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  1. Apple's new iPhone 3G: Still not perfect, but really close (USA Today) -

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  • For iPhone, the 'New' Is Relative - One year and 11 days ago ... (David Pogue/New York Times) -

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  • Newer, Faster, Cheaper iPhone 3G (Walter S. Mossberg/Personal Technology) -

    Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
    Newer, Faster, Cheaper iPhone 3G  —  Apple Inc.'s iPhone has been

  • Microsoft Admits Windows Vista Mistakes, Criticizes Apple Ads (J. Nicholas Hoover/InformationWeek) -

    J. Nicholas Hoover / InformationWeek:
    Microsoft Admits Windows Vista Mistakes, Criticizes Apple

  • EMC CEO's ego has cost investors billions (Ashlee Vance/The Register) -

    Ashlee Vance / The Register:
    EMC CEO's ego has cost investors billions  —  Whacks Greene when VMware needed her

  • Is This the First iPhone 3G Unboxing? (Kit Eaton/Gizmodo) -

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  • Be who you want on the web pages you visit (Niniane Wang/The Official Google Blog) -

    Niniane Wang / The Official Google Blog:
    Be who you want on the web pages you visit  —  A

  • Bit.ly: Please Use This TinyURL of the Future (Marshall Kirkpatrick/ReadWriteWeb) -

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  • Multiple DNS implementations vulnerable to cache poisoning (US-CERT) -

    US-CERT:
    Multiple DNS implementations vulnerable to cache poisoning  —  Overview  —  Deficiencies in the DNS protocol and

  • Google Launches Virtual World Called Lively (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch) -

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  • BETANEWS.com

    1. Siemens announces massive worldwide job cuts - German electronics and engineering company Siemens was rumored end of June to be preparing a large-scale workforce reduction. Today the company announced the precise number who will be
    2. Angry YouTube users boycott, Viacom seems to respond - Enraged YouTube users are protesting a controversial court ruling last week by uploading homemade "Viacom sucks" videos, and calling for mass boycotts of Viacom entertainment vehicles such as Paramount Pictures and
    3. World saved: There will be Scrabble on Facebook - While hundreds of thousands of Facebook users have been playing an unlicensed online version of Scrabble called Scrabulous, Electronic Arts and Hasbro will finally roll out their version of the online game to Facebook later this
    4. Major fix to DNS vulnerability impacts Windows, Debian - A very serious flaw in the Internet's DNS servers may have been ripe for a significant exploit, though a familiar security researcher might have sounded the alarm just in time. Now, Microsoft and Linux vendors are responding
    5. PayPal, Google team in anti-phishing initiative - With phishing attacks and fraudulent e-mails still slipping through Google Gmail's security walls, the Mountain View-based company plans to work with eBay and its PayPal unit in an effort to protect e-mail
    6. Sprint's answer to its troubles: better customer service - With its customers increasingly churning to competitors, its executives leaving, and its reputation for poor service, Sprint needs to do something. Now, its new CEO suggests a focus on the
    7. Face it, mobile TV doesn't need the set any more - A recent LA Times article is already mourning the loss of battery-powered handheld mini televisions, although the future of mobile television actually appears brighter than
    8. Dawn finally nears for JBoss AS 5.0 application server - After three years of work, Red Hat has finally completed the first -- but probably not the final -- release candidate of JBoss Application Server (AS) 5.0, a long delayed Java-based product built around a "Lego block"
    9. Microsoft to host 'Deskless Worker' entry-level Web services - When Microsoft announced in March it would be marketing its own hosting services for Exchange and SharePoint, some wondered how the company could successfully compete with itself? Today, it provided the
    10. Google adds fuel to Canada's BitTorrent throttling fracas - This week, Google jumped into the battle against Bell Canada's anti-BitTorrent practices, this time through the country's equivalent of the FCC, and on different legal grounds than privacy

    CLICKZ.com

    1. Publicis Takes Phonevalley to U.S. - Paris-based Phonevalley expands with new offices in Chicago, New York, and Boston.Read more...  
    2. Chicago's Designkitchen Is Gulped by Wunderman - Chicago-based digital agency Designkitchen is the latest independent firm to be snapped up by WPP-owned Wunderman.Read more...  
    3. VideoEgg Adds 2.0 Features to Ad Network - Capabilities include RSS feeds, local mapping and a mini-store.Read more...  
    4. Execs & Accounts: Hearst, MSN, Miva Direct, mInfo - Hearst invites MSN to the table; Miva grabs direct marketing vet Ribaudo; Olympic Committee chooses mInfoRead more...  
    5. Holiday Inn Express Site Is First Child of Digitas' Third Act - With second season of 'The Smart Show,' agendcy shifts focus to distribution, adds interactive features.Read more...  
    6. Yahoo Will Change AMP Name, Again - One possible reason: It's the same name Collective Media chose for its ad platform weeks earlier.Read more...  
    7. Yahoo Notifies European Commission of Google Ad Deal - Google indicated it expects the Commission to steer clear of the North American deal.Read more...  
    8. Gannett Acquires All of ShopLocal - UPDATED: Gannett bought out the ownership stakes of McClatchy and Tribune in separate transactions.Read more...  
    9. Execs & Accounts: Scott Meyer, Microsoft, Rodale - Former About.com CEO becomes entrepreneur-in-residence at Warburg in New York; Microsoft and Rodale enter a contextual and paid search advertising relationship.Read more...  
    10. Craigslist Rivals Struggle to Succeed in Web Classified Space - It didn't work for Microsoft, but Wal-Mart is going to give Craigslist's free listings approach a try. Meanwhile, advertisers sit on the sidelines, waiting for dominant sites to emerge.Read more...  

    TECHCRUNCH.com

    1. Yahoo: Three Weeks Away From Next Mass Exodus - We have been tracking the exodus of employees from Yahoo and have counted 114 executive-level departures since January 2007. The news isn’t going to get any better as we have learnt that of the executives remaining at the company, a large number of them are biding their time and waiting for a large vesting
    2. EventBee Tries To Take On EventBrite With $1 Flat Service Fee - EventBee, an event management service, has rolled out a new version of its site that introduces a flat $1 fee for all tickets sold. The move may well prove to disrupt this space - most competitors traditionally charge a small percentage of the ticket price rather than a flat fee. While the difference
    3. Flixwagon’s Mobile Broadcasting Now Publicly Available - Mobile streaming service provider Flixwagon has added an array of new features in coincidence with its launch into public availability. Among the new features, users can now register and download the client software through Nokia Symbian Series 60 mobile browsers. Before broadcasting, users can specify whether to increase video quality or decrease delay. With new two-way
    4. Apparently You People Don’t Really Care About Twitter Downtime - Michael once wrote that Twitter may not have to worry about uptime any more, explaining, “I now need Twitter more than Twitter needs me.” And, a few months and countless hours of downtime later, it looks like most of you feel the same way. The early adopters may have migrated to Friendfeed, but the masses
    5. 20K Reasons To Stay In Your Basement, If You’re a Flash Developer - Attention Flash game developers- It’s hard making money in your field these days, right? Actually, making money in any field these days seems to be quite difficult. But if you are a Flash developer and you’re focused in on games then why not enter into the Meez Inside Avatar Games Contest? There’s $20,000 worth of cold,
    6. VMWare Drops 25% Of Market Cap; CEO Out - Stock in virtualization provider VMWare today dropped almost 25%, as growth expectations were lowered and founding CEO Diane Greene was replaced by the board. Prior to today, VMWare was the fourth largest software company in the world, with a market cap of over $20B. They have slipped down the list and lost $5B in value
    7. Getty Images Begins Licensing Flickr Photos - Getty Images, one of the world’s largest media licensing companies, has partnered with Flickr to add a broader selection of pictures to its online catalog. Getty will hand-pick a number of Flickr members to participate in the program, with a goal of acquiring thousands of images in the next few months. Getty editors will use
    8. Google Launches Virtual World Called Lively - Well, this sucks for Second Life. Google is launching a new service today called Lively, a browser based virtual world add-on that lets users create and customize avatars and worlds, interact with other users, and generally have a richer social interaction than is offered by GTalk today. Worlds can be embedded into web pages, although only
    9. Samsung’s Use Your Instinct Haiku Contest - Just got word from Samsung that we’re good to go on our “Use Your Instinct” Haiku contest. Every week we’ll be giving away a cool Samsung phone culminating in the Samsung Instinct! We begin our contest this week gunning for the M520. The haiku should focus on hearing and must be tweeted to UseYourInstinct. We
    10. Imagekind Acquired By CafePress For $15-20 Million - Imagekind, the art site that describes itself as “a hybrid art gallery, photo-sharing service and a print-on-demand service” has been acquired by CafePress for $15-$20 million in cash and stock, according to VentureBeat. The site, which was launched two years ago, allows artists to upload and sell framed prints of their pieces, and also allows users
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