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9:30 AM ET, June 9, 2008

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Jefferson Graham / USA Today:
It's presto, change-o as new iPhone is unveiled  —  LOS ANGELES — Wouldn't it be cool if you could use your cellphone to monitor activities in your home, say, to zoom in for an audio/video check of the baby's room while you were at work, or even adjust the heat?
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Sling announces proof-of-concept SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone  —  We had a feeling it was coming any day now, but now we have confirmation that Sling won't be leaving iPhone and iPod touch users in the lurch when it comes to streaming TV to their devices.  The bad news is the software …
Macworld:
Sneak preview: SlingPlayer for iPhone
Arn / MacRumors:
Demo Video of SlingPlayer for iPhone and iPod Touch
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
Meet Sense Networks, the latest player in the hot ‘geo’ market  —  What if your nightlife agenda was dictated not by text messages, phone calls, or your city edition of Time Out, but by a shifting pattern of dots on a Google Map?  —  As absurd as it may sound, a New York company called Sense Networks thinks that's the solution.
Cory Bohon / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Rumor: Mac Fusion - a new developer Mac … On WWDC Eve, we at TUAW are hard at work keeping an eye out for the unknown and unexpected.  We just received a tip showing what appears to be the Mac Nano computer that we've all wanted — and it looks to be aimed towards the developer crowd.
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Rumor: Mac Fusion, a new Mac for developers to launch tomorrow?  —  Given all the hype surrounding the 3G iPhone, it's easy to forget that there will likely be some other products released at tomorrow's WWDC event.  It's also easy to forget that that WWDC stands for Worldwide Developers Conference …
GSMArena.com:
Samsung i900 Omnia announced, live pics inside  —  The highly rumored Samsung i900 is finally unveiled by Samsung.  Called Samsung i900 Omnia, this Windows Mobile PocketPC seems as a strong competitor of the rumored 3G iPhone, which should be announced today too.
John Markoff / New York Times:
Military Supercomputer Sets Record  —  SAN FRANCISCO — An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second.
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BBC:
Supercomputer sets petaflop pace
Discussion: SlashGear
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Twitter Partners With Summize to Cover Apple News  —  For those of you who just can't wait to hear the latest Apple news this morning as it breaks (our live on the scene coverage begins at 8 am PST): Twitter is partnering with Summize to show all twitters that contain the words “wwdc,” “apple,” “iphone” or “steve jobs.”
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Erica Naone / Technology Review:
Adapting Websites to Users  —  Websites that change to fit the cognitive style of the user could be more effective at selling products online.  —  It's hard to build a website that will please everyone.  Some people respond best when they see basic facts on a clean page …
Discussion: Beyond Search and Memex 1.1
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Delicious 2.0: We've Been Waiting 9 Months  —  It's been over nine months since Yahoo first gave us a glimpse of Delicious 2.0 - a complete code rewrite from the now aging platform that was acquired by Yahoo in December 2005.  —  Yahoo never said when they'd be ready to launch the new Delicious …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Firefox Add-on To Save You From MySpace  —  AmIOnMySpace is a new Firefox plugin that we found via digg tonight that does one thing - if you “accidentally” navigate to MySpace it stops you, and brings you to a previous website you've visited.  Useful?  Not so much.  Funny?  Yes.  —  Download it here.
Discussion: The Next Web, Gadgetell and Digg
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Security firm asks for help cracking ransomware key  —  New blackmailing Trojan encrypts files using high-grade 1024-bit RSA key  —  Computerworld) A security company on Friday asked for help cracking an encryption key central to an extortion scheme that demands money from users whose PCs have been infected by malware.
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
A whopping $35 million for RockYou's social-network apps  —  That rumor of a $400 million valuation might not be too far off base: social-media application powerhouse RockYou announced Monday that it has raised $35 million in Series C venture capital.  —  The round was led by venture firm DCM …
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John Timmer / Ars Technica:
Britannica to cautiously try harnessing users for content
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James Sherwood / The Register:
Vendor punts coin-operated Wi-Fi base-station
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
John Gage joins top VC firm Kleiner Perkins
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Freescale spins out its MRAM chip business
Juliette Garside / Telegraph:
Media giants protest about Kangaroo
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Charlie Demerjian / Inquirer:
Thecus has eight- bay NAS
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Healthline Launches Semantic Health Ad Network
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David Robson / New Scientist:
Silicon chip filters out cancer cells
Discussion: Engadget
Abbey Klaassen / AdAge:
YouTube: You Created the Content, Now Sell the Ads
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Don Clark / Wall Street Journal:
WiMAX Patent Pool Is Planned
Between the Lines:
PGP rolls out Whole Disk Encryption for Mac
Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:
MPAA wants to stop DVRs from recording some movies
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
If white spaces fail, “we don't have that many chances left”
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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”

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