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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Web Collapses Under The Weight Of Michael Jackson's Death — In terms of well-known celebrities, few are bigger than Michael Jackson. Love him or hate him, pretty much everyone on the planet knows him. And that caused big problems for a lot of huge websites today with the news of his passing.
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David Sarno / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Michael Jackson-related traffic doubled Twitter's update frequency, tripled Facebook's — Traffic to news sites in North America saw a massive spike as the Michael Jackson story unfolded. Times are EST. Credit: Akamai. — As the news of Michael Jackson's fate unfolded, sites around the Web felt the strain of spiking interest.
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Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Twitter: The Fastest Way to Get Informed. Or Misinformed. — I spent this afternoon doing what a lot of people did: Watching TV reports about Michael Jackson while also gleaning information from the Web-especially Twitter. When I happened to turn on the TV, MSNBC was still speaking …
Charles Arthur / Guardian:
How Michael Jackson's death captured Twitter's trends — A video shows how Twitter's trends were captured by the breaking news about the famous star's collapse and death — Twitscoop, which watches trends in hashtags on that messaging service you've all heard about, has a video …
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Ina Fried / CNET News:
Thumbing Windows 7 onto Netbooks — Microsoft has shown Windows 7 running on Netbooks ever since it introduced the operating system last fall. However, helping consumers get it on their notebooks has proven more tricky. — Microsoft is considering offering Windows 7 on a thumb drive …
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Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica:
Windows 7 preorders begin in the US, Canada, and Japan (Updated x2) — Windows 7 preorders have are now available for residents in the US, Canada, and Japan. — Today residents in the US, Canada, and Japan have the opportunity to preorder Windows 7 upgrade versions of both Home Premium …
Robert Andrews / mocoNews:
Apple Increases Stake In UK Radio Chip Firm Imagination — Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is tripling its stake in UK microchip firm Imagination Technologies, taking its share to 9.5 percent. Its buying 2.2 million new shares at £1.4275 each (total £3.14 million).
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YouTube Blog:
Mobile Uploads to YouTube Increase Exponentially — In the last six months, we've seen uploads from mobile phones to YouTube jump 1700%; just since last Friday, when the iPhone 3GS came out, uploads increased by 400% a day. — This growth represents three things coming together …
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Alertbox:
Stop Password Masking … It's time to show most passwords in clear text as users type them. Providing feedback and visualizing the system's status have always been among the most basic usability principles. Showing undifferentiated bullets while users enter complex codes definitely fails to comply.
Dan Frakes / Macworld:
HP releases iPhone versions of classic calculators — Hewlett-Packard (HP) today announced iPhone-app versions of three classic HP calculators: the HP 12c, HP 12c Platinum, and HP 15C. — When run in landscape mode, each app uses the original ROM code and provides an exact visual replica …
Stephen Lawson / ITworld.com:
New chips don't deliver, Facebook says — I like it! — The latest generations of server processors from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices don't deliver the promised gains in performance, according to the head of technical operations at Facebook, a massive consumer of servers.
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Gabriel Madway / Reuters:
Pre helps Palm beat expectations, shares rise — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Palm Inc (PALM.O) posted a narrower-than-expected fiscal fourth quarter loss on Thursday, and highlighted strong demand for its just-unveiled Pre smartphone. — Palm's shares rose more than 14 percent in after-hours trading.
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Jon Swartz / USA Today:
Businesses use Twitter to communicate with customers — When a Stanley Cup broadcast suddenly went black in late April, many Comcast subscribers simply scooted to Twitter to find out why. — It was there — not on a phone system with multiple options — they discovered that a lightning storm …
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Twitter's long-term traffic still growing — Twitter users, most of whom signed up for the site and then apparently stopped visiting, are actually coming back, new data from comScore suggests. There's been a lot of evidence that Twitter's growth is tapering off by several measurements …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Foursquare Push Notifications, For The Ultimate In Friend Stalking — Foursquare, the location-based social networking service, is about to activate Push Notifications in the new version of its iPhone app, due shortly. I've been beta testing it out for the past week, and I'm happy to report that it works brilliantly.
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Pui-Wing Tam / Digits:
Apple Exec Joins Venture-Capital Firm — Not everyone is leaving venture capital amid the recession. Bob Borchers, who left his position at Apple last week as senior director of worldwide product marketing for the iPhone, has joined venture-capital firm Opus Capital as a general partner.
Olga Kharif / Business Week:
Big Software Plans for Amazon's Kindle? — Amazon.com's buying and hiring signal that many more Kindle apps may be on the way—plus software to put Amazon books on other mobile devices — Giant online retailer Amazon.com may be plotting a broader foray into software for smartphones.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Click Fraud 101 — Our posts earlier this week about the alarming amount of click fraud at Facebook left more than a few unanswered questions. The problem is real and was confirmed by Facebook. But what wasn't clear is exactly how or why it was happening.
Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
How the Internet helps Iran silence activists. — What happened in Baharestan Square on Wednesday? According to a woman who called in to CNN, Iranian security forces unleashed unimaginable brutality upon a few hundred protesters gathered in central Tehran.
Michael Oryl / MobileBurn.com:
HTC: Hero UI upgrade for existing phones possible, but not on T-mobile USA versions — News by Michael Oryl on Thursday June 25, 2009. — Hoping to get that shiny new Sense user interface from the HTC Hero as a future upgrade for your T-Mobile G1 or Vodafone Magic?
Jessica Davis / eWeek:
PC Sales Expected to Rebound, Prices Won't — Personal computer (PC) unit sales are now expected to turnaround in Q4 from a decline to positive growth, paving the way to a healthy market recovery in 2010. ASPs remain under pressure, but pent up demand is expected to fuel a computer refresh cycle …
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Sydney Morning Herald:
Web filters to censor video games — The Federal Government has now set its sights on gamers, promising to use its internet censorship regime to block websites hosting and selling video games that are not suitable for 15 year olds. — Separately, the Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy …
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The Official Google Blog:
Google Voice invites on their way — A couple of months ago we announced Google Voice, a service that gives you one phone number to link all your phones and makes voicemail as easy as email. We are happy to share that Google Voice is beginning to open up beyond former GrandCentral users.
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Gadgetwise, Digits, OhGizmo!, Bizzia, MobileContentToday, Google Operating System, Between the Lines, Network World, InformationWeek, Boy Genius Report, The SiliconANGLE, ChannelWeb, Latest Geek Stuff, Mashable!, jkOnTheRun, CNET News, WMExperts, Bits, Pocket-lint.com, Technology Live, DSLreports, AppScout, Google Mobile Blog, Technologizer, BerryReview.com, ITworld.com, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Lifehacker, Tech Trader Daily, TheNextWeb.com and eWeek, Thanks:sinkercat
Richard Koman / ZDNet Government:
Who is attacking Solid Oak, whose code was stolen for Green Dam? — Check out this document from Solid Oak Software, makers of CyberSitter. It's a comparison of CyberSitter with Green Dam-Youth Escort, the software China is insisting PC makers start installing on July 1.
