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2:05 PM ET, June 29, 2010

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David Drummond / The Official Google Blog:

An update on China — Ever since we launched Google.cn, our search engine for mainland Chinese users, we have done our best to increase access to information while abiding by Chinese law. This has not always been an easy balance to strike, especially since our January announcement …

New York Times:

Google to Stop Directing China Users to Hong Kong — SAN FRANCISCO — In an effort to appease Beijing as it seeks to renew its license to operate in mainland China, Google plans to stop automatically redirecting Chinese users to its Hong Kong site. — For the last three months …

Discussion: Ars Technica, Reuters, ZDNet, silicontap.com, Agence France Presse, Financial Times, Tech Eye, Mashable!, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, The Register, Future Tense, blogs.chron.com and Maximum PC

Google Nexus One:

New Android 2.2 Software Update for Nexus One phones — Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive the Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features including support for making your handset a portable hotspot …

Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:

Former Facebook Executive Adam D'Angelo Confirms New Google Social Networking Effort — Google is making a new move into social networking, following past efforts like Orkut, Google Profiles and Buzz, according to a tweet by Digg founder Kevin Rose. He said so last weekend, but his tweet has since been deleted.

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:

Former Facebook CTO: ‘Google Me’ Is Real, And It's Gunning For Facebook — Yesterday, Digg CEO Kevin Rose tweeted that he'd heard a “huge rumor” that Google was planning to launch a Facebook competitor called “Google Me”, sparking off a wave of speculative reports (Rose has since removed the tweet).

Discussion: broadstuff, Electricpig.co.uk and Tech Eye

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Hulu Unveils Subscription Service For $9.99 a Month — Putting to rest months of rumors, the online television Web site Hulu unveiled a subscription service on Tuesday, promising access to episodes of more TV shows to customers who pay $9.99 a month. — Recent episodes of shows on ABC …

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, TechCrunch, MediaMemo, Mashable! and Engadget

Larry Hardesty / PhysOrg.com:

An Internet 100 times as fast: A new network design could boost capacity — In today's Internet, data traveling through optical fibers as beams of light have to be converted to electrical signals for processing. By dispensing with that conversion, a new network design could increase Internet speeds 100-fold.

Discussion: GigaOM and The Next Web

Ashlee Vance / New York Times:

In Faulty Computer Suit, Window to Dell's Fall — After the math department at the University of Texas noticed some of its Dell computers failing, Dell examined the machines. The company came up with a unusual reason for the computers' demise: the school had overtaxed the machines by making them perform difficult math calculations.

Discussion: Guardian, Computerworld, Fast Company, Communications …, GMSV, The Register, MacDailyNews and IntoMobile

JP Mangalindan / Fortune:

Jeff Bezos's mission: Compelling small publishers to think big — In the face of Kindle price cuts and wild iPad sales, Jeff Bezos is taking Amazon into new markets and onto every device he can. Will it be enough? — Jeff Bezos has been dismissed before.

Discussion: TechFlash, TechCrunch, iPad Weekly, Kindle Review, Silicon Alley Insider and Electronista, more at Mediagazer »

Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:

Mapquest Introduces New Look, New Capabilities — You might not have thought of it this way but the old MapQuest was mostly about driving directions. The new Mapquest (launching today) is about local search and an expanded range of capabilities and use cases.

Discussion: GigaOM, MapQuest Blog, CNET News, ReadWriteWeb, Pulse2, Softpedia News, Screenwerk, Mashable!, SitePoint and ResourceShelf

Vincent Chan / Power of Scale:

Why did so many successful entrepreneurs and startups come out of PayPal? Answered by Insiders — Why did so many successful entrepreneurs and startups come out of PayPal? I long have been fascinated by the extraordinary achievement from the ex-Paypal team and wonder about the reasons behind their success.

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Electronista:

Seagate unveils first-ever 3TB external drive — Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk hits 3TB — Seagate claimed a record in storage today by launching a 3TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk drive. The first of its kind packs a single, 3TB disk inside and is large enough to need a 64-bit OS to work …

Discussion: Tech Eye, ZDNet, Gizmodo, Computerworld, Gadget Lab, VentureBeat, Softpedia News, CrunchGear, Pocket-lint and Engadget

Michael Chang / The Windows Blog:

Windows Live Messenger app for iPhone passes one million downloads! — In just 5 days, over one million people downloaded the Windows Live Messenger app for iPhone that launched last week! This early momentum is fantastic, and we really appreciate the feedback we've been getting from many of you.

Discussion: LiveSide.net, TechNet Blogs, App Advice and InfoWorld

Stephen Chapman / Microsoft Kitchen:

Windows 8 Plans Leaked: Numerous Details Revealed — A big thanks to @floo1989 for the heads-up! Over the weekend, the Italian Windows site “Windowsette” got a hold of some super secret squirrel Microsoft presentations apparently laying around on the internet somewhere.

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft starts sharing Windows 8 plans with PC partners

Discussion: Datamation, Venture Capital Dispatch, Softpedia News, Velocity, Ars Technica, Computerworld, Tech Eye and fiercecio.comwatch

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Social game firm Crowdstar embraces Facebook Credits in five-year agreement — Crowdstar is giving a big endorsement to Facebook Credits. The social gaming company has made a five-year commitment to using Facebook's virtual currency. — The introduction of Facebook Credits this summer …

Discussion: blogs.ft.com, Inside Facebook, TG Daily and Velocity

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:

Rumblefish Launches Friendly Music: Tunes For YouTube Videos At $1.99 A Pop — Music licensing company Rumblefish last week announced a new music program for YouTube users, enabling them to buy a lifetime, worldwide music license on a selected music track at $1.99 a pop and fully edit the music into their videos.

Discussion: TechFlash, Business Wire, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, YouTube Blog and Switched

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:

MOG Gets Green Light From Apple For Upcoming iPhone App, Lands Deal With Roku — Good news, MOG fans. The online music streaming service, which allows users to listen to as many songs as they want for a flat monthly fee, has had its iPhone application approved by Apple after spending well over a month in App Store purgatory.

Discussion: NewTeeVee, Technologizer, ReadWriteWeb, Softpedia News and hypebot

Wall Street Journal:

ITA Becomes Hot Software Ticket — As Google Courts Fare-Query Software Firm, Travel Websites Woo Defensively — Eager to snap up a company that makes some much-used travel-search technology—and keep it out of Google Inc.'s hands—several potential buyers are circling ITA Software Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Discussion: Reuters, Tnooz and Tech Trader Daily

Declan McCullagh / CNET News:

Alleged Russian agents used high-tech tricks — A clandestine network of Russian spies in the United States used private Wi-Fi networks, flash memory sticks, and text messages concealed in graphical images to exchange information, federal prosecutors said Monday.

Discussion: BBC, The Register, WebProNews and CBS News

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Ad.ly Expands In-Stream Ad Network To Twitter Apps — In-stream advertising network Ad.ly, which launched last year, recently expanded beyond the Twitter ad model to serve ads in MySpace streams. And today, the startup is launching an ad network for third-party developers …

Brett Terpstra / TUAW:

Icons and World Clock created with CSS3 magic, courtesy of Webkit — Recent versions of Webkit, the browser engine that Safari and Chrome are based on, have allowed for extensive use of CSS3, as well as some proprietary CSS tricks. The result has been some very innovative art created entirely using CSS.

Discussion: Graphicpeel

Wolfgang Gruener / ConceivablyTech:

An Unexpected Apple Ally: Porn Industry to Drop Flash — Article Navigation — It may seem that Steve Jobs is on a lonely crusade against Adobe's Flash format with the rest of the industry simply waiting who this battle will turn out. While Adobe is rallying support for Flash …

Discussion: Gizmodo, Maximum PC, THINQ.co.uk and AppleInsider

Ryan Tate / Gawker:

An iPhone Class Action Suit Is in the Works — The California law firm that sued Facebook and Zynga over scammy gaming ads is setting its sights on Apple, investigating a possible class action over reception problems with the new iPhone. — Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff, LLP is looking for people who …

Discussion: Technologizer, PC World, App Advice, ReadWriteWeb, ZDNet, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Fortune, MacRumors, 9 to 5 Mac, PhoneDog.com, IntoMobile, TG Daily, Geek.com, Softpedia News, Edible Apple, SlashGear, MobileCrunch, DSLreports, Erictric, Phones Review, Inc.com, everythingiCafe, Mashable! and infoSync World

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