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2:00 PM ET, June 7, 2010

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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Steve Jobs live from WWDC 2010  —  9:38AM Hey, if you guys want, click on that Digg badge and vote us up.  No pressure, but if you don't a puppy will die.  —  9:37AM We think they mean to calm everyone down with this music, which makes sense since crazies were literally shoving people out of the way to get to seats.
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Ryan Block / gdgt live:
Live WWDC 2010 keynote coverage  —  Manual updating, hit F5!  —  9:42AM - Louis Armstrong setting the mood while thousands of developers funnel in.  Just a little more than 15 minutes to go!  —  9:27AM - Alright, we're in!  This is actually the earliest I've ever seen Apple seat the press …
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
iPhone 4: The Definitive Guide  —  We already showed you the new iPhone from every angle, inside and out.  Today, Steve Jobs re-revealed it, telling us about the remaining details.  Here's the exhaustive guide to all the features of the new iPhone 4.  [Updating live]  —  Hardware technical features
Gizmodo:
This is Gizmodo's liveblog for the Apple WWDC Event on 6/7.  —  Here are some quality liveblogs: gdgt, Ars Technica, Ubergizmo, Mac Rumors, Wired, Technologizer, NYT, Mac Life, and Apple Insider.  Check Gizmodo.com for more news — Jason Chen: There are currently 8500 native iPad apps.
Discussion: Gadget Lab, Geek.com and mocoNews
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Netflix app headed for the iPhone  —  After two months of burning up the iPad, Netflix is ready to devour its latest platform: the iPhone.  Just like the iPad app — where it reigns as the number one downloaded entertainment app, Netflix will have you know — it's free …
Vladislav Savov / Engadget:
iPad corners 22 percent of ebook market, gets PDF viewer
Discussion: AppleInsider, App Advice and Gizmodo
Chris Morrison / Inside Social Games:
Zynga Brings FarmVille to the iPhone, iPad
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:   Apple Has Paid $1 Billion To App Developers (And Other Key iPad …
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Apple's Magic Trackpad revealed?  —  Of all the surprises we expected to hear about in the WWDC keynote, a multitouch trackpad peripheral didn't exactly pop into our brains.  But — whoomp — here it is.  What we appear to be looking at is a brand new input device that Apple has dreamed …
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Ian Paul / PC World:
WWDC 2010: 10 Things To Watch For  —  Thanks to Gizmodo we know one thing Apple's Steve Jobs will pull out of his pocket at Monday's Worldwide Developers Conference - a next-gen iPhone.  But what else is up Jobs' sleeve?  A cloud-based iTunes, Safari 5, iChat for iPhone, or a Mac OS update?
Kit Eaton / Fast Company:
Apple WWDC 2010 Rumor Round-Up [Updated]
Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile:
HTC spends $13 million to buy French software firm Abaxia; HTC looking to attract operators  —  HTC purchased French software development firm Abaxia for 11 million EUR ($13 million) according to Digitimes.  The official press release is here, but does not mention the financial details.
Arn / MacRumors:
AT&T Moves Up iPhone Upgrade Eligibility On Eve of WWDC Keynote  —  On the eve of the WWDC 2010 keynote and what is believed to be the announcement of the next generation iPhone, AT&T seems to have adjusted user eligibility requirements forward for many customers.
Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
Hewlett-Packard Wants to Print for Smartphones  —  SAN DIEGO — Vyomesh I. Joshi, the head of Hewlett-Packard's $24 billion printing empire, relaxes by taking long walks on the beaches near his home here.  And, for a while, it seemed as if he might end up spending more time strolling the sand than moving ink and toner.
Tony Hseih / Inc.com:
Why I Sold Zappos  —  The first time Amazon.com tried to buy Zappos, we said no without even thinking.  —  It was the summer of 2005, and Zappos, the start-up into which I'd poured the past five years of my life (and almost all of my money), finally seemed to be on the right track.
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How Sequoia forced Tony Hsieh to sell Zappos
Threat Level:
U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe  —  Federal officials have arrested an Army intelligence analyst who boasted of giving classified U.S. combat video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records to whistleblower site Wikileaks, Wired.com has learned.
Seth Weintraub / Fortune:
HTC EVO 4G sets new sales records for Sprint  —  The EVO eclipsed the sales of the Palm Pre and Samsung Instinct, Sprint's previous record holders, by a huge margin.  —  A Sprint press release this morning tried to quantify the amount of EVOs sold: … So, take the two previous record holders …
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Price  —  SAN FRANCISCO — When one of the most important e-mail messages of his life landed in his in-box a few years ago, Kord Campbell overlooked it.  —  Not just for a day or two, but 12 days.  He finally saw it while sifting through old messages: a big company wanted to buy his Internet start-up.
Vladislav Savov / Engadget:
Motorola Milestone XT720 announced: 8 megapixel cam, 720p video, and Droid heritage (update: video!)  —  Motorola has just outed a Europe-bound Milestone XT720, a handset intended to grab the attention of camera lovers with an 8 megapixel sensor, 720p / 24fps video and — a first for Android handsets — a xenon flash.
Yahoo / Yodel Anecdotal:
New Ways to Increase Your Social IQ on Yahoo!  —  Social networks have seen explosive growth in recent years.  As the place that 600 million people visit every month, Yahoo! is in a unique position to bring together different social experiences from across the Web to a single place.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Goes All In With Facebook: Here Are The Screenshots
 
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Verizon's V CAST Video for Android now available, runs $10 a month
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Lucia Moses / Mediaweek:
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft: Win 7 and Server 2008 R2 SP1 beta coming in July
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
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Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
IBM launches software to spur sensor management, ‘Internet of things’
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