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Matt / mdibb:
Did Facebook get hacked today? — Earlier on today I was getting some trouble connecting to Facebook's login page - after trying to log in the connection just kept timing out instead of taking me to my home page like it usually does. Its pretty unusual for Facebook as its usually pretty reliable.
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Between the Lines, Valleywag, CNET News.com, Inside Facebook, Scobleizer, broadstuff, Web Strategy and Alec Saunders .LOG
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John Leyden / The Register:
Facebook security glitch exposes user in-boxes — GDP boost expected as users forced to work for a change — Office workers logging into Facebook on Tuesday morning were shocked to discover they were being served up other user's private pages. — Information going astray included other user's message inboxes.
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
FCC sets 700MHz auction rules: limited open access, no wholesale requirement — A soft-spoken Kevin Martin brought two phones to today's FCC open meeting at which the agency presented the rules for its upcoming 700MHz auction. Both phones were made by Nokia, but the European version allowed access …
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Richard Whitt / Google Public Policy Blog:
Signs of real progress at the FCC — The Federal Communications Commission made real, if incomplete, progress for consumers this afternoon, as it set the rules for an upcoming auction of the publicly owned spectrum in the 700 MHz band. — None of us like how the current system locks …
Jeremy Pelofsky / Reuters:FCC Delays Vote on Wireless Auction Rules
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Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, dslreports.com, Computerworld, PC World and Salon: Machinist
Wall Street Journal:
News Corp. Appears to Have Enough Votes to Clinch Deal — Bancroft Family Members Owning 32% — Of Votes Have Agreed to Support Bid — News Corp. is poised to win control of Dow Jones & Co., including its flagship publication The Wall Street Journal, after a key Bancroft trust changed …
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Reflections of a Newsosaur, HipMojo.com, paidContent.org, New York Times, Epicenter, Recovering Journalist and Romenesko
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Saul Hansell / New York Times:Can Murdoch Charge for WSJ.com and Give It Away Too?
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Romenesko
Paul Egan / Detroit News:
Eminem suit targets Apple — Rapper's music publisher alleges company violated copyrights by selling songs. — Eminem's music publisher filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Apple Computer Inc. on Monday, alleging the computer giant violated copyrights by allowing unauthorized downloads …
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Infinite Loop, CNET News.com, iLounge, MacUser, Tech.co.uk, Tech Trader Daily and MacRumors
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consumer.state.ny.us:
CPB Calls on Apple to Amend Policies Regarding iPhone Service — Amongst all the gadgets, it's still a cell phone that's expensive to fix — The Apple Corp. should revamp its customer service policies to make it easier and less expensive for consumers to repair an iPhone, the New York State Consumer Protection Board said today.
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Official Google Maps API Blog:
Microformats in Google Maps — If you have spent any time in certain corners of the web, you will have heard of Microformats: Clever uses of HTML that add machine-readability to everyday web pages while preserving human-readability. Microformats allow tools to make more sense of your web pages …
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Bug Labs DIY gadgets to turn consumer electronics on its ear? — Last night we sat down for dinner with a company that, with the use of open source hardware, intends to invert the top down consumer electronics market as we know it — a lofty goal, no doubt.
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Tom Neumayr / Apple:
iTunes Store Tops Three Billion Songs — Apple® today announced that more than three billion songs have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com). iTunes is the world's most popular online music, TV and movie store featuring a catalog of over five million songs …
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SiliconValley.com, Download Squad, Epicenter, Good Morning Silicon Valley, The Utility Belt, Digital Trends, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Think Secret, Valleywag, MacUser, Neowin.net, ParisLemon, Macsimum News, Digital Download, Alice Hill's Real Tech News, JD on EP, Mark Evans, Technology Live, PalmAddicts, Paul Colligan's …, Blackfriars' Marketing, 901am, I'm Simon Dickson and The iPhone Blog
Scott Moritz / TheStreet.com:
Apple Sinks on iPhone Cutback Talk — The shine is quickly coming off Apple's (AAPL - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) iPhone. — Apple shares took a 3% dip Tuesday amid speculation about a cut in production of the trendy iPod-inspired phone. The chatter that sent the stock down was that Apple …
Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Apple's first iPhone software update to arrive shortly — Speaking to analysts for RBC Capital Markets this week, Apple's Vice President of iPod Product Marketing, Greg Joswiak, said the first software update for his company's iPhone handset is due to arrive shortly.
Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
Apple iPhone Out, Blackberry 8800 In At NASA — The minutes of a meeting of NASA tech officials show that the space agency has determined the iPhone 'not to be enterprise ready.' — NASA astronauts and other employees won't be using Apple iPhones to surf the Internet or send text messages anytime soon …
Business Wire:
ExpoTV Announces the Addition of Investor DFJ Gotham; Hits Major Milestone of 100,000 Videopinions(SM) Reviews — Leading Video-Based Social Commerce Network Posts 132 Percent Increase in New Video Product Reviews — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—ExpoTV (www.ExpoTV.com) …
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Facebook kills Audio for copyright violations — Facebook completely removed the Audio music-sharing application from its platform last night, saying it violated music copyrights. — Audio was developed by a third-party using Facebook's platform for developers, and Facebook says Audio violates …
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CNET News.com, Webware.com, Epicenter, Roam4free, Mashable!, The Utility Belt and Search Engine Land
Alexander Sliwinski / Joystiq:
Circuit City flyer shows Xbox 360 price drop on all systems — In the wake of the Wal-Mart flyer and the Toys R Us flyer, now comes the Circuit City flyer sent to Joystiq showing that beginning Aug. 12 the Xbox 360 premium will be $350, the Elite will be $450 and the Core will have a $20 break and be $280.
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Engadget, Opposable Thumbs, CrunchGear, Tech Trader Daily, Gizmodo, Xbox 360 Fanboy, GamePro.com, BetaNews, Kotaku and The Tech Report
Mozilla.org:
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2007-27 — Unescaped URIs passed to external programs — Impact: — Critical — Announced: — Reporter: — Jesper Johansson — Products: — Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey — Fixed in: — Firefox 2.0.0.6 — Thunderbird 2.0.0.6
