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2:00 AM ET, June 2, 2011

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Julie Larson-Green / Microsoft:

Previewing ‘Windows 8’ — REDMOND, Wash. - June 1, 2011 - Today, at the D9 Conference, we demonstrated the next generation of Windows, internally code-named “Windows 8,” for the first time. Windows 8 is a reimagining of Windows, from the chip to the interface.

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Exclusive: Making Sense of Our First Look at Windows 8 — On Wednesday, Microsoft offered the first glimpse of Windows 8, a sneak peek that reveals much about both the influences and the strategic goals of the major overhaul of Microsoft's 25-year-old operating system.

Sean Hollister / Engadget:

Microsoft unveils Windows 8 (video) — We're live from Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky's keynote at D9, and there's something rather exciting on stage — a pair of experimental Windows 8 dev boards running an OS that looks very much like Windows Phone 7's Metro UI.

Discussion: Electronista, DisplayBlog, AllThingsD, WinBeta, Neowin.net, Neowin.net, The Next Web, @tomwarren, The Microsoft Blog, @maryjofoley, SAI and 9 to 5 Mac

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Why Windows 8 Is Fundamentally Flawed as a Response to the iPad — The new Windows 8 touch-based UI, revealed earlier today at the D9 Conference, looks good. It's clearly drawn from the same inspiration as Windows Phone 7, and shows some seriously innovative UI thinking.

Discussion: DisplayBlog, Neowin.net and The Next Web

AllThingsD:
Steven Sinofsky Talks Windows 8 and More at D9 (Video)

Discussion: The Seattle Times, SAI, MacHackPC, Pocket-lint and Electronista

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft: If we ‘Build’ a new developers conference, will they come?

Discussion: BetaNews and @fredericl

Eric Grosse / The Official Google Blog:

Ensuring your information is safe online — The Internet has been an amazing force for good in the world—opening up communications, boosting economic growth and promoting free expression. But like all technologies, it can also be used for bad things. Today, despite the efforts …

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Google: Group In China Targeted Senior US Officials, Chinese Activists, Others With Phishing Attack

Discussion: Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Neowin.net

Evan Gilbert / The Official Google Blog:

The +1 button for websites: recommend content across the web — Since we started rolling out the +1 button in March, you've been able to recommend content to your friends and contacts directly from Google search results and ads. — But sometimes you want to +1 a page while you're on it.

Jack Dorsey / Twitter Blog:

search+photos — Twitter brings the most meaningful information in the world right to your pocket. And, we're constantly working on ways to make that even better. — One good search can take you #anywhere. — Today we're starting to roll out a completely new version of Twitter search.

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

How Powerful is Twitter? Well, Shaq Just Tweeted His Retirement — Dick Costolo just spent 45 minutes on stage at D9 talking about the power of Twitter. But I think Shaquille O'Neal just made a better argument for Twitter's power in just two words. — “im retiring,” the NBA star tweeted Wednesday, linking to a video.

Discussion: GigaOM, L.A. Times Tech Blog and TechCrunch

Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:
Shaq's Retirement Drives 500k Viewers to Tout in 3 Hours

Discussion: Examiner

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Marc Andreessen Says There's No Bubble. But He's Happy if You Think There Is. — Marc Andreessen doesn't buy the bubble talk. Which is fortunate, since he's in the business of investing in the kind of companies that tend to generate some of the bubble talk.

Discussion: The Tech Trade, Digits and @wsjtech

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
“Grandpa” Andreessen Says We Live in Dang Exciting Times

Discussion: AllThingsD and @wsjtech

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Tells Developers to “Move Up the Value Chain” (Video) — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo shared details and perspectives about Twitter usage, developer relations and monetization in an interview with Walt Mossberg today at D9. He also introduced new photo and search products.

Discussion: @wsjtech, WebProNews, @sdkstl, @lazerow and @bill_gross

Reuters:
Twitter CEO says 80 percent of advertisers renew

Discussion: The Next Web and Mashable!

Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:

Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests — Well, this is ... unexpected. Jonathan Kaplan, who previously led the company that created the Flip camera, just announced his new project on-stage at the D9 conference — and it's a grilled cheese company.

Discussion: PR Newswire, IBD Click, Mashable!, RCR Unplugged, Epicenter, AllThingsD, Pulse2, Business Week, PE Hub Blog, Venture Capital Dispatch, Techland, Light Reading and Daily Patricia

Kevin May / Tnooz:

Airbnb admits rogue sales team used Craigslist for stealthy property drive — Apartment rental service Airbnb has confirmed salespeople made unsolicited approaches to property owners on classified listings service Craigslist. — An unknown number of salespeople contracted to the company …

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

HP Might License webOS, Says CEO (Video) — Hewlett-Packard's plans for webOS extend far beyond tablets, smartphones and PCs. Hewlett-Packard CEO Léo Apotheker says the company is planning to make it available to its partners to provide mobility services to their customers.

Discussion: MarketWatch, VentureBeat, eHomeUpgrade, PC World, Technologizer, ReadWriteWeb, Engadget, PhoneDog.com, Everything webOS, LAPTOP Magazine, GottaBeMobile, Light Reading, SAI, Neowin.net, SlashGear and Ars Technica

Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:

Groupon CEO Andrew Mason on Google, Clones and Hubris-But Not on an IPO — Groupon's CEO Andrew Mason makes history today as the first speaker at the D conference to ever request that his image be based on a recent driver's license photo — goofy grin and all.

Discussion: AllThingsD, SAI, CNN and @pkafka

Chris Rawson / TUAW:

AirPort devices out of stock in many Apple Stores, refresh imminent? — We've received reports from several Apple Stores across the US stating that some AirPort devices are either low in stock or out of stock altogether. — A reader let us know that all of the Apple Stores in his area …

Discussion: iClarified, parislemon, MacStories and Electronista, Thanks:miketrose

Donald Melanson / Engadget:

Samsung Chromebook goes on sale early at Gilt (update: sold out) — We can't say we expected Gilt to be the first place to offer Samsung's new Chromebook but, well, here we are. Google's now sending out emails like the one above to at least some folks that signed up to be a part of the Cr-48 pilot program …

Discussion: thechromesource, AllThingsD, This is my next, Tools, BGR, CrunchGear, Geek.com, The Digital Reader and Betabeat

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Jack Dorsey Is “The James Franco of the Internet” — Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Square and product chief at Twitter, didn't have much of anything going on today so he dropped in on D9. — All kidding aside, the seemingly super-human Dorsey will be taking questions from AllThingsD's Kara Swisher …

Discussion: Fortune, @stevenjayl, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, L.A. Times Tech Blog and AllThingsD

Arnold Kim / MacRumors:

Apple Takes Control of iCloud.com — Apple has taken ownership of the domain iCloud.com. The domain was believed to have been sold to Apple for a price tag of $4.5 million. Prior to today, the whois domain registration listed Xcerion as the owner. — This change in domain registration …

Discussion: Computerworld and The Next Web

Josh Ong / AppleInsider:

JP Morgan: Apple's iPad rivals reduce build plans after ‘early dose of reality’ — A new investor report from J.P. Morgan on Wednesday indicates that Apple's competitors in the tablet market have reduced their build plans after receiving an “early dose of reality” in the form of lackluster sales.

Discussion: Great Speculations, NPD Group, International Business Times, Technologizer and Electronista

Matt McGee / Search Engine Land:

Official: Google Offers Goes Live, First Portland Offer Arrives — [As promised below in our post from late Tuesday night, the first Google Offer just arrived minutes ago in my Gmail inbox. Here's a screenshot, followed by the remainder of Tuesday night's post about it.]

Discussion: Examiner, CNET News, BetaNews, Oregonian, SiliconFilter, Search Engine Watch, Understanding Google … and Digital Trends, Thanks:mattmcgee

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Former Threadless CTO Is Now Obama Campaign CTO — The Obama 2012 campaign is about to get a lot hipper. Former CEO and apparent unabashed wacky person Harper Reed has just been named as its CTO. Reed was at Threadless until 2009, then moved to Rackspace for a couple of months …

Discussion: Chicago Tribune

Associated Press:

Tenn. passes Web entertainment theft bill … NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — State lawmakers in country music's capital have passed a groundbreaking measure that would make it a crime to use a friend's login - even with permission - to listen to songs or watch movies from services such as Netflix or Rhapsody.

Discussion: Digital Trends

Reuters:

Alibaba's Ma offers Yahoo some advice: break up — (Reuters) - Alibaba founder Jack Ma didn't shed new light on his negotiations with Yahoo Inc and Softbank during an appearance at a conference on Wednesday, but he did offer some unexpected advice for Yahoo.

Discussion: AllThingsD, Agence France Presse and The Tech Trade

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