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5:35 PM ET, June 12, 2007

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Thor Larholm / Larholm.com:
Safari for Windows, 0day exploit in 2 hours  —  Apple released version 3 of their popular Safari web browser today, with the added twist of offering both an OS X and a Windows version.  Given that Apple has had a lousy track record with security on OS X, in addition to a hostile attitude …
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Robert Vamosi / CNET News.com:
Security researchers: Safari for Windows not so secure  —  Within hours of Apple's public release of the beta for Safari 3.0 for Windows, three security researchers independently found holes within the new browser.  Researcher Aviv Raff highlighted in a blog post the company's product statement …
BetaNews:
'Day One' for Safari for Windows Becomes Zero-Day Nightmare
Antone Gonsalves / InformationWeek:
Apple Says No Sun File System For Leopard  —  Despite claims by Sun's CEO, the 128-bit ZFS that appears in Solaris will not be spotted in Mac OS X.  —  An Apple official on Monday said Sun Microsystems' open-source file system would not be in the next version of the Mac operating system …
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Bluetooth.com:
WIBREE FORUM MERGES WITH BLUETOOTH SIG  —  Bluetooth Technology Expands for Ultra Low Power PAN Applications with Nokia's Wibree  —  The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the more than 8,000-company strong trade association responsible for advancing Bluetooth wireless technology …
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:   A wireless marriage: ultra low power Wibree meets Bluetooth
Karen / Official Google Blog:
How long should Google remember searches?  —  Over the years we've taken many steps to protect our users' data and privacy.  For example, we have resisted overly-broad government subpoenas; we've designed our services to give users a choice between personalized services and general services …
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Responds To EU: Cutting Raw Log Retention Time; Reconsidering Cookie Expiration  —  In response to an EU letter over data retention, Google has announced that it will now anonymize server log data after 18 months, rather than the previous maximum time it had announced of 24 months.
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
For Yahoo, an Ordeal of Dissent  —  When Terry S. Semel, Yahoo's chief executive, faces shareholders at the company's annual meeting on Tuesday, Eric Jackson will be there to pepper him with questions.  —  Mr. Jackson, who owns just a few Yahoo shares, is not happy with the company's performance …
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Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Day Without Google Begins!  —  Are you ready to spend a whole day, today (Tuesday), without using Google?  There are literally hundreds of alternative search engines to choose from.  Once again here are the 'ground rules', as prepared by AltSearchEngines editor Charles Knight:
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Jennifer Laycock / A Small Business Guide …:
Hide and Speak: Google, We Don't Need No Stinkin' Google!  —  A common complaint of small business owners these days is how powerful Google is.  A bad algorithm shift or a spidering problem can leave a small business on the verge of bankruptcy in a matter of a few months.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Windows Home Server hits Release Candidate beta milestone  —  On June 12, Microsoft will make available for download the Release Candidate (RC) near-final test build of Windows Home Server.  —  The final Home Server RC1 code will be available on the Microsoft Connect site later today.
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Tom Spring / Today @ PC World:   Microsoft Readies Windows Home Server with RC1
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:   Windows Home Server on track, RC1 released today
CNN:
State Attorneys General Could Investigate Microsoft Complaint  —  WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A group of state attorneys general will decide later this week whether to pursue legal action against software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) over allegations of anticompetitive conduct, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Monday.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
5 ways iPhone will change the wireless biz  —  Steve Jobs' WWDC keynote, demo of upcoming Leopard and Safari for Windows may have generated a lot of oohs and ahhs, but it was towards the end that His Jobness revealed the game plan to irreversibly change the world of wireless.
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
The Ultimate RSS Toolbox - 120+ RSS Resources  —  Never again will mankind have to look for RSS info in more than one place...ok, we're kidding, but we've aimed to create a near comprehensive list of all the RSS readers, tools, browser plugins, tips, hacks and directories available on the web.
New York Times:
YouTube Sets Tests of Video Blocking  —  Google says it will soon begin testing a long-awaited system that can block unauthorized copyrighted clips from being uploaded to YouTube, the popular video-sharing site it bought last year.  —  Company executives have predicted that the technology …
Business Wire:
ATI Radeon™ 2400 and ATI Radeon™ 2600 Now Shipping to Board Customers  —  SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—AMD (NYSE: AMD) is now shipping ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 and ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 graphics processors in volume to its board customers.
Discussion: I4U News and Engadget
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Gmail Rolls Out PowerPoint Preview  —  Interesting: Google rolled out their slideshow feature for Gmail (some of you were already getting this as experiment for a while).  What happens is that whenever someone sends you a PowerPoint attachment, you can instantly open it in a new browser window by clicking …
Marc Andreessen / blog.pmarca.com:
Analyzing the Facebook Platform, three weeks in  —  On May 24, Facebook launched the newest version of the Facebook Platform, a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) and services that allow outside developers to inject new features and content into the Facebook user experience.
Discussion: VentureBeat, Mashable! and Compete Blog
 
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Julie Jacobson / CE Pro:
Control4's New HC-300: Faster, Sexier Home Controller
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Barry Schnitt / Google:
Intel and Google Join with Dell, EDS, EPA, HP, IBM, Lenovo …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-031 - Critical
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 Earlier Items: 
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Spam King may rule prison cell for 11 years after Feds nail him
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Hilary Goldstein / IGN:
America's Army Invades Xbox 360
Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Google Video Security Flaw Exposing Private Username & Password Information?
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Location-Based Search? Patented! Owner Plans To Sue Everyone
Sega Nerds:
Interview: Paul Mottram, Zoë Mode senior producer
Reuters:
Yahoo: Beijing likely blocking Flickr
Discussion: Ars Technica, WebProNews and p2pnet
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
HD DVD sales spike in wake of price cuts
Discussion: Neowin.net and digg
Business Wire:
PodZinger Relaunches as 'EveryZing'