Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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Google Editions E-Book Store Coming This Month
PC Magazine
Google is going forward with plans to launch an e-book store by the end of
the year. Google Editions will grow out of Google Books, the company's
service for browsing and previewing books on the Web. Google project
management director Scott Dougall ...
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373654,00.asp>
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Groupon expanding in Silicon Valley and Asia
Reuters
NEW YORK/SHANGHAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Online discount coupon provider
Groupon announced a handful of deals on Wednesday to expand its presence in
Silicon Valley and in Asia, as reports of a potential takeover by Google
Inc (GOOG.O) heated up. ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0113615520101201>
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FCC Republicans says they oppose net neutrality push
Washington Post
By Cecilia Kang The two Republican members of the Federal Communications
Commission said Wednesday that they opposed Chairman Julius Genachowski's
"reckless" proposal for new net neutrality rules. Commissioners Robert
McDowell and Meredith Attwell ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/01/AR2010120103092.html>
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iPhone, RIM top US share; iPhone "most desirable" smartphone
Ars Technica
By Chris Foresman | Last updated December 1, 2010 10:31 AM Smartphones now
make up almost a third of all mobile phones in use in the US, according to
market research firm Nielsen. Among those, Apple's iPhone is now tied with
RIM's Blackberry devices as ...
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'Hacktivist' Claims Credit for WikiLeaks Attack
InformationWeek
Perpetrator says DDOS strike was in retaliation for site's disclosure of
sensitive US government documents to media outlets. By Paul McDougall ,
InformationWeek A self-proclaimed "hacktivist" said Tuesday he's the
computer expert who knocked rogue Web ...
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Apple Expunges Antigay App from Store
PC World
By Brennon Slattery, PCWorld Apple's app removal processes have always been
a little blurry, but over the Thanksgiving holiday, the company made one
point clear: the App Store is no place for homophobia. The product in
question, the Manhattan ...
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Agency Proposes Privacy as Default for Online Data
New York Times
By EDWARD WYATT and TANZINA VEGA WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade
Commission on Wednesday recommended a new framework for commercial use of
consumer data that allows Internet users to choose whether or not they want
information about their browsing ...
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Report: Amazon Kindle 'Rapidly' Losing Market Share to iPad
Cult of Mac
By Ed Sutherland (7:07 am, Dec. 01, 2010) The iPad is eating into the
Kindle's market, prompting analysts Tuesday to announce the Amazon e-reader
has a "rapidly diminishing lead" over the Apple tablet. The iPad's
e-reader market share doubled between ...
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News: New iPad Ad Highlights iOS 4.2 Features
The Mac Observer
Apple released a new iPad commercial on Tuesday that shows off new features
in iOS 4.2. The ad, called iPad is Amazing, highlights AirPrint, AirPlay,
and multitasking. The release of iOS 4.2 — which was actually iOS 4.2.1
by the time the update reached ...
<http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/new_ipad_ad_highlights_ios_4.2_features/>
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Virgin launches iPad-exclusive magazine
TG Daily
The world of magazines is in the midst of a potentially radical change, a
fact that has been cemented after tycoon Richard Branson and his company
Virgin launched an ambitious new publication which will only be available
through the iPad. ...
<http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-brief/52808-virgin-launches-ipad-exclusive-magazine>
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