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July 22, 2012, 12:10 PM

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Charles Arthur / Guardian:

Google halts new orders for 16GB Nexus 7, surprised by demand — Heavy demand for the 16GB version of the new Nexus 7 tablet has caught Google out after it expected more customers ordering through Google Play to want the 8GB version — Sources close to Google say the search giant seriously underestimated …

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Matt Gemmell:

Entitlement and Acquisition — Sparrow (a popular Mac and iOS email client) has been acquired by Google. The apps are essentially being put in maintenance mode, with no additional features planned for the future. — Cue predictable squawking on the internet.

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Rian van der Merwe / Elezea:

The real reason we're upset about Sparrow's acquisition

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Harry McCracken / Techland:

Why Google or Facebook Buying Your Favorite Startup Means It's Probably Toast

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Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:

Kodak Loses Patent Case Against Apple, RIM — Eastman Kodak Co. has lost a patent case against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd., dealing a blow to the onetime film giant's efforts to raise billions of dollars by selling off its intellectual property. — Kodak filed a complaint …

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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

Apple and Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility both appeal Judge Posner's ruling — When Judge Posner dismissed an Apple v. Motorola Mobility patent infringement lawsuit in Chicago about a month ago, I analyzed his decision in detail and agreed with him in many ways, though I also predicted …

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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Google Says Some Apple Inventions Are So Great They Ought to Be Shared

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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:

Dell launching Sputnik, the Ubuntu developer laptop, this year — Dell launched an experiment earlier this year to see if it could build a compelling Linux laptop for software developers. The effort, which is codenamed Project Sputnik, pairs the XPS13 Ultrabook with Ubuntu 12.04.

Sam Biddle / Gizmodo:

The Secret Online Weapons Store That'll Sell Anyone Anything — The Bushmaster M4 is a 3-foot rifle capable of firing thirty 5.56×45mm NATO rounds, and used by spec ops forces throughout Afghanistan. It's a serious weapon. But in the Internet's darkest black market, it's all yours.

Tweets: @fmanjoo, @stroughtonsmith, @carnage4life and @pkedrosky

Tom Simonite / Technology Review:

Microsoft Mulls a Stylus for Any Screen — Adding a camera to a stylus could let it interact with any device—even one without a touch screen. — Microsoft is considering whether to release a stylus that could, after a software upgrade, interact with almost any existing display or device.

More: The Verge, parislemon, Redmond Pie, Neowin, SlashGear and CNET

Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:

W3C and WHATWG finalize split on HTML5 spec, forking ‘unlikely’ — One final link holding together two versions of the HTML specification is being severed, as the W3C (the web's largest standards-making body) and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) separate editing duties.

More: I Programmer News, TechCrunch and Tim Anderson's ITWriting

Craig Platt / Canberra Times:

Qantas to provide passengers with iPads — Qantas will provide iPads to both business and economy class passengers for inflight entertainment on its Boeing 767s. — Qantas passengers on the airline's 767 planes will be provided with iPads for their inflight entertainment …

More: Forbes, The Register and The Verge

Robert McMillan / Wired:

Darpa Funds Hack Machine You'd Never Notice — PwnieExpress' all-new Power Pwn. All Images: PwnieExpress — If you saw this bad boy under your desk, would you say anything? — It may look like a surge protector, but it's really a remote access machine that corporations can use to test security and log into branch offices.

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