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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
‘Unprecedented Pent-Up Demand’ For Apple iPhone 3G, RBC Says — More good news for Apple (AAPL) ahead of the 3G iPhone launch, scheduled for next Friday, July 11. Consumers have “unprecedented” demand for Apple's phone, according to new data from RBC's Technology Adoption Panel.
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RealNetworks.com:
RHAPSODY LAUNCHES “MUSIC WITHOUT LIMITS” INITIATIVE ACROSS WEB, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND MOBILE — New Rhapsody MP3 Store Opens Virtual Doors with 100,000 Album Giveaway — Rhapsody to Power Full-Song Playback and MP3 Sales for iLike, MTV Networks' Music Group Sites and Yahoo!
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Slyck, Digital Daily, TechConsumer, MacUser, Alice Hill's Real Tech News, IDG News Service, Bit Player and TechCrunch
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
AOL's Platform A: We'll pay Bebo, Facebook developers top pennies — AOL's Platform A said Monday that it will offer Bebo and Facebook application developers “a guaranteed CPM” for U.S. traffic and says the ad rate is one of the highest in the industry. — However, there are a few caveats …
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Silicon Alley Insider, Business Wire, Mashable!, The Social Times, paidContent.org and Valleywag
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Nathania Johnson / Search Engine Watch Blog:AOL's Platform-A to Offer Guaranteed CPM to Facebook, Bebo Developers
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Associated Press:
Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday — REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista.
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Goodbye, XP. Hello, Midori — June 30 is the day that Microsoft begins phasing out Windows XP by no longer providing copies of the operating system to PC makers and retailers for preloading on new machines. It's also a good day (thanks to a recent New York Times opinion piece) …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Marc Andreessen Joins Facebook's Board Of Directors — Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape, Opsware and Ning and the former CTO of AOL, is adding a new notch in his belt: he has joined the board of directors of Facebook, two sources close to the company confirmed to us …
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Digital Daily, Silicon Alley Insider, TomsTechBlog.com, All Facebook, Coop's Corner, WebProNews, Wikinomics, Startup Meme and Valleywag
Ryan Kim / The Technology Chronicles:
PS3 firmware update ratchets up competition with Xbox 360 — Now you can collect trophies and compare your accomplishments against your friends — Bit by bit, the PlayStation 3 is catching up to the Xbox 360, its biggest rival. — The Xbox 360, with its one year head start …
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Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Asustek to launch new Eee PCs with bigger keyboards — Asustek Computer is planning to launch new Eee PC models, the 904 and 905, which have an 8.9-inch panel but use a similar chassis and keyboard as the company's 10.2-inch models, according to sources at channel vendors.
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Hardware 2.0, jkOnTheRun, Engadget, GottaBeMobile, Gearlog, Liliputing, Mobility Site, UMPC Buzz, VoIP Watch and I4U News
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Google and Creator of ‘Family Guy’ Strike a Deal — LOS ANGELES — Google is experimenting with a new method of distributing original material on the Web, and some Hollywood film financiers are betting millions that the company will succeed. — In September, Seth MacFarlane, creator of …
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Smartphone battle royale: The land grab is good for buyers — Research in Motion misses its first quarter earnings target and cuts its outlook slightly. Palm has a hit with the Centro, but continues to disappoint. And Sony Ericsson sees a rough second quarter on “moderating demand of mid …
Charles Arthur / Guardian Unlimited:
No, Mr Kelly, I'm afraid the internet is not as clever as a single (human) brain — Kevin Kelly, one of the people behind Wired magazine, has come up with a stonking idea to follow up from Chris Anderson's (to be honest rather wonky) suggestion that “science is dead because search engines can do it for us” last week.
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Ed Bott's Windows Expertise
Hilary Goldstein / IGN:
Rock Band 2: The Opening Act — We blow the lid off one of the biggest sequels of 2008. — Rock Band is ready for a comeback tour. Today, Harmonix announced Rock Band 2 is set to ship for Xbox 360 this September and PS3 later in the year. However, the official announcement of Rock Band 2 …
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Kotaku, Opposable Thumbs, Court Ordered Therapy, CrunchGear, Destructoid, Joystiq, Xbox 360 Fanboy, Gizmodo and Digg
Zach Epstein / Boy Genius Report:
First Dash Express Update Issued, Available via WiFi — Dash Express users are about to receive a software update and it's a doozy. For those of you in the market for a new GPS unit, take notice as this already-capable internet-connected portable unit from Dash gets some new functionality …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, jkOnTheRun, Ubergizmo, Technology Live, CrunchGear and Engadget
Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Tech Giants Join Together To Head Off Patent Suits — Several tech-industry heavyweights are banding together to defend themselves against patent-infringement lawsuits. Their plan: to buy up key intellectual property before it falls into the hands of parties that could use it against them, say people familiar with the matter.
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CNET News.com, Law Blog, Between the Lines, The Open Road, Telecosm, Communications …, SmoothSpan Blog and Slashdot
