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Arn / MacRumors:
iPhone Details from AT&T's Sales Training Workbook — We've gotten copies of the full iPhone Training manual provided to AT&T employees that gives us a few more details about Apple's iPhone. Thanks to cindynjgirl79 for providing the scans. … The training manual is broken down into features …
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
iPhone details uncovered in Sales Training Workbook — Here's some dirt that's sure to heat up the iPhone debates over the next 20 days. According to alleged scans from the "iPhone Sales Training Workbook," we're seeing a vast array of features that we were already fully aware of …
Timothy B. Lee / New York Times:
A Patent Lie — WHAT a difference 16 years makes. Last month, the technology world was abuzz over an interview in Fortune magazine in which Bradford Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, accused users and developers of various free software products of patent infringement and demanded royalties.
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
TorrentSpy Ordered By Federal Judge to Become MPAA Spy — According to CNET News.com. federal judge Jacqueline Chooljian requested that Torrentspy (what's in a name) must start creating logs detailing their user's activities. This, despite the site's privacy policy which states they will never monitor their visitors without consent.
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A.E Sheriff / Morning Paper:
Palm Gandolf in Living Color!!! — Okay all of you non believers. The Palm Gondolf is a reality and here is a picture in living color. This device will be available sometime in the 4th quarter and will be targeted to the youth market. The hope is that a sub $200 device will attract that younger crowd.
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Palm "Gandolf" images look legit, Windows Mobile version on the way as well — All sorts of Gandolf action is coming out of the woodwork, with Morning Paper following up the grainy shot it released yesterday with a shiny color version, shown after the break.
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Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Spectrum Warriors — Think Apple's iPhone is cool? You haven't seen anything yet, tech entrepreneurs promise—that is, if the phone companies would just get out of their way. And they're asking the Feds to help them out. — This year the Federal Communications Commission …
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BBC:
Cathedral row over video war game — The Church of England is considering legal action against entertainment firm Sony for featuring Manchester Cathedral in a violent PlayStation video game. — The Church says Sony did not obtain permission to use the interior in the war game Resistance: Fall of Man.
John Siracusa / Ars Technica:
WWDC 2007 keynote bingo — It's that time again. For a refresher course on keynote bingo, see the explanation accompanying the Macworld 2007 bingo card. For WWDC 2007, it's the same deal: one card, no easy wins. As usual, some unmarked squares from past cards have been carried over.
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Joost v. Babelgum — Babelgum has pushed itself public yesterday. On the surface it looks very similar to its more famous competitor, Joost. Both are P2P IPTV applications that let you flip through channels and shows streamed to your computer. Both are backed by deep pockets and big names.
violet blue:
flickr considered harmful — I started using the photo sharing service Flickr last November as the request of my sweetheart; I started really maximizing my use of the site as I enjoyed its social networking features, and at the urging of my host Laughing Squid to integrate my photoblogging and regular blogging.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Xing May Be In Talks To Acquire Plaxo — We are hearing a LOT of chatter about a possible Xing-Plaxo merger in the $250 million range. The deal makes some sense - newly public Xing is headquartered in Germany and hasn't gotten much traction in the U.S. where it competes directly with LinkedIn.
San Francisco Chronicle:
Flickr not even flickering in China — Internet photo site says service is being blocked and hopes it's only temporary — The popular Internet photo site Flickr said that its service is being blocked in China, although the Yahoo subsidiary did not directly blame the Beijing government …
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
First Full Length Film on YouTube — Four Eyed Monsters, a movie developed out of a video blog, has debuted on YouTube in what is believed to be the first full length feature film on the Google owned mega-site. — According to Marshall Kirkpatrick at Splashcast, the film is a …
