Tech Journalists and venture capital investors are two different people.
Just as food critics should not invest in restaurants and continue reviewing others, tech journalists should not continue to write if they choose to enter the investing arena.
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http://www.techi.com/2011/09/michael-arrington-crunchfund/
There have been an number of reports in recent days about the supposed loss of an iPhone 5 prototype in, you guessed it, a bar. Today, a Bernal Heights man has told SFWeekly that Apple employees impersonating police searched his home in July. If true, the Apple investigators could be charged and sentenced to as much as a year in jail.
After seeing the original Cnet report about a home being searched, he contacted SFWeekly and gave them the phone number. An Apple employee by the name of �Anthony Colon answered. Colon is a former police officer that works as an investigator at Apple. The SFPD, when contacted by SFWeekly, said that if Calder�n wishes to talk to them, there will be an investigation. A representative of the real police said of the alleged impersonation, ``that's a big deal.�...
Like most other mobile companies out there, it appears Meizu is looking to branch out from cellphones to tablets.
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/01/meizu-tablet-case-patent-application-hints-at-slate-plans/
The Nokia N9 will be considered a rarity in the US, UK and Germany when it's released, but at least fans Down Under won't have to look very far to get their hands on one.
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/01/nokia-n9-coming-to-australia-in-october-on-three-carriers/
Red Hat Linux has always been open source, but now the Linux power is inviting users as well as developers, to help shape the next generation Linux
For those times when portability is absolutely, positively, not a concern, there will soon be a new choice in mobile� computing. The GScreen Spacebook is a chunky little laptop that packs dual slide-out 17-inch LCD panels. After quite a lot of build up, the computer finally has a ship date this November.
The two screens slide out symmetrically, with one emerging from behind the other. The 17-inch panels are 1920x1080, which makes for a solid pixel density at that resolution. If you really need this kind of mobile workstation, the Sapcebook is going to be selling at a price commensurate with its high weight. The entry level version will go for $1899, and can be specced out for $2099...
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http://techtime.posterous.com/gscreen-spacebook-offers-dual-screen-mobile-c
Carl Weinschenk spoke to Lookout Mobile Security Co-founder and CTO Kevin Mahaffey.
In early August, the company released its first Mobile Threat Report.
