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Hulu could still launch on the iPad, or it could not

On a similar note to yesterday’s post, we have another iPad Maybe. The iPad won’t support Adobe’s Flash, which means no Hulu. But wouldn’t it be cool if Hulu made an app?

Sure, why not.

Citing a “rumor [he's] heard from an industry insider,” a TechCrunch blogger says Hulu is working on an “iPad-friendly version of its site that should be ready by the time the iPad hits the market.”

OK, well, we’re almost there. We’ll keep an eye out. Thanks for the tip, TechCrunch and its man who is apparently inside of an industry.

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Apple could sell TV shows for $1, or it could not

The Financial Times screams down the iPad hallway with news that “Apple could begin selling U.S. television shows for $1.” Or, you know, it could not.

The company will maybe do a limited trial in April for the release of the iPad, FT reports. Because how can you not trust “people familiar with the discussions?”

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Thanks, two people who eavesdropped on Microsoft execs

Yeah, we’ve fallen behind on updates again. But at least we’re not doing what the Wall Street Journal is doing.

This shot comes from CNET’s Molly Wood. Wood writes, “The death of journalism is nigh when this ‘sourcing’ is on WSJ’s front page.”

Nearly 10,000 iPhone users were accessing the Microsoft employee email system last year, say two people who heard the estimates from senior Microsoft executives.

That’s pretty awful, says one person who heard about the article from a CNET editor.

TheStreet.com’s crappy tech ’exclusives’ in pictures

This is what we’re talking about.

Technologizer points out TheStreet.com’s abysmal history of using the headline keyword “exclusive” in place of “rumor” or “we sort of made this up.” TheStreet.com’s Scott Moritz‘s integrity is on the chopping block here. Continue reading

‘At least three people’ tell NYT: E-books for iPad may be cheap

The New York Times is running a story about how most new books on Apple’s iPad may not average between $12.99 to $14.99 — that’s the price ceiling. This entire speculation about the Most Secretive Computer Company Ever is pegged to “at least three people with knowledge of the discussions.”

This phrase always kinda baffled us: “at least three people.” Aren’t they your sources, Motoko Rich? Like, don’t you know how many people told you that? Were you drunk? Unable to count to four?

The Gray Lady is on watch. We better see some cheap e-books next month, Mr. Rich.

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Google may be paying a lot to be iPhone’s search engine, and Apple may not be building a search engine

We haven’t posted in a week. I guess that means the blogosphere is done with stupid rumors, anonymous sources and inane claims. Job well done, guys! Let’s all go home.

Yeah, ok.

Time to sift through the bullshit we missed last week.

Target numero uno: “Google Paying Apple More Than $100 Million Annually For iPhone Search Deal.” Continue reading

iPad coming to Verizon, says reporter who talked to another reporter who talked to someone else

What is it with this iPad thing? Apple gears up for an announcement, and the entire tech news industry loses its head.

Business Insider reports that Apple is working on a version of the iPad for Verizon Wireless. The blog’s source? Fox News’ Clayton Morris, who flopped on some rumors leading up to the recent Apple announcement and has yet to publish his own story about this rumor.

Morris’ source? “A Verizon source.” Continue reading

A Mac tablet? We’ll see

Less than a week after Apple announced the iPad and nearly two months before anyone not named Steve Jobs or Stephen Colbert can own one, TechCrunch’s MG Siegler breaks out a rumor (clearly tagged as such in the headline) that Apple is “pretty far along on work on a second tablet device,” he wrote. This new TamPod (thanks, Colbert) will supposedly run an operating system closer to Mac OS X than the iPhone.

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