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Exclusive: super-early iPhone prototype had 5″x7″ screen, serial port — What did the iPhone look like before it looked like an iPhone? — That's one big iPhone — This iPhone prototype was a lot closer to the size of an iPad than an iPhone at 5"×7" and nearly 2" thick.
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| Kunal / Sammy Hub: |
Pictures of GT-I9502 leaked, could this be the Galaxy S IV? — A Chinese forum has published plethora of pictures of GT-I9502. Images reveal a lot of things on the hardware front and most importantly, the design. Interestingly, the forum poster claims it to be a dual-SIM version of the Galaxy S IV for China Unicom.
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| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
BlackBerry Z10 coming to AT&T March 22nd for $199.99, pre-orders open tomorrow — The BlackBerry Z10 has already been available in various parts of the world — and will soon be delivered to T-Mobile business customers in the US — but most consumers within the 50 states are still exercising a bit of patience.
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| Nate Anderson / Ars Technica: |
Meet the men who spy on women through their webcams — “See! That s**t keeps popping up on my f**king computer!” says a blond woman as she leans back on a couch, bottle-feeding a baby on her lap. — The woman is visible from thousands of miles away on a hacker's computer.| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Tweaked Apple TV Contains Die-Shrunk A5 Chip, Not A5X — Back in late January, an update to the Apple TV software revealed a new “AppleTV3,2”, with FCC documents for the device showing up the following day. By digging into the software files for this new device, it was discovered …
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon's Quest for Web Names Draws Foes — Large and small companies are vying for control of an array of new Internet domain names, but Amazon.com Inc.'s plans are coming under particular scrutiny. — Two publishing industry groups, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers …
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| David Benoit / Deal Journal: |
Carl Icahn Signs ‘Confidentiality Agreement’ To Look at Dell — Carl Icahn has reached a pact with Dell Inc. that allows him to look at the company's books. — The activist investor's firm has signed a “confidentiality agreement” with the computer maker, he revealed today without providing many more details.
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| Gerry Shih / Reuters: |
Insight: On Facebook, app makers face a treacherous path — (Reuters) - Last spring, the future for Viddy, a video-sharing Facebook app, seemed as sunny as southern California's skies. — Based a block away from Venice Beach, the 30-person startup impressed prospective investors …
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| Kenneth Rapoza / Forbes: |
Apple Closer To Solution Regarding Brazilian iPhone Trademark Dispute — Apple is closer to solving its trademark dispute with Brazilian telecommunications service firm IGB Eletronica. IGB owns the brand Gradiente, which in March 2000 asked the Brazilian Industrial Property Institute … | Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Computer Algorithms Rely Increasingly on Human Helpers — Trading stocks, targeting ads, steering political campaigns, arranging dates, besting people on “Jeopardy” and even choosing bra sizes: computer algorithms are doing all this work and more. — But increasingly, behind the curtain …
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YouTube Co-founder Prepping Possible Rival — YouTube has had its share of competition over the years. Companies like Vimeo and DailyMotion (plus copyright lawsuits and crushing overhead costs) led Chad Hurley and the video-sharing site's co-founders to sell YouTube to Google.
| Jeff Blagdon / The Verge: |
TiVo Mini launches for $99.99, pulls content from the living room for a monthly fee — Have a TiVo in your living room but don't want to pay for one in every room in your house? The TiVo Mini extender box is now on sale for $99.99, letting you stream pre-recorded shows from your main TiVo or borrow one of its tuners to watch live TV.
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