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"Welcome to this morning\u2019s edition of \u201CFirst To Know,\u201D a series in which we keep you in the know on what\u2019s happening in the digital world. We\u2019re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today.\nMajor Networks Block Programming on Google TV\nABC, CBS and NBC are preventing Google from displaying their programming on its new Google TV device, the Wall Street Journal reports. A source tells Reuters that Google is actively negotiating with the three networks to enable access.\nChina Launches Own Map Service\nChina's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) has unveiled its official, somewhat primitive, Google Maps-like service, Map World. Google has not yet applied for an online mapping license in the country.\nHP Slate Officially Launches for $799\nHP has finally unveiled the Slate 500, a Windows 7-based tablet PC with a 8.9-inch, 1024\u00D7600 resolution screen, a 1.86GHz Intel Atom Z540 processor, a Crystal HD accelerator, 2 gigabytes of RAM and a 64GB SSD. It has a USB port and two cameras: a 3-megapixel one on the back, and a VGA camera on the front for making video calls. It supports Wi-Fi but, disappointingly enough, does not offer 3G connectivity.\nThese specifications make the Slate one of the most powerful tablets on the market, but its $799 price tag will make it tough to compete with the less expensive (and 3G-enabled) iPad.\nFurther News\n\nKleiner Perkins Caulfield &amp; Byers partner John Doerr just took the stage at Facebook\u2019s Palo Alto headquarters Thursday to announce sFund, a $250 million fund to back social innovation.\nOn November 15 Microsoft will launch Games for Windows Marketplace, an online store that will let users buy digital copies of games directly from their browsers.\nAmazon.com announced a free usage tier for its Amazon Web Services (AWS) program.\nMozilla has officially unveiled \u201CChromeless,\u201D an experimental project by the Firefox creator that lets developers create their own browser interfaces using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other web technologies.\nBoth the Nook and Kobo e-readers will hit Walmart stores before the end of October, the retailer has announced.\n\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, DNY59"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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