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9:15 AM ET, June 22, 2007

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Jeff Jones / Jeff Jones's blog:
Windows Vista - 6 Month Vulnerability Report  —  I was somewhat surprised (but pleased) at the level of interest back when I published my Windows Vista - 90 Day Vulnerability Report.  It was about the earliest span of time I thought might give us some indicators, and the indicators did look good.
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Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch:
It's a Virtual(ization) Mystery
Discussion: TechBlog and Michael Gartenberg
Lisa Vaas / eWEEK.com:   MS: Vista More Secure than Linux, Mac OS X
Dennis K. Berman / Wall Street Journal:
Business.com Could Hit Jackpot on Auction Block  —  Entrepreneurs Jake Winebaum and Sky Dayton were widely mocked for lavishing $7.5 million on a single Internet domain name — business.com — back in 1999.  It was the single highest price paid for a domain name at the time.
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
News Aggregation Site Daylife Gets $8.3 Million Second Round  —  Daylife, the much-hyped online news aggregation site which launched for public consumption in January but hasn't gained much traction as of yet, has raised $8 million in second round of funding, according to SEC filings, picked up by PEHub.
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Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com:
News is Still a Wide Open Game
Discussion: GigaOM
Andrew Blum / Metropolis Magazine:   Dreaming in Code  —  Jonathan Harris distills the Web's infinite …
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Ralph Lauren unveils "touch-sensitive window shopping" in London  —  Alright, the whole touchscreen thing is getting a little out of hand.  In the latest example of touch-frenzy, luxe clothier Ralph Lauren is converting a large window at its London flagship store into a giant touchscreen shopping experience …
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Lindsay Toler / Associated Press:
Ralph Lauren debuts 'window shopping' touch screen
Discussion: MarketingVOX
Michael / CTI Miami's Blog:
HTC phones galore!  —  We tried to tell you CTI Miami was hot!  We've got a great online store so make sure you check that out because these should be in stock soon!  HTC has given us a fantastic look at some upcoming phones.  Unreleased phones like the HTC Touch for CDMA, HTC S640 (CDMA) …
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The Boy Genius Report:
HTC's new roadmap: Iris, Vogue, Kaiser, Nike, Volans, Polaris, and more!
Discussion: jkOnTheRun, Gizmodo and Engadget
Kev / Gluttonous:
Powerset to Launch Front-end on Ruby  —  Spread the word on digg  —  Powerset is fairly well-known in the Ruby community, but there's a certain amount of confusion as to what we use it for.  As a consequence, I'm regularly asked what the front end is going to be written in, and just as regularly have to leave the question unanswered.
Discussion: VentureBeat and Profy.Com
Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
"I have 250,000 users, now what?"  —  Craig Ulliott is a web developer in Philadelphia, PA, USA. 3 weeks ago, he built the Where I've Been Facebook application, which lets you create a map for your profile page showing visitors where you've traveled.  Cool experiment, right?
Discussion: Futuristic Play
Mark Frauenfelder / Boing Boing:
Todd Zeigler / The Bivings Report:
Ron Paul and Distributed Online Campaigning  —  In all the talk about the Ron Paul online machine, there has been very little discussion of his actual campaign website, which has recently undergone a facelift.  His approach is novel.  Instead of building an infrastructure on his own campaign website …
Discussion: Manthan
Joshua Cohen / Google News Blog:
All the news that fits  —  Welcome to our first post on this new Google News Blog!  You may be asking why there's another Google blog - and why the focus on Google News?  Believe it or not, the answer is not just because we've got a free account from Blogger.  Let me explain.
Discussion: WebProNews and Googlified
Fareastgizmos.com:
Creative TravelSound ZEN Stone  —  The Creative TravelSound ZEN Stone is the perfect portable speaker system for the Creative ZEN Stone or Creative ZEN Stone Plus for frequent travelers and music lovers alike.  Its smooth polished curves and contoured design allow the Creative TravelSound ZEN Stone …
Discussion: Ubergizmo, CNET News.com and CrunchGear
Yi-Wyn Yen / The Startup Game:
How a six-month-old startup got bought by Google  —  Three months ago, I met the two startup founders of Zenter, Wayne Crosby and Robby Walker, and blogged about how they wanted their online version of PowerPoint to get bought by Google.  I listen to a lot of young entrepreneurs who desperately …
Discussion: Insider Chatter
Xenon / Surfin' Safari:
Yet another one more thing... a new Web Inspector!  —  As some of you saw last week at WWDC, we have a brand new version of the Web Inspector.  We know that a lot people have found the current Web Inspector useful, and we have gotten a lot of feedback and sugestions about how to make it even better.
Discussion: Ars Technica, MacUser, Ajaxian and digg
Direct2Dell:
XPS 720 Hardware Kit: What to Expect  —  I mentioned last week that I would post pictures of the hardware kit.  This is what you will receive when you place your order.  Thanks to Chris M. for heading down to our Parmer campus to take the shots.  I've seen some chatter where some customers …
Discussion: Inquirer and Engadget
I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
The Google Connection  —  I am in Hong Kong this week, my first visit since I was here with a PBS camera crew a decade ago for the handover when the former Royal Crown Colony was given back to China.  I remember the surreal experience of watching Prince Charles sail away that evening …
 
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Ben Ames / InfoWorld:
Dell lets users avoid 'bloatware'
Inside AdWords:
Pay-Per-Action Beta Expanding Globally
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Not yet on TechCrunch: killer video search engine (ClipBlast)
Discussion: Manthan and Mashable!
Arn / MacRumors:
More iPhone Sightings
Anthony Moor / Orlando Sentinel:
OrlandoSentinel.com has changed for the better
Jay Westerdal / DomainTools Blog:
Twas the night before the auction
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Spreadsheets Live Data
Discussion: Webware.com
Brendan Sinclair / GameSpot:
Take-Two shelves Manhunt 2
 Earlier Items: 
Techworld.com:
Mandriva says no to Microsoft Linux deal
Ben Popken / Consumerist:
Videos: Man Teaches Apple To Not Repair His Macbook By Smashing It With Sledgehammer
Discussion: Gizmodo and digg
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Surface Parody Video
Arn / MacRumors:
New iPhone Television Ad: Youtube [Official Video]
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Intel demos anticheating tech for online gaming
Discussion: CNET News.com
Andrew Donoghue / CNET News.com:
Google boss shows off iPhone
Frank Davies / Mercury News:
Google staffs up in nation's capital
Skrentablog:
Are network effects getting weaker?
Discussion: SMC