Jonathan Skillings / Crave: The gadget blog:
OLPC to laptop makers: Use our design  —  The One Laptop per Child initiative seems to have found that imitation isn’t simply a form of flattery, it’s grounds for a new business model.  —  Speaking at the TED 2009 conference, OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte said that the future […]

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
College Music Service Ruckus.com Shuts Down  —  Ruckus, an online music service geared towards universities that allows students to stream an unlimited amount of music, has apparently just closed its doors.  The service was designed to appeal to college students, offering a legal alternative …

Fred / A VC:
Hasn’t It Always Been About Status?  —  What’s the day?  What you doing?  —  How’s your mood in that song?  —  when it passes right by me  —  It’s behind me, now it’s gone.  —  Fireworks, Animal Collective  —  Facebook’s announcement that they are opening up API access to user’s status […]

Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
AT&T’s 3G MicroCell to patch iPhone dead zones  —  iPhone 3G users stuck in an AT&T dead zone at home or at work will soon be able to plug in a device that provides a strong local signal for up to 10 phones and four simultaneous voice or data connections via […]

Micheline Maynard / New York Times:
Not Everyone Is Cheering as Wi-Fi Takes to the Air  —  For all the annoyance of being crammed into an aluminum tube at 35,000 feet with a bunch of strangers, air travel has offered one benefit: the ability to tell bosses and colleagues, “I’ll be on a flight, so […]

dailymobile.se:
Pictures: Samsung M7600 - With Bang & Olufsen Powered Audio  —  As promised, Here are some pictures of the Samsung M7600 that haven’t yet been announced.  —  Samsung M7600 Specifications: GSP, HDSPA, 3mpix camera, 2,8″ amoled screen, Bang olufsen amp, Divx, Full touch screen.