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4:40 AM ET, December 30, 2010

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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Skype video calling for iPhone is official, available now (update: hands-on)  —  All signs have been pointing to this release for a few days now, but we'll admit: we expected Skype to wait until CES next week to pull the covers off what could become its crown jewel service over the coming months.
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Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Skype for iPhone gets Video Chat. …
John Koblin / WWD:
Memo Pad: iPad Magazine Sales Drop  —  Remember when Wired's debut issue for the iPad sold more than 100,000 times in June?  It looks like it will be a while before that type of performance is seen again.  Digital sales dropped toward the end of 2010 for all the magazines that make those figures available …
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Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:
Why iPad Magazine Sales Are Not As Bad As They Seem  —  According to a new report from Women's Wear Daily, digital magazine sales are on the decline.  A closer look at the data, however, reveals that sales are not nearly as bad as they appear.  —  The report, which cites numbers released …
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
What those low iPad magazine sales numbers really mean
Discussion: ThinkMobile
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
This Year, Apple Has Two Fangs To Suck The Blood Out Of CES: iPad 2 And Verizon iPhone  —  Every year, it seems the buzz starts building around now for CES, the giant consumer electronics expo in Las Vegas.  And every year at CES, much of the buzz seems to be around the one company that isn't there …
Discussion: PhoneArena
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AppleInsider:
Apple expected to hold event by Valentine's Day to announce Verizon iPhone  —  Apple is expected to hold an event “very soon,” perhaps by Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, 2011, to unveil a new CDMA version of the iPhone compatible with U.S. carrier Verizon's network.
Discussion: TUAW and DisplayBlog
Tim / The Official Lookout Blog:
Security Alert: Geinimi, Sophisticated New Android Trojan Found in Wild  —  The Threat:  —  A new Trojan affecting Android devices has recently emerged in China.  Dubbed “Geinimi” based on its first known incarnation, this Trojan can compromise a significant amount of personal data on a user's phone and send it to remote servers.
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Hitwise: Facebook Overtakes Google To Become Most Visited Website In 2010  —  According to Hitwise data released today, Facebook.com was the top visited website in the US in 2010, taking up 8.93% of site visits between January and November 2010.  Google.com came in second at 7.19% …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Delicious In Purgatory  —  On December 16 Yahoo accidentally told the world they were shutting down popular bookmarking site Delicious.  They fired most or all of the Delicious staff.  Then they untold that story, saying they intended to sell it off and that the press got it all wrong.  —  Ok great.
Winda Benedetti / msnbc.com:
Nintendo warns: No 3-D gaming for young players  —  Winda Benedetti writes:Nintendo is warning parents that its forthcoming 3-D portable game machine may not be appropriate for the youngest gamers.  More specifically, that no one under 6 years old should play 3-D games on it.
Daniel Rubino / WPCentral.com:
Windows Phone Marketplace app-security cracked: Proof-of-concept [Video]  —  Disclosure: Well before the publication of this article, WPCentral contacted Microsoft's Brandon Watson directly about the breach, and we are working with Microsoft to address this latest security development.
Walt Mossberg / Wall Street Journal:
What's In Store for Technology in 2011  —  Products, Services and Big Developments to Watch for and the Challenges Facing the Major Players  —  It has been a big year in personal technology, from the debut and early success of Apple's iPad, to the rise and continuous improvement …
Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
Report: Apple slows iPad production, Kindle matches shipments  —  Shipments of Amazon's Kindle from suppliers in Taiwan reached 1.6 million units in December, matching the month's estimated iPad production, although Apple is ramping down to accommodate the coming new version, a new report says.
Discussion: SAI, Electronista and BetaNews
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Actually, Groupon Already Closed Half Of That Billion Dollar Round  —  Yesterday we reported that fast growing ecommerce startup Groupon was in the process of raising nearly $1 billion in new venture capital at a $4.75 billion valuation.  “The deal should be closed in a few weeks,” we heard from a source.
Andrew Munchbach / BGR:
Hello, my name is: 9649e796e8b23900dc9629a18f2d47306430e62 f  —  Over the past few weeks, a lot of fuss has been made over the disclosure of a mobile device's unique identifier to third-parties.  Special reports, doomsday headlines... the works.  The short version of the story is this …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Yext Organizes The Anti-Google Local Advertising Alliance (Screenshots)  —  Google, as you may have heard, is making a big push into local advertising.  It is currently offering $100 million in AdWords credits to new small businesses that sign up and promotes Google Places results for all local searches.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Evan Williams: The Challenges of a Web of Infinite Info  —  Evan Williams and I have known each other for a long time.  From a struggling entrepreneur who started Blogger, to a successful founder who got liberal funding for his podcasting start-up Odeo, to the accidental launch of Twitter …
Discussion: Pulse2 and ReadWriteWeb
Watts Martin / Coyote Tracks:
Nokia and Microsoft, not sitting in a tree  —  While I'm late to the party commenting on this (holidays, what can you do), you may have seen numerous news reports about Nokia considering Windows Phone 7 as an OS instead of (or in addition to) Symbian and MeeGo.
Discussion: ongoing
Glenn Fleishman / Wi-Fi Networking News:
NY Times Biffs It on Wi-Fi Conference Overload  —  The New York Times doesn't get to the heart of conference Wi-Fi problems: I can't tell you how frustrated I am about this rather facile article on problems with thousands of people all trying to connect at once to a Wi-Fi network (or networks) …
Discussion: New York Times
The Smoking Gun:
Affidavit Details FBI “Operation Payback” Probe  —  4chan, “Anonymous” targeted over attacks on PayPal … As part of an international criminal probe into computer attacks launched this month against perceived corporate enemies of WikiLeaks, the FBI has raided a Texas business and seized …
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and SC Magazine US
Evan Blass / pocketnow.com:
Barnes and Noble's Future Nook Plans Revealed?  [Update]  —  You know how we enjoy scouring the US Patent and Trademark Office for hints of future company products and plans, and today we turn our focus to some filings which may indicate upcoming e-book readers in Barnes and Noble's Nook line.
Discussion: Engadget, Kindle Review and Gearlog
Christopher White / Neowin:
Skype offers users $1 for lost service, explains cause of outage  —  Skype experienced a significant outage last week when many of their supernodes failed.  Today the company has provided a post-mortem of the issue on their blog.  In a nutshell, Skype introduced hundreds of “mega-supernodes” …
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Lars Rabbe / Skype Blogs:
CIO update: Post-mortem on the Skype outage
 
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Times of India:
RIM offers data tapping at India office
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Thanks In Part To The Northeast Blizzard, Online Holiday Spending …
Riley McDermid / VentureBeat:
SEC takes aim at venture capital rules in 2011
Liz Gannes / NetworkEffect:
Greylock's Reid Hoffman and David Sze on the Future of Social (Video)
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Russian e-Payment Giant ChronoPay Hacked
Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Back off SEC: Let's Put the “Risk” of Secondary Markets in Perspective
Discussion: ITworld.com, Adotas, Forbes and Fortune
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
China delays NSN's $1.2 billion buy of Motorola unit
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John Biggs / CrunchGear:
Irony: Read Kindle Books On Your Rooted NookColor
Jerry Hildenbrand / Android Central:
HTC Evo Shift 4G breaks cover again, with a Jan 9 sale date