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Chris Ziegler / This is my next:
iPhone 5 launch could be signaled by ‘Apple fixture installation’ at Best Buy on October 21st — We've just been tipped off this evening to a Best Buy location that's been scheduled to have a mysterious “Apple fixture” installed on Friday, October 21st. That lines up nicely …
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Examiner, AppleInsider, MobileSyrup.com, PC Magazine, PhoneArena, MacPost, everythingiCafe, Shoutpedia, Neowin.net, CNET News, App Advice, Sprintfeed, iDownloadBlog.com, TiPb and 9to5Mac
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Alex Wagner / PhoneDog.com:
Best Buy prepping for Sprint iPhone 5 in the first week of October?
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BGR, PhoneArena, Redmond Pie, MacPost, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, MacRumors, MacNN, PalmAddicts, Edible Apple, Mashable!, Shoutpedia and AppleInsider
Jacob Appelbaum / Tor Blog:
DigiNotar Damage Disclosure — About an hour ago I was contacted by the Dutch Government with more details about the DigiNotar Debacle. It seems that they're doing a great job keeping on top of things and doing the job that DigiNotar should've done in July.
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Securelist and @xentek
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Andreas Udo de Haes / Computerworld:
CIA, Mossad, MI6 targeted by Iranian DigiNotar-hackers
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Between the Lines Blog, Computerworld and Hacking for Christ
Toby Sterling / Associated Press:
Dutch Government: Websites' Safety Not Guaranteed
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NOS, Associated Press, Hacking for Christ, rnw.nl, The Register and Mozilla Security Blog
Robert Scoble / Google+:
I am asking Google to remove me from the Google+ suggested user list. Here is my thinking. — 1. I don't need to be on the list. My bosses don't care. It isn't needed for my role in the industry or my business model. By being off the list on Twitter I have found my natural audience.
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SFGate, PC Magazine, AllThingsD, PC World, @steverubel, 9to5Google, LAUNCH, Digital Trends, Softpedia News and adafruit industries blog
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Why keeping up with RSS is poisonous to productivity, sanity — On this long Labor Day weekend in the US, we're bringing you a set of opinion pieces from various Ars writers—and we've love to have you join the conversation in the comments. — On the surface, RSS seems great for those of us …
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Marco.org, @davewiner, Eileen Rivera and Scripting News
Ed Bott / The Ed Bott Report Blog:
The decline and fall of TiVo and Media Center — Summary: The streaming media era began in 2008, and the DVR is an endangered species. TiVo, the company that defined the DVR category a decade ago is on the ropes, and Microsoft has all but declared Media Center a legacy app.
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TechCrunch
Jamie Davidson / The Cat Was Killed:
An exploration of Yelp's own filtered reviews — An article was published recently by the Chicago Tribune about a dog trainer in Chicago and his positive reviews being filtered on Yelp only after he refused to advertise with Yelp. Before he talked to Yelp, his business had a 4 star rating …
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Chicago Tribune
Graham Cluley / Naked Security:
DNS hack hits popular websites: Daily Telegraph, The Register, UPS, etc — Popular websites including The Register, The Daily Telegraph, UPS, and others have fallen victim to a DNS hack that has resulted in visitors being redirected to third-party webpages.
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Guardian, ZDNet, @regvulture, THN : The Hacker News, Neowin.net, @taf, isc Home, @cronus42, Sucuri, @alex_norcliffe, @youranonnews and The Next Web, Thanks:gcluley
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft weighs in on Mosaid-Nokia patent deal — Summary: Microsoft is party to the just-announced deal between Nokia and Mosaid, a Canadian patent licensing firm. The Redmond company has a “passive economic interest,” its officials are saying. — In the latest installment of …
Tom Krazit / mocoNews:
Why HP's Hasty, Bumbling Decision To Dump Mobile Hardware May Doom WebOS — It's never pretty to watch a big tech company scramble for direction (that is, unless you compete against that company). HP (NYSE: HPQ) is currently trying to wind down a mobile business that it hardly launched …
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Wall Street Journal
Jo Adetunji / Guardian:
‘Twitter terrorists’ face 30 years after being charged in Mexico — School teacher and radio presenter accused of spreading false reports that gunmen were attacking schools in Veracruz — A man and a woman are facing 30-year prison terms in Mexico for allegedly using Twitter to spread panic over a series of child kidnappings.
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Microsoft to win from Google Motorola buy: Acer — (Reuters) - Microsoft will be the winner in Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility as the deal makes Google a direct rival to its phone-making clients, a senior executive from Acer Inc said on Friday. — Acer uses operating software …
Mike Anderson / NBC Bay Area:
Behind Google's Freddie Mercury Doodle — Go behind the scenes of one of the most involved Google doodles ever. — Google is celebrating what would have been Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday on Monday with its second longest doodle to date. — Google is celebrating what would have been …
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The Huffington Post, The Official Google Blog and Gizmodo Australia
