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February 26, 2012, 10:15 AM

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Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Samsung unveils new Galaxy Beam smartphone / projector combo with dual core CPU — Samsung has finally started to reveal its new products at MWC 2012, starting with this new refresh of the Galaxy Beam packing Android 2.3, a projector and a dual-core CPU. There's more details and specs in the press release after the break.

More: Samsung Mobile Press, The Verge, TechCrunch, Computerworld, Mashable!, CNET, AllThingsD, 9to5Google, Electronista, MobileSyrup.com, Android Police, VentureBeat and The Verge

Tweets: @samsungmobile and @dcurtis

Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:

Galaxy Tab 2 coming in 10.1-inch version as well — Samsung has just announced a 10.1-inch version of the Galaxy Tab 2 Android tablet after revealing the 7.0-inch version earlier this month. The Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) will have a 10.1-inch 1280 x 800 LCD and a 1GHz dual-core processor running a Touch Wiz-skinned version of Android 4.0.

More: Mashable!, Samsung Mobile Press, Computerworld, CNET, Electronista, MobileSyrup.com and Engadget

Julia Angwin / Digits:

FBI Turns Off Thousands of GPS Devices After Supreme Court Ruling — The Supreme Court's recent ruling overturning the warrantless use of GPS tracking devices has caused a “sea change” inside the U.S. Justice Department, according to FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann.

More: Techie Buzz and Slashdot

Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac:

Adobe Photoshop Touch hits iPad 2 for US$9.99 (Update: Pulled until Monday) — Note - Photoshop Touch just started hitting AU/NZ. Update: It was pulled, but it will be available Monday. Some of our readers reported that it works better than the Android version.

More: The Next Web, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, The Verge, Redmond Pie, Electronista, Quintura blog and MacRumors. Thanks:@9to5mac

Bill Gurley / abovethecrowd.com:

Why Dropbox Is A Major Disruption — Back in October, Techcrunch announced that Dropbox had raised $250mm at a seemingly absurd valuation. Many firms, including my firm Benchmark Capital, participated. When this happened, many people asked us why this was a special company that would cause us …

More: Greg Knieriemen, PC Magazine, PC World, Pulse2 Technology …, Interactioned and TechCrunch

Tweets: @mathewi and @counternotions

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

uTorrent Native Android Client On The Way — With 140 million active users each month, uTorrent is by far the most used BitTorrent client in the West. — Despite this staggering statistic, there are still many opportunities for uTorrent to expand its user-base.

More: The Verge

Robert McMillan / Wired.com:

Lord of the Files: How GitHub Tamed Free Software (And More) — SAN FRANCISCO — When the founders of GitHub moved into their swank South-of-Market loft last year, the first thing they did was redecorate. They turned the floor's biggest office into a parody of an executive suite …

More: Pulse2 Technology …, adafruit industries blog and Wired Enterprise

Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat:

Flickr disables Pinterest pins on copyrighted images (exclusive) — As the third most popular source of content on digital pin-board site Pinterest, Flickr and its photographers are subject to frequent acts of copyright infringement. But a site-wide update to Flickr promises to better protect members and their copyrighted works.

More: Off On A Tangent, Aaron B. Hockley, Thomas Hawk Digital Connection, PC Magazine, Betabeat, Mashable!, Digital Trends, Marketing Land, WebProNews, LEWIS 360°, The Verge, Softpedia News, Pulse2 Technology …, Tech Shout!, CNET, Business Insider, Gizmodo, 1001 Noisy Cameras and Guardian

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

WSJ Pulls Back On What Google Searchers Can Read For Free — Are you used to using Google as a way around the Wall Street Journal's paywall? Think again. The WSJ has been holding back stories available through Google's “First Click Free” program, a move that I suspect other newspapers might soon emulate.

Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:

Viddy pulled from the Apple App Store for adult material — Mobile video sharing app Viddy has been apparently been pulled from the Apple App Store not long after quickly rising up the ranks of free video and camera applications available for the iPhone. A Viddy spokesperson confirmed …

More: Examiner, Pulse2 Technology …, Electronista, SlashGear and App Advice

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

Apple's FairPlay DRM for iBooks cracked by Requiem app — Apple dropped its FairPlay DRM system for music back in 2009, but the remaining segments of the iTunes ecosystem — apps, videos, and iBooks — still utilize versions of the copy-protection scheme. Ways to circumvent the first two have existed …

More: Cydia Blog, Softpedia News, Pulse2 Technology …, CNET and MacRumors

Maira Sutton / Electronic Frontier Foundation:

This Isn't a Hoax: Pakistan Requests Proposals for a National Filtering and Blocking System — This Isn't a Hoax: Pakistan Requests Proposals for a National Filtering and Blocking System — The Pakistani government is looking for new ways to censor the Internet.

More: The Express Tribune

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