Jon Stokes / Ars Technica:
The A4 and the A8: secrets of the iPad’s brain  —  Most companies, when they go to the enormous expense of designing a complex chip, tell everyone about it.  Even a company like Sun or IBM, whose chips are used only in their own computers, unveil the details of their […]

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Raging Septuagenarian  —  Taking on the Times, Google, and, in a sense, his own children, Rupert Murdoch is not going gently into the night.  —  On Saturday, January 9, Rupert Murdoch was on his Boeing 737 returning to New York from a business trip to Los Angeles when […]

ZDNet:
Open Wi-Fi ‘outlawed’ in Digital Economy Bill  —  The government will not exempt universities, libraries and small businesses providing open Wi-Fi services from its Digital Economy Bill copyright crackdown, according to official advice released earlier this week.

Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Redrawing the Route to Online Privacy  —  ON the Internet, things get old fast.  One prime candidate for the digital dustbin, it seems, is the current approach to protecting privacy on the Internet.  —  It is an artifact of the 1990s, intended as a light-touch policy to nurture innovation […]

New York Times:
6 Months, $90,000 and (Maybe) a Great Idea  —  THE print hanging behind the receptionist’s desk at Foundation Capital screams, “Our greatest thrill is to loan you money” — in chunky, capitalized red letters.  That’s encouraging news for Michael Bauer, because he wants money and has put himself in a prime position […]

Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Exclusive: First Windows Phone 7 Series partner device unveiled (with video!)  —  Microsoft’s Aaron Woodman just pulled off a little surprise here at The Engadget Show: he brought out LG’s Windows Phone 7 Series pre-production prototype!  The QWERTY slider is the first branded Windows Phone 7 Series device …

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter To Add “Nifty” Site Features That May Make You Forget Third-Party Clients  —  Twitter appears to be on the verge of some big changes to its website if a tweet that Twitter engineer Alex Payne sent today is any indication.  In fact, the new features may be so good that […]

Malcolm Moore / Telegraph:
Apple admits using child labour in China  —  Apple has admitted that child labour was used at the Chinese factories that build its computers, iPods and mobile phones.  —  At least eleven 15-year-old children were discovered to be working last year in three factories which supply Apple.

Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
All U.S. Android phones to receive Android 2.1, but some will require a wipe  —  Considering over 80% of our readers with Android phones are running an outdated version of the operating system, I think most of you will find this interesting.  —  There has been some confusion over […]

Stephanie Rosenbloom / New York Times:
Cellphones Let Shoppers Point, Click and Purchase  —  Shoppers will soon be able to stand outside the designer Norma Kamali’s boutique in Manhattan, point a phone at merchandise in the window and buy it — even late at night when the store is closed.  —  Ms. Kamali is at […]