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March 6, 2012, 10:20 AM

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Jana Winter / Fox News:

EXCLUSIVE: Infamous international hacking group LulzSec brought down by own leader — Hector Xavier Monsegur is “Sabu,” the unemployed, 28-year-old father of two who allegedly commanded the loosely organized international hacker team LulzSec. — Hector Xavier Monsegur is “Sabu,” …

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Rene Ritchie / iMore:

iPad 3 will have 4G LTE networking — The same source that originally told iMore Apple would be holding their iPad 3 event on March 7 has now let us know that the announcement will include 4G LTE networking. We'd heard previously that 4G LTE would be coming to iOS in 2012 …

More: Business Insider, Mashable!, Redmond Pie, WebProNews, Between the Lines Blog, Network World, Geek.com, Phones Review, The Next Web, mocoNews, MacRumors, Gizmodo, Electronista, everythingiCafe and Current Editorials. Tweets: @jvascellaro

Josh Lowensohn / CNET:

Next iPad will be the iPad HD, not the iPad 3 — CNET has learned that Apple's next iPad will break with its traditional numbering scheme in order to promote its big new feature: the high-definition screen. — CNET has learned that Apple's next tablet will be called the iPad HD instead of the iPad 3.

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apple's iPad 3 Launch Putting Squeeze on Freight Shipments from China

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Andrew Harris / Bloomberg:

Google, Motorola Mobility Ordered to Give Apple Android Development Data — Google Inc. and a Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) unit were ordered by the U.S. judge presiding over an Apple Inc. (AAPL) patent lawsuit to turn over information about the development of Google's Android operating system.

More: CNET, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Electronista, Fast Company, Betabeat, Android Phone Fans, MobileBurn.com, The Next Web and AppleInsider

Junichi Uekawa / Inside Search:

Introducing a new local search experience across your devices — (Cross-posted on the Google Mobile Blog) — How often are you doing a Google search from your computer to find information about a place before going there? Now, next time you go to Google.com on your Android phone or iPhone …

More: CNET, TUAW, Search Engine Roundtable, Marketing Pilgrim, Softpedia News, Pronet Advertising, Phones Review, MobileSyrup.com, The Next Web, IntoMobile, Engadget, Search Engine Land, BetaNews, The Verge, Android Community, iClarified, Phone Scoop, VentureBeat and GeekWire

Jacob Schulman / The Verge:

Adobe Lightroom 4 available now for $149, brings photo book creation and updated tools — The latest version of Adobe's photo-management and editing tool, Lightroom 4, was released in beta in early January, but today the software loses that status and officially replaces Lightroom 3.

More: BetaNews, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, TUAW, Softpedia News, Between the Lines Blog, Macworld, The Next Web and CNET

Wade Roush / Xconomy:

Google's Rules of Acquisition: How to Be an Android, Not an Aardvark — In the technology world, acquisitions so often go awry that it's a wonder big corporations keep shelling out to buy smaller ones at all. Just look at disasters like News Corp's acquisition of MySpace, eBay's acquisition of Skype …

More: AllThingsD, Business Insider and Slashdot

Chris Sauve / pxldot:

iOS Ebb and Flow — I'd like to fill in the picture I began in my recent post on Android fragmentation by examining the changes in version distribution of the other major mobile operating system: iOS. — Unfortunately, this was no quite as easy as it was for Android.

More: The Next Web

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Disney's YouTube Deal Kicks In, So Free Kids' TV Starts Showing Up — YouTube is gunning for the TV business by trying to create a new genre of Web video programs that will capture TV eyeballs and ad dollars. — But Google's Web video giant is also very happy to run good old-fashioned TV shows, if it can get its hands on them.

More: Gizmodo

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Forrester: No Android Tablet Has More Than 5% Share vs iPad. How Does Amazon's Kindle Fire Compare? — On the eve of what may well be the launch of a brand new iPad from Apple comes some new analysis from Forrester Research on the current competitive landscape in tablets — or lack thereof, as the case seems to be.

More: The Register, TeleRead, Forrester Blogs, Bloomberg and PC Magazine. See also Mediagazer

Josh Halliday / Guardian:

BT and TalkTalk lose challenge against DEA — Internet service providers lose final appeal after court rules the Digital Economy Act is legal and compatible with European law — The government has been given the green light to implement the Digital Economy Act after the final legal challenge …

More: Inquirer, paidContent, TechEye, TorrentFreak, Telegraph, London Calling Blog, BBC, The Next Web, The Register and Belfast, Northern Ireland …

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

98% of U.S. Apple Retail Stores Out of Stock of Apple TV [Updated] — Last week, we noted that shortages of the Apple TV at third-party retailers had begun spreading to Apple itself, with a number of the company's own retail stores reporting that the set-top box was unavailable for immediate in-store pickup.

More: Electronista, Macgasm, Gotta Be Mobile, Softpedia News and The TechBlock

Darrell Etherington / BetaKit:

Jumio Raises $25M, Turns Webcams Into ID Readers — Jumio, the startup that made it possible to pay via webcam, is announcing a new Series B funding round of $25 million, led by Andreessen Horowitz and including Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and Match.com founder Peng T. Ong among others.

More: TechCrunch, AllThingsD, SlashGear, Scott Weiss, VentureBeat, Tech Deals, PE Hub Blog, vator.tv, Business Insider and silicontap.com. Thanks:@betakit

Neal Ungerleider / Fast Company:

Bloomberg Expanding Tech Coverage — The financial news giant is launching a tech vertical, several new blogs, and creating original video content. — The crowded tech news scene will become even more crowded this week—Bloomberg has announced a major overhaul of their tech coverage.

More: TPM Idea Lab

Sam Biddle / Gizmodo:

Corruption, Lies, and Death Threats: The Crazy Story of the Man Who Pretended to Invent Email — Shiva Ayyadurai, pictured above, is a shimmering intellectual. He holds four degrees from MIT (where he lectures), numerous patents, honors, and awards. He also says he invented email, and there's a global conspiracy against him.

More: Boing Boing and The Verge

Seth Levine:

I'm getting sick of the bulls**t — I love the start-up world. I love working with founders and young companies. I love the excitement of working on business ideas that are new and different. I love seeing the success that often comes from this hard work.

More: Om Malik. Tweets: @stevecheney, @kevin_swan, @infoarbitrage, @cristinacordova, @bpm140, @pkedrosky, @eghosao, @cdixon, @taylorbuley and @scobleizer. Thanks:@saokar

Grant Gross / PC World:

FTC to Require Western Digital to Sell off Assets in Acquisition — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will require Western Digital to sell off assets used to manufacture desktop hard drives to a competitor as a condition of its US$4.5 billion acquisition of rival Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, the agency announced.

More: eWeek, Computerworld, Inquirer, Federal Trade Commission, SlashGear, Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal

Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:

Nokia's PureView Imaging To Appear On Windows Phone-Powered Lumias — I doubt that you've forgotten about Nokia's crazy 808 PureView phone with a 41-megapixel camera. How could you? It's impossible to dismiss, even if the whole 41-megapixel figure is a bit misleading.

More: IntoMobile, wpcentral, PhoneArena, DailyTech, Gotta Be Mobile, BGR, Electronista, Computerworld, MobileSyrup.com, Engadget, IntoMobile and Techie Buzz

Brad Molen / Engadget:

PSA: Nokia 808 PureView not coming to North America

More: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, IntoMobile, Gotta Be Mobile and SlashGear

Nick Bilton / Bits:

Apple and Google to Meet With Senator Over Privacy — Senator Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, says Apple and Google have agreed to meet with him to discuss a privacy loophole on smartphones that gives apps unfettered access to people's personal photos.

More: CNET, Electronista, AppleInsider, TechSpot, Ars Technica, textually.org, Los Angeles Times, V3.co.uk and Senator Charles E. Schumer

Robert Lee Hotz / Wall Street Journal:

When Gaming Is Good for You — Hours of Intense Play Change the Adult Brain; Better Multitasking, Decision-Making and Even Creativity — Videogames can change a person's brain and, as researchers are finding, often that change is for the better. — A growing body of university research suggests …

More: Digital Trends

Rush Limbaugh / Associated Press:

Verizon launches faster-than-wired wireless broadband for homes; starts at $60/mo — NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced a version of its wireless broadband service that's designed for use in rural and remote homes that can't get DSL or cable.

More: The Verge and Engadget

Dan Frommer / SplatF:

Square's Sexy Growth Curve — It is easy to be skeptical of Square, which — while very cool — also feels like it must somehow be overhyped. (Why did my local café stop using it? Why don't I ever see it in use? Can it really replace most cash registers? Etc.)

More: Engadget, CNET, Internet Evolution, Laughing Squid, Techland and Betabeat. Tweets: @pkafka

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Just In Time For SXSW, Social Discovery Service Sonar Arrives On Android — Social discovery service (and TechCrunch Disrupt alumni) Sonar has some big news today, and just in time for SXSW: it's arriving on Android. According to founder Brett Martin, support for the Android platform …

More: VentureBeat, Appolicious Advisor, Dice Blog Network, Mashable!, Android Community and Sonar Blog

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