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5:35 PM ET, June 20, 2007

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Apple:
YouTube Live on Apple TV Today; Coming to iPhone on June 29  —  Best YouTube Experience on a Mobile Device  —  Apple® today announced that iPhone™ users will be able to enjoy YouTube's originally-created content on their iPhones when they begin shipping on June 29.
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Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Microsoft flip-flops on Vista virtualization  —  Microsoft planned this week to announce that it was broadening the virtualization rights for Windows Vista, but decided at the last minute to reverse course and stick with existing limits.  —  The software maker had briefed reporters and analysts …
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Peter Kaplan / Reuters:
Microsoft to change Vista after Google complaint  —  Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to modify its Windows Vista operating system in response to a complaint that its computer search function put Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) …
Andy Beal / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:   Thank Google for Any Delays to Microsoft Vista Service Pack 1
Dan Warne / APC:   Don't wait for Vista SP1, pleads Microsoft
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:   Details on Microsoft's antitrust search changes for Vista SP1
Gary Gentile / Associated Press:
Veoh TV offers software for online video  —  LOS ANGELES - Veoh Networks Inc., a site backed by media mogul Michael Eisner, hopes to radically change how people watch video online, offering software that not only finds and plays programs from anywhere on the Web but also offers the look and feel of traditional TV.
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BBC:
Blackberry ban for French elite  —  French government officials have been ordered not to use handheld Blackberry devices amid fears that foreigners could spy on them, reports say.  —  Workers in the French president's and prime minister's office have been told their e-mails risk falling into foreign hands, Le Monde newspaper reports.
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Peter Sayer / InfoWorld:
Update: Security risks prompt French BlackBerry ban
Anjali Athavaley / Wall Street Journal:
A Job Interview You Don't Have to Show Up For  —  Microsoft, Verizon, Others Use  —  Virtual Worlds to Recruit;  —  Dressing Avatars for Success  —  It's now possible to meet with recruiters without actually showing up for a job interview.  —  Some employers are experimenting with Second Life …
Brian D Crecente / Kotaku:
PC: Spore Slip Sliding Away  —  The latest Game Informer reports that Spore has been "delayed indefinitely", but reached for comment today, Electronic Arts says that "Spore has slipped out of fiscal 08 and into fiscal 09".  Either way you cut it, it means that the game we've all been waiting …
Susan Crawford blog:
Moving Slowly in the Fast Lane  —  The Federal Communications Commission, our national communications regulatory body, is asking the wrong questions and heading in the wrong direction.  We need new leadership in this country that has the political muscle to implement radical change.
Discussion: Joho the Blog and Harold Jarche
John Biggs / CrunchGear:
Pistols at Dawn: Ryan Block Now on TechCrunch20 Panel of Experts  —  Engadget's Ryan Block will represent the gadget and gizmo folks at the TechCrunch20, a supercool symposium of all things Web 2.0 hosted by our own Michael Arrington and the illustrious Jason "The Animal" Calacanis.
USA Today:
iPhone mania nears fever pitch  —  LOS ANGELES — Christopher Parr won't go so far as to bring his sleeping bag to his local AT&T store to be first in line for Apple's coveted iPhone when it goes on sale next week.  —  But he will be there opening night to plunk down $599 for the combination iPod …
Eric Rabe / Verizon:
One Millionth FiOS Customer Video  —  At NXTComm today Ivan introduced this Massapequa, NY family.  They are the one millionth connected FiOS customer since August, 2004.  My bold emphasis is here to ensure that readers don't glance at this and think that it's just a home passed of a potential customer.
Aftenposten:
Opera Software boss hangs on to control  —  The founder of one of Norway's most successful high-tech firms, Opera Software, reportedly hung on to his power over the firm by firing Opera's board of directors before they could fire him.  —  Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv reported on Tuesday …
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Embracing Change, TV Networks Find Stronger Demand for Ads  —  WHO said you can't teach an old medium new tricks?  —  The willingness of the big broadcast television networks to embrace change — by making it easier to watch shows online and by adopting new types of ratings …
Long Zheng / istartedsomething:
Microsoft Research demonstrates laptop-compatible multi-touch displays.  Can touch this.  —  The word of 2007 is "multi-touch".  It's everywhere, from the iPhone to the Microsoft Surface.  We weren't happy with just one finger on the touch-sensitive screens, we wanted to put all 10 fingers …
Dan Sabbagh / Times of London:
News Corp explores swap of MySpace site for Yahoo! stake  —  News Corporation has discussed swapping MySpace, its internet social networking unit, with Yahoo! in return for a 25 per cent stake in the enlarged group.  —  The discussions remain tentative and could collapse after the departure …
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Judge deals blow to RIAA, says students can respond to John Doe lawsuit  —  A federal judge in New Mexico has put the brakes on the RIAA's lawsuit train, at least in the US District Court for New Mexico.  The case in question is part of the RIAA's campaign against file-sharing on college campuses and names …
Tech News at TechWhack:
Apple already working on cheaper variants of iPhone?  —  Apple already working on cheaper variants of iPhone?  —  Market sources are claiming that Apple has already started working on cheaper variants of their upcoming Apple iPhone mobile phone device.  —  American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu …
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Illinois to become latest state to give telecoms statewide video franchise  —  Illinois has become the latest state to give new entrants into the cable television market a statewide franchise.  Passed by the Illinois State Senate yesterday and sent to Gov. Rod Blagojevich for signature …
 
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Dan Goodin / The Register:
YouTube 'riddled with 40-plus security vulnerabilities'
Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear:
WWDC Leopard Beta Leaked Onto BitTorrent Site
Discussion: Gizmodo
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Verizon CEO: No need for iPhone killer
Discussion: ZDNet
Mike Yamamoto / CNET News.com:
Bug the neighbors with an MP3 doorbell
Erick Schonfeld / The Next Net:
Blinkx's Project Trilby: AdSense For Video
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Press Release Analyzer
Paul Roberts / InfoWorld:
Enterprise 2.0: Think 'collaboration'
Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
DHS acknowledges own computer break-ins
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Holland / Internet Brands Developer Blog:
iPhone: Apple's VoIP End-Game
SecLists.Org Security Mailing List Archive:
Harry Potter 0day
Discussion: Inquirer, Gizmodo and The Register
Think Secret:
Gallery: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard build 9A466 (WWDC 2007)
Heather Hopkins / Hitwise UK:
YouTube to Overtake BBC in UK Visits
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Jaiku/Twitter/Facebook/Kyte/ Plaxo = something happening you should pay attention to
Discussion: Like It Matters
Alex E / MyStoreSpace.com Company Blog:
MyStoreSpace launches at eBay Live!  (But My Google Shirt rains on the parade)
Richard Martin / InformationWeek:
Sprint Won't Abandon WiMax, Executive Reveals
Nick Farrell / Inquirer:
EMI has DRM free sales boom
 

 
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Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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