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Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
Newer, Faster, Cheaper iPhone 3G — Apple Inc.'s iPhone has been the world's most influential smart phone since its debut a year ago, widely hailed for its beauty and functionality. It was a true hand-held computer that raised the bar for all its competitors.
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David Pogue / New York Times:
For iPhone, the ‘New’ Is Relative — One year and 11 days ago, our nation was swept by iPhone Mania. TV news coverage was relentless. Hard-core fans camped out to be the first in line. Bloggers referred to Apple's new product as the “Jesus phone.” — It was a stunning black slab of glass …
USA Today:
Apple's new iPhone 3G: Still not perfect, but really close — Extra, extra: iPhone 3G: The Sequel, is worth the wait. — It's cheaper, faster and a lot friendlier for business. Apple's blockbuster smartphone already had nifty features such as visual voicemail, a splendid built-in video iPod …
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
iPhone 3G unboxing, bitches! — Have you heard of the new iPhone 3G? One of our Apple ninjas came through for us, and we've got some unboxing goodness for you to enjoy. Yes sir — iPhone 3G is in the BGR offices! First impressions? It's black and shiny.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
They're out! The first iPhone 3G reviews — First the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg jumped the gun, publishing his online review of Apple's new iPhone 3G on Tuesday night, more than a day before his usual Thursday column appears. — Then, about an hour later, the New York Times responded in kind …
Connie Guglielmo / Bloomberg:
Apple Expects 15-Minute Setup Process for New IPhone — Apple Inc. will start selling its new iPhone at 8 a.m. nationwide on July 11 and plans to activate U.S. customer accounts with AT&T Inc. within 15 minutes. — “Our expectation is that in 10 to 15 minutes, you'll be set up and ready to go …
Niniane Wang / The Official Google Blog:
Be who you want on the web pages you visit — A while ago, I looked around the social web and wished that it could be less static. Sure, you can leave a comment on a blog or write a text blurb on your social networking profile. But what if you want to express yourself in a more fun way …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Launches Virtual World Called Lively — Well, this sucks for Second Life. Google is launching a new service today called Lively, a browser based virtual world add-on that lets users create and customize avatars and worlds, interact with other users, and generally have a richer social interaction than is offered by GTalk today.
Brad Stone / New York Times:Google Introduces a Cartoonlike Method for Talking in Chat Rooms
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J. Nicholas Hoover / InformationWeek:
Microsoft Admits Windows Vista Mistakes, Criticizes Apple Ads — The company will work to reverse the widely held belief, informed by early troubles upon the operating system's launch, that Vista isn't compatible with many applications and devices. — Microsoft is now acknowledging …
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US-CERT:
Multiple DNS implementations vulnerable to cache poisoning — Overview — Deficiencies in the DNS protocol and common DNS implementations facilitate DNS cache poisoning attacks. — I. Description — The Domain Name System (DNS) is responsible for translating host names to IP addresses …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:Web companies organize massive effort to patch fundamental Internet flaw
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Spat with Rogers leaves Canadian Apple stores without iPhones — Apple, disgusted with Rogers Wireless for dumping egregious service plans on would-be iPhone 3G buyers, has decided that its Canadian retail stores will have no part in helping the carrier market the new handset to customers, AppleInsider has learned.
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iPhone Atlas, L.A. Times Tech Blog, PalmAddicts, iPhone Savior, The iPhone Blog, Electronista, Unwired View, Smithereens and Ubergizmo
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Politician Using Twitter To Ignite Misleading Partisan Fight Over Politicians Posting To Twitter — Last month, I posted how cool it was that Republican Congressman John Culberson was really using Twitter to communicate with people. It was a great use of the technology.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Bit.ly: Please Use This TinyURL of the Future — URL shorteners like TinyURL are a wildly popular way to share long links over email, IM, microblogging and other contexts. The millions of shortcuts that have been created through such services represent a huge opportunity to capture interesting data …
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Ashlee Vance / The Register:
EMC CEO's ego has cost investors billions — Whacks Greene when VMware needed her most — Comment By firing VMware chief Diane Greene, EMC's top dog Joe Tucci has sent a message to investors that his personal likes and dislikes come before their broader interests.
Josh Lowensohn / CNET News.com:
Select Flickr photos to sell via Getty license — Flickr on Tuesday entered a partnership with Getty Images to offer its users a way to potentially make money off their photography. — The Yahoo-owned photo-hosting community will be a new resource for Getty, which can now contact Flickr …
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