Check out Mini-Techmeme for simple mobiles or Techmeme Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:40 AM ET, June 12, 2008

Techmeme

 Top Items: 
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 …
RELATED:
Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Mozilla sets release date for Firefox 3: June 17  —  Mozilla is set to release the final version of Firefox 3 next Tuesday, June 17th.  The next generation of Mozilla's web browser has been in development for almost three years, and after countless alphas, betas, and release candidates …
Drew Olanoff / Download Squad:
Opera Desktop Browser 9.5 is Final - Take your stuff with you  —  Just a day after launching a release candidate of Opera 9.5, the Opera team has pushed out the final version of their new desktop web browser.  —  Opera is all over the place with their releases, and focuses as well.
Discussion: Mashable!
Mark Wilson / Gizmodo:   Firefox 3 Available on Tuesday
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 …
RELATED:
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
RepairPal: Yes, your mechanic is ripping you off
Discussion: geeksugar
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, Apple Gazette, Engadget and Digg
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 …
RELATED:
PR Newswire:
Palm Centro Now Available On the Verizon Wireless Network
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.
RELATED:
John Letzing / MarketWatch:
Google CEO details delicate iPhone relationship
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.
RELATED:
David Pogue / New York Times:
An Imitator That Rivals the iPhone  —  The story so far: Apple introduced the iPhone a year ago, and has sold six million of them.  Then on Monday, Apple unveiled an improved model that brings faster Internet, G.P.S. and a much lower price to an already well-designed device.
Discussion: The Praized Blog
RELATED:
Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
Samsung's Instinct Doesn't Ring True as an iPhone Clone
Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Leaving Yahoo!  —  It seems that word has started to leak out, so I might as well remove any speculation or ambiguity.  In the next few weeks, I'll walk the halls at Yahoo! as an employee one last time and turn in my purple badge.  After 8.5 years of service and a better experience …
Outside Source / wolf.house.gov:
Wolf Reveals House Computers Compromised by Outside Source  —  WOLF REVEALS HOUSE COMPUTERS COMPROMISED … Washington, D.C. — Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th) today will introduce a privileged resolution on the House floor calling for greater protection of congressional computer and information systems …
RELATED:
Dan Goodin / The Register:
Congressmen say Chinese hacked their PCs
Discussion: TECH.BLORGE.com
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.
Discussion: Digg
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.
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.
Serkan Toto / CrunchGear:
New kissing robot from Japan  —  Sega Toys today announced [JP, PDF] they will start selling a new humanoid robot in Japan, E.M.A., on September 26th.  E.M.A. stands for “Eternal, Maiden, Actualization” (whatever that means).  —  The robot is supposed to be female and stands 38 cm tall.
Discussion: Engadget and The Raw Feed
Jeff Atwood / Coding Horror:
ASCII Pronunciation Rules for Programmers  —  As programmers, we deal with a lot of unusual keyboard characters that typical users rarely need to type, much less think about: … Even the characters that are fairly regularly used in everyday writing — such as the humble dash, parens …
Discussion: Gadgetopia
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 11:40 AM ET, June 12, 2008.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Techmeme Sponsor Posts: 
Tribe AI:
Is AI just hype?  —  Find out how top enterprises use Tribe to get real business results.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more  —  We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics.  Download reports immediately for just $100.
Zoho:
Authy killed their desktop apps.  Time to switch to a reliable authenticator.  Time to switch to Zoho OneAuth.  —  Twilio's Authy recently announced end of life (EOL) for their desktop apps on March 19, 2024—five months ahead of schedule.
Comprehensive.io:
Browse salary data from 3,000 startups for free  —  Click for FREE, immediate access to real-time compensation benchmarking data.  Paid version helps HR automate comp reviews and communicate total compensation to employees.
Sponsor Techmeme
 
 See Also: 
Techmeme: site main
Techmeme River: reverse chronological Techmeme
Techmeme Mobile: for phones
Techmeme Leaderboard: Techmeme's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Techmeme RSS feed
Techmeme on X
Techmeme on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Police Chief Faces High Court Anti-Piracy Action
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Gmail.com Domain Made Disfunctional In Germany
Discussion: The Inquisitr
Bill Ray / The Register:
EU to ‘guide’ local regulators on digital dividend
Discussion: eWeek
InfoWorld:
Spam-free blog search goes public
Discussion: TechCrunch and The Next Web
Motorola:
Motorola Keeps Consumers Connected in the Car and On the Go with …
Ben Lorica / O'Reilly Radar:
When Micro-blogging Grows Up  —  Will Twitter and other micro …
Discussion: Mashable! and The Last Podcast
Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple Design Awards winners
MediaShift:
12 Lessons Learned from Locative Media Project at Medill
Discussion: New York Times
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Google's Moral Obligation To Newspapers: Help Both Sides Be Better Off
Discussion: CNET News.com and WebProNews
Zachary Rodgers / ClickZ:
Yahoo's Display Endgame: Combine AMP with Right Media
Joel Hruska / Ars Technica:
Microsoft patent brings Miss Manners into the digital age
Discussion: Technology Live and Slashdot
Alexis Madrigal / Wired Science:
Video: Robotic Hand Uses Shark-like “Sixth Sense” to Find Its Grip
Daniel Libit / The Politico:
Are members BlackBerry addicts?
Tara Parker-Pope / NYT:
How Much Radiation Does Your Phone Emit?
Discussion: textually.org
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
$1.2 Billion For iPhone Apps in 2009. What is Gene Munster Smoking?
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Malware Silently Alters Wireless Router Settings
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

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”

Sam Wolfson / The Guardian:
A look at the rise of celebrity-hosted interview podcasts, whose long running times mean guests delve into deep and personal topics, resembling therapy sessions

 
Sister Sites:

Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page