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7:40 AM ET, June 6, 2008

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Robby Stein / Official Gmail Blog:
Introducing Gmail Labs  —  We have a lot ideas for Gmail — many come as suggestions from Gmail users, many come from people here at Google.  But there's only so much we can do at any one time.  —  People often ask how we decide what to build next.  It's usually a mix of factors …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Live Coverage Of Google Gmail Event  —  Update: Our full story on Gmail Labs is here.  —  At 1pm PST Google is hosting an event to launch a new Gmail feature they're calling the “next evolution of 20% time.”  They say it will be a change in their development process and “users will be able to influence Gmail's design.”
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Google to let users test new Gmail features
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Damnit...FriendFeed Gets Even More Useful With An Interestingness Filter  —  I still haven't decided if FriendFeed, which aggregates activities from other websites like YouTube, Twitter, your blog, Flickr, etc., is the ultimate walled garden of our personal data or possibly the answer to the Centralized Me problem.
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Bret Taylor / FriendFeed Blog:
FriendFeed adds personalized recommendations  —  I was just on a two-week vacation in Peru, and when I got back, there was so much stuff in my FriendFeed that I couldn't sort through it all.  I just wanted to see the most interesting stuff I'd missed.  —  That's why I'm happy to announce …
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
Former Chief of Broadcom Is Indicted  —  Henry T. Nicholas III, the flamboyant co-founder and former chief executive of the chip maker Broadcom, was indicted Thursday in California on fraud, conspiracy and drug charges, including allegations that he spiked the drinks of other executives with ecstasy.
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Los Angeles Times:
O.C. tech billionaire indicted  —  Ex-Broadcom CEO Henry Nicholas is accused of stock fraud and supplying drugs.  —  Somewhere in the skies between Orange County and Las Vegas, federal prosecutors say, Broadcom Corp. co-founder and hard-partying billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III gave new meaning to the term “highflying.”
Discussion: DailyTech and TechCrunch
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Former Broadcom CEO Nicholas Indicted On Drug, Fraud Charges …
Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft tries to steal iPhone 2.0 thunder  —  With Apple rumored to be unveiling a new iPhone next week, Microsoft's Windows Mobile unit is trying to get ahead of the news by touting its position in a letter to its industry partners today.  But the letter may also get attention for another reason …
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Charles Cooper / Coop's Corner:
Microsoft's pre-iPhone ‘salute’ to Apple  —  Apple fan boys (and girls) are counting down the days before Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday.  Everyone and their mother-in-law expects Steve Jobs to use his keynote at the event introduce new iPhones, including new 3G models and a less expensive refresh of the 2.5G version.
Joe Hughes / Official Google Mobile Blog:
Get bus and train directions on the go with Google Maps for mobile  —  Ever since Google Maps added public transportation directions for San Francisco, it's been a lot easier for me to figure out which buses and trains will get me where I'm going around town, so that today's gas prices take less of a toll on my wallet.
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Arn / MacRumors:
Early Version of Intel's Nehalem Benchmarked, Much Faster than Penryn  —  Anandtech managed to get access to some early versions of Intel's Nehalem processors that are due for release in Q4 2008.  We've previously described Nehalem which is expected to be a major jump forward from Intel's current Penryn processors.
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Qik comes to Windows Mobile.  Not Qik enough for 3G iPhone  —  As mobile phones become more powerful and unlimited data transfer plans from carriers become widespread, technologies such as streaming live video from phones are becoming feasible.  One of the most hyped players in this market is Qik.
Discussion: NewTeeVee, TechCrunch and Webware.com
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Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:
A chat with Qik about Windows Mobile, giving birth, and the future
Discussion: TechCrunch and wmpoweruser.com
Peter Ha / CrunchGear:
OS X Leopard/iPhone banners appear at Moscone  —  The Leopard banner reads: “The world's most advanced Operating System.”  The iPhone banner reads: “The world's most advanced mobile platform.”  I'm so happy I'll be in Berlin during the keynote getting drunk and not dealing with this nonsense.
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John Biggs / TechCrunch:
iCall Brings Seamless Free VoIP to iPhone  —  A company I'm calling iCraw just announced a VoIP system for the iPhone that allows you to hop onto a VoIP network mid-call whenever you hit an open hotspot.  It also offers free calls to the U.S. and Canada.  It should be available on the Apple iPhone App store next week.
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
BPI and Virgin Media Agree to Start Warning Uploaders  —  In 2008, the 'three-strikes-and-you're-out' concept has been gathering pace around the globe.  Get caught uploading three times, and the anti-piracy groups would like your internet connection, disconnected.
Discussion: The Register and Telegraph
 
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Tim Smalley / bit-tech.net:
Western Digital working on 20,000 RPM Raptor
Discussion: Engadget
Phil Wainewright / Software as Services:
Scaling the cloud, deflating the price of software
Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
Leaked Report: ISP Secretly Added Spy Code To Web Sessions, Crashing Browsers
Steve O'Hear / ReadWriteWeb:
How Google Plans to Win the Wild West of the Mobile Web
Discussion: WinBeta
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Apple Store under Louvre's glass pyramid gets the green light
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Social Gaming Pwns The Industry
Peter Svensson / Associated Press:
Review: Finally a useful digital pen
Discussion: MEDIABLITZ 2.0
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
U2's Manager Lashes Out Yet Again: Blames Absolutely Everyone …
Google Public Policy Blog:
Tens of thousands of highly skilled workers turned away
Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
TechCrunch's Mike Arrington shows his primary colors
Discussion: TechCrunch and AppScout
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for June 2008
Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
The iPhone Stakeout: Part I
Jeremy Horwitz / iLounge:
Is This the New iPhone's Touchscreen?  —  Apple almost never confirms …