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AT&T will begin selling 3G versions of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader in March, in hopes of attracting more people to the wireless connectivity it offers on the device. Original post by Mark Raby

AT&T will begin selling 3G versions of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader in March, in hopes of attracting more people to the wireless connectivity it offers on the device. Original post by Mark Raby

CWmike writes “Apple’s new MacBook Pro shows some build-quality problems that shouldn’t be seen in a notebook that costs $1,800, a teardown expert said on Monday. iFixit.com found several signs of substandard assembly while disassembling a 15-in. MacBook Pro. Among them: A stripped screw near the subwoofer enclosure and an unlocked ZIF (zero insertion force) [...]

PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s biggest telecom and entertainment group Vivendi is seen posting higher 2010 sales and adjusted net profit on Tuesday thanks to video-game unit Activision Blizzard and emerging-markets growth. Original post by Whitson Gordon

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and Google Ventures have invested $42 million in a start-up run by former Google employees, which helps insure farmers against losses from increasingly volatile global weather. Original post by Whitson Gordon

Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco on Monday, Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha repeated the company’s plans to issue a tablet with a 7-inch form factor this year. Jha’s new claim mirrors remarks he made to the same effect during a keynote speech at the Credit Suisse 2010 Technology Conference [...]

alphadogg writes “For those who feel like Linux and open source have been slighted by Tinseltown in the face of its embrace of Facebook and The Social Network, you’ll be heartened to know that the Father of Linux, Linux Torvalds, and his wife Tove were among the beautiful people at Saturday’s pre-Oscars Night Before Party [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A trade panel judge who specializes in patent fights ruled for South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in its battle with Spansion Inc over flash memory chips, the International Trade Commission said on Monday. Original post by Whitson Gordon

According to Scott Moritz over at The Street, sales of the Verizon iPhone toppled the one million units sold mark during opening weekend. In a blog post today, Mr. Moritz details just how he arrived at this number. “Dan Mead, Verizon Wireless chief, told media outlets this weekend that 60% of the company’s iPhone sales [...]