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Apple:
Apple Unveils New iMac — All New Line Features Sleek Aluminum 20- and 24-inch Designs — Apple® today unveiled an all new all-in-one iMac® line featuring gorgeous 20- and 24-inch widescreen displays encased in elegant and professional aluminum and glass enclosures.
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Peter Rojas / Engadget:
Live from Apple's summer Mac product press conference — 8:51AM (all times in PST): Well, we're here... And we're a bit early. Not too many folks waiting around; we'll let you know as they start admitting. — 9:27AM: Plenty of people here now, the usual suspects — gadgetrati VIPs and, well, little old us.
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Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Apple unveils new iMacs, updated apps — Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced two new iMacs at the start of an event held Tuesday at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. — The 20-inch and 24-inch iMacs are the latest editions of Apple's all-in-one iMac design.
Peter Cohen / Macworld:
Apple Mac Event - Live Update — Macworld's live coverage of Tuesday's event in Cupertino has concluded. — Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. this morning to present to a select group of journalists and other VIPs.
Apple:Apple Introduces iLife '08
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Infinite Loop, DailyTech, Compiler, Macworld, Engadget, Podcasting News and Good Morning Silicon Valley
Paul Miller / Engadget:Apple's new iMac — Who could've seen this one coming?
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Ars Technica, Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, The Boy Genius Report, Tech Blog, Joystiq and iLounge
Microsoft Help and Support:
An update is available that improves the performance and reliability of Windows Vista … INTRODUCTION — This update resolves issues that may affect some Windows Vista-based computers. These issues have been reported by customers who are using the Error Reporting service or Microsoft Customer Support Services.
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Robert McLaws / Windows-Now.com:
Windows Vista Pre-SP1 Performance and Reliability Updates Released — Remember those leaked Windows Vista Pre-SP1 updates that I said I wasn't going to link to? Well, today they were officially released by Microsoft. They contain a ton of fixes that improve Vista in a number of areas.
Microsoft Help and Support:
An update is available that improves the compatibility and reliability of Windows Vista … INTRODUCTION — This update resolves some compatibility issues and reliability issues in Windows Vista. By applying this update, you can achieve better reliability and hardware compatibility in various scenarios.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Shhhh! Pre-beta Vista SP1 is out there — Over the past couple of days, there have been new reports of sightings of the pre-beta of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1. The reported build number: 6001.16549 (longhorn_sp1beta1.070628-1825). — I've been getting tips over the past couple …
VSS:
New VSS Forecast Released — Shift to Alternative Media Strategies Will Drive U.S. Communications Spending Growth in 2007-2011 Period; Consumer Media Usage Expected to Level Off Going Forward … While communications spending growth accelerated in 2006, outpacing nominal GDP for the fourth …
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WebProNews, Epicenter, Recovering Journalist, paidContent.org, HipMojo.com, Trends in the Living Networks, Searchviews, Business Week and 901am
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Aline van Duyn / Financial Times:Online ads to overtake US newspapers
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HipMojo.com, New York Post, Search Engine Land, Internet Marketing Monitor, Mark Evans and Liberate Media
Laurie Petersen / MediaPost Publications:Internet Ad Spending Set To Overtake All Other Media By 2011: VSS
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Download Squad
Holly M. Sanders / New York Post:
TIMESSELECT CONTENT FREED — The New York Times is poised to stop charging readers for online access to its Op-Ed columnists and other content, The Post has learned. — After much internal debate, Times executives - including publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. - made the decision to end …
Stephen Chau / Google LatLong:
More Street View Cities — Since the launch of Street View we've been working hard on extending the service to more cities. — We're excited to announce that Street View is now available in San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston and Orlando. Like the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego features high-resolution imagery.
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Download Squad, Webware.com, TechCrunch, FP Trading Desk, dailywireless.org, TechBlog and WebProNews
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Los Angeles Times:
Google Maps redraw the realm of privacy — As street-level photos are added to the site, fears of intrusion arise. — Google Inc. has been watching you, Southern California. — A caravan of cars and trucks mounted with cameras has been driving city streets for months …
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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Forbes buys social bookmarking site Clipmarks — Clipmarks, one of the many startups that helps users collect and organize information from around the web, is being bought by Forbes Magazine, an inside source tells us. — The New York-based startup lets you select text, photos or videos on web pages …
Villu Arak / About Skype:
Skype takes video one step further — LUXEMBOURG, August 7, 2007 - Skype has announced its users can now make conversations even more fun-packed by sharing video content with their friends and family across the world. Following new partnerships with leading independent video sharing sites Dailymotion …
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David DeJean / InformationWeek:
Smartphone Browser Shootout: Palm, BlackBerry, HTC Vs. iPhone — Has Apple succeeded in setting a new mobile Web-browsing paradigm? We examine how the Palm Treo, BlackBerry Curve, and HTC Wing stack up against the iPhone. — This spring has seen a flood of new smartphone models, many of them with larger, more Web-friendly screens.
