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10:10 AM ET, June 7, 2007

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Long Zheng / istartedsomething:
Windows Vista SP1 confirmed again by loud-mouth Microsoft Downloads  —  Microsoft Downloads can never keep a good secret, always spilling the beans no matter how many times you point at it (keep it up team!).  After all the lies Microsoft had to endure to keep Windows Vista Service Pack 1 …
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PR Newswire:
MetroFi Reaches Over 11,000 Monthly Users of Portland Wi-Fi Network  —  Coverage Expansion Continues; Nearly 20,000 Registered in 6 Months  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 6 /PRNewswire/ — MetroFi — the leading provider of free wireless Internet access and municipal services over Wi-Fi networks …
Discussion: rexduffdixon.com
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Sarah Skidmore / Associated Press:
Review: Portland Wi-Fi a Mixed Offering
Mark Jewell / Associated Press:
Akamai gives free peek at Internet  —  BOSTON - What does the Internet look like?  A free new Web service from Akamai Technologies Inc. offers a peek, providing a sort of Internet weather report on global traffic tie-ups, cyberattacks and spikes in activity.
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
Converters Signal a New Era for TVs  —  At midnight on Feb. 17, 2009, the rabbit ears and the rooftop antennas that still guide television signals into nearly 1 of every 5 American homes will be rendered useless — unless they are tethered to a new device, including two versions unveiled yesterday …
Louise Story / New York Times:
Promoting a Thirst for Sprite in Teenage Cellphone Users  —  The Coca-Cola Company is hoping its new mobile site for social networking, Sprite Yard, will become the MySpace of the cellphone world.  —  But some marketing executives say the plan could instead become the BudTV of the soda world …
Stephanie Reitz / Associated Press:
Teacher Gets New Trial on Classroom Porn  —  NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - A judge granted a new trial Wednesday for a former substitute teacher convicted of allowing students to view pornography on a classroom computer.  —  Prosecutors did not oppose the defense motion for a new trial for Julie Amero …
Discussion: Ars Technica, Neowin.net, RSS and digg
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Alexander Zaitchik / Wired News:
Soviet-Era Arcade Games Crawl Out of Their Cold War Graves  —  Alexander Stakhanov (left) and Alexander Vucman stand with the digital host of Magistral, one of the first games they repaired.  —  MOSCOW — If American teenagers during the Cold War ever stopped to consider …
Discussion: Gearlog, Gizmodo, Kotaku and Boing Boing
Karen / Official Google Blog:
What U.S. immigration policies mean to Google  —  Our experience with American immigration policy dates back to one of our founders: when he was six, Sergey Brin's parents fled the Soviet Union in 1979 and settled in the United States.  Today, there are literally hundreds of examples …
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Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Finding a Date — on the Spot  —  Internet Matchmakers Migrate  —  To Cellphones, Promising  —  More-Immediate Results  —  Earlier this week, Jeff Blum was out buying a sandwich when his mind wandered toward his social life.  So he got out his cellphone and sent a text message …
San Francisco Chronicle:
Groups want limits on Google  —  Planned DoubleClick purchase raises concerns about invasion of privacy  —  A coalition of privacy groups have taken another swing at Google Inc.'s proposed acquisition of online advertising firm DoubleClick, calling on federal regulators to prohibit …
Reuters:
If it's not tennis elbow, it may be 'Wiiitis' … BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) — When Dr. Julio Bonis awoke one Sunday morning with a sore shoulder, he could not figure out what he had done.  It felt like a sports injury, but he had been a bit of a couch potato lately.  —  Then he remembered his new Wii.
Discussion: DailyTech, youNEWB and Engadget
Charlie Demerjian / Inquirer:
Via mobo is smaller than a business card  —  Computex 007 Makes for the best laptop at Computex  —  VIA HAS TWO interrelated items here that put the 'wow' back in computing.  One is a mobo, the other is a laptop based on it, and both are really small.  —  The first one is the new Via Mobile ITX form factor motherboard.
Discussion: Computerworld and Gizmodo
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
As Cellphones Multiply, Phone Books Get Slimmer  —  Parents have used them as booster chairs for children.  Marksmen have fired at them for target practice.  And musclemen have ripped them in half as a show of strength.  —  But the fat phone book, a fixture of the urban American household …
Discussion: Cloudy Thinking
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Web 2.0 madness grips China  —  reporter's notebook BEIJING—Forget Silicon Valley—if you want to see a place enthralled with Web 2.0, come to China.  —  A rising middle class, cheap start-up costs, increasing penetration of PCs and Internet-enabled cell phones, and an ability to tap …
Reuters:
Sony game unit says plans to cut jobs in U.S.  —  TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp.'s (6758.T) game unit said on Thursday it planned to cut jobs in the United States and was eyeing restructuring steps in Japan as it struggles to keep up with industry rival Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS).
Discussion: Engadget
Jeremyliew / Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog:
Ecommerce 2.0 is happening now  —  I just spent the last two days at the Internet Retailer conference, and emerged convinced more than ever that we've just scratching the tip of the iceberg with ecommerce opportunities.  There are still many more $500m+ revenue ecommerce companies to be built …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Jobster Now Offers Pay Per Applicant Job Listings  —  Eyebrows were raised when Seattle-based Jobster shredded their business model and moved to free job listings in February.  It was a direct assault on Monster, which charges up to $475 per job listing.  Many of the commenters …
 
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Tanner Godarzi / iPhone Matters:
Will You Be Able To Buy An IPhone Without A New Contract?
Intel:
New Intel Products Simplify and Speed Software Development for Multi-Core Processors
Discussion: MacUser and The Mac Observer
Riva Richmond / Wall Street Journal:
Sprint Puts Shoppers In Touch With Slifter
Michelle Slatalla / New York Times:
'omg my mom joined facebook!!'
Mel Sam / MelSam's Blog:
Windows Mobile Device Center v6.1 Released!
Kevin Marks / Epeus' epigone:
Keening for Culture  —  Andrew Keen turned up at Google today …
Discussion: WinExtra and /Message
Ryan Block / Engadget:
MacBook Pro backlight comparison: LED vs CCFL
Discussion: digg
Lisa Vaas / eWEEK.com:
Analyst: BitLocker Not a Silver Bullet
 Earlier Items: 
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Porn 2.0 is stiff competition for pro pornographers
Discussion: USA Today and CinemaTech
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
VATOR.TV LAUNCHING TONIGHT: YOUTUBE FOR START-UPS
Kerry McGovern / us.slingmedia.com:
National Hockey League Becomes First Professional Sports League …
Between the Lines:
iPhonomics and the post-PC era
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
All New AOL Feed Reader Coming Soon
Sony:
SONY ADDS NINE MODELS TO BRAVIA® FLAT-PANEL LCD LINE
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Releases Calendar Directory
Longofest / MacRumors:
ZFS To Become Default File System In Leopard
 

 
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David Roeder / Chicago Sun Times:
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Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
A press freedom reporter at VOA recalls its last days, as dozens of staffers on J-1 visas may have to return to countries with a record of jailing critics

 
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