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PC World - Google has dominated tech headlines this week with Google TV and the Froyo upgrade for Android. But let's take a look at some of the news stories that might have gotten missed this week: the world's smallest 1080p HD camera, Seagate dropping 32-bit OS support for its future 3 TB drives, a potential widescreen Nintendo 3DS, and supercomputers from IBM with Intel and Nvidia chips. Read on for more!

AP - Shares of Marvell Technology Group Ltd. jumped Friday after the chip maker posted first-quarter results above Wall Street's expectations, driven by higher sales of mobile device chips.

NewsFactor - In yet another move that pits Google against a one-time close ally, the search giant is rolling out a competitor to Apple TV. Given Google's ownership of YouTube, it seemed only a matter of time before the company would experiment with a web-based television service.

Macworld.com - It's not uncommon for people to take their Apple Dock Connector to USB cables to work with them, or anywhere else where they might spend a significant amount of time. While this is great for keeping your iPhone charged, it also means you have one more cable cluttering up your precious desk space. Furthermore, cables are not the most travel-friendly of accessories, with their tendencies to tangle and get caught on things.

AP - Compuware Corp. shares jumped Friday after the technology-management software maker reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations.

AFP - Pakistani protesters shouted Death to Facebook, Death to America and burnt US flags on Friday, venting growing anger over sacrilegious caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed on the Internet.

Reuters - A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a ruling requiring Verizon Wireless customers to resolve disputes over alleged fraudulent cell phone charges individually through arbitration rather than as a class.

LiveScience.com - As Apple's iPad continues to fly off shelves, an analyst reckons that the tablet computer is significantly outselling Mac computers and even vying with sales of the prolific iPhone as well.

AFP - Canadian university researchers on Friday warned of a new strain of advertising software that can sneak onto laptop computers linked to wireless networks at Internet cafes.

Ben Patterson - The scary headlines about Facebook privacy (or lack thereof) seem to have struck a chord with users of the ubiquitous social-networking service, with more than half of users in a recent online survey saying they're poised to bail on Facebook over worries about their private info.

InfoWorld - Microsoft this week offered a release candidate nbsp;of its Windows Server AppFabric technology for caching of Web applications. A general release is planned for next month.

Macworld.com - Six weeks into the post-iPad world, has Apple’s tablet really had an impact? According to a pair of surveys by ChangeWave Research released on Thursday, the iconic device has indeed. If anything, the consumer response to the iPad has only increased since its release.

PC World - The serious riots in Bangkok this week have taken a tragic toll out on the streets, but have also sparked an unprecedented emergence of amateur news gathering, shared over YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, which has proved ideal for the fast-moving situation.

AFP - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, held his first Internet chat with Chinese web users Friday, in a wide-ranging dialogue touching on politics and his eventual successor.

AP - THE CAMPAIGN: Microsoft is combining social media and detective work to market its new Kin cell phone by throwing surprise concerts with bands such as the Black Keys in four cities this month.

Macworld.com - Justin Long, the actor behind the endearing-turned-belittling Mac character in Apple’s long-running “Get a Mac” ads, wasn’t kidding when he foretold the end of the campaign. Apple on Friday unveiled its new, less imperative marketing approach: Why you’ll love a Mac.

PC World - Google on Wednesday introduced a new, open source video format called WebM that Google hopes will become a world-class media format for the open web. In other words, WebM is meant to be a video format that is not encumbered by patent claims from other technology companies and will be free to use by anyone who wants to put video on the Web.

AP - Free concerts. Open bar. Big names. Small venues. The catch?

Appolicious - In this special edition of App Industry News, we look at all the news Google has been making this week. That includes some perspective on Google's new Apple-bashing star, what Google TV means for the Android OS, and what you can expect from the coming Android update.

Ben Patterson - Verizon is still tops in a new survey of U.S. wireless subscribers, but it's now forced to share its crown after seeing a slight dip in its ratings from last year. And an also-ran in the customer-satisfaction race, Sprint, has managed to stage an impressive comeback.