Morning Radar: iPhone 5 craziness, PS3 legal alert, more on Windows 8

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A few of the stories and headlines catching our attention this morning …  Rumors about Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 launch are spreading fast and furious after a case maker posted and then pulled apparent images of the device. Bottom line, the next iPhone will be thin and tapered at the edges, with an 8 megapixel… Read More…

Morning Radar: Web site wants your Amazon rants; Connors on Cook; and more

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Amazon.com is starting to get a bit of a PR black eye when it comes to the sales tax issue, and a new Web site called “Drop a Dime on Amazon” surely won’t help matters. Created by The Alliance for Main Street Fairness, the site encourages Amazon employees, vendors and concerned citizens to “anonymously share stories and thoughts… Read More…

Morning Radar: TouchPad is a best seller; Online video rankings; and more

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How do you drive interest in your consumer electronics gadget? Well, you discontinue it, of course.  Engadget notes that HP’s heavily-discounted TouchPad — a tablet computer that’s being phased out — is now among the best selling consumer electronics devices on Amazon.com. nLight Corp., a profitable Vancouver, Washington maker of semiconductor laser technology used in… Read More…

Morning Radar: T-Mobile unveils the 4G BlackBerry Bold; state jobless rate stuck at 9.3%; etc.

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T-Mobile USA today rolled out its first 4g BlackBerry device, dubbed the BlackBerry Bold 9900. And the super thin smartphone doesn’t come cheap, with Boy Genius Report noting that it sells for $299.99 with a new two-year contract. “…CIOs can trust that the BlackBerry Bold 9900 will give their employees the ultimate combination of speed,… Read More…

Morning Radar: Google’s biggest acquisitions; Redfin’s iPhone app; Redbox price increases; and more

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Google’s $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility is causing waves in the tech industry today, so Matt Rosoff at Alley Insider takes a look at what happened to 16 other big acquisitions by the search giant (including YouTube, Postini, ITA, Like.com). Rosoff also notes that the $12.5 billion buyout of Motorola would be four times… Read More…

Morning Radar: Windows Phone’s new logo, TechStars as reality TV, and more

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Microsoft’s Windows Phone appears to be getting a new logo – shifting from a round icon to a square one that more closely matches the mobile operating system’s tile interface. The new look is presumably slated for official release with the debut of the Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” update this fall. The City of Renton just topped… Read More…

Morning Radar: Steve Lacey memorial, George R.R. Martin at Bungie, 4G Windows Phone

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Steve Lacey, the Google engineer and former Microsoftie who was the victim of a car crash July 24 in Kirkland, was honored Sunday at a memorial service. Read coverage by the Seattle Times. “Steve was addicted to building things,” remembered one of his fellow Googlers. A dustup over Microsoft exposing the locations of phones and… Read More…