:
Apple to announce subscription plan for newspapers  —  Apple is expected to announce soon a new subscription plan for newspapers, which hope tablets like the iPad will eventually provide a new source of profit as media companies struggle with declining print circulation and advertising revenue.
Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
Finding the Best Way to Read Books on an iPad  —  Though it's just five months old, Apple's iPad is a certifiable hit, having already sold millions of units and spawning tens of thousands of apps tailored for its 10-inch screen.  The tablet has prompted many of its owners to use it instead …
Ed Christman / Billboard.Biz:
Exclusive: Sources Detail Google's Proposal For A Music Service  —  Google is circulating a proposal among major record labels for a long-anticipated music service that would include an a la carte digital download store and a subscription-based cloud-based locker, according to industry sources.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:   Google Music: Part iTunes, Part Lala, Part Awesome. But...
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Status Of CrunchPad Litigation  —  Late last year, on the eve of launch, I announced the end of the CrunchPad project, sadly ending a very exciting one and a half year effort to create a very inexpensive touch screen tablet computer.  —  Our partner, Fusion Garage, had inexplicably decided …
Discussion: Electronista
Tricia Duryee / mocoNews:
Apple Continued To Lose U.S. Marketshare Despite Spike From iPhone 4 Sales  —  Apple's iPhone 4 did not give the company the bump in sales it needed to put Android's momentum in check.  Instead, Apple's smartphone marketshare in the U.S. dropped by 1.3 percent in the three months ended in July …
Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
LinkedIn's CEO on the perks to keeping profiles fresh  —  Correction: The headline of this story has been changed to address an inaccuracy with how many LinkedIn users were updating their profiles.  —  SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Any perceptions of LinkedIn being a place where people fill …
Discussion: VentureBeat
Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
‘Halo: Reach’: $200M in 24 hours, biggest game in Microsoft history  —  “Halo: Reach,” the new installment in the blockbuster Xbox 360 series, topped $200 million in sales in the U.S. and Europe in its first 24 hours, according to data released by Microsoft tonight.
Discussion: The Next Web, Thanks:rawmeet
Colin Gibbs / GigaOM:
T-Mobile to Implement a Twitter Tax on Texts?  —  In a move that could impact text messaging offerings like tweets, bank alerts and sports scores, T-Mobile USA is planning to charge an additional toll to businesses that send texts over its network.  Beginning Oct. 1, the carrier reportedly …
Peter Kasting / Google Chrome Blog:
Tip: Just the text, please!  —  Has this ever happened to you?  You're writing an email online and you try to copy some text from a webpage.  But when you paste it in, you get all the original fonts, colors, and spacing.  “Wait!” you say, “I just wanted the text!”
Discussion: Download Squad
Join Diaspora Blog:
Developer Release  —  Today we are releasing the source code for Diaspora.  This is now a community project and development is open to anyone with the technical expertise who shares the vision of a social network that puts users in control.  From now on we will be working closely …
Discussion: The Next Web, TechCrunch and YOYODYNE, Thanks:hornokplease
Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb:
NPR API Architect Headed to Netflix  —  Daniel Jacobson, responsible for NPR's trailblazing API, is leaving his post to join Netflix next month.  Jacobson will become API Director of Engineering for the movie rental service, looking to support the company's continued expansion to additional streaming devices.
Mike / Understanding Google Maps & Local Search:
Google Adds Slideshow Option to Place's Photos  —  Google has just announced on the Lat-Long Blog that images on a Places Page, whether uploaded by the owner or included via Panoramio, are now viewable in a slide show mode.  From the Lat-Long blog:  —  Today, we're offering you a better, more streamlined way to view these photos.
Tom Simonite / Technology Review:
License Plates Used for Public Messaging  —  Apps that read license plates can send notes to their owners, and help businesses track customers.  —  Next time you're stuck in traffic, take a look at the license plates on the cars around you.  To a user of bump.com—which launches today …
Discussion: PC Magazine and PogoWasRight.org
Aza Raskin / Aza on Design:
Firefox Panorama: Search proof-of-concept  —  There are two modes people use for finding information: browsing and searching.  Browsing is for when you don't know exactly what you want to find, and search is for when you know exactly for what you are looking.
Discussion: Lifehacker and Download Squad, Thanks:atul
 
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The real Facebook burglaries story
Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Launches Dashboard for Multiple Advertiser Accounts
Sinead Carew / MediaFile:
Yahoo Chief slams Apple's iAd
Discussion: Tech Trader Daily
Kford / Hunch Blog:
Hunch launches Partner Platform for personalization; 7 inaugural …
Discussion: TechCrunch
Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
What's It Like to Develop Apps for Nokia Phones?
Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
Singel-Minded: Craigslist Took One for the Open Internet
Discussion: Wired News, The Atlantic Online and Gawker, Thanks:atul
Ionut Arghire / Softpedia News:
Windows Phone 7 Showcased in Bing Ad
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Markus Persson / The Word of Notch:
How piracy works.  —  Large parts of the culture these days exists …
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The Scott Trust approves the sale of The Observer to Tortoise, despite two days of strikes by Guardian and Observer staffers against the deal

Harry Litman / Talking Feds Substack:
LA Times op-ed contributor Harry Litman resigns, saying he's protesting the “repugnant and dangerous” actions to appease Trump by owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources: Condé Nast lays off some top executives including VPs and SVPs in marketing and sales, along with key staff in events, social media, and editorial jobs

 
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