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12:55 AM ET, August 25, 2007

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Ryan Block / Engadget:
iPhone unlocked: AT&T loses iPhone exclusivity, August 24, 2007, 12:00PM EDT  —  It's high noon, Apple and AT&T — we really hate to break it to you, but the jig is up.  Last night the impossible was made possible: right in front of our very eyes we witnessed a full SIM unlock of our iPhone with a small piece of software.
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Associated Press:
Teen untethers iPhone from AT&T  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A teenager in New Jersey has broken the lock that ties Apple's iPhone to AT&T's wireless network, freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones.  —  George Hotz, 17 …
Peter Svensson / Associated Press:   NJ Teen Unlocks IPhone From AT&T Network
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
The credit crunch could help venture capitalists  —  The current credit crunch caused by the subprime loaning crisis may help venture capital returns, and therefore start-ups.  —  That's the argument of venture capitalist Keith Benjamin, of San Francisco's Levensohn Venture Partners …
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Keith Benjamin / VentureBeat:   Technology stocks swinging back into favor
Dan Primack / PE HUB:
VC Roundup: FM Publishing, New Leaf & Nixon Peabody  —  Some scattered VC notes as we head into the weekend:  —  * FM Publishing, the online ad network run by John Battelle, has raised $4.5 million in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing.  Return backers include New Enterprise Associates and Omidyar Network.
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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Federated Media blog ad network raises $4.5 million  —  Federated Media, a popular but sometimes controversial ad network for blogs, has raised another $4.5 million in funding, according to PE Hub's read of the company's recent regulatory filing.  —  Returning backers include New Enterprise Associates …
vnunet:
Court orders pirate to use Windows  —  A man convicted of illegally downloading an episode of Star Wars has been told that he can no longer use his computer with an Ubuntu Linux operating system.  —  Scott McCausland pleaded guilty last year to 'conspiracy to commit copyright infringement …
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David Meyer / CNET News.com:
Linux felon forced to install Windows
Discussion: Engadget and Inquirer
Josh Catone / Read/WriteWeb:
Internet Radio Saved - For Now  —  Net radio broadcasters have reached a deal with SoundExchange, the group that collects royalty fees for record labels, that will put a $50,000 cap on royalties for individual broadcasters.  The cap will apply to broadcasters as a whole.
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Big webcasters agree to royalty cap deal, DRM to be "discussed" later
Discussion: Epicenter and Bloomberg
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Finding DRM-Free Music Online  —  Over the past half year we have seen arguably the most significant change in the online music industry since Apple launched their iTunes store in 2003.  Following Steve Jobs' open letter clarifying Apple's position on digital rights management (DRM) …
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Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy:
WalMart's Facebook Strategy Sinking: Analysis and Reccomendations
Truman Lewis / ConsumerAffairs.com:
Ohio Man's Dell Laptop Bursts into Flames  —  A computer network administrator at a Columbus, Ohio, hospital is the latest consumer to encounter the flaming laptop syndrome.  —  Douglas Brown said his Dell 9200 wide-screen laptop's batteries exploded into flames, it "looked like fireworks …
Discussion: Gizmodo and WinBeta
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
Source: Major Apple event on September 5th  —  Apple's new line of iPods will indeed be introduced in September, in line with recent speculation and rumors.  But contrary to the report provided by AppleInsider yesterday, the announcement will not be happening mid-to-late September.
Cade Metz / The Register:
Yahoo!, Microsoft ink web pact with Chinese government  —  Microsoft and Yahoo! have signed a pact with the Chinese government that "encourages" the big name web players to record the identities of bloggers and censor content.  So says Reporters Without Borders, an organization that fights for journalistic rights across the globe.
Discussion: Bloomberg, WebProNews and Mashable!
Juan Carlos Perez / InfoWorld:
Google's Blogger fixes bug, adds video uploading  —  (InfoWorld) - Google's Blogger team solved a technical problem with the blog publishing and hosting service this week and introduced a new feature that gives publishers the ability to upload videos to their sites.
Discussion: Bloggers Blog
Bloomberg:
Google May Start New York Transit Guide to Boost Ads  —  Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the most popular Internet search engine, provides online transit guides for more than a dozen U.S. cities including Dallas and San Diego.  Now it may take on the biggest.
Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
It's the Facebook Platform's 3 Month Anniversary  —  Today marks the 3-month anniversary of the Facebook Platform since it launched May 24 at F8 in San Francisco.  Suffice it to say, the pace of innovation surrounding the Facebook Platform so far is faster than that for any platform ever before.
Discussion: VentureBeat and ben barren
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple iPhone (AAPL): Flaky Device Overrated, Expectations Out of Hand  —  Just as Union Square Ventures partner Fred Wilson's dream of an unlocked JesusPhone comes to fruition, he crucifies the thing: … Fred's not the only one who feels this way.  Other tech executives …
Discussion: TECH.BLORGE.com and A VC
Greg Howlett / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:
Six reasons NOT to try to be an online retailer  —  The internet retailing landscape has changed dramatically over the past eight years.  In a summary, it used to be very easy but now it is hard and getting harder every year.  The gold rush is over, and if you are someone without much money …
 
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Check This Guy Out  —  Bill Snitzer, one of the tech guys …
Discussion: flashpoint
Eduardo Cordeiro / en.blog.orkut.com:
Redesign Preview: True Blue Simplicity
Discussion: Googling Google and TechCrunch
Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:
Former FCC Exec: TV Airwave Auction Unlikely to Boost Competition
Discussion: Techdirt
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Identity Through Online Lifestreams
Discussion: WinExtra
Official Google Blog:
First year of Google WiFi
John Leyden / The Register:
Internet ramraiders rear-end domain parking service
Discussion: NameDrive Blog
The Boy Genius Report:
Sprint BlackBerry Pearl 2 to launch Thanksgiving Day weekend?
Discussion: Gizmodo and CrunchGear
NEWSFACTOR:
Nokia Strengthens Its Position as No. 1
Discussion: TechSpot News
 Earlier Items: 
John Markoff / New York Times:
Why Can't We Compute in the Cloud? Part 2
Discussion: Rough Type
Russ / Russell Beattie's Weblog:
Java needs an overhaul
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
'Second Life' radio station emerges
Discussion: Computerworld and Valleywag
Om Malik / GigaOM:
MySpace Has What Facebook Will: Ad Targeting
Discussion: Profectio
Dan Nystedt / InfoWorld:
YouTube vows to protect video makers in InVideo ads
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
New DRM scheme will let consumers stream cable TV over home networks
Discussion: Bit Player, NewTeeVee and GigaOM
Joe Mandese / MediaPost Publications:
'Hey!  Nielsen,' Why Are You Going Viral? …
Kim Hart / Washington Post:
SunRocket Sues Vonage Over Use of Customer List
 

 
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