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Report: iPhone 5 may be delayed until fall 2011

A new report from a Japanese Mac blog says that Apple may miss its traditional summer launch for its next iPhone model.
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The New York Times offering discounted digital subscriptions as part of today’s paywall launch

The New York Times is offering a "special introductory offer" of $0.99 for the first month of unlimited access to nytimes.com
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Google ranked as world’s most valuable brand

Google has beaten out competitors Microsoft and Apple to claim the top spot as the world's most valuable brand.
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Google won’t pull DUI-evasion apps

RIM has taken down apps that point out sobriety checkpoints. Google says it won't take any action. And Apple remains silent
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Netflix compensates customers for recent outage

Netflix says "sorry" and offers customers a small credit to make up for Tuesday's video-streaming outage.
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Duke Nukem Forever delayed until June

No surprise here. Duke Nukem Forever has been again delayed.
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Facebook boots 20,000 users per day, some for being underage

Underage users are among those routinely cutoff from the social networking site.
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Apple pulls ‘gay cure’ app from App Store

Apple has pulled the controversial Exodus International app because it "violates developer guidelines," according to an Apple spokesman.
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Apple sues Amazon over ‘App Store’ trademark

Apple is taking Amazon to court in California to try to get the online retail giant to drop the name for its newly-launched Android app marketplace.
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France fines Google over Street View privacy violations

Google's privacy SNAFUs have drawn the ire of the French government, which claims that privacy breaches extend to the geo-social app, Google Latitude.
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Google fixes Flash security bug before Adobe

Google has addressed a serious security issue in Adobe's Flash Player -- but only for its Chrome browser.
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Tumblr blames ‘human error’ for weekend security lapse

Tumblr has downplayed the severity of a security breach that may have exposed users' personal information including passwords and server IP addresses.

Operator of Japan’s endangered nuclear reactors now giving Twitter updates

As Japan continues to fight against a nuclear catastrophe, the company that operates the quake-damaged plants is turning to Twitter in order to help keep the public informed.
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Angry Birds developer Rovio aiming for IPO

Rovio wants to be a "big company." Big as in Facebook and Google big. Will an IPO help them get there?
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Report: ICANN may approve .xxx domain as early as tomorrow

ICANN may decide Friday whether it will grant the porn industry its own section of the Internet in the form of a unique domain suffix.
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New York Times unveils digital subscription plans

The New York Times has announced that it will erect a paywall at the end of the month to encourage heavy users to enroll in one of three subscription plans.
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U.S. military developing battle-ready apps for smartphones, tablets

In the near future, soldiers may be monitoring enemy movements on iPads and Android tablets, according to a new report.
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Google Docs adds new commenting features, e-mail notifications

Google's new commenting system adds tagging and a conversational feel to document collaboration.
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Firefox 4 final version coming March 22

Mozilla is wrapping up the quality assurance phase of Firefox and readying the browser for a final release next week.
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Etsy comes under fire for revealing buyers’ names, purchase histories

Indie marketplace Etsy is facing some serious blowback over privacy concerns after rolling out new social networking features to its website
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Google gives Street View site a makeover

Now with images of cities, towns and landmarks on seven continents, Street View can certainly claim to have come a long way since it first launched in May of 2007.
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Pew: getting local news through mobile devices is popular (but paying for it is not)

Nearly half of American adults get local news through their mobile devices. But very few are willing to pay for it.
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Google VP: 150 million mobile users on Google Maps

Google took sometime during SXSW to highlight some of the accomplishments of its mobile mapping service.
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AT&T offers free calls to Japan through end of March

As tragedy continues to unfold, AT&T is extending some aid to those trying to communicate with people in Japan.
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Apple exec confirms white iPhone coming ‘this spring’

Apple's senior VP of marketing announced via Twitter that the white iPhone will be available soon. But what form will the ghostly device take?
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Miami is the most flirty American city online, study finds

Miami is number one when it comes to online flirting in America. But is far from the top internationally.
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Google launches People Finder in response to earthquake in Japan

Google moved quickly to launch a service to help connect people missing in Japan with their loved ones.
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Verizon cracks down on premium text message scams

Verizon is offering refunds to anyone who fell victim to what it alleges are fraudulent premium text message campaigns.
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Microsoft attacks Apple’s typeface in battle over ‘App Store’ trademark

Microsoft accused Apple of filing paperwork that failed to comply with court standards because it was too wordy, too small.
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RIM’s tablet to include iTunes rival music service

RIM plans to challenge Apple's dominance of the digital music market with the inclusion of the 7Digital music store on its forthcoming PlayBook tablet.
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HP planning to put WebOS on every PC it ships in 2012

HP is getting serious about WebOS integration with plans to have the formerly mobile operating system extend to all of its PCs starting next year.
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Skype rolling out ads for Windows client

As the world awaits for Skype to go public, the company is rolling out a new plan to generate income in the form of advertisements.
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Spotify reaches one million paying subscribers, still not available in U.S.

Spotify has achieved a streaming music milestone by capturing its one millionth paying customer. Can a U.S. expansion be too far off?
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New study finds Verizon iPhone is slower than AT&T iPhone for data downloads

A comprehensive study finds that Verizon's iPhone not only under-performs in data download speeds when compared to AT&T's, but is also slower than other devices on Verizon's own network.