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1:45 PM ET, July 5, 2008

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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
iPhone 3G lines start at the Apple Cube... one week early  —  So we heard some really over-eager folks have decided to get a jump on the iPhone 3G line — a really, really big jump.  Obviously, we had to head down and see if it was true... and it is.  Right now, about ten people have started …
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious  —  I see that there are people already waiting in line for the Apple 3G iPhone.  —  I'm an expert on waiting in line for Apple products.  My son and I waited 30+ hours in line last year to buy the first iPhone (we were first in line at the Apple store in Palo Alto …
Discussion: SmoothSpan Blog
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble  —  Two months ago, Google held a series of secret focus groups with employees who have children in Google's day care facilities.  The purpose was to gauge their reaction to the company's plan to raise the amount it charged for in-house day care by 75 percent.
Cyndy Aleo-Carreira / Profy.Com:
Google Sold Us Out: The Viacom Decision  —  I have read and re-read Judge Stanton's decision in the Google/Viacom suit more times than I really should have.  At first, I was as outraged as everyone else, assuming that Judge Stanton was one more government figure without a clue how the Internet even works.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Top Torrent Sites Ranked by Google  —  BitTorrent's popularity is growing every day.  Despite the lawsuits that some of the larger torrent sites are involved in, they continue to grow traffic wise.  Let's take a look at how Google ranks the top torrent sites.
Discussion: DSLreports
YouTube Blog:
The Law and Your Privacy  —  As you may have seen in the news, YouTube received a court order to produce viewing data from our database, including usernames and IP addresses.  In order to protect our community's privacy, we strongly opposed this motion when Viacom and others filed it.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Iran Parliament to Debate Death Penalty for Bloggers  —  The Iranian parliament is set to debate a draft bill that would add a number of crimes to the list of those that can result in execution, among them “establishing weblogs and sites promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy.”
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Curt / Committee to Protect Bloggers:
Iran Now to Kill Bloggers - Follow That, China!
Discussion: iafrica.com
Swati Pandey / Los Angeles Times:
Digital download model puts song exposure above sales  —  Some artists are using the pay-what-you-want option.  But industry experts question the plan's long-term worth.  —  Mash-up artist Girl Talk's new album, “Feed the Animals” comes with some impressive numbers: About 300 sampled songs …
Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source:
What could Open Office do with a business model?  —  It has been amusing this Independence Day reading reaction to Microsoft's Equipt announcement.  —  The reaction has ranged from hope to anger, depending on the author's attitude toward Microsoft.  —  Rather than play either note …
Discussion: Lockergnome and Office Tweaks
Daniel Ratner / Google LatLong:
Tour the Tour de France with Street View  —  One of the things I look forward to every summer is the Tour de France.  I'm always fascinated when I hear about the hairpin turns and steep climbs.  To bring the Tour de France to life and help you experience it stage by stage …
Nate True's Weblog:
Tap Tap Revolution coming to the iPhone App Store as “Tap Tap Revenge”  —  I know I've been silent for a while on the Tap Tap front, but now I can break the news!  Tap Tap Revolution has been bought by a new company called Tapulous, and they've hired me on as a developer to maintain TTR.
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Announcing Tech.NewsJunk.Com  —  There's a new site on the net today:  —  http://tech.newsjunk.com/  —  It's the counterpart to the political NewsJunk, which is focused on news of the 2008 presidential campaign.  The Tech site is focused on technology product news.
San Francisco Chronicle:
Merchants angry over getting yanked by Yelp  —  Four years ago, Geri Rebstock started using Yelp, a popular site for consumers to review local businesses and services.  She critiqued her favorite veterinarian, a neighborhood print shop and an acupuncturist who took care of her bad wrist.
 
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Andres Ferrate / ProgrammableWeb:
UK Government Moves Forward with Data Sharing, APIs, and Mashup Contest
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Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Finally, A Windows Mobile Facebook App!
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The Problem With Identi.ca Is That It Is Not Twitter
Ryan Hayward / Inside AdSense:
Earning revenue from YouTube videos just got easier
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
German publishing giant Axel Springer switching to Mac
Elizabeth Woyke / Forbes:
Developers Wary Of iPhone
Saul Hansell / Bits:
Google Changes Home Page, Adding Link to Privacy Policy
 

 
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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”

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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