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5:00 PM ET, June 30, 2008

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Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
AT&T memos detail iPhone 3G unbricking tool, crowd planning, more...  A recent series of internal memos from AT&T to its Mobility staffers reveal a variety of preparatory measures ahead of next month's iPhone launch, including the deployment of an iPhone 3G unbricking tool, ongoing 3G network optimizations …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
‘Unprecedented Pent-Up Demand’ For Apple iPhone 3G, RBC Says  —  More good news for Apple (AAPL) ahead of the 3G iPhone launch, scheduled for next Friday, July 11.  Consumers have “unprecedented” demand for Apple's phone, according to new data from RBC's Technology Adoption Panel.
Jan Libbenga / The Register:
iPhone will ship in green packaging  —  Apple's new iPhone 3G will be shipped on July 11 in a potato starch paper tray.  Apple placed an order with Dutch company PaperFoam, which also makes packages for Motorola.  —  The company confirmed this today to Dutch blog Bright.
Discussion: Computerworld and Cult of Mac
Kevin Rose / Digg the Blog:
Recommendation Engine rolling out this week!  —  We're launching the Digg Recommendation Engine beginning this week.  The feature will be in beta and presented to registered Digg users first, based on a random sampling of logged-in users.  Look for the red beta flag on your Upcoming tab …
Discussion: Webware.com and VentureBeat
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Leaked Screen Shots Of Mythical Digg Recommendation Engine
Discussion: Mashable! and Digg
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Digg Recommendation Engine Confirmed For This Week
Discussion: Media Bullseye
cbscorporation.com:
Quincy Smith Named Chief Executive Officer and Neil Ashe Named President of CBS Interactive  —  CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of CNET Networks, Inc. and merged its operations into a newly expanded CBS Interactive division.
Discussion: HipMojo.com and NewTeeVee
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
CBS Finishes Acquisition Of CNET; Leslie Moonves, Quincy Smith …
Michael Learmonth / Silicon Alley Insider:
Quincy Smith Named CEO Of CBS Interactive, CNET
Discussion: paidContent.org and HipMojo.com
RealNetworks.com:
RHAPSODY LAUNCHES “MUSIC WITHOUT LIMITS” INITIATIVE ACROSS WEB, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND MOBILE  —  New Rhapsody MP3 Store Opens Virtual Doors with 100,000 Album Giveaway  —  Rhapsody to Power Full-Song Playback and MP3 Sales for iLike, MTV Networks' Music Group Sites and Yahoo!
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo (YHOO): Yes, We Blew Microsoft Deal, But Please Don't Fire Us  —  As Yahoo's shareholder meeting looms and Yahoo's stock continues to drop, Yahoo (YHOO) management is pulling out all the stops to try to persuade you not to fire them.  —  The pitch?  This detailed slide show, filed with the SEC.
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Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Yahoo unveils timeline of failed Microsoft talks
Discussion: TG Daily
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
AOL's Platform A: We'll pay Bebo, Facebook developers top pennies  —  AOL's Platform A said Monday that it will offer Bebo and Facebook application developers “a guaranteed CPM” for U.S. traffic and says the ad rate is one of the highest in the industry.  —  However, there are a few caveats …
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Takes Additional Steps in Implementing Interoperability Principles  —  Actions enhance opportunities for developers to work with Microsoft's high-volume products.  —  Microsoft Corp. today announced several new actions that deliver upon the commitments set in its Interoperability Principles …
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Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Microsoft trying to live up to interop pledge
Discussion: LinuxWorld.com and Electronista
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Content management software vendors eye social networking  —  Content management software vendors are pondering social networking features and are expected to collaborate or acquire so-called white label networks to make their enterprise apps more social.  —  That's one of the takeaways from Jeremiah Owyang, an analyst at Forrester.
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Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy:
Social Software: Here Come The CMS Vendors
Tamar Weinberg / techipedia:
Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League  —  Earlier this month, Plurk was discovered and has had social media addicts abuzz with the “new Twitter clone,” especially as a result of Twitter downtime.  —  After using both closely, the comparison to Twitter shouldn't even be the case.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Marc Andreessen Joins Facebook's Board Of Directors  —  Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape, Opsware and Ning and the former CTO of AOL, is adding a new notch in his belt: he has joined the board of directors of Facebook, two sources close to the company confirmed to us …
The Register:
An iPhone with a keyboard?  —  It is an article of faith, of course, that whatever Steve Jobs does is right.  And so, since the iPhone currently has no keyboard on it, it must logically follow that it is wrong to have a keyboard, and therefore that Steve Jobs will never produce a version that does have a keyboard.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Google Launches Affiliate Advertising Network, Courtesy of DoubleClick  —  Amazon, watch out.  Earlier today, Google launched an affiliate ad network.  Or, rather, it rebranded Performics, the affiliate ad network that came along with its purchase of DoubleClick, as the “Google Affiliate Network.”
Hilary Goldstein / IGN:
Rock Band 2: The Opening Act  —  We blow the lid off one of the biggest sequels of 2008.  —  Rock Band is ready for a comeback tour.  Today, Harmonix announced Rock Band 2 is set to ship for Xbox 360 this September and PS3 later in the year.  However, the official announcement of Rock Band 2 …
Royal Pingdom:
Web hosting a downward trend?  —  We noticed an interesting thing the other day while doing some research with Google Trends.  The number of searches in Google for the term “web hosting” has decreased a lot in the last four years.  —  Compared to the high points in 2004 …
Discussion: Data Center Knowledge
 
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David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Online Ads' Global Share To Break 10 Percent Mark In '08 …
Microsoft:
More Than 1 Million Entrepreneurs Have Made Microsoft Office Live …
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Hi5 Plucks An App Developer From Its Platform
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Skyhook combines GPS and Wi-Fi for location
Discussion: Gearlog
Robert Palmer / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
iPhone developer waiting list could be six months long
coderrr:
Detecting SSH tunnels
Discussion: Slashdot
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
EA star leaves to start iPhone games company, Ngmoco
Discussion: Kotaku
louisgray.com:
On the Web, If You're Not Growing, You're Dying
 Earlier Items: 
Robert Weisman / Boston Globe:
Microsoft seeks next big idea in Cambridge
Roy Mark / eWeek:
Google Maps Deal With Tele Atlas
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Horny for Ubuntu 8.10: first look at Intrepid Ibex
Ryan Kim / The Technology Chronicles:
PS3 firmware update ratchets up competition with Xbox 360
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Smartphone battle royale: The land grab is good for buyers
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Goodbye, XP. Hello, Midori
Charles Arthur / Guardian Unlimited:
No, Mr Kelly, I'm afraid the internet is not as clever as a single (human) brain
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Asustek to launch new Eee PCs with bigger keyboards