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1:40 PM ET, September 12, 2007

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Ryan Block / Engadget:
iUnlock released: the first free, open source iPhone SIM unlock software  —  It looks like the battle's officially over between iPhoneSIMfree and the numerous unique groups of open source hackers trying to software SIM unlock the iPhone.  As we've been following in our previous post on the topic …
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Dan Ackerman / Crave: The gadget blog:
Microsoft sneaks 1GB of memory into new laptop mouse  —  Microsoft has a handful of new laptop mice the company wants you to know about this morning.  And while Microsoft isn't usually the first brand name that springs to mind when you think of computer hardware (software's another story) …
Discussion: Gizmodo
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Microsoft unleashes 2 LifeCams and 3 Mice, we've got the hands-on to prove it  —  It's nearly fall and that can mean only one thing: er, new mice and webcams from Microsoft.  Yeah, about as exciting as moms taking you shopping for new big-boy school trousers.
Discussion: Ubergizmo
Journalism.org:
THE LATEST NEWS HEADLINES—YOUR VOTE COUNTS  —  If someday we have a world without journalists, or at least without editors, what would the news agenda look like?  How would citizens make up a front page differently than professional news people?  —  If a new crop of user-news sites …
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BBC:
Citizens offer new take on news
Discussion: Weblogsky
Palm - Company:
Palm Launches Treo 500v on Windows Mobile 6 for Vodafone Customers  —  Mobile High Speed 3G/UMTS Internet Access and Multiple Forms of Communication Combined in One Compact Handset  —  Palm Europe Ltd today announced the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 500v smartphone which combines multiple forms …
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Nathan Weinberg / InsideMicrosoft:
Office Ultimate 2007: Just $60! (for students)  —  Starting in 59 minutes, 35 seconds, Microsoft will begin offering Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for students for the amazing price of just sixty dollars.  This special offer for students only represents a $620 discount off the retail price of $680, a 91% savings.
Discussion: CNET News.com
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:   Microsoft pushing Office 2007 with promos galore
BBC:
Phone cancer doubts remain  —  The long-term cancer risk of mobile phone use cannot be ruled out, experts have concluded.  —  A major six-year research programme found a "hint" of a higher cancer risk.  —  But the UK Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme (MTHRP) …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Hulu Makes First Acquisition; Chinese Video Startup To Form Backbone Of New Service  —  We haven't heard much about Bejing-based startup Mojiti before this week.  They popped up in the TechCrunch Forums in January and are notable because the founder, Eric Feng, was previously at Microsoft Research Asia.
Business Wire:
Idearc Media Acquires LocalSearch.com URL; Makes Strategic Investment in AmericanTowns.com  —  DALLAS—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Idearc Media Corp., home to Superpages.com® and publisher of the Verizon® Yellow Pages, has acquired the LocalSearch.com URL and made a strategic investment in AmericanTowns.com …
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Google secures GoogleDrive.com and updates name servers  —  Google already owns GDrive.com, but it's unlikely that will be the final name of the service.  Like Gmail is technically "Google Mail", the real name for GDrive will likely be "Google Drive".  So that got me wondering about the domain "GoogleDrive.com".
Discussion: Google Blogoscoped
Paul Bennett / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:
Yahoo! Back In The Game  —  Yahoo! have finally secured a deal with a major social networking property for display and video advertising.  Bebo, the UK and Ireland's most popular social networking site, has entered into a multi-year, exclusive partnership.  —  Yahoo! Europe will help …
Discussion: PC World
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Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Report: MMORPGs revenues to explode over next few years  —  The online gaming space is growing.  While some analysts are saying that games with strong online components make more money than games without, the "Online Games: Global Market Forecast" report by Strategy Analytics goes further …
Discussion: EMAC
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Who Needs Hackers?  —  NOTHING was moving.  International travelers flying into Los Angeles International Airport — more than 17,000 of them — were stuck on planes for hours one day in mid-August after computers for the United States Customs and Border Protection agency went down and stayed down for nine hours.
Discussion: Smalltalk Tidbits … and FurdLog
cabel.name:
Coda Toolbar and the Three Pixel Conundrum  —  (Which, by the way, would make a great band name.)  —  The toolbar in Coda — it doesn't seem so special, does it?  In fact, you might not have even noticed that it's any different than any other toolbar on the Mac.  But oh, my friend, you would be ever so wrong.
Ian Morris / Crave: The gadget blog:
Say hello to CH-DVD and a 51GB HD DVD  —  It's all go in the HD DVD camp at the moment.  Still on a high from the Paramount/Dreamworks deal, we're now hearing that HD DVD will soon have a 51GB, triple-layer disc on the way.  The significance of a 51GB capacity is that it exceeds the current Blu-ray maximum by 1GB.
 
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Galen DeYoung / Search Engine Land:
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Vanessa Fox / Search Engine Land:
Surveying The People Search Landscape
Discussion: Search Insider
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Fairlight's $28,000 XYNERGI keyboard makes Optimus look Minimus
Discussion: Crave
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Wikia Gaming Launches With 250,000 Articles
Discussion: HipMojo.com and MediaWiki
Vince Veneziani / CrunchGear:
Flip Video Ultra Camcorder Makes Love To YouTube
PC World:
Square Enix Endorses Xbox 360
Discussion: Opposable Thumbs
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Appeals Court: Hacking your DirecTV not the same as commercial piracy
Discussion: LawGeek
 Earlier Items: 
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Ways in Which iTunes's Just-Released Official Ringtone Support …
Discussion: Wired News and Infinite Loop
Nokia:
AT&T and Nokia deliver speed and elegance with the Nokia 6555 phone
John Walko / EE Times:
3G version of the iPhone imminent, says analyst
Alex Iskold / Read/WriteWeb:
Social Graph: Concepts and Issues
Discussion: Bokardo
Allan Leinwand / GigaOM:
Looking Back To The Future of Data Centers
Discussion: eWEEK.com
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Amazon dangles seed money for Web services start-ups
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
New Social Sites Cater to People of a Certain Age