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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS News Ends Relationship With Source of Bogus Steve Jobs Death Tweet (Exclusive) … CBSNews.com has severed its relationship with the host of a web show who sent out an erroneous Tweet yesterday saying that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had died. — The offending Tweet was sent …
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David Kirkpatrick / Techonomy:
Social Power and the Coming Corporate Revolution — Civilizations have clashed in an unexpected way this year, as ordinary people using Facebook and Twitter knocked down dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya—and are threatening absolute rule in Syria. A so-called Arab spring brought waves of liberation to a long-oppressed region.
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Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Unboxed: Computer-Generated Articles Are Gaining Traction — “WISCONSIN appears to be in the driver's seat en route to a win, as it leads 51-10 after the third quarter. Wisconsin added to its lead when Russell Wilson found Jacob Pedersen for an eight-yard touchdown to make the score 44-3 ... . ”
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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Windows 8 Gets Ready for Its Big Debut — The world got a sneak peek at Windows 8 at the D9 conference in May. Now, Microsoft is ready to more fully peel back the covers on the next version of its flagship operating system. — That look will come next week at the company's Build developer conference in Anaheim, Calif.
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Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Windows 8 tablet from Samsung has Intel inside — A Samsung tablet expected to be shown at a Microsoft conference next week will be powered by an Intel chip, according to a source familiar with the device. — The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 currently on the market runs the Android operating system and uses an Nvidia processor.
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Electronista, Windows 8 News, Rumors & Tips and nexus404
Juan Carlos Perez / Computerworld:
Report: Yahoo board not focused on finding new CEO for now — After firing Carol Bartz, directors are evaluating whether to sell Yahoo whole or in parts, the Wall Street Journal reports — IDG News Service - Days after giving Carol Bartz the pink slip, Yahoo's board of directors is focused …
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
AOL and Yahoo Are Not Talking About a Merger (Any More Than I Am a Yahoo CEO Candidate)
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Wall Street Journal, Beyond Search, The Tech Trade, Softpedia News, CBS News, PC Magazine, Your Money, Deal Journal, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, Mercury News, Daring Fireball and Gizmodo
Noah Davis / Business Insider:
Here's A Great Story About The Astonishing Lengths Apple Went Through To Keep The iPad Secret — We talked to the developer of a very successful iPad app yesterday, and he told us a tale about the absurd steps he and his team went through to get an iPad before the product's launch.
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iDownloadBlog.com, TiPb, CydiaHelp, @arrington, Techie Buzz, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, CNET News, MacRumors, App Advice and Cult of Mac
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Two Key Features Of Facebook Music: Scrobbling And Track Unification — Yesterday, we outlined a bit of what we've heard about Facebook's upcoming f8 conference. One big launch will be their official foray into music. Today, we've heard more about that launch.
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Business Insider, @joshconstine, Electronista and Gizmodo
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
In Battle Over The ‘Tweet’ Trademark, Twitter Sues Twittad — You may remember that back in July 2009, Twitter made a big stink about developers using the term ‘tweet’ in their Twitter apps. Oddly enough, while Twitter has long been trying to register the ‘tweet’ trademark in the United States …
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VentureBeat and The Trademark Blog
Eric Smalley / CNET News:
DIY flying robo hacker threatens wireless networks — Modify a remote-control toy helicopter (above) to carry a wireless-network-hunting computer (below), and you've got a menacing hacker drone. — (Credit: Top: Parrot SA. Bottom: Stevens Institute of Technology) — With a name like SkyNET, it's got to be scary.
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Engadget, Technology Review and Softpedia News
Mary Ann Azevedo / bizjournals:
Sand Hill Road, University Avenue: Silicon Valley's most expensive streets … Want to lease office space on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park or University Avenue in Palo Alto? Be warned — the prestige of calling the two Silicon Valley streets home comes at a price.
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The Huffington Post, @georgezachary and bizjournals
Economist:
Great digital expectations — Digitisation may have came late to book publishing, but it is transforming the business in short order — TO SEE how profoundly the book business is changing, watch the shelves. Next month IKEA will introduce a new, deeper version of its ubiquitous “BILLY” bookcase.
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TechCrunch, L.A. Times Tech Blog, TeleRead, Gizmodo and SplatF
