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8:15 PM ET, February 12, 2009

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iPod Observer:
New 16GB iPhone 3G May Be On the Way  —  Apple may be preparing to roll out an updated version of its 16GB iPhone 3G.  An image showing a new case back seems to back up rumors that an iPhone update is on the way thanks to its model number, A1303, which previously hasn't appeared on any iPhone model.
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Arn / MacRumors:
Leaked Photos of Next Generation iPhone?  —  Images claiming to depict the back cover of an upcoming iPhone have started circulating on the internet. iPodObserver first posted a version of the above photo that allegedly depicts an unreleased 16GB iPhone with the model number A1303.
Thai Tran / YouTube Blog:
YouTube Goes Offline  —  We are always looking for ways to make it easier for you to find, watch, and share videos.  Many of you have told us that you wanted to take your favorite videos offline.  So we've started working with a few partners who want their videos shared universally and even enjoyed away from an Internet connection.
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Appoints David Porter as Corporate Vice President of Retail Stores  —  Twenty-seven-year retail veteran will focus on transforming the PC and device-buying experience for retail consumers and developing and rolling out new Microsoft-branded stores.
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail stores
Discussion: The Microsoft Blog
Latest Adrian's Rojak Pot Updates:
The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program Rev. 2.1  —  The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program  —  Microsoft issued a draft of the Windows 7 Technical Guarantee Program to their OEM partners on December 10, giving them exactly one month to provide their feedback before Microsoft finalizes the program details.
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Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Sources: Windows 7 moving toward 2009 release
Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica:
Upgrading to Windows 7: what XP and Vista users need to know
Susan Wojcicki / Traditional Media:
Google Exits Radio but Will Explore Online Streaming Audio  —  Labels: Announcements, Google Audio Ads  —  At Google we've never shied away from high-risk, high-reward projects.  We believe that making big bets is not only in the best interests of our users and partners, but also important for our long term success.
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Stephen Shankland / Webware.com:
Up to 40 to lose jobs as Google scraps radio ads
Discussion: eWeek
Pew Internet:
Twitter and status updating  —  In the past three years, developments in social networking and internet applications have begun providing internet users with more opportunities for sharing short updates about themselves, their lives, and their whereabouts online.
Discussion: confused of calcutta, Thanks:atul
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Android Vulnerability So Dangerous, Owners Warned Not to Use Phone's Web Browser: Updated  —  Over the weekend at the Schmoocon hacker conference in Washington D.C., security researcher Charlie Miller presented a new vulnerability in Google's mobile OS Android which allows hackers to remotely …
Vanessa Fox / Search Engine Land:
Google, Yahoo & Microsoft Unite On “Canonical Tag” To Reduce Duplicate Content Clutter  —  The web is full of duplicate content.  Search engines try to index and display the original or “canonical” version.  Searchers only want to see one version in results.
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Google Webmaster Central Blog:
Specify your canonical  —  Carpe diem on any duplicate content worries …
Discussion: AdMoolah and Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog
Wall Street Journal:
More Tech Start-Ups Call It Quits  —  As Funding Dries Up, Fledgling Silicon Valley Firms Are Shutting Down; Fears of Chill on Innovation  —  The deepening recession is speeding up the shakeout in Silicon Valley, forcing droves of start-ups to shut down or sell themselves at fire-sale prices.
Opera Press Room:
Opera unveils turbo-charged browsing at Mobile World Congress 2009  —  Just when you thought browsing couldn't get any faster, Opera unveils its latest innovation for better browsing, Opera Turbo.  This all-new, turbo-charged way to surf will make its exclusive appearance at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 16-19, 2009.
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Cade Metz / The Register:   Opera mystery code promises ‘game changing’ browser speed
Gary Allen / ifoAppleStore:
Apple Plans Major Store Space Reorganization  —  On the heels of an iPhone/iPod display table make-over, Apple plans to entirely reorganize and refocus space within the stores to emphasize customer education, and software over hardware.  The change would be the third major interior design for the stores …
Arn / MacRumors:
Snow Leopard Adds Minor Often Requested Tweaks: Put Back, Stack Folder Navigation  —  With the absence of major new user interface features in Snow Leopard, we're left discussing some rather minor (though frequently requested) tweaks found in the latest developer builds of Mac OS X 10.6.
Discussion: Ars Technica, Neowin.net and jkOnTheRun
Apple:
About the security content of Security Update 2009-001  —  This document describes Security Update 2009-001, which can be downloaded and installed via Software Update preferences, or from Apple Downloads.  —  For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss …
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Jeff Smykil / Ars Technica:
New OS X Security Update, Java Update available
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Don't Click!  No Really!  Don't Even Think About it!  —  Twitter is falling prey to a major security flaw right now.  The service is getting swamped with messages that say: “Don't Click” and a URL.  Apparently, this hack has been around for over two weeks, but it only really took off today.
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BIZ / Twitter Blog:
Clickjacking Blocked  —  Some folks have noticed links …
Discussion: PC World and Between the Lines
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Doomed: why Wikipedia will fail  —  A cyberlaw professor argues that Wikipedia is doomed.  The online encyclopedia will need to choose between being “high quality” and “open,” but both choices are fraught with risk.  —  Law professor Eric Goldman loves Wikipedia, but he's also convinced …
Discussion: p2pnet and Between the Lines
Dylan Casey / The Official Google Blog:
Happy trails with My Tracks for Android-powered phones  —  Today I'm pleased to announce the new My Tracks application for Android-powered phones such as the T-Mobile G1.  My Tracks records tracks of outdoor activities using the phone's built-in GPS.  It shows these tracks on a map …
Amy-Mae Elliott / Pocket-lint.co.uk:
Samsung unveils Blue Earth solar powered phone … Samsung Electronics has unveiled a solar-powered full touchscreen phone called “Blue Earth”.  —  No eco launch is complete without earthy PR speak, so the Blue Eartch is apparently designed to “symbolise a flat and well rounded shiny pebble”.
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Charter To File Chapter 11; Stock To Be Worthless  —  Charter Communications (CHTR) will file for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code by April 1 as part of a debt restructuring plan, the cable company announced.  Under terms of the deal, current Charter common shares will be worthless.
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Looks Like Facebook Just Took The Top Spot Among Social Media Sites  —  This past December we reported on how Facebook was coming up on Blogger to steal its top spot among social media sites when measured by total unique visitors worldwide.  —  Now, it appears as though Facebook has finally done it.
Discussion: Beet.TV, Thanks:atul
John Leyden / The Register:
MS puts up $250K bounty for Conficker author  —  Zombie masterminds wanted undead or alive  —  Microsoft is offering a $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the virus writers behind the infamous Conficker (Downadup) worm.
Benjamin J. Romano / Microsoft Pri0:
January game console sales defy gravity  —  In January, Microsoft's U.S. Xbox 360 sales increased 34 percent and Nintendo saw sales of its market-leading Wii console jump 148 percent over the same month a year ago, according to NPD Group figures released this afternoon.
Discussion: VentureBeat and Associated Press
GSMArena.com:
Two touchscreen Nokia phones leaked by Nokia, look promising  —  Two new hot-looking Nokia touchscreen phones saw daylight for the first time today.  Both unannounced devices make a brief appearance in a video featuring the Nokia N97 designer.  Judging by their looks they are both part …
Jared Newman / Technologizer:
Midway Files for Bankruptcy  —  This is no surprise, seeing as the company was looking at $150 million in debt last December with just 50 days to pay it, but today Midway Games filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.  —  Chairman, President and CEO Matt Booty called the filing “a difficult but necessary decision …
Discussion: Digital Daily, midway.com and Reuters
Nokia Beta Labs blog:
Contacts on Ovi beta database failed - my deepest and most sincere apologies  —  Written by: Kristian Luoma, Product Manager, Contacts on Ovi.  —  Hey,  —  Something bad happened yesterday.  A cooler broke down in the hosting center that we run the Chat service in.
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Former EMI Boss: Fight Against Illicit P2P is “Useless”  —  While working for a big company, which in themselves are very often parts of an even bigger concern with global interests, it is taken as read that you toe the corporate line.  Those that dare to have an opinion of their own can find themselves in sticky situations.
Discussion: TechSpot
 
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Chris Soghoian / CNET News:
Obama's BlackBerry brings personal safety risks
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MacBook owners frustrated by new audio jacks
Rory Maher / paidContent.org:
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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Financial wrinkle lost ConnectU some Facebook settlement dollars
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Bloomberg:
Facebook Says Italy's Plan to Block Web Content Goes Too Far
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Julian Sanchez / Ars Technica:
No network management amendment in final stimulus package
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How Mozilla can save Windows Mobile
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Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
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Discussion: SitePoint and VatorNews
InfoWorld:
New post-beta Windows 7 build leaks to Web
Tim Mullaney / Bloomberg:
Redpoint Tells Startups to Cut Staff Up to 10% Amid Lack of IPOs, Mergers
Discussion: HipMojo.com and BloggingStocks
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Nightlife Application Breaks Away From Facebook, Tries To Stand On Its Own Two Feet
Discussion: L.A. Times Tech Blog
PR Newswire:
Netflix Passes 10 Million Subscribers, With 600,000 Net Additions …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Innovative iPhone Developer Smule Raises $3.9 Million
Discussion: VentureBeat
Benjamin Grol / Gmail Blog:
Four changes to Gmail contacts