Wednesday, June 29, 2011

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Sci/Tech News


News Corp. Takes A Bath On MySpace Sale - San Francisco Chronicle

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:26 PM PDT


USA Today

News Corp. Takes A Bath On MySpace Sale
San Francisco Chronicle
News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) finally unloaded its floundering MySpace web property today and the price is rather shocking - $35 million. The company paid $580 million for MySpace in 2005, and was hoping to fetch around $100 million for the social ...
News Corp. Sells MySpace for a Mere $35 MillionABC News
MySpace finally sold for some $35 millionChristian Science Monitor
Specific Media Buys MySpace for a Rumored $35 MillionPC Magazine
San Jose Mercury News -PCWorld -Wall Street Journal
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Cisco Plans to Offer Cius Tablet Computer at the End of July - BusinessWeek

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:07 PM PDT


CNET

Cisco Plans to Offer Cius Tablet Computer at the End of July
BusinessWeek
June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest maker of networking equipment, will begin selling its new Cius tablet computer to businesses at the end of July, hoping corporate users will drive adoption. ...
Cius is about giving control back to IT, Cisco saysComputerworld
How Does Cisco Expect To Sell Big Companies A $750 Android Tablet? (CSCO)San Francisco Chronicle
Cisco Plans to Offer Its Cius Tablet Computer at the End of JulyBloomberg
Network World -PCWorld -CNET
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TwitPic Founder Tweets About Being Detained for Public Nudity - PC Magazine

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:04 PM PDT


The Stir (blog)

TwitPic Founder Tweets About Being Detained for Public Nudity
PC Magazine
On Tuesday night Twitpic founder Noah Everett tweeted to his 2.8 million followers that he was arrested for public nudity. But was he really? In his first tweet at 2am ET, the Charleston, South Carolina resident wrote, ...
Twitpic founder arrested on Daniel Island?Live 5 News
TwitPic Founder Tweets Picture of 'Public Nudity Arrest'Fox News
Founder of Twitpic tweets pic from naked arrestJalopnik
msnbc.com -Mashable -Computerworld New Zealand
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Stars aligning on combined Lion, MacBook Air launch in mid-July - Ars Technica

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 01:40 PM PDT


International Business Times

Stars aligning on combined Lion, MacBook Air launch in mid-July
Ars Technica
The stars are aligning for a mid-July launch of both Mac OS X Lion and updated MacBook Airs, if the rumor mill is to be believed. Three sources across two different sites seem to have similar ...
Supply of Apple's white MacBook severely constrained ahead of Lion debutApple Insider
Next MacBook Air could ship July 19: reportmsnbc.com
Apple's white MacBook supply tightening ahead of new OS debutInternational Business Times
tuaw.com -PC Magazine -Macgasm
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Thunderbolt RAID dramatically faster than FireWire 800 - Macworld

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 12:01 PM PDT


CNET

Thunderbolt RAID dramatically faster than FireWire 800
Macworld
The wait for Thunderbolt-ready peripherals is over. Four months after the debut of Thunderbolt in Apple's revamped MacBook Pro lineup, storage devices that support Intel's new interconnect technology have finally ...
Thunderbolt drive support for troubleshootingCNET (blog)
Why the ability to boot from Thunderbolt on a Mac is hugeGigaOm
Promise and Apple Ship First Thunderbolt DevicesPC Magazine
Apple Insider -The Mac Observer -Mac Rumors
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