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8:10 AM ET, June 17, 2008

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Sony Ericsson:
Sony Ericsson brings out the photographer in us all unveiling its first ever 8.1megapixel camera phone and a stylish snapshot phone  —  17 June 2008 The new C905 Cyber-shot™ and S302 Snapshot camera phones from Sony Ericsson allow consumers around the world to capture and share vivid photos whatever …
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Sony Ericsson makes its move with a brand new way to experience games on your mobile  —  17 June 2008 The new Sony Ericsson F305 with Motion Gaming puts ‘fun and entertainment’ at the heart of the mobile phone.  In addition to horizontal gameplay and dedicated gaming controls …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Sue Decker's Email To Yahoo Employees On Weiner's Departure  —  The news is now official - Yahoo's EVP Jeff Weiner has officially bailed.  President Sue Decker addresses the troops in an all hands email, below.  These types of emails leak regularly, of course (I actually think companies …
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Ethan / OnoTech:
Jeff Weiner, CEO of Facebook?
Discussion: HipMojo.com
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:   As BoomTown Already Said, Weiner Moves to Accel and Greylock
Patrick Nielsen Hayden / Making Light:
The Associated Press wants to charge you $12.50 to quote five words from them  —  The Associated Press, having already announced its intention to harass bloggers who publish snippets as short as 39 words from AP stories, has now published a web form through which intimidated parties can give …
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Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Why Saul Hansell is wrong on AP  —  In most cases, I'm all for a dose of rationality and common sense amid the short-attention-span Drama 2.0 that makes up much of the blogosphere.  That's exactly what New York Times blogger Saul Hansell is selling in his latest post at the Bits blog …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Technorati Launches Blog Ad Network, Technorati Media  —  Blog-focused advertising networks are all the rage right now, with both Federated Media and Glam pulling down big valuation financing rounds in the last few months based very early growth metrics.  Other startups, like Six Apart …
Bernard Lunn / ReadWriteWeb:
11 Search Trends That May Disrupt Google  —  My first post for ReadWriteWeb (nearly a year ago) started with the premise that search was “game over”, that Google had won and the only opportunity left was (re)search - i.e. what one does after the basic search.
Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
Ineligible AT&T Customers Need to Pay Full Price For iPhone 3G  —  AT&T just gave us new details on how their upgrading plans will work for the iPhone 3G.  The company is treating the iPhone 3G pretty much just like any other phone in that people who are ineligible for upgrades have to pay the full, unsubsidized price for the phone.
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Google easily extending dominance to mobile search market  —  Google managed to spank the rest of the mobile search world during the first quarter of 2008, according to data from Nielsen Mobile.  The search giant managed to capture 61 percent of the mobile search market in the first four months of the year …
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Betsy Schiffman / Epicenter:
How Long Will Google Dominate Search?
louisgray.com:
Feedly Brings New Social Experience to Start Page, Leveraging RSS  —  In the last two years, there have been a number of attempts at taking what's been a solitary experience of reading one's RSS feeds in isolation, and adding new social elements, sharing feeds with friends, discovering new feeds, or adding comments and notes.
Bill Ray / The Register:
Microsoft chases satnav market  —  Just look out the Windows for heaven's sake  —  Microsoft has announced a new iteration of Windows Embedded, this time targeted at satellite navigation hardware, although it sneaks in a sideshow capability to keep the Windows Vista connection alive.
Discussion: Computerworld and Neowin.net
Lloyd Emelle / 2pointhome.com:
How 2.0: Twittering Teddy Bear  —  DIY  —  STEPS  —  TIME: 2 Weeks.  —  Share it: - Del.icio.us - Digg - Stumble  —  “Lloyd, is the text-to-speech implant ready?”  —  Guru Alison and I performed some, uh, innovative 2.0 surgery on an old childhood friend.
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration:
Firefox 3 Download Schedule on a World Time Map  —  Firefox 3 will be up for grabs here at 10 AM Los Angeles time.  —  If you are in a different part of the world, refer to this world time map and know the exact time when Firefox 3 will become available in your region.  Happy Firefox 3 Download Day.
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
FAQ: XP deathwatch, T minus 2 weeks  —  Dell spells out ‘downgrade’ systems, XP Home's retail prices continue to fall  —  Computerworld) Windows XP is beginning that last long walk toward retirement on June 30, with its end-of-life due date staring it — and you — in the face.
Discussion: Engadget and Slashdot
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo's Hiring Freeze, Confirmed And Explained (YHOO)  —  For the past few days, we've been trying to recconcile reports that Yahoo has a hiring freeze in place with reports that the company is still hiring.  Now a plugged-in tipster makes sense of it for us:
Discussion: BoomTown
 
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Announces Plans for European Search Technology Center …
Discussion: The Register
Devin Leonard / Fortune:
Music blogs' network effect
Discussion: paidContent.org and hypebot
Adam Pash / Lifehacker:
The History of Firefox 1.0 to 3.0 in Screenshots
Discussion: Digg
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Anonymous Domain Sales: A Spammer's Delight
Joseph Menn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Lance Armstrong's LiveStrong gets a boost from Demand Media
Discussion: paidContent.org
GamesIndustry.biz:
Development will favour PS3 in 2009, says Yoshida
Discussion: PS3 Fanboy
lonelysandwich:
Why Me?  —  As a borderline synaesthete with a debilitating sensitivity …
John P. Falcone / CNET News.com:
HP MediaSmart Connect due in July for $349
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Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Brightcove Gutted and Rebuilt
Discussion: NewTeeVee and Mashable!
Dan Farber / Outside the Lines:
Jonathan Schwartz's free software foundation
Timothy Lee / Techdirt:
The Browser Is The New Operating System
Discussion: WinExtra and Slashdot
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Is the Google Toolbar a Trojan Horse for Ad Targeting? …
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Demand for Data Puts Engineers in Spotlight
Discussion: Parallax View
Josh Lowensohn / Webware.com:
Flock catches up with Firefox 3 in sophomore release
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
BlackBerry Javelin in the wild
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Adobe ups outlook; Creative Suite chugs along
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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