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Kevin Poulsen / 27B Stroke 6:
Apple Loses Bid to Unmask Bloggers' Sources — A California appeals court has smacked down Apple's legal assault on bloggers and their sources, finding that the company's efforts to subpoena e-mail received by the publishers of Apple Insider and PowerPage.org runs contrary to federal law …
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EFF: Breaking News:
Huge Win for Online Journalists' Source Protection — EFF Arguments Secure Reporters' Privilege for Internet News Gatherers — San Jose - A California state appeals court ruled in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) petition on behalf of three online journalists Friday …
Dan Tynan / PC World:
The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time — These products are so bad, they belong in the high-tech hall of shame. — At PC World, we spend most of our time talking about products that make your life easier or your work more productive. But it's the lousy ones that linger in our memory long …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
AT&T leaks sensitive info in NSA suit — Lawyers for AT&T accidentally released sensitive information while defending a lawsuit that accuses the company of facilitating a government wiretapping program, CNET News.com has learned. — AT&T's attorneys this week filed a 25-page legal brief striped …
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
WEB 2 TRADEMARK ISSUE — There's a tempest out there in blog land about my partners' use of the "bigfoot letter" tactic in defending their Web 2.0 trademark as it relates to conferences. Many of my readers are asking about it. I'm going to wait to comment on this in detail till I talk to Tim …
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Brian Williams / MSNBC:
Steve Jobs: Iconoclast and salesman — Apple founder's newest store wows fans in Manhattan … NEW YORK - — Brian Williams — If Steve Jobs is synonymous with Apple, then the new glass cube rising up out of the Midtown Manhattan streets is a monument to Steve Jobs. — Brian Williams: Is this your Model T?
Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
Symantec AntiVirus Worm Hole Puts Millions at Risk — Be the first to comment on this article — A gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec's anti-virus software suite could put millions of users at risk of a debilitating worm attack, Internet security experts warned May 25.
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
DELL: PAID INCLUSION, OF A STRIPE — When I read this in the Journal today, I thought, "isn't this deal already done?" Then I remembered that, no, it was simply discussed, but not inked. So now it's official - Google is playing the distribution game, just like Microsoft does.
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Inquirer:
Blackberry-killer plans leaked — Data-only clamshell nears launch — A HIGHLY-PLACED mole in a North American company has attempted to leak details of a data only clamshell to the INQ. The device is intended as a mass market version of the original RIM Blackberry.
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Chris Pirillo:
Time Management!? — I have too many things I need to do, and I've got no time to do 'em all. I've had so many late nights in the past week, it's not even funny. Didn't even have a chance to check my email until 11am today! I stayed up last night working on helping the Outlook team …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Use Farecast To Find Flight Deals (or just fly Southwest) — Seattle-based Farecast, now in private beta, is an airfare pricing comparision tool that also uses a predictive algorithm to recommend when you buy your ticket. So the idea is to show the user not just who has the cheapest ticket …
GROKLAW:
USPTO: Broadest Claims Forgent Asserts Against JPEG Standard Invalid — This is amazing. Do you remember that the Public Patent Foundation asked the US Patent Office to take another look at the JPEG patent? Yesterday, the reexamination proceeding initiated by PubPat bore fruit …
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Mike / Techdirt:
Recording Industry Still Trying To Shut Down Allofmp3.com — from the damn-them-for-selling-a-product- customers-want dept — Last week there was all sorts of concern from online music buyers, because the Russian download music store Allofmp3.com was offline for a few days.
Tim Folger / CNN:
Coming soon: The Web toll — New laws may transform cyberspace and the way you surf it — (PopSci.com ) — What if the Internet were like cable television, with Web sites grouped like channels into either basic or premium offerings? What if a few big companies decided which sites loaded quickly …
maxconsole.net:
BREAKING NEWS: Undiluted Platinum: World's first PSP Modchip! — Forget battling against Sony to get your beloved homebrew on the PSP console, we have received news that a new PSP mod is set to hit the scene called Undiluted Platinum (UP). This mod will act as a flash replacement system …
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Microsoft to refine Vista's PC-rating tool — SEATTLE—Microsoft is retooling a PC-rating feature in Windows Vista following criticism from hardware makers and others, a situation that suggests the next-generation operating system may not yet be ready for mass consumption.
