Techmeme: Amazon Kindle Coming to Staples Oct. 10 (Chloe Albanesius/PC Magazine)

6:10 PM ET, October 7, 2010

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Nick Bilton / Bits:

What Did Microsoft and Adobe Chiefs Talk About? — Left Brendan Smialowski/Bloomberg; right, Matthew Staver/Bloomberg. — Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer of Adobe. At right, Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft. — Steven A. Ballmer …

Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Adobe Soars On NYT Report Microsoft May Bid; Stock Halted …

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider

Ryan Block / gdgt:

With Antennagate over, is Glassgate next for the iPhone 4? — Whether or not you've experienced the iPhone 4's famed death grip, or even believe it's a real phenomenon (and based on extensive personal experience I can assure you that it is), the whole Antennagate scandal undoubtedly left …

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, Hardware 2.0 Blog, Engadget, MacRumors, Erictric, Cult of Mac, Phone Arena, IntoMobile, Geek.com, iLounge, everythingiCafe, Gizmodo and Edible Apple, Thanks:atul

Stan Medvedenko / Sony Insider:

Sizes And Pricing for Sony Google TV Family Leaked — Many of our readers out there are pretty excited about the Sony Google TV. We've written about it nearly a dozen times and it's basically a television with an Intel processor and the ability to fully surf the web (including flash sites).

Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear:

Am I Blind, Or Am I Just Not ‘Seeing’ What's So Great About Google TV? — You can't see it, but I'm tapping out over here. Why? Because for the life of me I cannot understand the hype surrounding Google TV (and by extension, the Logitech Revue and other, similar items).

Discussion: eWeek

Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:

Verizon, Apple quarreled over iPhone retail options, digital content — Major sticking points in negotiations between Verizon and Apple have reportedly been the wireless carrier's interest in allowing retail partners to sell the iPhone, and Verizon's promotion of its V Cast digital video-on-demand store.

Discussion: MediaPost, DSLreports, DailyTech, CNNMoney.com, Digits, VentureBeat, VatorNews, Phone Arena and MacDailyNews

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Facebook Groups: Privacy Blunder or Twitter Replacement? — Facebook rolled out a comprehensive upgrade to its Groups feature on Wednesday, but judging by some of the responses from both high-profile users and regular Facebook fans, the ability to “tag” anyone and add them to a group automatically …

Discussion: TechCrunch, Search Engine Land, Technologizer, Silicon Alley Insider, blogs.chron.com, UMBC ebiquity, Inside Facebook and Stowe Boyd

Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Email I sent to Zuckerberg & Sheryl over “FORCE JOIN” Groups on Facebook

Discussion: BlogPost, L.A. Times Tech Blog, msnbc.com, GigaOM, ReadWriteWeb, Gawker, UMBC ebiquity, Fast Company and Facebook Blog

Kit Eaton / Fast Company:
Jason Calacanis Wasn't “Force-Joined” to NAMBLA's Facebook Group, Here's Why

Discussion: Search Engine Land

Nick Eaton / The Microsoft Blog:

Verizon prez: ‘Microsoft is not at the forefront of our mind’ — Some juicy remarks today from Lowell McAdam, president and COO of Verizon Communications and CEO of Verizon Wireless, about Microsoft and its standing — or lack thereof — in the mobile business.

Discussion: PC World and The Next Web

Marguerite Reardon / CNET News:
Verizon's McAdam talks 4G (Q&A)

Discussion: The Seattle Times, msnbc.com, GMSV and Engadget, Thanks:rawmeet

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

Oops! That Facebook Location Patent Forgot To Mention Crowley's Earlier Dodgeball Patent — Earlier this week, Facebook was granted a broad patent on mobile location-based social networks. It seems to cover everything from members of a social network sharing their location with each …

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, The Huffington Post and TechEye

Nick Saint / Silicon Alley Insider:
Sorry Facebook, Google Already Had A Patent On Location-Based Social Networks

Discussion: Wired In Blog| BNET, Tech Report, ReadWriteWeb and TechCrunch

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

Bit.ly Raises $10 Million Series B, Still Growing Like Crazy — It looks like short links are here to stay, at least for a while longer. Bit.ly, the largest independent link shortening service out there, closed a $10 million Series B financing. The round was led by RRE Ventures, with AOL Ventures also becoming a new investor.

Discussion: MediaMemo, VentureBeat, Silicon Alley Insider and bit.ly blog

Yehuda Katz / Katz Got Your Tongue?:

What's Wrong with “HTML5″ — In the past year or so, the term “HTML5″ has increasingly been picked up by the tech press as the successor to “DHTML”, “Web 2.0″ or “Ajax”. When used by the tech press, it is becoming a generic term for “the next generation of web technology” …

Discussion: Erictric, Mashable! and Webmonkey

Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:

Cisco: The Umi Is Simply Too Expensive To Drive Much Demand — I said it yesterday, and now the Street is saying it: Cisco (CSCO) has got to be kidding if they think people are going to line up to buy their Umi home video conferencing system with a price tag of $599 - plus $24.99 for monthly service.

Discussion: InformationWeek, CloudAve, Network World, Technologizer and Engadget

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Cisco's Umi home telepresence system: A shadow corporate system?

Discussion: internetnews.com and Cisco Blog

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:

Google News Testing Twitter Integration With “Friends” — Google is apparently testing a new feature that lets you connect your Twitter account to Google News. Some people are seeing a “Friends” box on the right hand side of Google News. — The friends box asks you to enter your Twitter username and click “Save.”

Discussion: GigaOM, ReadWriteWeb, Search Engine Watch, TechCrunch and The Blog Herald, more at Mediagazer »

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

Japan's DeNA Mulling $400+ Million Acquisition of ngmoco — Japanese gaming company DeNA is considering an acquisition of San Francisco-based ngmoco, we've heard from multiple sources. The price, says one source, is north of $400 million, although that probably includes …

Discussion: VentureBeat, Touch Arcade and www.pocketgamer.biz

Stuart Parmenter / The Mozilla Blog:

Firefox 4 Beta for Android and Maemo is Now Available — Our first Firefox 4 beta for mobile is now available to download and test. It's built on the same technology platform as Firefox for the desktop and optimized for browsing on a mobile phone. Firefox beta for mobile comes …

Discussion: The Next Web

Darren Murph / Engadget:

Skype's Android shackles are broken, 3G calling hacked into reality — Well, that didn't take long. Just days after the official Skype application finally landed in the Android Market, along comes an .apk that's far more salacious for Americans. Thanks to xeudoxus over at Droid Forums …

Discussion: Gizmodo, ReadWriteWeb, Phone Arena and Electronista

Chloe Albanesius / PC Magazine:

Amazon Kindle Coming to Staples Oct. 10 — Amazon's Kindle will be available at Staples on Sunday, Oct. 10, the office supply retailer announced today. — The e-reader will be sold in all Staples stores, and Staples has set up interactive displays that will allow customers to play with the Kindle before purchasing.

Hiawatha Bray / Boston Globe:

Akamai employee charged with fraud — An employee of Cambridge Internet company Akamai Technologies Inc. was arrested yesterday and charged with wire fraud after allegedly trying to sell confidential information about the firm to a foreign government, according to the US attorney's office.

Discussion: CNET News and Hillicon Valley

Taimur Asad / Redmond Pie:

BREAKING: GreenPois0n iOS 4.1 Jailbreak is Confirmed to Release on Sunday, 10th October ! — This is just in. Members of Chronic Dev Team have confirmed that SHAtter based GreenPois0n jailbreak for all iOS based devices is finally dropping on 10th October 2010 at 10:10:10AM GMT.

Discussion: QuickPWN and Ultrasn0w

Larry Magid / CNET News:

Study: 92% of U.S. 2-year-olds have online record — There has been a lot of concern about young people posting too much information about themselves online, but a study commissioned by security company AVG found that 92 percent of U.S. children have some type of online presence by the time they are 2 years old.

Discussion: PC World, Mashable!, PC Magazine, John Battelle's Searchblog and Business Wire

Bruce Schneier / Schneier on Security:

Stuxnet — Computer security experts are often surprised at which stories get picked up by the mainstream media. Sometimes it makes no sense. Why this particular data breach, vulnerability, or worm and not others? Sometimes it's obvious. In the case of Stuxnet, there's a great story.

Discussion: rc3.org

Business Week:

Oracle's Larry Ellison Beats Up on His Rivals—Again — The CEO's public attacks on rivals are a sign that competition is heating up in enterprise computing — Thank heavens for Larry Ellison. Without the smack-talking Oracle (ORCL) co-founder and chief executive officer …

Erik Siemers / San Jose Business Journal:

CollegeNET sues Google over ‘Speedbook’ — Google Inc.'s heavily-anticipated tablet PC dubbed the “Speedbook” is being challenged in federal court by Portland-based software firm CollegeNET Inc. — In a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland, Ore., CollegeNET said it already owns …

Discussion: MediaPost and bizjournals

Jeff / HootSuite blog:

HootSuite Mobile Apps Go Free for iPhone and Android on Oct. 13 — Mobile HootSuite fans will enjoy an added bonus next week - as of noon PST on October 13, the full version of HootSuite for iPhone and HootSuite for Android will be absolutely FREE to download.

Discussion: Droid Life, IntoMobile, Android Phone Fans, Thoughts from the Sidelines and The Next Web

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