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David Richards / Music Download Sites:
OZ 3G iPhone To Be Fastest In The World — Australia will have the fastest Apple 3G iPhone in the world a senior executive of Telstra has told ChannelNews. “We know what is coming we have seen the new device and it will be available on our network as soon as it is launched in the USA.
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Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac:
Australia: 3G iPhone supports 42Mbps, fast, fast, fast — Apple's forthcoming 3G iPhone seems set to offer insanely great data transfer speeds, putting the device on par with some broadband connections. — Well, that's according to an executive from one of Apple's Australian networks …
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BIZ / Twitter Blog:
Our Terms — There's some discussion in our forum right now about content disputes and the specifics of our Terms of Service. It seems there is room in our Terms for folks to debate the difference between an update and an insult. There is some confusion surrounding our official policy with regard to taking action.
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Twitter Technology Blog:
Twittering About Architecture — Here at Twitter HQ, we're not blind to the flurry of discussion over the past weeks about our architecture. For many of our technically-minded users, Twitter downtime is an opportunity to muse about what the source of our problems might be, and to propose creative solutions.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
DimP - A Direct Manipulation Video Player — DimP, a direct manipulation video player, lets users drag items on the video screen to move forward and back instead of just via a scroll bar on the bottom of the video. This is not only more fun, but it also allows users to scroll through video …
Kevin Fox / FriendFeed Blog:
Get a room! — It started when we wanted a better way to share feature ideas and product plans with each other here at FriendFeed, but not the rest of the world — a mini FriendFeed of our own. We could have set this up on its own machine in the office, but we knew that we weren't alone …
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Economist:
Down on the server farm — The real-world implications of the rise of internet computing — EVEN when the sky is blue over Quincy, clouds hang in the air. The small town in the centre of the state of Washington is home to half a dozen huge warehouses that power the global “computing clouds” …
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
@ NCTA: Interview: Philippe Dauman, CEO, Viacom: 'Some Models Sound Great, Don't Work Well' — The Viacom (NYSE: VIA) booth is usually a swirl of activity at The Cable Show and this year was no exception—Dora The Explorer posing for photos, the Nick animators doing on the spot illustrations …
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Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Microsoft embraces ‘Bring Your Own Laptop’ model — REDMOND, Wash.—You've heard of BYOB, now get ready for Bring Your Own Laptop. — There's a small but growing trend in which companies are choosing to give employees money toward their personal laptop, rather than providing a company-issued portable.
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TheStreet.com:
GameStop to Stop Zune Sales — AAPL (The Telecom Connection PICK) GME MSFT — SAN FRANCISCO - Video-game retailer GameStopGME has decided to stop selling Microsoft'sMSFT Zune players at its stores due to what it sees as insufficient demand from customers.
Adam Frucci / Gizmodo:
Geniuses at AT&T Rush Out a Package with Only a Plastic Bag Inside — We've shown you irresponsible shipping before, but this one takes the cake. Brett from TUAW ordered a refurbed 16GB iPhone. He got (and was charged) for two by accident. OK, that's annoying enough.
Jonny / MethodShop:
iPhone Line Forms Already at Apple's 5th Ave Store — This morning I had to go buy another copy of OS X Leopard (my original copy got scratched). As I walked closer to the Apple Store on 5th Avenue I was somewhat surprised to see a line of about 50 people waiting in line.
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John Leyden / The Register:
Trillian blighted by security bug trio — The discovery of a trio of security bugs means that users of the popular Trillian instant messaging client need to update their software. — All three of the newly discovered bugs create a means for hackers to inject malware onto the PCs …
Duncan Riley / The Inquisitr:
Chi.mp To Offer Free .MP URL's — Chi.mp will be offering free .mp domain names to social networking site users starting September 1. In an announcement made by dotMP, trade mark holders have until that time to register their trademaked domains before the free offer commences.
Dancho Danchev / Zero Day:
Google introducing Safe Browsing diagnostic to help owners of compromised sites — Last week, Google's Niels Provos made an announcement regarding a newly introduced feature aiming to help owners of compromised sites in understanding the implications of the compromise …
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Rob Larson / First Look:
Times Reader Beta for the Mac Now Available — Today our beta version of Times Reader for the Mac becomes available. The beta is free for all registered members of NYTimes.com to download and try. — For hardware and software requirements and other questions check our FAQ.
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yang Gets “Adult Supervision” at Microsoft Meetings — Several major investors in Yahoo-who have been, how shall BoomTown put this delicately, freaked out by the sudden departure of Microsoft from the deal two weeks ago-have blamed the passive-aggressive style of Yahoo …
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