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Earthtimes (press release)
Could Kindle EBook Gifting Become a Reality This Year?
PC Magazine
Every Christmas, I give my wife four or five books that I usually get from Barnes & Noble or through Amazon.com. Until just a few weeks ago, this voracious reader was a hard-cover woman. E-books and e-readers like the Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble ...
Amazon's New Kindle Spells Doom for Other E-ReadersPC World
Barnes & Noble to expand Nook presence in storesTG Daily
Barnes & Noble Planning Big Push to Increase Nook SalesNew York Times
UPI.com -TheStreet.com -Fiercemobilecontent
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New York Daily News
X Prize Offers $1.4 Million Oil Cleanup Prize
PC Magazine
The X Prize Foundation is no doubt best know for its initiatives aimed at furthering the pursuit of private space exploration. Back in 2007, the organization joined with Google to "kickstart Moon 2.0," offering $30 million to the team that offered a ...
The Conversation: X Prize Takes on Oil SpillABC News
X Prize Foundation Announces Oil Cleanup ChallengeRedOrbit
Million-dollar contest launched for oil clean-up ideasTG Daily
BBC News -The Tech Herald -AFP
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msnbc.com
First Wikileaks, now Facebook. Is this the death of privacy?
Telegraph.co.uk
The parallels between the Wikileaks saga and the openness of Facebook's user data are striking. By Milo Yiannopoulos I wrote a few days ago about an appalling misjudgment by Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, who released over 90000 documents leaked ...
Another ugly reminder to check your Facebook settings — NOW!msnbc.com
Facebook data hoarder speaks outBBC News
Searchable Facebook user data posted to Pirate BayCNET
WTN News -First Coast News -DailyFinance
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Gadget Venue (blog)
French carrier warns against upgrades to iOS 4
MacNN
A French cellphone carrier, SFR, is now officially advising people against upgrading an iPhone 3G to iOS 4. The firmware "significantly slows" menu navigation on a 3G, the carrier says, adding that the upgrade is "irreversible. ...
French operator pooh-poohs iOS4Register
Apple's iOS4 Issues Take Center StagePC World
User Complaints Prompt Apple to Probe iOS 4 Upgrade ProblemsNewsinferno.com
InternetNews.com -Ars Technica -Gadgets DNA
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TG Daily
Microsoft should starve on radical penguin diet
Register
Open...and Shut When the mouthpiece of American capitalism calls a company a dog, it's time to re-evaluate that company's chances. In Wednesday's Wall Street Journal, columnist Holman Jenkins, Jr asks if "Steve ...
Microsoft Vows Tablet Comeback, But When?PC World
Steve Ballmer on the iPad: The transcriptFortune
Says that his company is about to step up their effortsDailyTech
Telegraph.co.uk -TrustedReviews -ZDNet (blog)
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Pocket-lint.com
YouTube Now Supports 15 Minutes of Fame
PC World
Artwork: Chip TaylorYouTube says its Content ID system makes the extra five minutes possible. With all major movie studios and music labels using Content ID to sniff out copyrighted material, and the technology improved enough, YouTube can afford to ...
YouTube ups video time limitRegister
YouTube Gives Users 15 Minutes of Upload TimeeWeek
YouTube Increases Video Upload Length to 15 MinutesPC Magazine
Fortune -VentureBeat -paidContent.org
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Erictric
FCC Approves First 4G LTE Phone
InformationWeek
The Federal Communications Commission has recently approved some of the first devices to use Long Term Evolution 4G technology, including a phone and a laptop dongle. By Eric Zeman Sprint may have launched the first WiMax phone earlier this year, ...
FCC approves very first 4G LTE phone, from SamsungTG Daily
FCC approves Samsung SCH-R900, the first U.S. 4G LTE phoneMobile Burn
FCC approves Samsung LTE phone, likely for MetroPCSFierceWireless
PhoneNews.com -Gizmodo.com (blog) -Softpedia
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Geeky gadgets
Froyo coming to Evo on Tuesday, Sprint confirms
Computerworld
CareerJournal - Froyo, the Android 2.2 update, will come to the HTC Evo smartphone starting Tuesday, Sprint confirmed in a blog, bringing support for Flash video and external storage of applications, among other features. ...
Sprint To Roll Out Android 2.2 to HTC EVO Starting Aug. 3PC Magazine
Android 2.2 comes to Evo 4G next weekTG Daily
HTC will start Android Froyo updates this weekendInquirer
PC World -DailyTech -Wall Street Journal
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Globe and Mail
Google Android apps 'collecting personal data'
Telegraph.co.uk
According to Lookout, a US-based security firm, more than 80 Google Android wallpaper apps were collecting mobile phone numbers and personal details, including unique subscriber numbers. ...
Google Suspends Android Wallpaper Apps Over Private Data TheftLANewsMonitor.com
Android App Data Theft: Advantage Apple?PC World
'Suspicious' Android wallpaper app nabs user dataRegister
LinuxInsider.com -PC Magazine -Apple Insider
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Telegraph.co.uk
Amazon Launches $139 Wi-Fi Kindle
InformationWeek
The Wi-Fi only electronic reader and a $189 third generation model of the original Kindle with Wi-Fi and 3G are Amazon's latest bid to spur digital book sales. By Antone Gonsalves Amazon has launched a $139 Wi-Fi-only Kindle, hoping to stay ahead of ...
New Amazon Kindle 3 stands out against its earlier siblingsInternational Business Times
Amazon Introduces New Kindle, WiFi OptioneWeek
Product News: Amazon Revamps Kindle, Offers Wi-Fi Only ModelThe Mac Observer
ZDNet (blog) -Wall Street Journal -The Guardian
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Channel 4 News
Global warming 'undeniable,' world report says
Montreal Gazette
The study suggests continued warming will transform how societies currently function, as coastal cities, water supplies, agriculture and infrastructure will all be threatened. The past decade was the warmest ...
Global Warming "Undeniable," US Government Report SaysNational Geographic
The Met Office's climate change report: between denial and alarm lies realityTelegraph.co.uk (blog)
NOAA: Last decade was warmest, global warming "undeniable"USA Today
Wall Street Journal -Huffington Post (blog) -Chicago Tribune
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Telegraph.co.uk
Google says it may have overestimated blockage of services in China
San Jose Mercury News
Following a report by Google that its search and other services were "fully blocked" in China — triggering an international flurry of news stories — Google said late Thursday that its automated systems might have exaggerated the size of ...
Google blocked overnight in ChinaComputerworld (blog)
Google overestimated China blockageTelegraph.co.uk
Read all 'Google Search' posts in Politics and LawCNET (blog)
Wall Street Journal -The Associated Press -Register
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The Age
Vodafone NZ: Apple iPhone 4 Sold Out Nationwide
Wall Street Journal
WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--Vodafone NZ, the official seller of the iPhone in New Zealand, said Friday it sold its entire stock of Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) latest iPhone model four hours after the phone went on sale. The company, which is a wholly owned ...
Good reception for iPhone across nationSydney Morning Herald
Want a white iPhone 4 now? Go the DIY routeCNET
'Nightmare' iPhone 4 launchNews24
Apple Insider -CNET Australia -AFP
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ecopolitology (blog)
EPA rejects Va. AG's greenhouse gases challenge
BusinessWeek
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's challenge to the federal government's conclusion that greenhouse gases are dangerous to people has failed on the regulatory front but remains alive in court. The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday ...
EPA reaffirms position on global warmingRoanoke Times
EPA rejects challenges to climate reportUPI.com
EPA rejects challenge to 'credible, compelling' climate scienceLos Angeles Times (blog)
Bloomberg -Cape Fear Business News -Hindustan Times
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Kansas City Star
On the Call: Motorola co-CEO on chip supplies
BusinessWeek
Motorola Inc. reported surging sales of smart phones in the second quarter, but co-CEO Sanjay Jha, head of the phone division, said it is hampered by short supplies of chips. An analyst asked him to explain how this affects its latest smart phone, ...
Motorola profit beats estimates, powered by AndroidLos Angeles Times
Motorola Android Strategy Pays Off as Smartphone Sales RiseeWeek
The Droid 2 will render the original Droid obsolete, right?ITworld.com
Softpedia -AFP -International Business Times
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AFP
US should seek world cooperation on cyber conflict, says ex-CIA director
Computerworld
Computerworld - LAS VEGAS -- The US needs to consider working with other leading nations to develop rules of engagement in cyberspace, retired general and former director of the CIA Michael Hayden said during a keynote address at ...
Ex-CIA chief shuns claims of China 'cyberwar'Financial Times
US military cyberwar: What's off-limits?CNET
Former NSA Director: US Needs Clear Understanding of Cyber WareWeek
AFP -InternetNews.com -Infosecurity Magazine (US)
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CNET
Judges ponder location for Google privacy lawsuits
The Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho — A panel of federal judges is deciding where to consolidate several lawsuits against Google Inc. that allege the company violated wiretapping laws. At least nine lawsuits seeking class-action status have been filed in the United States so ...
Google cleared in Britain over collection of private dataAFP
Google cleared of wi-fi snoopingBBC News
UK Clears Google on Wi-Fi Data GatheringDigitaltrends.com
ZDNet (blog) -Ars Technica -Dslreports
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IntoMobile (blog)
HTC Droid Incredible teardown reveals around $163 worth of parts
VentureBeat
The Droid Incredible shares many components with Google's Nexus One (also built by HTC), so it's no surprise that it's similar to the Nexus One's $174.15 material cost. Both phones share the same Samsung 3.7-inch AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light ...
IPhone 4's parts cost more than Droid Incredible'sLos Angeles Times (blog)
HTC Droid Incredible Is a 'Google Nexus Two'eWeek
Droid Incredible Teardown Reveals Cost of $163PC Magazine
Wall Street Journal -Wireless Week -Afterdawn.com
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Globe and Mail
BlackBerry may be berry good with new OS
msnbc.com
A new BlackBerry, but more importantly, a new BlackBerry operating system upgrade, is coming. "Yawn," you say? Don't be too quick to dismiss Research In Motion and its sturdy line of smart phones. On Tuesday, the company, ...
RIM to address India's security concerns: reportMarketWatch
BlackBerry App World 2.0 beta arrives for someCNET (blog)
Blackberry slider phone rumoured to be due next weekInquirer
New York Times -Reuters -Wall Street Journal
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IntoMobile (blog)
BlackBerry Springs Leaks, App World 2.0 Goes Beta
InformationWeek
It's been hard to escape the cavalcade of leaked information about unannounced BlackBerry devices of late. Find out what the latest scuttlebutt is here. By Eric Zeman By now you've heard that Research In Motion and AT&T have called for a press ...
RIM outs BlackBerry App World 2.0 betaMobile Burn
BlackBerry App World Being Rolled Out to Beta TestersPhone Scoop
BlackBerry App World 2.0 beta goes liveMobiputing
MarketWatch (press release) -IntoMobile (blog) -Appolicious
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