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Jessica Dolcourt / CNET News:

Skype for iPhone: It's official — Months after teasing us at CES with an announcement of Skype's native VoIP client for the iPhone, the free Skype for iPhone will finally be available to download from the iTunes App Store sometime on Tuesday. We got a chance to sit down with the application's …

Phil Wolff / Skype Journal:

Skype for iPhone - the screenshots — Splash screen: — Connecting: — Contact list: — Contact profile: — Recent conversations: — A chat: — Calling: — In a call, speaker on: — In conference call: — Conversation history: — My profile: — Set profile picture:

Thanks:evanwolf

Sinead Carew / Reuters:

Skype announces service for iPhone, BlackBerry — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Skype, the Internet telephone unit of eBay Inc, is planning to launch its service for iPhone users on Tuesday and for BlackBerry in May as part of its effort to expand beyond desktop computers.

Discussion: eWeek, Electricpig.co.uk and Ubergizmo

Kirby Chien / Reuters:

Google launches free, legal music downloads in China — BEIJING (Reuters) - Google Inc on Monday launched free downloads of licensed songs in China, while sharing advertising revenue with major music labels in a market rife with online piracy. — Lee Kai-Fu, president of Google in greater China …

Discussion: Mashable!, Associated Press, Bloomberg and TechCrunch

Aaron Barnhart / TV Barn:

“60 Minutes” freaks out over Conficker. Where's John Hodgman when you need him? — I love “60 Minutes,” but sometimes it just makes you scratch your head. Isn't anyone working there who has any sophistication when it comes to technology? Lesley Stahl just finished a 15-minute freakout …

Discussion: Computerworld Blogs

CBS News:

The Conficker Worm: What Happens Next? — 60 Minutes: Computer Worm Could Receive New Instructions On April 1 — Page 1 of 4 — (CBS) The Internet is infected. Malicious computer hackers have been creating more and more weapons that they plant on the Internet.

Discussion: CNET News, dailywireless.org and Computerworld Blogs

Erica Sadun / Ars Technica:

Chrome for OS X: State of the Browser — The open source Google Chromium repository now has an OS X Cocoa shell. We downloaded and compiled the latest OS X build of Google's browser, and we talked to the developers to get a sense of how long it will be before Mac users can get their hands on a working beta.

Thanks:mrinaldesai

Ryan Tate / Gawker:

Times Nukes Itself On Google — The New York Times has been demanding Google welfare, which would artificially promote the newspaper's stories in search results. Yet inept Times webmasters just killed hundreds of thousands of their own Google hits. — The newspaper probably wouldn't need …

Discussion: paidContent.org and Technosailor.com, Thanks:atul

Ashlee Vance / New York Times:

Do-It-Yourself Magazines, Cheaply Slick — PALO ALTO, Calif. — For anyone who has dreamed of creating his own glossy color magazine dedicated to a hobby like photography or travel, the high cost and hassle of printing has loomed as a big barrier. Traditional printing companies charge thousands …

Discussion: AppScout, Thanks:mrinaldesai

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

Twitter Hiring A Concierge To Pamper Celebrities. Requires Schmoozing. — I don't care much for the celebrity culture, but clearly I'm in the minority judging by the amount of people who read gossip magazines and websites in order to get updates on every move their idols make.

Thanks:mrinaldesai

New York Times:

Some Online Shows Could Go Subscription-Only — MILWAUKEE — In the last couple of years, the television industry has made a big push onto the Web, giving viewers hope that they might one day reach nirvana: every show ever made, available online for immediate free viewing.

Thanks:atul

Alex Brooks / World of Apple:

New Seed of Mac OS X 10.5.7 Surfaces — In what looks like a weekly occurence Apple has this weekend delivered a build 9J39 of Mac OS X 10.5.7. Over the last few weeks Apple has given developers new builds on the weekends with very few known issues. — This build in partcular fixes …

Discussion: MacRumors and Softpedia News

Eric Krangel / Silicon Alley Insider:

IBM Twisting Arms In Support Of ‘Open’ Cloud Computing — As expected, IBM's (IBM) so-called “Open Cloud Manifesto” — basically an appeal to the industry to make their cloud computing components work together around common standards — is officially out this morning (it leaked late last week).

Discussion: CNET News, Business Week, iTnews Australia, Sam Johnston, The Connected Web and Between the Lines

Darryl K. Taft / eWeek:
Is the Open Cloud Manifesto Doomed?

Discussion: CNET News, ElasticVapor, Sam Johnston, CloudAve and GigaOM

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