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2:30 PM ET, March 6, 2008

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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Live from Apple's iPhone SDK press conference  —  9:05AM - Alright, we're here and registered!  We'll be checking in as things get going shortly.  —  9:26AM - It's minglin' time!  The space usually reserved for product demos is hollowed out for the Apple Continental Breakfast today …
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Harry McCracken / Techlog:
Live From Apple's iPhone Event: Microsoft Exchange Support  —  I'm at Apple headquarters in Cupertino for the most important iPhone-related event since the release of the iPhone: the official launch of the software development kit that will allow companies other than Apple to develop native iPhone applications.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
What to expect at today's Apple event  —  On Thursday, before an audience of industry analysts, tech reporters and invited guests, Apple (AAPL) will unfold its long-awaited “iPhone software roadmap.”  The event starts at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) in Building 4, Town Hall on the company's Cupertino campus.
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Apple releases iPhone SDK, announces push e-mail, Exchange support  —  Apple bolstered the iPhone's enterprise credentials during today's iPhone Software Roadmap event at its Cupertino headquarters.  Saying that business users were demanding additional capabilities from the iPhone …
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Apple Hops Aboard Enterprise: Push Email and Calendars, Activesync and Exchange Support  —  All the hand-wringing about whether or not the iPhone's suitable for corporate environments is basically being put to rest.  It's getting everything a proper drone phone needs: push email, push calendar …
Discussion: Jarrett House North
Macworld:
Apple iPhone Event - Live Update
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Apple's iPhone SDK and the business halo effect
Discussion: Big Tech and Tech Trader Daily
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
iJailbreak … Today's an important one for Apple (AAPL).
Discussion: Techlog, MacRumors and 9 to 5 Mac
Arn / MacRumors:
Live Coverage of iPhone SDK Roadmap Event
Discussion: Pocket PC Thoughts
Peter Lauria / New York Post:
YAHOO! GETS UPPER HAND IN M'SOFT FIGHT  —  Your move, Mr. Ballmer.  —  That's essentially the message Yahoo! sent to the Microsoft CEO with its decision yesterday to extend the March 14 deadline to nominate directors to its board.  —  And if Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang thought his famously fiery counterpart …
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Microsoft May Go All Cash, Raise Yahoo Bid to $31  —  The Post's Peter Lauria reports several juicy Microsoft (MSFT) -Yahoo (YHOO) tidbits in the wake of Yahoo's delaying the board-nominee deadline yesterday:  — Ballmer furious about this latest rebuff  — Microsoft has a full slate …
Discussion: Electronista and Valleywag
Yi-Wyn Yen / Techland:
Yahoo's big gamble
Discussion: Money Out Blog
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:   Yahoo's Slow-Burning Ring of Fire
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:   Microsoft to value Yahoo deal based on all cash?
Pocket-lint.co.uk:
ECS launches Asus Eee challenger  —  The G10IL promises HSDPA connectivity for under £250  —  The Asus Eee PC could have a new challenger in the guise of the ECS G10IL.  —  The new sub-$500 notebook will come with a HSPDA 7.2 datacard built-in.  —  Although currently still in production …
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Guardian:
Why falling Flash prices threaten Microsoft
Discussion: Slashdot
Yahoo! Local & Maps Blog:
Yahoo! Maps Updated With New Data and Functionality!  —  We've been working hard all winter long, and today, we've rolled out an update to Yahoo! Maps that delivers a number of improvements including; new neighborhood data, expanded worldwide coverage, and stylistic improvements.
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Is Steve Jobs lying about Flash not working on iPhone?  —  RUMOR ALERT — I have not substantiated this with anyone at either Adobe or Apple, so might turn out to be totally false:  —  Today I got a note from someone I know who works closely with Adobe and Apple.
Leelefever / Common Craft:
Video: Twitter in Plain English  —  This 2.5 minute video is a result of feedback from our fans.  We've received a number of requests from people who want their  —  friends to use the micro-blogging service Twitter, but can't seem to explain it well.  We hope this video helps.
Jeff Atwood / Coding Horror:
Death Threats, Intimidation, and Blogging  —  I miss Kathy Sierra.  —  Kathy was the primary author of the Creating Passionate Users blog, which she started in December 2004.  Her writing was of sufficient quality to propel her blog into the Technorati top 100 within a year and a half.
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for March 2008  —  Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: March 6, 2008  —  Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: March 11, 2008  —  This is an advance notification of four security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on March 11, 2008.
Discussion: Zero Day and Security Watch
Tom Corelis / DailyTech:
Acid3 Test Unleashed, Murders Every Current Browser  —  Putting browser makers on notice, again  —  Just a few months after the announcement that Internet Explorer 8 successfully passed the Acid2 standards compliance test, the Web Standards Project (WaSP) announced last Monday that it unleashed Acid2's successor, Acid3.
Matt Kulick / Official Google Enterprise Blog:
Introducing Google Calendar Sync  —  Google Apps users appreciate that their web-based Google Calendars are available anywhere and anytime, and packed with powerful sharing options.  But people aren't always connected to the Internet, and they may prefer to use different applications …
 
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Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Google will have 90% search market share in the US one year from now
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
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Discussion: CNET News.com
Michael Learmonth / Silicon Alley Insider:
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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
House panel deletes part of music industry-backed copyright bill
Anders Bylund / Ars Technica:
Could an AOL merger save Yahoo's bacon?
James Randerson / Guardian:
Scary or sensational? A machine that can look into the mind
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RuTube Founders Exit at $15 Million Valuation
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Victoria Shannon / New York Times:
Social Networking Moves to the Cellphone
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Microsoft hits multiple Internet home runs
Matthew Newman / Bloomberg:
Google Likely to Get EU Approval to Buy DoubleClick
Matthew Miller / Forbes:
Gates No Longer World's Richest Man
Andrew Chen / Futuristic Play:
Facebook viral marketing: When and why do apps “jump the shark?”
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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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