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Wikileaks:
Bill O'Reilly hacked 2008 — File — bill-oreilly-hacked-2008.jpg (click to view full file) … The file provides proof that the Fox News demagogue, Bill O'Reilly, has been hacked. — Wikileaks has been informed the hack was a response to the pundit's recent scurrilous attacks …
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Dan Goodin / The Register:
FoxNews commentator Bill O'Reilly's website hacked — 200 loyal followers Wikileaked — Two days after someone broke into the email account of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, unknown intruders have hacked the website of conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly and posted personal details of more than 200 of its subscribers.
Zhou / Blue:
Windows 7 M3 Build 6780: Pictures and Videos(soon) — Yes, new post about latest Windows 7 M3 Build 6780. Background: I've reported priori Windows 7 versions before. — Start Menu: the visual design of search box and shutdown/lock buttons are changed. The right panel is simplified.
Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
iPhone Developers Go From Rags to Riches — The iPhone is a revolutionary handset. But it is also the key to a virtual gold mine — the iTunes App Store, where independent developers can become multimillionaires in just a year. — Since its launch in July, the App Store has grown to become an indie developer's dream come true.
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John Mahoney / Gizmodo:
The Week in iPhone Apps: Tired Internet Meme Edition — Do you think a store full of geek developers could let September 19th go by without a surge of pirate-related applications? Personally, I'm waiting for the app that pushes live updates of real pirate advisories so my raw shipments …
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New York Times:
As Text Messages Fly, Danger Lurks — LOS ANGELES — Senator Barack Obama used one to announce to the world his choice of a running mate. Thousands of Americans have used them to vote for their favorite “American Idol” contestants. Many teenagers prefer them to actually talking.
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Silicon Alley Insider
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
The Secret Microsoft Invasion of Yahoo Continues: MSN GM Headed There Soon? — Jeff Dossett, a longtime Microsoft exec whose most current job has been as executive producer and general manager of MSN, is leaving the company, sources said, and is likely to land at Yahoo soon.
Vishesh Kumar / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast Submits Plans to Manage Broadband — Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable operator by subscribers, formally submitted plans to the Federal Communications Commission late Friday detailing how the company plans to manage its broadband network. — Rather than target specific types …
Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy:
Comcast's New Network Management Includes Downstream Traffic — Comcast made good today on its obligations to tell the FCC exactly how it's currently managing its network and how it plans to manage it in the future. In an August 20 that rapped Comcast for interfering with P2P applications …
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Nilay Patel / Engadget Mobile:
G1 appears on T-Mobile's site — Snap — looks like the Android-powered T-Mobile G1 is peeking out a little early in the form of a non-working pre-registration link on the my.t-mobile.com customer portal. No specs or info, but if you had any doubt this thing was coming on Tuesday we'd say it just got cleared up.
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kottke.org:
The new Microsoft ads — After a couple of teasers starring Jerry Seinfeld, Microsoft is airing some new ads that take Apple's “I'm a PC” out into the real world. So instead of John Hodgman's dorky PC character (who is parodied in one of the new ads), they've got all sorts of people …
Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
Seesmic Launches Mobile Cell Phone Video - Exclusive CEO Demo — During my trip to the west coast, I sat down with Seesmic CEO Loic LeMeur for a demo of the new Seesmic mobile application. I was able to grab an exclusive video demo with Loic and I've embedded the demo below.
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Eric Zeman / InformationWeek:
Analyst Predicts 400,000 Android Handsets Sold By End Of 2008 — Strategy Analytics has been doing some number crunching. According to its computations, Android will grab 4% of the market for smartphones in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of 2008. That amounts to some 400,000 units sold.
