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10:30 AM ET, June 12, 2008

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Beltzner / Mozilla Developer News:
Coming Tuesday, June 17th: Firefox 3  —  Whenever we're asked “when is Firefox going to be released” we endeavor to answer to the best of our abilities, but the truth of the matter is that we'll only ever ship “when it's ready”.  We have a lot of indicators that help us understand when the product …
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Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
iPhone 3G's True Price Compared  —  Ever since Apple announced that they're cutting $200 from the iPhone's price and lowering the iPhone 3G down to $199, people have been rumbling about how the increased AT&T data plan price negates any savings you get up front on the phone.
Discussion: Mark Evans, Engadget and Digg
Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
Samsung's Instinct Doesn't Ring True as an iPhone Clone  —  The parade of iPhone lookalikes continues.  Soon after Apple announced the first iPhone a year ago, factories in Asia, at the behest of U.S. phone carriers, were asked to respond to the sleek, touch-screen device.
Discussion: GigaOM, Engadget and Electronista
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David Pogue / New York Times:   An Imitator That Rivals the iPhone
Eric Auchard / Reuters:
Google CEO talks of good, evil and monopoly fears  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt on Wednesday detailed his theory of competition in the Web industry while saying Google's famous mantra of “Don't be evil” is often misunderstood.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
RepairPal, It's Like Google Health for Your Car  —  Going to the mechanic is like going to the doctor.  When something needs to be fixed, for most people there is no easy way to tell if they are being charged the going rate or are being ripped off.  Enter RepairPal, a new site launching publicly today …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
$1.2 Billion For iPhone Apps in 2009.  What is Gene Munster Smoking?  —  I am as much an iPhone cultist as the next guy, but Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is taking this cult thing a little too far.  He estimates that by the end of 2009 there will be 55 million iPhone users …
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Steve Jobs: it's time we design our own iPhone and iPod chips  —  The market potential for proprietary mobile processor designs from chip makers like Samsung Electronics and Intel Corp. were dealt a considerable blow earlier this week when Apple chief executive Steve Jobs revealed that his company …
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Jon Stokes / Ars Technica:
Apple putting PA Semi talent to work on iPhone chip
Nick Knupffer / Technology@Intel:
USB 3.0 for the masses - Dispelling the myths.  —  There has been a lot of unanswered speculation recently regarding USB 3.0 and Intel's involvement; I thought it was about time to set the record straight.  By the way: USB 3.0 will be a new wired USB standard - operating at faster speeds than previous USB generations.
Discussion: CNET News.com, InfoWorld and Engadget
Aza Raskin / Aza's Thoughts:
Firefox Mobile Concept Video  —  Firefox is coming to mobile.  The innovation, usability, and extensibility that has propelled Firefox to 200 million users is set to do the same for Firefox in a mobile setting.  —  User experience is the most important aspect of having a compelling mobile product.
Dan Goodin / The Register:
Congressmen say Chinese hacked their PCs  —  Dissident locations, other sensitive data intercepted  —  Lawmakes are urging everyone on Capitol Hill to have their computers checked for malware after discovering that people working from inside China hacked into multiple congressional machines …
Discussion: TECH.BLORGE.com
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Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times:   Chinese suspected in Capitol hacking cases
Tara Parker-Pope / NYT:
How Much Radiation Does Your Phone Emit?  —  The technology news site CNET has compiled two interesting lists showing which cellphones give off the most and the least radiation.  —  In publishing the information, CNET editors note the data aren't meant to imply that cellphone radiation poses a risk …
Discussion: textually.org
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry Seawolf 9110 Joins the Pack, Javelin, Aurora and Thunder throw a party  —  It almost seems like we're unearthing a new BlackBerry model every week.  There were a number of doubters on the internet when we first posted news of the BlackBerry 9100 and external display.
Kim Hart / Washington Post:
A Flashy Facebook Page, at a Cost to Privacy  —  Add-Ons to Online Social Profiles Expose Personal Data to Strangers  —  Facebook fanatics who have covered their profiles on the popular social networking site with silly games and quirky trivia quizzes may be unknowingly giving a host of strangers an intimate peek at their lives.
Daniel Libit / The Politico:
Are members BlackBerry addicts?  —  Sen. Ted Stevens may have deep-sixed his Slashdot street cred when he described the Internet as “a series of tubes,” but the 84-year-old Alaska Republican is hardly a technological Luddite.  —  Stevens calls himself a “slave” to his BlackBerry Curve …
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Palm Centro heads to Verizon, in stores tomorrow for $99  —  Come on, T-Mobile, all we need is you to get on board now and that'll make a perfect Yahtzee! for Palm with its surprise hit, the Centro.  Thanks to Verizon's expected announcement today, the top three US carriers now carry …
Alexis Madrigal / Wired Science:
Video: Robotic Hand Uses Shark-like “Sixth Sense” to Find Its Grip  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — A robotic hand designed by Intel researchers is able to sense the general shape of objects before interacting with them.  —  The tips of its fingers send out a weak electrical impulse …
Electronista:
Apple cutting rivals out of iPhone navigation?  —  Apple may be attempting to block competition when it comes to GPS navigation on the iPhone, developers have observed.  In the most recent version of the iPhone SDK, Section 3.3.7 of the license agreement tells users that …
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Justin Berka / Infinite Loop:
Latest iPhone SDK agreement limits GPS software capabilities
 
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Joel Hruska / Ars Technica:
Microsoft patent brings Miss Manners into the digital age
Discussion: Technology Live and Slashdot
Carol Wilson / TELEPHONY Online:
Cogent throws down pricing gauntlet
Discussion: Telecosm and DSLreports
Kris Keilhack / PalmInfocenter:
Alltel Treo 755p Rom Update Now Available
BBC:
Experts question BT's fibre trial
Olga Kharif / Business Week:
Radio Royalty Wars Heat Up Again
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Gaycities Tries To Make Reviews Less Anonymous
Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
OpenSocial Updates: hi5, AOL, MySpace and imeem
Jon Healey / Bit Player:
Federal judge OKs sale of promo CDs
 Earlier Items: 
Owen Thomas / Valleywag:
Google menaces blog over publishing YouTube contract
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Malware Silently Alters Wireless Router Settings
Joseph Menn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
More spammers now selling semi-real stuff
Discussion: The Register
IEBlog:
What's Coming in Internet Explorer 8 for IT Professionals?
Discussion: Network World
Saul Hansell / Bits:
The Webbys in Five Words: Cynical, Campy, Goofy, Hot, Long
Steve McClellan / Adweek:
eBay Shutters Ad-Sales System
Scott Glover / Los Angeles Times:
Judge suspends L.A. obscenity trial after conceding his website had sexual images
MSFTextrememakeover:
Eight Years of Wrongness
Discussion: WinExtra
 

 
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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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