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Motorola 2Q earnings climb, revenue stabilizes (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - Motorola Inc. on Thursday reported a sharply higher profit for the second quarter and stabilized its long revenue decline as its strategy of focusing on smart phones like the Droid bore fruit.

Adult industry sees iPorn potential in new phone (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in.

Security pro harvests info on 100 million Facebook users (Christopher Null)

July 29, 2010

Christopher Null - How easy would it be to compile a list of, say, 20 percent of Facebook's user base, including their full name, unique user ID and URL of their Facebook page? Awfully easy, it turns out.

Hands-on with the new Kindle (Ben Patterson)

July 29, 2010

Ben Patterson - Heard about the new, smaller Kindle? My fellow tech blogger Chris Null had the scoop Wednesday night, and I was recently lucky enough to spend some hands-on time with Amazon’s lighter, pared-down e-reader. After playing with it for a few minutes, I’m pretty sure I want one.

Panasonic to buy out Sanyo, Panasonic Electric (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen green businesses such as electric cars and solar panels.

Obama seeks his "mojo" on daytime TV's "The View" (Reuters)

July 29, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama tried to revive his common touch on Thursday with a mainly light-hearted appearance on daytime television where five women hosts grilled him about his Blackberry, Lindsay Lohan and the Afghan war.

Apple 'looking into' iOS 4 problems on iPhone 3G (Ben Patterson)

July 29, 2010

Ben Patterson - Even as "Antennagate" fades into the background, Apple is getting hit with yet another problem: iPhone 3G users whose handsets became murderously slow after upgrading to the latest iPhone OS.

The Facebook Data Torrent Debacle: Q&A (PC World)

July 29, 2010

PC World - Security concerns over Facebook have been raised yet again after a security consultant collected the names and profile URLs for 171 million Facebook accounts from publicly available information. The consultant, Ron Bowes, then uploaded the data as a torrent file allowing anyone with a computer connection to download the data.

Russian court bans YouTube over extremist videos (AFP)

July 29, 2010

AFP - A court banned access to popular video site YouTube in Russia's Far East because it contained a video that the Justice Ministry declared extremist, Russian newspapers reported Thursday.

HOW TO: Implement Google Font API on Your Website (Mashable)

July 29, 2010

Mashable - This series is supported by Ben & Jerry's Joe, Ben & Jerry's new line-up of Fair Trade and frozen iced coffee drinks. Learn more about it here.

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