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9:30 AM ET, August 1, 2008

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Arn / MacRumors:
Nullriver Introduces 3G/EDGE Tethering App for iPhone [Updatedx3]  —  Nullriver, Inc. has released NetShare onto the iTunes App Store this evening (via iPhone Alley).  The $9.99 application promises to allow you to share your iPhone's network connection with your computer.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Tethering Briefly Comes To The iPhone, Tempers Flare  —  Macrumors reports that Apple's App Store was selling a tethering app compatible with the iPhone (both 3G and EDGE) for a brief period earlier this evening.  The $10 application, called NetShare, was developed by Nullriver software, and would be a godsend for many iPhone owners.
Discussion: CrunchGear
Apple:
About Security Update 2008-005  —  This document describes Security Update 2008-005, which can be downloaded and installed via Software Update preferences, or from Apple Downloads.  —  For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until …
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Steven Musil / CNET News.com:
Apple releases patch for critical DNS flaw
Discussion: Inquirer
Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Delicious 2.0: Who bookmarks any more?  —  When I saw the news about the launch of Delicious 2.0, I can't say I felt a huge wave of joy, despite the fact that I am what most people would probably consider a hard-core Delicious user, with about 10,000 webpages saved since I started using it.
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Stephen Hood / delicious blog:
Oh happy day — the new Delicious is here
Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
Malwebolence  —  One afternoon in the spring of 2006, for reasons unknown to those who knew him, Mitchell Henderson, a seventh grader from Rochester, Minn., took a .22-caliber rifle down from a shelf in his parents' bedroom closet and shot himself in the head.
Discussion: Slashdot
Bernard Lunn / ReadWriteWeb:
Breaking Free of Outlook  —  I recently moved to a new office and found that I couldn't send mail via Microsoft Outlook.  I've had this same problem in different locations.  I've been told that it depends on the ISP settings and it is easy to fix by contacting the ISP.
Discussion: diversity.net.nz
Sarah Lacy / Business Week:
Don't Cry for Us, Silicon Valley  —  Despite the media's anxiety about fallen female executives, women are actually advancing in high technology  —  There are so few women running technology companies that when one steps down, it's inevitable that we women in Silicon Valley will be confronted …
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Feedly Now Integrates With Google Search  —  ...And Continues To Be Awesome!  —  If you're a Firefox and Google Reader user and you haven't yet installed the Feedly plugin, you're going to want to install it today after you hear this: Feedly has now integrated its own results - that is …
Discussion: sarahintampa
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Twitter tells me NASA has found water on Mars!  —  In yet another powerful showcase of Twitter's potential power as a disseminator of information, today several people received the first information via the micro messaging service that NASA confirmed its Phoenix Mars Lander has in fact found water on Mars.
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NASA:
NASA Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water, Mission Extended
Nick Broughall / Gizmodo Australia:
Australian Company Launches The World's Smallest Pocket Projector  —  While the rest of the world sits back and waits for pico projectors to make their way into mobile phones, Australian company Mint Wireless has decided to just release the world's smallest pocket projector instead.
Discussion: Gizmodo, CrunchGear and GottaBeMobile
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
The Net Neutrality Strawman: No One Is Stopping Broadband Providers From Charging More  —  from the understanding-net-neutrality dept  —  While I don't think that passing laws in favor of net neutrality is necessarily the right way to go about things, it really is amazing …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Tap Tap Revenge Approaches 1 Million Users, Music Industry Takes Notice  —  Tapulous, the company behind Tap Tap Revenge, has announced that the popular iPhone app will hit 1 million installs some time this weekend.  The app is the second we've heard from to hit the milestone …
Discussion: Webware.com, 9 to 5 Mac and Tapulous
Peter Nowak / CBC News:
Bell moves to limit internet downloads of competitor ISPs  —  Bell Canada Inc. is moving to impose download limits on customers of independent internet providers, an act the smaller firms say is designed to eliminate broadband competition and prevent the introduction of new television services.
Discussion: p2pnet
IDG News Service:
Toyota, Sony Develop Personal Transportation Robot  —  Toyota demonstrated on Friday a Segway-like personal transportation device called the Winglet that is partly based on robotics technology from Sony.  —  The Winglet looks something like a slimmed-down version of the American-built Segway and is ridden in a standing position.
Discussion: Engadget
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Track, purchase and demand local events with Eventful's iPhone app  —  When developing its new iPhone and iPod Touch app, online event tracker Eventful had a good idea: Don't port the entire kitchen sink over, port only the most core features needed to make a good app.  It worked.
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac
 
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Q&A: Microsoft game exec John Schappert talks about Xbox Live …
Percy Cabello / Mozilla Links:
Native Ogg Vorbis and Theora support added for Firefox 3.1
Discussion: webmonkey, open and Slashdot
Rob Hof / Tech Beat:
What Not to Expect at Yahoo's Annual Meeting Friday
Eric Hagerman / Wired News:
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Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch:
Microsoft Sizes Up Its Competitors
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Travelers' Laptops May Be Detained At Border
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Turns Yelp, Yahoo Local and LinkedIn SearchMonkey Apps On In Search
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Even IBM's Got Computing Clouds
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Simona Covel / Independent Street:
Yale Fights to Keep Student Start-Ups From Defecting to Silicon Valley
CircleID:
U.S. Intends to Remain in Full Control of Internet Root Zone, Says Letter from NTIA
Discussion: Internet Pro Radio
Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
Apple drops first build of Mac OS X 10.5.5 with warning
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
AOL Tells Angry Blogger Staff: Everything is Fantastic
Discussion: The Inquisitr
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
MIT researchers split water to store solar energy
Brier Dudley / Brier Dudley's blog:
Microsoft discloses Google, Apple threat, plus Danger sale price
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Philip Rosedale Doesn't See Browser-Based Virtual Worlds …
 

 
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