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12:00 PM ET, August 12, 2007

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Nik Cubrilovic / TechCrunch:
Facebook Source Code Leaked  —  We just received a tip that the source code for the Facebook main index page has been leaked and published on a blog called Facebook Secrets.  There are at least two possible ways that the source code got out - the first is that a Facebook developer has sent it out …
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Facebook Secrets:
Facebook Home Page Code  —  include_once $_SERVER['PHP_ROOT'].'/html/ init.php';  —  include_once $_SERVER['PHP_ROOT'].'/lib/home.php';&n bsp; —  include_once $_SERVER['PHP_ROOT'].'/lib/requests.php ';  —  include_once $_SERVER['PHP_ROOT'].'/lib/feed/ newsfeed.php';  —  include_once $_SERVER['PHP_ROOT'].'/lib/poke.php';
Nik Cubrilovic / New Web Order:
Learning from Facebook: Preventing PHP Leakage  —  I just posted on TC about the Facebook code leak.  PHP has always been notorious for sometimes not processing requests poorly and sending back the source code for pages to the client.  Because of the way mod_php works with apache …
Discussion: Feld Thoughts
Tony Hung / Deep Jive Interests:
Facebook Hacked!  (Or Rather, The Door Was Left Unlocked)  —  Update 0030h: Well, that was quick. … By the time most of you read this, it will have splattered all across Techmeme and associated blogs.  But thanks to a tip at TechCrunch (where else?) it looks like Facebook has been hacked and in a big way.
Discussion: Mark Evans
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
On getting "Winered" yesterday  —  My friend Dave Winer heckled me from the back row and threw me under the bus on this blog yesterday (insert "with friends like these" joke here).  Dave's complaint was a I was "spamming" from the stage by talking about my latest passion …
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Jason didn't bring us a win-win
Discussion: I, Platform
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Here's what bothers me about Mahalo
Burke Hansen / The Register:
Deceased Malayan hit with $218 trillion mobile bill  —  Roaming in the valley of the shadow of death  —  What otherworldly ectoplasms lurk in the oblivion of such an unholy place as accounts receivable?  —  A Malaysian man who paid off a $23 wireless bill and disconnected his late father's cell phone …
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Takara Tomy's UMINE projector induces R&R  —  Takara Tomy's been known to offer up a few oddities, and while the UMINE projector (shown after the jump) may not be the most cockamamie device to escape its labs, it does reek of something sold on a shameless late-night infomercial.
Guerin Lee Green / North Denver News:
Editor's Note  —  Strangely, while many readers have grasped that "Surgically alters thumbs" represents satirical social commentary, many on the internet, alas, have not.  —  Careful reading of the piece makes it clear to any critical consumer of information that the piece is pure humor and not news or reported as fact.
Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
I Forgot How to Write !  —  I was sitting in a meeting the other day and decided I needed to take some notes .  My memory isn't the worlds best, so if I think there is something worth memorializing, I will take notes.  —  Typically I will just use my PDA or Laptop .  I can touch type pretty fast.
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Google Video robs customers of the videos they "own"  —  Samuel sez, "Hey guys.  Several months ago, I bought an episode of Star Trek on Google Video, just out of curiosity to see how it worked.  Today I got an email letting me know my videos would stop working in five days."
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Closes Video Marketplace; Users Out Of Luck
Discussion: Profy.Com, NewTeeVee and ResourceShelf
Hugo Ortega / GottaBeMobile.com:
The HTC Shift  —  Earlier this week I asked "What do Hugo Ortega and Steve Ballmer have in common?" and today I share with you the answer - The HTC Shift!  I must admit that I have been blessed many times over in the last few years with the devices that have crossed my path.
MobileTechRoundup:
MobileTechRoundup 108  —  CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.  —  MoTR 108 is 37 minutes long and is a 33.9 MB file in MP3 format.  —  INTRO: Based on Time v2.1 by Meta Sektion, additional mixing by James Kendrick.  —  HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matt Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia)
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Pack Adds StarOffice  —  Google Pack, the collection of applications recommended by Google, includes a new software: StarOffice, an office suite developed by Sun.  In 2000 Sun released StarOffice's source code, which became the foundation of OpenOffice.org, an open source project sponsored by Sun.
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
iPhone bill is surprisingly Xbox HUGE (lol)  —  As you enjoy your weekend, ponder this bit of humor: while the iPhone may be master of the digital mobile experience (for now), dead trees come in for a flogging, as AT&T's iPhone bills are quite impressive in their own right.
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Raw Feed
Dennis / iPhone World:
id Software Doom on iPhone!  —  More great games for the iPhone keep coming.  The latest addition is an iPhone port of the classic id Software game Doom.  And while the controller doesn't work as of yet and there's no audio, you can at least check out the demo games and be sure …
Discussion: Mobilewhack, IntoMobile and Gizmodo
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Apple's iPhone: yes, it plays Doom
Discussion: iPhone World
 
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Bre Pettis / MAKE Magazine:
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James Bannan / APC:
LEAKED: Vista SP1 analysed in-depth
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Microsoft one vote short of fast-track OOXML ISO standardization
Discussion: Inquirer, InfoWorld and Slashdot
 Earlier Items: 
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Google Is Closing Its Video Retailing Operation
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How much equity for investors and employees?
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Is Firefox on Mac Unusable?
 

 
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