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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Did Facebook Shut Down Slide's Top Friends? How Very MySpace Of Them — MySpace used to be notorious for simply banning third party widgets that didn't play nice ("not playing nice" generally meant any kind of advertisements in the widgets, but it was very arbitrary). Those days are long gone.
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Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Breaking: Top Friends Vanishes From Facebook Platform — In what appears to be a major event for application developer Slide, Top Friends, the third largest application by daily active users and installs, has disappeared from the Facebook Platform. — As of 12:01am Pacific Time:
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Austin Bogues / New York Times:
Laptop Searches in Airports Draw Fire at Senate Hearing — WASHINGTON — Advocacy groups and some legal experts told Congress on Wednesday that it was unreasonable for federal officials to search the laptops of United States citizens when they re-enter the country from traveling abroad.
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:Senators Not Thrilled About Laptop Searches At The Border
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itmanagement.earthweb.com:
The Mouse Is Dead — You're probably using a mouse today, but you may never buy one again. All the planets are aligning against this humble pointing device. — The computer mouse has long been associated with the PC, but in fact it was invented during the Kennedy administration (in 1963) …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Issues Letter Defending Google Deal: No Free Milk For Microsoft — In a letter to shareholders that reminds me of the saying “why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free,” Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and CEO Jerry Yang explain why it chose a search deal with Google over Microsoft.
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Electronista, WebProNews, Search Engine Watch Blog, Valleywag, Silicon Alley Insider, Docu-Drama, Joe Duck and Microsoft Watch
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Wilson Rothman / Gizmodo:
Dell Dock Puts a Little Mac OS X Into Vista Studio Laptops — Dell's Studio Laptops will be getting a little touch of the Mac OS when they ship, thanks to the Dell Dock, a launcher that cleans up the Vista desktop in the most charming, albeit derivative, way. Below you can see “Before” and “After” images of the cleanup:
Steve Lohr / Bits:
Et Tu, Intel? Chip Giant Won't Embrace Microsoft's Windows Vista — Intel, the giant chip maker and longtime partner of Microsoft, has decided against upgrading the computers of its own 80,000 employees to Microsoft's Vista operating system, a person with direct knowledge of the company's plans said.
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Business Technology, Beyond Binary, ParisLemon, Personal Technology, Lockergnome, Gizmodo and Microsoft News Tracker
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Joss Stone: Piracy is Brilliant, Music Should be Shared — Joss Stone, who won a Grammy last year, loves music, but hates the the music industry. In a recent interview she said that - unlike herself - most artists are brainwashed by the industry, and she encouraged people to share her music.
Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
This Fall's TV Shows: Now on P2P Networks — This summer's TV season has barely started, but net-savvy TV fans are already downloading pilots of shows slated to premiere this fall. A whole bunch of pilots have found their way onto torrent sites in recent days, and file sharers …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Winklevosses AboutFacebooked! — Ah, the Winklevosses! — They lost. — In court, I mean, not in rowing! — But I am sad to say BoomTown is deeply uninterested in the long-running legal struggle between Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the hot social networking site …
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Judge upholds $107,834 in attorneys' fees award against RIAA — One of the most closely-watched file-sharing cases is a step closer to an end. A federal judge has awarded exonerated RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen $107,834 in attorneys' fees, a figure that isn't exactly what either party wanted.
Tom Simonite / New Scientist Technology Blog:
Dual-display e-book reader lets you flip pages naturally — E-book readers like the Kindle may be getting better, but still fall short of the usability of paper books. You can't turn or flip through pages, or compare different documents as you would with paper.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Xobni Gets Even Better With LinkedIn Data For Your Contacts — Xobni, the email startup that we've described as “The Superplugin for Outlook”, has partnered with LinkedIn to automatically pull contact information from the popular professional network. Xobni will now draw from public profiles …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company? — The parade of articles and blog posts on Bill Gates' legacy continue to roll out as Gates' last day as a full-time employee (June 27) rapidly approaches. — Joel Spolsky, the CEO of Fog Creek Software — and a one-time member …
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CNN:
Telefonica Gets 300,000 Pre-orders For 3G iPhone In Spain, UK — ZARAGOZA -(Dow Jones)- Telefonica SA (TEF) has received 300,000 pre registrations in the U.K. and Spain to buy Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) new third- generation iPhone, a company spokesman said Wednesday.
louisgray.com:
Smart People, Stupid Tweets. Fake News Spreads Fast on Twitter. — The combination of a rush to publish and a low barrier to entry for microblogging makes posting quick notes to Twitter extremely tempting for people who are trying to break news. In seconds, a rumor can be launched, whether true or not, and hit thousands.
