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Jeff Smykil / Ars Technica:
Updated plist suggests new Apple device “iProd” coming soon — An updated USBConfiguration.plist in the most recent version of iPhone OS 3.1 beta offers compelling evidence that Apple has continued development on an unknown device, referred to as “iProd,” that was first discovered in March.
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Electronista, MacRumors, IntoMobile, AppleInsider, 9 to 5 Mac, Edible Apple, Mashable! and Gizmodo
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Sony launches two new readers including a pocket-sized $199 device — Sony on Wednesday will unveil two new e-book devices, a pocket edition with a 5-inch screen for $199 and a touch-screen version starting at $299. The devices will be available at the end of August.
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Vik Singh / delicious blog:
Delicious Homepage Gets “Fresh” — Way back in January I released a simple application called TweetNews, which essentially ranks the latest Yahoo! News articles by their number of related Twitter messages to determine relevance for really fresh content. Remarkably, the community responded to it …
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Rafat Ali / paidContent:
WSJ's New Policy: Won't Take Herd Embargoes — The Wall Street Journal has a new policy for its editorial staff, we have learned: it will not accept embargoes for stories, but will take exclusives if handed to them. We have confirmed the policy from various sources, although a WSJ spokesman told us …
Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple Wants To Build A PayPal Killer, Say Wall Street Gossips — Wall Street gossips tell us that Apple (AAPL) executives have dropped hints suggesting the company is considering creating a service that would allow iTunes Store account holders to use those accounts to make purchases …
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eBay Strategies, Tech Trader Daily, Ars Technica, The iPhone Blog, Gizmodo, tinyComb, MacRumors, Edible Apple, 9 to 5 Mac, MacDailyNews and LOOPRumors
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Marines Ban Twitter, MySpace, Facebook — The U.S. Marine Corps has banned Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites from its networks, effective immediately. — “These internet sites in general are a proven haven for malicious actors and content and are particularly high risk due …
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Shanan Delp / Flickr Blog:
New Flickr Search — Today we're pleased to announce a redesign of our search results page. The changes we've introduced make it easier to browse through the billions of photos and videos on Flickr, and to connect to the communities that help make sense of all those photos.
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ReadWriteWeb, AppScout, TechCrunch, Search Engine Journal, CNET News, Mashable!, Thomas Hawk Digital Connection, Lifehacker and Search Engine Land, Thanks:atul
Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:
Windows XP Mode RC Now Available — Back in April, we introduced the Windows XP Mode beta and after a few months of incorporating your enthusiastic feedback, today we are announcing the availability of the Windows XP Mode Release Candidate. — Download: Windows XP Mode Release Candidate
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CNET News, eWeek, Download Squad, PC World, Electronista, internetnews.com, Neowin.net, TechSpot, ITworld.com, AppScout, CodenameWindows, All about Microsoft and GottaBeMobile.com
Josh / Cruleword's Lifestream:
New Zune HD Pictures Surface (Now With 20+ Images) — Later Today I am expexting an official announcement. But more pictures of the Zune HD are coming out via a Zune MVP on twitter. The pictures were removed in fear of them still being under NDA, but I was able to grab a few of them before they were deleted.
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Crave, Engadget, Ars Technica, Electronista, geeksmack.net, SlashGear, ithinkdifferent, CrunchGear, Bink.nu, PalmAddicts, techeblog.com and Gizmodo
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Apple evaluated 4- to 12-inch tablet screens - report — Apple has reportedly purchased a number of screens — ranging from 4 inches to 12 inches in size — over the last few years, as it explores its possible entry into the tablet and sub-notebook market, according to a financial analyst.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Ninjawords: iPhone Dictionary, Censored by Apple — Two years ago I linked to a web site called Ninjawords — a fast, simple online dictionary backed by a good data source (Wiktionary). — The developers behind Ninjawords, Matchstick Software, have released an iPhone version, currently available from the App Store for just $2.
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Outlook: How Gawker Ripped Off My Story and Why It's Destroying Journalism — Washington Post staff writer Ian Shapira was online Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 11 a.m. ET to discuss his Outlook article titled “How Gawker Ripped Off My Story and Why It's Destroying Journalism.”
Rafat Ali / paidContent:
Yahoo-MSFT Deal: Details From SEC Filing: Calibrated Against Google's Search Revenues & Marketshare — Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) just filed with SEC with some more details of its search deal with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). Some standouts: —The deal details have to be hashed out by by October 27, 2009
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Computerworld, PC World, TechFlash, CNET News, Between the Lines, Digits and Silicon Alley Insider, Thanks:atul
The Official Google Blog:
Audio care packages for service members with Google Voice — (From time to time we invite guests to blog about initiatives of interest and are pleased to have Sergeant Dale Sweetnam join us here. SGT Sweetnam is working with Google's communications team this year through the U.S. Army's “Training with Industry” Program.
Dieter Bohn / PreCentral.net:
Palm Hires New SVP of Brand Design — There's a new member of Palm's management team, Jeff Zwerner. He's listed as the Senior Vice President, Brand Design for the company. Exectrax, a site that monitors such pages, notes that he popped up on the page about a week ago.
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Engadget, mocoNews, Electronista, IntoMobile, Palm WebOS, Edible Apple, Silicon Alley Insider and Gizmodo
Elizabeth Montalbano / PC World:
Microsoft Acknowledges Linux Threat to Windows Client — Microsoft for the first time has named Linux distributors Red Hat and Canonical as competitors to its Windows client business in its annual filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. — The move is an acknowledgement …
Dan Primack / PE Hub Blog:
The Ancestry of Ancestry.com: It's Not a VC-Backed IPO — Online genealogy company Ancestry.com yesterday filed for a $75 million IPO, and some people instinctively began buzzing about the prospects for yet another VC-backed IPO (following hits like OpenTable and LogMeIn).
Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:
Browser makers announce support for built-in 3D graphics — At today's sessions of the SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference in New Orleans, a group of hardware and software makers that includes browser makers Mozilla, Opera and Google announced their plans to deliver built-in 3D graphics …
Jennifer Martinez / GigaOM:
Despite iPhone's Success, BlackBerry Curve Was on Top in Q2 — In the battle of the smartphones, RIM's Blackberry Curve edged out the competition to take the top spot as the best-selling smartphone model in the U.S. in the second quarter of this year, according to inaugural smartphone market share data from research firm IDC.
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Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
TweetBlocker: Easily Delete Spammers From Your Twitter Stream — It's no secret that Twitter has become a preferred playground for spammers. Hashrocket's TweetBlocker sets out to change this by giving users a simple tool to easily identify spammers in the group of users they are following.
David Kravets / Threat Level:
Student Arrested for Jailbreaking Game Consoles — Update — A Southern California man was taken into custody Monday on accusations of running a home business of jailbreaking videogame consoles so they can play pirated games. — Homeland Security authorities arrested Matthew Crippen, 27 …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Shuts Bix Down. Did Anyone Notice? — It must be disconcerting to a big Internet company to shut down a whole website and nobody even notices. Not even a short note on Twitter from a concerned user until now. But that's what apparently happened.
Julie Zhou / Google LatLong:
Take a peek at our new Street View site — Since our launch of Street View in May 2007, it has consistently been one of Google Maps' most popular features. We've also found that it has been one of the features that folks are most curious about, so we have given our Street View overview site …
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Screenwerk, Google Watch, Search Engine Land, AppScout, Google Maps Mania and TechCrunch
Jack Kim / Reuters:
North Korea frees two U.S. journalists after Clinton visit — SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Tuesday released two jailed American journalists after a visit from former U.S. President Bill Clinton in the highest-level U.S. contact with North Korea since Clinton was president nearly a decade ago.
Jaikumar Vijayan / Computerworld:
SEC takes steps to ban ‘flash’ trading — Practice gives unfair advantage to some bigger financial companies, critic says — Computerworld - The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to ban the practice of “flash” trading, where some large financial companies get access …
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
What Does Spotify's Funding Say About Freemium Music Fortunes? — Does Spotify's new VC funding now suggest confidence that ad-supported music service can really work? Depends who you talk to... Steve Purdham, CEO of ad- and premium-funded streaming site We7, is seeing it as a positive rather …
Jim Giles / New Scientist:
After the boom, is Wikipedia heading for bust? — Wikipedia has rapidly become one of the most used reference sources in the world, but a new study shows that the website's explosive growth is tailing off and also suggests the community-created encyclopaedia has become less welcoming to new contributors.
Ty McMahan / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Venture Capital Firms Climbing Aboard Travel Start-Ups — Although a sagging economy continues to upset the vacation industry, venture investors are still booking reservations with travel-related start-ups. — The first half of this year alone has seen at least 10 investments in travel companies …
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News:
Verizon readies Fios TV app store — Verizon Communications is about to open up its new Widget Bazaar to third-party developers to create an “app store” for its Fios TV service in a move that could forever change how people watch TV. — Verizon first announced the Widget Bazaar just a couple of weeks ago.
