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4:45 PM ET, May 31, 2011

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Apple:
Apple to Unveil Next Generation Software at Keynote Address on Monday, June 6  —  Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. At the keynote …
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Wall Street Journal:
Apple's Jobs to Unveil iCloud Service  —  Apple Inc. said Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs will kick off the company's annual developers' conference next week, with new versions of Apple's iOS and Mac operating systems to be unveiled.  —  The company also said the event will include details on iCloud …
Matt Burns / CrunchGear:
Official: iOS 5, OS X Lion, and iCloud To Be Announced Next Week At WWDC
Nick Bilton / Bits:
Jobs to Unveil Apple's ‘Next Generation’ Software
Apple:
Apple iWork Now Available For iPhone & iPod touch Users  —  Apple® today announced that its groundbreaking iWork® productivity apps, Keynote®, Pages® and Numbers®, are now available for iPhone® and iPod touch®, as well as iPad®.
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Danielle Dellorto / CNN:
WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk  —  (CNN) — Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization.  The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same “carcinogenic hazard” category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.
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Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
Cell phone cancer report comes amid industry lobby
Matthew McEachen / AdGrok:
@AdGrok Is Going To @JoinTheFlock  —  We're happy to announce that Twitter has acquired the AdGrok team.  Starting today, we will be working full-time on Twitter's revenue engineering team.  —  AdGrok and Twitter?  —  When Twitter approached us and asked if we'd be interested in working …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
AdGrok Team Joins Twitter To Help With Revenue — Except Founder/CEO Who Goes To Facebook
Discussion: VatorNews
Bloomberg:
Microsoft Hardware Rules ‘Troublesome’ for Makers, Acer Says  —  Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is putting “troublesome” restrictions on makers of processors used to run the coming Windows tablet-computer operating system, Acer Inc. (2353) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J.T. Wang said.
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Nat Ives / AdAge:
Jann Wenner: Magazines' Rush to iPad Is ‘Sheer Insanity and Insecurity and Fear’  —  Successful Migration to Tablet Editions Will Take ‘Decades,’ Rolling Stone Co-Founder Says in Interview  —  Nobody mistakes Jann Wenner — whose Wenner Media publishes Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men's Journal — for a digital fanboy.
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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Jann Wenner Is Wrong Again, This Time About Tablets
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Wall Street Journal:
Pentagon: Online Cyber Attacks Can Count as Acts of War  —  Pentagon Sets Stage for U.S. to Respond to Computer Sabotage With Military Force  —  WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens …
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
Federal government loosens its grip on the BlackBerry  —  Somewhere in America, perhaps at this very moment, a bad guy is under video surveillance.  He is being watched, every movement, every step — but not on a little TV.  That's so 2009.  Instead, a special agent from the Bureau of Alcohol …
Brian Ellin / Twitter Blog:
Introducing the Follow Button  —  When you follow interesting accounts on Twitter, it's easy to stay connected with what's most meaningful to you.  Today we're excited to launch the Follow Button, a new way to discover and instantly follow Twitter accounts directly from the websites you visit everyday.
Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:
Microsoft Streetside Isn't Just a Google Streetview Clone Anymore  —  Microsoft today released a number of major updates to the Streetside feature in Bing Maps.  Streetside used to be very similar to Google's Streetview, but Microsoft just mixed things up a bit and included an important twist.
Discussion: Computerworld, Bing and Search Engine Land, Thanks:fredericl
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
MacBook Air supplies constrained ahead of summer refresh  —  Sources around the globe have informed 9to5Mac that supplies and shipments of the MacBook Air are constrained ahead of the product's rumored June-July refresh.  The latest rumors peg the update to to be fairly minor …
Jeff Rubenstein / PlayStation Blog:
Full PSN Services, including PlayStation Store, Return This Week  —  This press release just hit the wire - PlayStation Store and related services (like voucher redemption) back this week: … We will update the PlayStation Blog when the PlayStation Store is once again open for business.
Socialbakers:
Facebook is globally closing in to 700 million users!  —  Facebook is still growing up with Brazil being the top growing country in May.  —  Facebook is still on the rise, and as we're seeing the latest progress, number of its total users is closing in to 700 million users.
Nicholas Carlson / SAI:
Yahoo's Board Likely To Let The Clock Run Out On Carol Bartz  —  Yahoo's board, we've reported, is quietly looking for someone to replace CEO Carol Bartz.  —  But it's not about to fire her, a source briefed on the thinking of board members tells us.  —  More likely: Yahoo will let the clock run …
Parmy Olson / Disruptors:
Interview With PBS Hackers: We Did It For ‘Lulz And Justice’  —  The deface page posted on the PBS website by small hacking group LulzSec.  —  Ever wonder why black hat hackers and cyber vigilantes risk prison terms to do what they do?  The group of four people who hacked the PBS NewsHour website …
 
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Elizabeth Woyke / Mobilized:
Sprint Files FCC Petition Against AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Whoops Redux: Looks Like Partner Just Leaked Google's +1 Button For Websites Launch
Thanks:srikardhanakoti
Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Microsoft hints at Zune rebrand, focuses on Xbox for entertainment - Fusion?
Adrianne Jeffries / Betabeat:
New York's New Illegal Hotels Rule Means Some Airbnb Users Are Breaking the Law
Discussion: Softpedia News, Thanks:adrjeffries
Ralf-Gordon Jahns / research2guidance:
Apple App Store's market share dropped to 59% at the end of Q1 2011
 Earlier Items: 
Ari Levy / Bloomberg:
Dropbox Partners With Softbank, Sony Ericsson for Growth in Asia, Europe
Discussion: VentureBeat and The Dropbox Blog
Tim Moynihan / Macworld:
Analysis: Different cameras in the white and black iPhone 4s?
Intel Newsroom:
Intel's Maloney Talks Mobile Growth, Industry Opportunities at Computex
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nokia lowers devices and services outlook for Q2, increasingly confident about first Windows Phone in Q4
Christian Zibreg / 9 to 5 Mac:
The iconic Fifth Avenue Apple Store is New York's top photo attraction
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google To Begin Charging For Directions Location Extensions
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule
 
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