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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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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 …
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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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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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HipMojo.com, New York Times, Reflections of a Newsosaur, paidContent.org, Epicenter and Romenesko
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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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Download Squad, Epicenter, SiliconValley.com, Good Morning Silicon Valley, The Utility Belt, Digital Trends, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Valleywag, MacUser, Neowin.net, ParisLemon, Macsimum News, Digital Download, Mark Evans, Alice Hill's Real Tech News, JD on EP, Technology Live, PalmAddicts, Paul Colligan's …, Blackfriars' Marketing, I'm Simon Dickson, 901am and The iPhone Blog
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
In Microsoft Patent App, TV Watches You — theodp writes "In a just-published patent application for delivering Advertising that is relevant to a person, nine Microsoft inventors spell out plans for using cameras, remote controls and biometric sensors to detect the identity of the person viewing a TV …
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Globe and Mail:
Music piracy continues to rise: survey — The rate of legal music downloading has stagnated over the past year and more users are turning to piracy to get their music fix, according to a British research survey released Monday that suggests the record industry must make buying legal music easier.
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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 …
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
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 …
Steven Zeitchik / Variety:
Barnett launches MyDamnChannel — Shearer, Wain sign online for comedy website — Former MTV exec Rob Barnett is launching a content site, pacting with "The Simpsons" vet Harry Shearer and comedy helmer David Wain for the inaugural slate. — Site, called MyDamnChannel.com …
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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Opposable Thumbs, Engadget, Tech Trader Daily, CrunchGear, GamePro.com, Gizmodo, Xbox 360 Fanboy, BetaNews, Kotaku, The Tech Report, I4U News, Gadgetell and digg
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 …
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Offers Works For Free — Microsoft has released the new version of Microsoft Works as a free, ad supported office package that will compete directly with Open Office and Google Docs & Spreadsheets. — The Works package offers word processing, spreadsheet and slide (powerpoint) …
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Indie music, meet telco behemoth: eMusic partners with AT&T — eMusic, which sells DRM-free MP3s, has just inked a deal with AT&T to make music available for purchase directly from AT&T handsets. Users can also download another copy from a home computer an no extra charge.
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Bug Labs (initial review) — I went to a real interesting dinner tonight in San Francisco, to get introduced to a New York-based startup, Bug Labs, along with Ryan Block of Engadget, Robert Scoble and Jerry Michalski. — We met with their CEO, Peter Semmelhack, and their San Francisco-based consultant, Jeremy Toemann.
