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1:50 PM ET, July 8, 2010

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Mic Wright / Electricpig.co.uk:
New iPod Touch: 5MP camera and FaceTime incoming?  Britain's top sellers say so  —  The new iPod Touch will come packing a 5MP camera with HD video shooting skills, according to John Lewis which has just spilled the new specs at its Xmas in July event in central London.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Pirate Bay Hack Exposes User Booty  —  Security weaknesses in the hugely popular file-sharing Web site thepiratebay.org have exposed the user names, e-mail and Internet addresses of more than 4 million Pirate Bay users, according to information obtained by KrebsOnSecurity.com.
Adam Z Lein / pocketnow.com:
Actually KIN Sold More Than 503 Devices  —  There's a rumor being perpetuated by Daring Fireball that Microsoft only sold 503 KIN devices.  Many other sites are picking up this posting as though it were true.  What I find interesting is that the KIN registers its Facebook app on Facebook …
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Touts Selling Power of Friendship  —  In Bid to Boost Revenue, Site Pitches ‘Social Context’ Ads to Major Marketers  —  Facebook Inc. is trying to rev up its advertising business with a little help from your friends.  —  The social-networking site is aggressively pitching …
Discussion: Go Rumors
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Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
How did your name get on a Facebook ad?  —  . How did your name get on a Facebook advertisement?  When you click on the Facebook “Like” button you could be agreeing to have your name associated with an ad from that company.  The Wall Street Journal reportsthat Facebook is using the “selling power of friendship” in its ads.
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Is It Time to Stop Blogging and Start an Email Newsletter?  —  When entrepreneur Jason Calacanis shut down his blog in 2008 and replaced it with a subscription-only email newsletter, his move seemed to be more of a personal response to abusive reader comments rather than a leading indicator of a trend …
Discussion: Inc.com, more at Mediagazer », Thanks:lippard
Austin Carr / Fast Company:
Twitter Now the World's Fastest Growing Search Engine  —  What is your search engine of choice?  Google?  Yahoo?  Bing?  Try Twitter.  —  According to cofounder Biz Stone, who spoke yesterday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Twitter now reaches some 800 million search queries per day.
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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:   Reality Check: Twitter's Huge Search Query Numbers Are Very Inflated
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
YouTube Mobile Goes HTML5, Video Quality Beats Native Apps Hands Down  —  If you've got a phone with an HTML5 compliant browser, you'll probably want to check out YouTube's new mobile site, which is rolling out over the next few hours at m.youtube.com.  It's a major upgrade from the old mobile web app …
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Megan O'Neill / SocialTimes.com:
YouTube Mobile Reaches 100 Million Daily Video Plays; Launches Updated Site
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
CNN's Octavia Nasr Leaving Network After Controversial Hezbollah Tweet  —  In the latest case of new media (or oversharing) gone wrong, CNN's Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs Octavia Nasr is leaving the company following the controversy caused by her tweet in praise of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah
Mia / YouTube Blog:
YouTube Leanback offers effortless viewing  —  A click here, a search there, a browse on this page — sometimes it can take more than a few flicks of the wrist and finger taps to get your daily dose of video.  Luckily, YouTube Leanback wants you to conserve your energy for actually watching more videos.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Skype's Innermost Security Layers Claimed To Be Reverse-Engineered  —  Internet telephony giant Skype may well have a significant security issue on its hands, TechCrunch has learned.  —  Someone claims to have reverse-engineered the proprietary encryption protocols Skype has put in place …
Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies … The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed “Perfect Citizen” to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program.
Zee / The Next Web:
Revenues for One App Developer for First Day of iAds?  $150. Huge.  —  This is from a utility app on the iPhone 4 with Apple's new mobile ad network, iAD, integrated.  The developer posted details of his earnings onto Hacker News and I'm sure Apple will enjoy a little positive press because the returns are outstanding.
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac, Erictric and MacStories
Brian Womack / Bloomberg:
Yahoo CFO Aims to End Buy-High, Sell-Low Track Record on Deals  —  Yahoo! Inc. Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse, aiming to boost profitability while adding Internet content and services, says he plans to reverse the company's pattern of overpaying for acquisitions.
Discussion: Tech Trader Daily and WebProNews
Michael Iams / MapQuest Blog:
MapQuest 4 Mobile iPhone Adds Spoken Street Names and Supports iOS 4  —  Last week we announced the new MapQuest.com and today we've got some big news for mobile: MapQuest 4 Mobile iPhone version 2.0 debuts!  We listened to all your feedback and now this new version speaks street names aloud …
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and The Next Web
Anand Srinivasan / Go Rumors:
Microsoft Lays Claim To iPad's Page Curling Feature  —  The Courier may be dead, but we are still getting to see the innovations built by Microsoft back when development on Courier was still in its prime.  A patent application filed by Microsoft back in January 2009 describes the page curl feature …
Andy M. Zaky / AppleInsider:
Apple to enter a new golden age in 2010 with 70% earnings growth
  —  In the four years I've followed Apple (AAPL) grow from a mere mid-sized tech stock to becoming the second largest corporation in the United States in terms of market capitalization, I never imagined that it or any other company …
Discussion: Fortune
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Breaking: Facebook To Enter Into Partnership With Friendster Buyer MOL  —  We're hearing that Facebook and Malaysian payments company MOL Global will be holding a press conference shortly to announce a significant new partnership around gaming and payments in Asia.
Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
New Laptop From Toshiba Is Lightweight and Speedy  —  For all the excitement about tablet computers, the traditional clamshell laptop still rules.  In fact, the computer industry is working hard to make it smaller, lighter and sleeker.  —  [ See post to watch video ]
Discussion: Crave and Macsimum News
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
iSuppli: OLED panel shortage a concern for Android smartphone makers  —  Everyone wants an OLED display on their cellphone, right?  Ok, maybe not everybody, especially when compared to regular AMOLED, but we certainly want, no demand, a 4-plus inch Super AMOLED on our next Android smartphone.
Discussion: iSuppli, Electricpig and ZDNet
Tom Wilde / Silicon Alley Insider:
Hulu, Google TV, And The Brewing TV “Desktop” Storm  —  The last twelve months has been one of the most remarkable times I can remember in terms of sheer innovation and disruption in the digital video market.  The long awaited “watch what you want , where you want, when you want” …
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Borders Group's Entry in E-Books May Herald Discounts  —  Intent on catching up in the fast-evolving e-book arena, retailer Borders Group Inc. is launching an e-bookstore with titles provided by Kobo Inc., the Canadian e-book retailer in which it has an investment stake.
 
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Jennifer Baker / Computerworld:
EU court rules that Adwords do not infringe trademark laws
Discussion: Search Engine Land
David Barboza / New York Times:
Apple Making New Push Into China
Nick Farrell / Tech Eye:
Aussies to push ahead with web censorship
Discussion: Sydney Morning Herald
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
Is Yahoo Dead?  I Don't Think So.  Who Else With This Scale Can Be Neutral?
Kim-Mai Cutler / VentureBeat:
How Facebook plans to get to its first billion users
Casey Tschida / App Advice:
iPhone 4 LED Flashlight Apps Begin To Light Up The App Store
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Viacom acquires developer Social Express as MTV Networks dives …
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Rob Glaser / VentureBeat:
The Superphone is unstoppable  —  Rob Glaser is chairman …
Discussion: Mobility Site and TechStartups.com, Thanks:atul
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
The New Digg Is More Social But Less Unique
Sarah Nahm / Google Chrome Blog:
100 Chrome Experiments and counting!
Alex Smith / AndroidSPIN:
T-Mobile's End of the Year Road Map Leaked
Mahendra / Skeptic Geek:
Googler's Take on Social Networking Reveals Chinks in Facebook's Armor
Discussion: Digits, Thanks:rawmeet
 

 
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William Earl / Variety:
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