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Apple on Thursday will receive a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award during a special reception in Las Vegas. […]

Still, AutoRip is painfully close to something I’ve found myself pining for since starting to use a Kindle e-reader: free Kindle copies of purchased physical books.

A lot of people would love that.

The challenge for Qualcomm was to find a way to showcase their technology and keep the keynote about them and not the products of the companies that use their technology. Not only did they pull it off, they did it in style.

Everyone in the tech industry looked at the Qualcomm keynote and said WTF? Except the Ottawa Citizen. Now you know which Canadian site to never read.

Point counterpoint in the debate over gender diversity at tech conferences.

There you go.

Jim and Dan discuss people’s expectations of Apple now and in the future and the top stories coming from Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

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I love this little guy. […]

A town outside of Birmingham, England is home to a pub that serves what may be the largest steak in the world: a 9-pound monstrosity.

I agree with Michael. If you do a review, don’t waste your readers time.

The company put together a little slideshow of the high points from last year. Some fascinating numbers.

And you think delays traveling today are bad.

You have to admit being a “Freelance sperm donor” is unique.

The matter came to light when one developer said he’d received a request for support from someone who’d purchased the BB version of his app, despite the fact that he’d created no such version.

Oh RIM.

Creative block, writers block or whatever you call it, is a terrible thing to overcome. It’s that point when your mind will just not think, not let any ideas or words through this giant wall it’s erected in your mind. Stacey Kole offers some ideas on how to get around it.

What a fascinating story.

Kind of the opposite of Steve Jobs’ reality distortion field.

A fascinating premise, but I don’t get it. If we are shopping online more than ever, why go to a book store to see what we want to buy online?

Netflix Super HD requires an internet connection with at least 5Mb/s download. Not all devices can play Super HD. Super HD is only available via Internet Providers that are part of the Open Connect network.

In less than two years, Hulu has distributed 25 Hulu Original and Exclusive Series, offering viewers distinctive premium programming that can’t be seen anywhere else from top creative talent and 2013 is gearing up to be another great year for exclusive and original programming on Hulu. It’s a thrill to share what we have planned, including a new slate of Original and Exclusive Series that’s chock full of superheroes-in-training, rogue French cops, high-energy mascots and more. All shows will be available on free Hulu.com and the Hulu Plus subscription service.

This is the type of content I like to see services like Hulu work on. Exclusive, original, well done content. That’s worth paying for.

I’ve never seen anything like this before. Never.

Dave Klein posted some dates on the 2013 CocoaConf Spring Tour. They have several cities already lined up.

An entrepreneurial couple have turned to Indiegogo to raise money to take their cookie business to the next level.

A social media smack down.

Graham Spencer has done a terrific job with his “mapping” series on MacStories.

Rob Pegoraro:

You then watch a parade of executives bantering on about the company’s hopes and dreams and showing off their upcoming wares, which is good and useful–but from the cheap seats, you see no more detail than you’d get from watching video offsite. And except for Sony’s presser, which takes place in its exhibit area at the Las Vegas Convention Center, you rarely get any hands-on time with the new hardware either.

Rob does a good job of summing up the problem with press conference day. I always found CES so big that it was almost impossible to cover. In fact, it’s big enough that even press conferences don’t help reporters like they do at other events.

Poynter’s Matt Thompson has a great article on the use — and misuse — of buzzwords.

Maria Popova has some great letters from F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Orr, who has always been reluctant to talk about his many triumphs and has never spoken publicly about his personal relationships, even when they made their way into the headlines, promises to set the record straight on his remarkable life story. While the memoir will include chapters reflecting on the incomparable career of a beloved sports statesman it will also feature the candid thoughts of a man who once lost nearly everything to the treachery of his best friend, then reinvented himself and found renewed success.

I can’t wait to read this.

Matias’ new Bluetooth-equipped Laptop Pro brings mechanical keyswitch keyboarding to laptop users and other Mac users looking to get wires off their desk.