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5:15 PM ET, June 10, 2008

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AddyDugdale / Gizmodo:
AT&T Memo to Retail Managers Shows iPhone 3G Policy  —  We knew it wouldn't be long before someone from AT&T leaked a policy memo vis-a-vis the iPhone 3G's July 11 launch.  As well as all the mobile provider's pricing details from yesterday, the document contains a bit more info …
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Don Reisinger / The Digital Home:
Apple may have killed the BlackBerry  —  During the first hour of Steve Jobs' keynote at WWDC, I was wondering why I was wasting my afternoon listening to his stooges drone on about software.  But then, in a moment of pure triumph, Steve walked onto the stage and unveiled the new 3G iPhone.
Don Reisinger / The Digital Home:
Apple may soon be free from AT&T  —  While everyone else was calling the iPhone the greatest device of all time and putting Steve Jobs on that pedestal he enjoys so much yesterday, AT&T quietly told its investors that the revenue sharing deal it had with Apple for the past year has ended.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Inside the 3G iPhone Money Machine  —  A lot has been written about the new 3G iPhone, its price and its impact.  Now it's time to shift attention to the most important question about this device: How much money will it make for Apple and its carrier partners?
Om Malik / GigaOM:
AT&T Mobility Chief: New 3G iPhone Is a Game-changer  —  After months of rumor-driven frenzy, the much talked about 3G iPhone from Apple finally became a reality, promising yet another revolution in the mobile Internet experience.  Offering a combination of great user interface with (slow) …
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Does Apple's Steve Jobs Have Cancer Again?*
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Your perception is Apple's reality
Business Wire:
Disney.com Breaks New Ground Streaming Full-Length Movies Online for the First Time Ever  —  ‘Wonderful World of Disney’ Films Will Hit the Web Following ABC Television Presentation  —  NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Disney.com announced today that for the first time ever the site …
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Dawn Chmielewski / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Disney puts movies online for free  —  “The Wonderful World of Disney,” the venerable prime-time TV show originally hosted by Walt Disney himself, is getting its geek on.  —  For the first time, Disney.com plans to stream full-length movies online.  The films will air on TV …
Declan McCullagh / The Iconoclast:
N.Y. attorney general forces ISPs to curb Usenet access  —  New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that Verizon Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint would “shut down major sources of online child pornography.”  —  What Cuomo didn't say is that his agreement …
Discussion: Gawker, DSLreports and WebProNews
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oag.state.ny.us:
ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES UNPRECEDENTED DEAL WITH NATION'S …
Discussion: Computerworld
Associated Press:   France blocks online child porn, terrorism, racism
John Timmer / Ars Technica:
US ISPs agree to block access to child porn newsgroups
Chris Foresman / Infinite Loop:
Amid iPhone din, Apple previews Snow Leopard Server  —  In addition to publicly sharing a few details about the next major release of Mac OS X, called Snow Leopard, Apple has also posted a preview of Snow Leopard Server as well.  —  The server version of Snow Leopard will, of course …
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Arn / MacRumors:
Apple Seeds Safari 4 to Developers
Discussion: Infinite Loop
Crave at CNET UK:
O2 3G iPhone: Apple cracks down on unlocking  —  According to our sources at O2, Brits who want to buy a 3G iPhone are going to have to sign up to a contract before they can get their hands on one, wherever they buy it.  This is seriously bad news for people eager to unlock their new iPhone …
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MacNN:
O2 confirms free iPhone 3Gs as part of plans
Discussion: Infinite Loop and The iPhone Blog
USA Today:
Judge orders teens to post apology on YouTube  —  VIERA, Fla. — A judge here is using YouTube to punish two boys who used the video-sharing website for a prank that ended with battery and criminal mischief charges against them.  —  The prank, known as “fire in the hole,” has become common in the past year.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Do You Trust Google to Resist Data Mining Across Services?  —  Google's breadth of services is truly awesome and the amount of information the company touches concerning our lives and world can sometimes feel downright frightening.  While almost no one takes the old phrase “Don't Be Evil” …
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Ross Mayfield / Socialtext blog:   Socialtext Unveils SocialCalc, the First Social Spreadsheet
Jiajun Zhu / Google LatLong:
Street View turns 1, keeps on growing  —  To celebrate Street View's one year birthday, I am very happy to announce we are bringing Street View to 37 (you heard me - 37!) new areas and we have expanded coverage in 15 of our existing areas.  All in all, this effectively doubles our coverage.
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Friendfeed will Change Journalism, PR and Marketing  —  If it feels quiet here and even on my Twitter stream you are right.  It has been.  The reason is Friendfeed.  I have become hopelessly addicted to the site.  I am sharing a lot of links there that I don't pump into del.icio.us or Twitter …
HP United States:
Jump to content  —  HP today announced the first shipment date of the HP iPAQ 900 Series Business Messenger, a 3G smartphone designed for maximum mobile productivity to a global audience at the HP Connecting Your World conference.  —  The HP iPAQ 900 Series Business Messenger shines with a stylish …
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Coldplay, Beatles Lose Leader  —  Coldplay, Beatles Lose Leader  —  By the time you read this column, Lee Trink, the popular and affable president of Capitol Records, will be telling his troops his last day is June 30.  —  Sources tell me Trink's resignation will be followed in short order …
 
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Heej Hwang / The Official Google Blog:
A new flavor of Google Trends
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Rumor: A WebKit-based GBrowser?
Leigh Holmwood / Guardian:
BBC to build web page for every TV show, says Jana Bennett
Discussion: PDA
HP:
HP Redefines Home Computing, Putting the Digital Lifestyle …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-030 - Critical
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Result Offers You to “Skip Intro”
Eliot Van Buskirk / Listening Post:
Moog Unveils Badass Guitar with Infinite Sustain
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Some Thoughts on Joel Spolsky's Live Mesh Rant
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Canon Updates Rebel D-SLR
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Lingro: Possibly The Coolest Dictionary and Translation Service We've Ever Seen
Discussion: Creative Commons
Clint Boulton / eWeek:
Google Touts the Apps in the Cloud
Discussion: CNET News.com
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Docs to Add PDF Storage
Robin Goad / Hitwise Intelligence:
Blog traffic reaches all time high
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A Look at the Internet, Then and Now  —  Nearly 10 times …
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