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updated at 11:18pm on 10/9/2012

Top Meme

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica — Lenovo intros the IdeaPad Yoga in Ars Technica, er, Clementine Orange. Casey Johnston Lenovo is the latest of the PC manufacturers to announce details about its upcoming Windows 8 machines. Like manufacturers we've seen at CES, Computex, and IFA this year, Lenovo is betting big on hybrid systems to drive its...

yoga, lenovo, tablet

Secondary Memes

Microsoft CEO Ballmer: Devices, devices, devices!

ZDNet | All About Microsoft Blog RSS — In case you didn't get the memo -- or CEO Steve Ballmer's latest shareholder letter -- Microsoft officially is a devices and services company now.

microsoft, ballmer, devices

T-Mobile Officially Announces The Galaxy Note II As "Coming In A Few Weeks"

David Beren, TmoNews — T-Mobile and Samsung announce the Samsung Galaxy Note II, the next generation Samsung flagship phablet featuring a 5.5? HD Super AMOLED screen “for an enhanced entertainment experience and improved productivity while using the device.” The Galaxy Note II is T-Mobile’s first device with a quad-core...

note, mobile, samsung

Tertiary Memes

iPad mini rumored to be wi-fi only, iPad 3 mark II rumored to be international LTE friendly

Joseph Keller, iMore - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch blog — The iPad mini may debut as a Wi-Fi only device, and the iPad 3 revision iMore revealed back in August may be...

ipad, mini, apple

Verizon to reach 410 cities with LTE next week

Macworld — Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it will launch faster LTE wireless service in 21 cities on Oct. 18, reaching a...

verizon, lte, network

No, Drake & Lil Wayne aren’t making $3M per year from Pandora

Tom Cheredar, VentureBeat — Pandora founder Tim Westergren disclosed some interesting financial information today regarding how much...

artists, pandora, radio

Sling Media officially unveils the Slingbox 350 and 500

Ben Drawbaugh, Engadget — The company that takes almost full credit for inventing place-shifting is back in retail action with new...

slingbox, new, box

Retail: Walmart Wishes Amazon Unhappy Holidays With Same-Day Delivery

Marcus Wohlsen, Wired: Business — Walmart doesn’t have to drive far to get to where most customers live. Image: Walmart Stores/Flickr Amazon...

walmart, order, testing

The Do Not Track standard has crossed into crazy territory

ZDNet | The Ed Bott Report Blog RSS — The advertising industry wants to change the definition of Do Not Track into something Orwell would be proud...

track, not, groups

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