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3:00 PM ET, May 28, 2010

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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
The next Apple TV revealed: cloud storage and iPhone OS on tap... and a $99 price tag  —  If you thought that Apple's foray into the world of home entertainment died with the last iteration of the Apple TV, you're quite wrong.  A tip we've received — which has been confirmed by a source …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Report: Apple Prepping Cheap, Cloud-Based Apple TV For War With Google  —  The idea of putting iPhone apps on the Apple TV has been something some of us have been thinking about since at least 2008, when the original App Store launched.  When rumors were swirling about Google TV …
Discussion: ZDNet, SiliconANGLE and TUAW
Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
Mark Zuckerberg: I Donated to Open Source, Facebook Competitor  —  You might expect that Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg would dismiss the four NYU college students who want to take on Facebook's dominance of social networking by building a distributed, open alternative that includes a way for people to run their own servers.
Sara Silver / Wall Street Journal:
Motorola Bets Big on Google, Verizon  —  Motorola Inc. has reached a deal with Verizon Wireless to ensure some of its upcoming smartphones will be heavily promoted by the largest U.S. carrier, a big boost as Motorola tries to turn around its struggling handset business.
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Kat Hannaford / Gizmodo:
Motorola Launching Two Droid Phones In July With Verizon  —  It's no secret that the Droid Shadow will be sold exclusively with Verizon Wireless as soon as next month, but the WSJ is reporting that another Motorola smartphone will also be added to Verizon's shelves in July.
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Motorola: Can it differentiate itself in the Droid mix?
Ben Grubb / ZDNet Australia:
IE6 used as Facebook blocker: Microsoft  —  Businesses that want to block access to social networking sites such as Facebook are not upgrading to the latest version of Internet Explorer (IE), according to Microsoft's Australian chief security adviser.  —  “[Companies are] happy to stay …
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Barry Collins / PC Pro:
Microsoft man: “My job is to destroy IE6”  —  The man in charge of Internet Explorer has told PC Pro that he's been tasked with destroying IE6.  —  Internet Explorer 6 continues to be the second most used browser version in the world at the ripe old age of nine, according to Net Applications.
Douglas MacMillan / Business Week:
Google's Latest Launch: Its Own Trading Floor  —  The search giant is hiring Wall Street vets to manage a $26.5 billion pile of cash  —  Last fall, some unusual job listings began cropping up on Google's (GOOG) website.  Amid the requests for programmers and engineers were postings for bond traders and portfolio analysts.
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Silicon Alley Insider:   CHART OF THE DAY: How Google Invests Its Cash (GOOG)
Vanessa Fox / Search Engine Land:
Google Confirms “Mayday” Update Impacts Long Tail Traffic  —  Google made between 350 and 550 changes in its organic search algorithms in 2009.  This is one of the reasons I recommend that site owners not get too fixated on specific ranking factors.  If you tie construction of your site …
Jonathan Standing / Reuters:
Hon Hai to raise China wages after spate of suicides  —  TAIPEI - Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry plans to raise workers' salaries by about 20 percent at its Foxconn unit in China, as it struggles to stop a spate of worker suicides and quell rising public anger.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Increases Support for Self-Publishing in iBookstore  —  While Apple may be struggling to sign up major publishers for international eBook distribution through its iBookstore, the company appears to be making things easier for independent authors without a publisher to have their work included in the store.
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Kindle Review:
You can now self-publish for iBooks - just need a Mac
Discussion: Fast Company
Jon Gilkison / interfacelab:
Is This Really The Future of Magazines or Why Didn't They Just Use HTML 5?  —  I just downloaded the Wired iPad application, and like most iPad applications (and most magazines for that matter), I found myself bored with it within the first 20 minutes.  I'm sure the content is engaging …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Yahoo Front Page Head Tapan Bhat Leaves Company  —  Another longtime Yahoo exec is departing-this time Tapan Bhat (pictured here), who had purview over the Internet giant's important front page.  —  The news of the departure came in an internal email from new Chief Product Officer Blake Irving …
Telegraph:
iPad arrives in London after fans queue overnight at Apple store  —  British technology fans finally got their hands on the Apple iPad today, after many queued overnight to ensure they made their purchase before the limited stocks ran out.  —  The queues began extending down Regent Street …
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M. Daou / MobileTechWorld:
Microsoft: 30 Million Windows Phone 7 devices will be sold by the end of 2011  —  During yesterday's ReMIX Microsoft showed an interesting slide that didn't go unoticed by me ( you can see it above).  According to IDC predictions 30Million Windows Phone 7 devices will be sold by the end …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Geo Services Mismatch Places Up To 40 Percent Of The Time  —  Have you ever tried to check into a place on Foursquare or some other geo service only to find that there are 10 names for the same location?  For instance, Foursquare has tons of different “places” that are all inside Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
Leena Rao / TechCrunchIT:
Box.net Adopts HTML5; Adds Drag And Drop Functionality Between The Web And Desktop  —  Cloud storage and document sharing startup Box.net is the latest startup to adopt HTML5.  The startup is announcing today that it is incorporating a broad implementation of HTML5 drag and drop functionality …
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
And We're Off: Hurt Locker Files First 5,000 Lawsuits Against File Sharers  —  from the welcome-to-the-digital-hurt- locker dept  —  As was widely rumored and more or less confirmed by the rude email from Hurt Locker's producers, saying that anyone who thought this was a bad idea was a …
Marco Chiappetta / HotHardware.com News:
Intel Core i7-875K and i5-655K Unlocked Processors  —  Once upon a time, not very long ago in fact, Intel vehemently frowned upon overclocking.  There were even times leading up to new processor and chipset releases when it was rumored that Intel would bring an end to overclocking altogether.
Benjamin Rubenstein / AndroidGuys:
EVO's Qik Video Chat to Cost an Extra $5 a Month... Seriously?  —  According to a source of ours inside Sprint, the EVO 4G's $10 premium cost doesn't seem to cover the Qik video chat capabilities, as previously thought.  As you can see in the screenshot below, the service will be cost a $4.99 premium, payable via PayPal.
Josh Constine / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Tests “Related Photos,” Shows Users Excerpts from Other Albums  —  Facebook is experimenting with a new feature that appears in the right sidebar while a user browses the in-house Photos application.  Called “Related Photos”, it displays two types of shots: photos from other albums …
Discussion: Mashable!
 
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
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Andrew Kameka / Androinica:
SIRIUS XM Android App now broadcasting sans Howard Stern
Discussion: Electronista, mobiputing and Droid Life
Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:
Sony patent shows solar charged e-reader/laptop built from two touchscreens
Discussion: Go Rumors and Liliputing
Vladislav Savov / Engadget:
Nokia N8 video overview: Symbian^3 homescreens, messaging, email …
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Yahoo Redesigns Image & Video Search Pages To Show Trending Results
Andy Patrizio / ServerWatch:
IT Buying More x86 Servers, Paying Less: IDC
Vladislav Savov / Engadget:
Skype Mobile with video support coming to Android Market later this year?
 Earlier Items: 
Ray Padgett / Mashable!:
Why MySpace Can Still Win as a Music Destination
Discussion: WebProNews
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
You Can Try Picplz Soon, But Only On Android
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft's social-networking lab launches new Twitter viewing tool
John Cook / TechFlash:
Microsoft officially releases Tag, its mobile barcode technology
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Lists Top 1,000 Sites On The Web & Then Lets You Advertise On Them
Susan Wojcicki / The Official Google Blog:
We've officially acquired AdMob!