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IEBlog:
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available — We're excited to release IE8 Beta 2 today for public download. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8. Please try it out! — You'll find versions for 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008.
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover — More than two years ago, when Microsoft was in the final stages of testing Internet Explorer 7, Bill Gates promised more frequent browser updates, as often as every 9 to 12 months. And yet today, nearly two years after IE7's release …
Victoria Barret / Forbes:
Microsoft Vs. Google, Again — Forget about that $44 billion takeover bid for Yahoo. Microsoft's latest assault on Google is slier. — Since May Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) has been reimbursing people up to half of the value of items they buy using its search technology.
Ryan Kim / The Technology Chronicles:
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 available now for download — Accelerators are just one improvement in Internet Explorer 8 — Microsoft moved one step closer to releasing Internet Explorer 8 today with the release of its IE8 Beta 2. You can download the latest trial version of the browser here.
New York Magazine:
CONFIRMED: Aaron Sorkin Creates Facebook Page, Writing Facebook Movie — Aaron Sorkin, a man whose discomfort with the Internet goes way, way back to the days he got angry at the Television Without Pity message boards, is writing a movie about the founding of Facebook.
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Mary Kathleen Flynn / Tech Confidential:
EXCLUSIVE: FriendFeed readying RSS accelerator — Technorati — Facebook — Update, 7:30 p.m.: FriendFeed Inc. co-founder Paul Buchheit has published a detailed explanation of the social networking aggregator's planned Simple Update Protocol. In a nutshell, he describes it as a …
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat:FriendFeed working on a new RSS supplement to speed up data retrieval
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Paul Buchheit / FriendFeed Blog:Simple Update Protocol: Fetch updates from feeds faster
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Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Yep, We Redesigned — As many of our readers have noticed (and noted) already, we rolled out a new design for TechCrunch yesterday evening. — We've been watching as the initial feedback has rolled in through Twitter and in the comments to our other posts.
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Microsoft's new “Blue Track” mouse spotted? — We're not really sure if Microsoft is peddling a revolution here or just the mousing tech flavor of the month, but we've got ourselves a much better idea of where things might be going. After that little “Say Goodbye to Laser” …
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Gizmodo, Maximum PC all, Electronista, DVICE, CrunchGear, Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog and The Tech Report
David King / The Official Google Blog:
Making money on YouTube with Content ID — Late last year, we introduced our newest tool for YouTube's content identification and management system, Video ID. While we have long provided copyright owners with similar content policies and tools, Video ID was revolutionary because it provided real choice …
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb: Everything You Thought You Knew About the Business of YouTube Was Wrong
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Huge iPhone Security Flaw Puts All Private Information at Risk — There's a huge security problem in the latest iPhone 2.0.2: if you have your JesusPhone password protected, using a very simple trick gives anyone full access to your cellphone private information in Mail, SMS, Contacts, and even Safari.
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9 to 5 Mac, Infinite Loop, MacRumors, CNET News.com, Engadget Mobile, The iPhone Blog, The Register and Phone Scoop
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
BackType, A Twitter For Comments — BackType is the newest YCombinator startup to launch from their summer program. They're a blog-comment focused startup - founders Christoper Golda and Michael Montano are for the first time aggregating all comments from millions of blogs into a single, searchable, parsable stream.
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Innovation Isn't Dying In Silicon Valley; It's Just Changing — Apparently Judy Estrin, a well-known Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur and exec, is coming out with a new book warning that the infrastructure needed for innovation in Silicon Valley is going away.
BBC:
Computer viruses make it to orbit — A computer virus is alive and well on the International Space Station (ISS). — Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG. — The worm was first detected on earth in August 2007 and lurks …
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Techdirt, GMSV, 9 to 5 Mac, MacUser, Gizmodo, Christopher Null, ZDNet Government and CrunchGear
eWeek:
Corrupt File Brought Down FAA's Antiquated IT System — The Federal Aviation Administration's flight plan IT network, which went down for about 2.5 hours Aug. 26 and fouled up the takeoff plans of thousands of travelers in more than 40 airports across the country, is back up and running.
Justin Scheck / Business Technology:
Dell's Key to the Cloud: Fewer Features? — When it comes to cloud computing, the new Dell - the one that's been talking about getting away from generic, commoditized hardware — seems a lot like the old Dell. — The computer maker and some of its partners gathered atop …
Stephen Shankland / Underexposed:
Microsoft, Nikon sign patent-sharing deal — Microsoft and Nikon have signed a cross-licensing deal that gives each company access to the other's patents. — The deal is one of a growing list from Microsoft, which has been seeking to establish the heft and significance of its intellectual property effort.
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