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8:35 AM ET, December 12, 2010

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Dirk Dougherty / Android Developers Blog:
Android Market Client Update  —  The Android Market engineering team has been hard at work on improving the Android Market experience for users and developers.  Today, I'm pleased to announce a significant update to the Android Market client.  Over the next two weeks, we'll be rolling …
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Stephen Tenerowicz / Android Police:
[Updated: Hands-On] Breaking: New Android Market APK Ripped, Posted For All To Enjoy  —  Remember the new, upgraded Android market we told you about last night?  Well, now it appears that the APK has been ripped and posted for all to enjoy (or loathe, depending on your personal feelings).
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
A Snapshot of Apple's Latest iPhone Camera Patents  —  The iPhone's updated 5 megapixel camera includes a feature called High Dynamic Range or HDR.  According to Apple, the iPhone's HDR feature when activated, takes a series of three photos, each with different exposure levels.
Discussion: Fortune
Vlad Savov / Engadget:
LG Star preview  —  The LG Star.  The dual-core beast from the east that was once a mere twinkle in our eye has managed to find its way to the Engadget mansions, having been lent to us by a very generous (and very anonymous) tipster.  It's clearly a test device, as evidenced by its diagnostics menus …
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Don't You Wish Your Airport Had an App Like This?  (SFO)  —  The San Francisco Airport has released its own iPhone app called flysfo, complete with schedules, maps, airport restaurant reviews and notifications when any of your Facebook friends are also at SFO and available to drink …
Daniel Rubino / WPCentral.com:
Verizon: KIN Studio is closing January 31.  Sorry.  Here's a new phone?  —  The title says it all, but let us get into some details about the closing of Microsoft's KIN Studio, which was the backbone in the cloud for the device.  —  Evidently, come January 31st, people with KINs …
Groklaw:
Google's Motion to Dismiss Paul Allen's Patent Infringement Complaint Granted  —  Paul Allen's patent infringement complaint against the world and its dog has been dismissed.  The court agreed with Google et al that it “lacks adequate factual detail to satisfy the dictates of Twombly and Iqbal” …
Discussion: Mashable! and Search Engine Land
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
iPad now available at BestBuy.com  —  Apple has just added Best Buy's online store as another channel for iPad sales.  Prior to today, customers were only able to purchase iPads at BestBuy.com as reservations for retail pickup.  Now, all six models of iPad are available for purchase with free shipping in the US.
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John Cox / Network World:
Apple quietly drops iOS jailbreak detection API  —  Version 4.2 disables a query to discover compromised OS  —  Apple has disabled, without explanation, a jailbreak detection API in iOS less than six months after introducing it.  Device management vendors say the reasons for the decision are a mystery …
Tim Conneally / BetaNews:
Group finds 5 main flaws with proposed Net Neutrality rules  —  A group of more than 80 advocacy groups including The Media Access Project, Reporters without Borders, Daily Kos, Common Cause, and Nonprofit Technology filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission on Friday citing five main areas …
Discussion: internetnews.com
Rupert Neate / Telegraph:
Twitter to base its new European headquarters in London  —  Twitter is preparing to open a European HQ in London, its first office outside the United States.  —  Twitter plans European headquarters in London  —  The Sunday Telegraph has learnt that executives from the popular social conversation website …
Discussion: The Next Web and Neowin.net
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Nexus S review  —  It can be difficult to review a phone like Google's Nexus S in a world already populated by so many outstanding Android devices.  Not only does the manufacturer of this phone make a series of handsets that are all essentially the same (the Galaxy S line) …
Discussion: IntoMobile, BGR, WebProNews and displayblog
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Sarah Clark / Near Field Communications World:
Google's Nexus S CAN do mobile payments — SDK on its way soon
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Google DoubleClick Caught Serving Malicious Ad  —  DoubleClick, the Google-owned ad technology, has been distributing malware in an online ad served through a number of websites, according to the security researcher who says he discovered the attack.  —  The malware infects users who visit …
 
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Karl Bode / DSLreports:
FCC: 68% Of U.S. Connections Slower than 3 Mbps Down, 768kbps Up …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Engadget and CableTechTalk
Damon Lavrinc / Autoblog:
Exclusive: Navteq acquires Trapster
Discussion: GigaOM, GPS Tracklog and ReadWriteWeb
Jolie O'Dell / Mashable!:
Microsoft Introduces Montage, a Magazine-Like, Topic-Based Web App
Discussion: MoMB
Juan Carlos Perez / PC World:
ICANN Delays TLD Expansion Approval
Discussion: The Register and DomainIncite.com
Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:
Comcast Nixed Metered Pricing. But What About Time Warner Cable?
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Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
$50 sale leaves Radio Shack with nationwide shortage of Apple's iPhone
Discussion: TUAW and The Next Web
Claire Cain Miller / Bits:
Amazon Extends Holiday Free Shipping Deadline
Discussion: L.A. Times Tech Blog
Mike Isaac / Social Medium:
Path and Facebook ‘Hook Up’
Gabriella Coleman / The Atlantic Online:
What It's Like to Participate in Anonymous' Actions
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Kevin McEntee / The Netflix Tech Blog:
Why we use and contribute to open source software
 

 
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Liam Scott / Voice of America:
RSF says 23 journalists were jailed in Syria and 10 others were missing as of December 9; press freedom groups call for accountability for Assad's government

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sources: Patrick Soon-Shiong told LA Times opinion leaders not to publish an editorial critical of Trump's cabinet picks without publishing an opposing view

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
The WGA demands studios take “immediate legal action” against companies that used writers' work to train AI, in a letter to CEOs of Disney, Netflix, and others

 
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