Jan 22 2012

RIM’s co-CEOs to step down – CNET

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RIM's co-CEOs to step down
CNET
by Steven Musil January 22, 2012 6:38 PM PST Follow @stevenmusil Research In Motion's co-chief executives have resigned their positions as part of a management shuffle, the company announced this evening. Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who will also
BlackBerry maker co-CEOs step downUSA TODAY
Thorsten Heins Takes Over as CEO at Research In MotionPCWorld
RIM CEOs Give Up Top Posts in ShuffleWall Street Journal
Ars Technica -Los Angeles Times -BusinessWeek
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Looming iPad 3 Expected to Halve Kindle Fire Orders
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According to quoted supply chain sources, Digitimes reports that orders for Amazon's Kindle Fire will be slashed by up to half in the wake of a looming iPad 3 launch. Amazon have yet to release official numbers, but have touted the Kindle Fire as their
Apple's new vision of educationComputerworld
iBooks Textbooks: Not Exactly Innovation in EducationTidBITS
Apple Did Not Revolutionize EducationDailyFinance
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A Foxconn Breakdown: It's Strengths, Strangeness, and Scrutiny
PC Magazine
By David Murphy You can't often think of the word "Apple" without thinking of the word "Foxconn" as well. The two are entangled in both business and culture – the former, a result of Foxconn's contract to assemble Apple's iPads and iPhones,
A tale of Apple, the iPhone, and overseas manufacturingCNET
China sales set to help Apple fend off Amazon threatThe Independent
How the US Lost Out on iPhone WorkNew York Times (blog)
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Jan 20 2012

Anonymous tricked people into joining Web site attacks – CNET

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Anonymous tricked people into joining Web site attacks
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by Elinor Mills January 20, 2012 2:04 PM PST Follow @elinormills The Web pages hosting the denial-of-service attack tools, some of which were in Spanish, redirected the visiting computer to the target site automatically, unless JavaScript was disabled,
Recommended: How Anonymous tricked the public into attacking websitesmsnbc.com
Anonymous dupes users into joining Metaupload attackComputerworld
#OpMegaupload links by Anonymous trick users into attacking US GovtSiliconrepublic.com
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Eye-Fi CEO slams SD Association's eerily similar Wireless SD card standard
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By Darren Murph posted Jan 20th 2012 11:39PM Yuval Koren is not pleased. For those unaware, he's the CEO of Eye-Fi, the company that has practically written the rules on embedding WiFi into SD cards. If you blinked last week, you probably missed the SD
Eye-Fi calls shenanigans on the SD AssociationCNET
Is the SD Association Trying to Bully Eye-Fi Out of Intellectual Property?PCWorld (blog)
Eye-Fi CEO says patented technology violated by Wireless LAN SDRob Galbraith DPI
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Microsoft Releases Earnings, Record Holiday Sales
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According to a press release from Microsoft, posted by Engadget, the company has sold 66 million Xbox 360 controllers, 18 million Kinect sensors, and reports that Xbox Live has grown to 40 million users worldwide, a 33% increase over prior year period.
Microsoft Shares Reach Highest Level Since Spring 2010Wall Street Journal
Why Microsoft May Want the Netbook to DiePC Magazine
Microsoft Upbeat on 2012 ProspectsPCWorld
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Jan 19 2012

Apple iBooks in schools: Devil is in the hardware – CNET

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Apple iBooks in schools: Devil is in the hardware
CNET
by Lindsey Turrentine January 19, 2012 9:28 AM PST Follow @lturrentine There was a Apple II in my third-grade classroom. We used it to play Oregon Trail. Then it died. Therein lies the problem with iPads in high school: devices break.
Apple brings textbooks to iPadUSA TODAY
Apple starts selling interactive iPad textbooksWall Street Journal
Apple Starts Selling Interactive iPad TextbooksABC News
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Wikipedia: SOPA protest led 8 million to look up reps in Congress
Los Angeles Times
On Wednesday, some of the Internet's largest entities blacked out their websites — or their logos or some of their content — in a protest against the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills making their way through Congress. If you're wondering whether all
SOPA protest by the numbers: 162M pageviews, 7 million signaturesArs Technica
Payback: Did SOPA cost Obama Hollywood donors?CNET
SOPA protests by Google and Facebook upend traditional lobbyingWashington Post
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Facebook users can share more activities with friends via 60 new apps
Digitaltrends.com
With more users turning to Facebook to find out what their friends are currently up to, the social network is making it simpler to share actions and get friends to join in. Announced during a press event in San Francisco earlier today, Facebook has
Facebook Timeline Apps: Should You Use It?PC Magazine
How Is The New Facebook 'Open Graph' Different From The Privacy Disaster That Forbes
Facebook Branches Out Past 'Likes' with 60 New Lifestyle AppsAdAge.com
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Jan 17 2012

Windows 8 will not be kind to Intel this year, says analyst – CNET

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Windows 8 will not be kind to Intel this year, says analyst
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by Brooke Crothers January 17, 2012 1:03 PM PST Follow @mbrookec A Windows 8 tablet using an Intel next-generation dual-core 'Clover Trail' Atom chip was shown at CES. Intel will have to slog through a tough 2012 before it sees any real windfall from
Windows 8 Tablets: Still HidingPCWorld
Microsoft's Windows 8 Includes Tablet Hardware RequirementseWeek
Document reveals details on plans for Windows 8 tablet hardwareWashington Post
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Alienware announces X51 small form factor gaming PC, starting at $ 699
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By Zachary Lutz posted Jan 17th 2012 11:24PM Alienware may have just upgraded its Aurora gaming rig, but that's not to keep the company from giving more diminutive form factors some love. Just this evening, the subsidiary of Dell announced the X51,
Alienware explains move to small form-factorTechRadar UK
gaming desktopCNET (blog)
Alienware launches its $ 699 X51 gamer PC for the mass marketVentureBeat
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Why the Smartphone Wars Will End in a Stalemate
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Speaking to The Daily Beast, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak just laid out the difference, clear as day: "The people I recommend the iPhone 4S for are the ones who are already in the Mac world, because it's so compatible, and people who are just scared
Even Woz Thinks the Android Bests the iPhoneDaily Beast
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak really likes his Android phoneGamezebo
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Jan 17 2012

MPAA blasts ‘dangerous’ anti-SOPA blackouts as ‘stunts’ – CNET

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MPAA blasts 'dangerous' anti-SOPA blackouts as 'stunts'
CNET
by Daniel Terdiman January 17, 2012 2:01 PM PST Follow @GreeterDan A bipartisan coalition in Congress is trying to push through the Stop Online Piracy Act, but a growing number of Web sites–including Wikipedia–are registering strong protest the
SOPA Legislative Debate Needs Leadership and Fresh IdeaseWeek
Internet strike: Wikipedia, Mozilla, Reddit to go dark tonightLos Angeles Times
SOPA protest swells as Google, Scribd, and WordPress joinArs Technica
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Facebook Unmasks Koobface Gang, Aided By Their Foursquare Check-ins And Social
Forbes
Facebook is trying a new tactic to fight cybercrime: public shame. The social network fingered five Russians that security researchers have determined are behind the “Koobface” worm that infected hundreds of thousands of computers and generated at
Web Gang Operating in the OpenNew York Times
Koobface computer virus gang unmaskedAFP
Facebook, Researchers Reveal Gang Behind Koobface VirusPC Magazine
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Report: Apple iPad 3 Launching in February?
PC Magazine
By Leslie Horn Apple's next-generation iPad might make its debut in early February, Japanese site Mackotakara (via Google Translate) has claimed. We're in the thick of iPad rumor season, where tidbits about an updated Apple tablet tend to run the gamut
iPad 3 Rumored for March ReleaseSlate Magazine
special eventsCNET (blog)
Apple integrates Facebook into iOS 5.1?ZDNet (blog)

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Jan 12 2012

Congratulations, Nokia, now get to work – CNET

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Congratulations, Nokia, now get to work
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by Kent German January 12, 2012 7:24 PM PST Follow @KentGerman We started by waiting for Microsoft to upgrade from the stodgy Windows Mobile. Then, we waited for the first Windows Phone 7 (WP7) handsets before waiting again for decent apps.
Hands on with Nokia's Lumia 900Ars Technica
Why Windows Phones Are the Most Exciting Handsets at CESWired News
Nokia CEO: MS Purchase Rumors BogusPC Magazine
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Privacy watchdog urges investigation of Google search feature
Los Angeles Times
An influential Washington privacy group is urging government regulators to probe a new search feature from Google, saying it invades the privacy of users and shuts out competitors. The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a complaint with the
Google Ups the Ante on Being SocialBusinessWeek
Google: Sorry, Twitter, We Don't Index the @ SymbolMashable
EPIC to FTC: Google Search Plus may violate privacy, antitrust rulesCNET
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Exclusive: Google Launches Style Guide for Android Developers
Wired News
By Mike Isaac Matias Duarte, the head of user experience at Android, aims to change the way developers design for the platform. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com LAS VEGAS — Matias Duarte is a man who loves a challenge. It's part of why he took his current
Google launches style guide for Android developersArs Technica
Polaroid Working On Three Ice Cream Sandwich TabletsTom’s Guide
Google to release optional design guidelines for Android 4.0VentureBeat
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Jan 12 2012

EPIC to FTC: Google Search Plus may violate privacy, antitrust rules – CNET

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EPIC to FTC: Google Search Plus may violate privacy, antitrust rules
CNET
by Elinor Mills January 12, 2012 12:46 PM PST Follow @elinormills The Electronic Privacy Information Center today asked regulators to look into whether Google's new Search Plus feature violates federal anti-trust rules and poses consumer privacy
Google's Personal Search Warrants FTC Scrutiny: EPICeWeek
Epic to FTC: Google Search+ is violating users' privacyThe Guardian
Microsoft Bing Beats Yahoo in Search Queries for the First Time in DecemberPC Magazine
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Foxconn Resolves Pay Dispute With Workers
New York Times
SHANGHAI — Foxconn Technology, the largest contract electronics manufacturer in the world, said Thursday that it had resolved a pay dispute with scores of workers at one of its factories in central China, following a large protest that involved threats
Microsoft probes mass suicide threat at manufacturing plantBlast
Foxconn settles with workers who threatened mass suicideCNET
Foxconn Settles Wage Dispute With Workers in ChinaPC Magazine
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Turntable.fm Founder Says He's Flattered By Facebook Listen With, But They're
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“I'm flattered Facebook was inspired by turntable.fm and created a listen together feature” says Founder Billy Chasen about Facebook's new synchronous music listening and chat feature Listen With. “I look forward to seeing how they interpret what
Facebook music feature lets you 'listen with friends'Washington Post
Facebook Launches Social Music Feature ?Listen With Friends?PC Magazine
Facebook now lets you listen to music with friends and groupsSlashGear
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