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5:15 PM ET, August 7, 2008

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Benwilson / iPhone Atlas:
iPhone can phone home and kill apps?  —  Apple has apparently included a blacklisting mechanism in iPhone OS 2.x via which the device can phone home, check for unauthorized applications, and disable them.  The OS includes a URL that points to a page containing a list of unauthorized applications, specifically:
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Christina Clark / Download Squad:
SlingPlayer 2.0 released today  —  Slingbox from SlingMedia is one of my favorite things to use.  Being rather addicted to watching the Food Network and TLC's What Not to Wear it's great to just grab my laptop and check out what's on wherever I am.  My favorite time to use Slingbox?
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Matt Whitlock / Sling Community:
SlingPlayer for Windows 2.0 Public Beta - Unwrapped and Reviewed  —  Believe it or not, it's been almost two years since Sling Media released SlingPlayer for PC 1.4 - their last ‘significant’ upgrade to the software that Slingers rely on to watch their home television on a computer screen anywhere in the world.
Discussion: Zatz Not Funny! and Engadget
Jeff Bakalar / Crave: The gadget blog:
ASUS Eee Stick looks very familiar  —  ASUS has announced its first-ever motion control wireless joystick that the company is calling the Eee Stick.  Now where have we seen this before?  Ah that's right; it's almost an exact copy of the Remote/Nunchuk combination that you use with your Nintendo Wii.
Discussion: CrunchGear and Kotaku
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Rajas Moonka / The Official Google Blog:
New enhancements on the Google content network  —  Today we're announcing some key enhancements on the Google content network (partner sites for which we provide advertising) that will offer a better experience for users and better value for advertisers and publishers.
Bobbie Johnson / Guardian:
When selling up becomes selling out  —  What's the difference between selling up and selling out?  In theory, the difference between the two is simple.  Imagine a graph that pits the amount of money you get against the fulfilled potential of your idea: selling up is when you make a deal …
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Matt Asay / The Open Road:
Should you sell out your next big open source idea?
Discussion: 451 CAOS Theory
Wired News:
Watch the Olympics Online  —  The 2008 Beijing Olympics will happen while most Americans are sleeping.  While NBC, the games' official media outlet in the United States, will be providing thousands of hours of content on the web, the only way to truly ensure you won't miss too many record-breaking moments …
Discussion: Lifehacker, PSFK and CrunchGear
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The myth of the creative class  —  As I near the end of writing my book, one lesson that has struck me is about the will of most people to create, and the new possibilities the Google age brings us.  —  One survey I quote says that 81 percent of us say we have a book in us.
Discussion: contentious.com
Tom Espiner / CNET News.com:
At Black Hat, Kaminsky details DNS flaw  —  Security researcher Dan Kaminsky has offered more details about a fundamental flaw in the Domain Name System and the extent of the vulnerability.  —  In a presentation at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday …
Juan Carlos Perez / PC World:
Google Apps Hit by Prolonged Gmail Access Problem  —  A technical problem hit an undetermined number of Gmail users, including paying subscribers to the Google Apps hosted software suite, locking them out of their accounts for about 15 hours on Wednesday and early Thursday.
Discussion: eWeek, WebProNews and The Inquisitr
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Some Mashups Harnessing The Power Of Yahoo's BOSS  —  Yahoo's Search Blog has posted a list of some of the most promising new web apps being built using its BOSS search platform.  BOSS is a radically open API that launched last month that allows developers to utilize much of Yahoo's core search data without …
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
Two weeks until iPhone 3G Launch v2.0  —  The new iPhone 3G is already available in 22 countries, but the device is about to launch in 21 more in just a couple of weeks.  We have been trying to keep the noise down by not posting about every single country on earth that will be getting …
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Web Video Producers: We're Pretty Sure There's A Business Here, Somewhere  —  Can anybody make any money in Web video?  This is a recurring question for us, one we've been asking in different forms for much of the last year.  Today's answer, via Web analytics firm TubeMogul: Yes, maybe.
Discussion: NewTeeVee, HipMojo.com and MediaFlect
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple poised for special event this September  —  Although it has not yet been announced, investment bank Piper Jaffray believes it's only a matter of time before Apple reveals plans to hold a special event next month to usher in a new array of iPods and Mac notebooks.
Steve O'Hear / The Social Web:
Parents spy on underage social networkers  —  Children regularly circumvent age verification systems on social networks such as MySpace, Bebo and Facebook, according to a new survey of young people's online activities in the UK.  —  It's not the first survey to come to the same conclusion …
Discussion: L.A. Times Tech Blog and Guardian
Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:
The Top Five Reasons Not to Upgrade to the New iPhone 3G  —  I've had my new 3G iPhone for about a month now and I thought I'd take a few minutes to write some of my thoughts and reflections on the experience for people who might be considering upgrading to the new 3G iPhone.  First a little background though.
Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:
IBM Cutting Pay for 3,500 New York Chip Workers  —  After last month signing a deal with New York State to preserve 1,000 semiconductor jobs, IBM (IBM) is cutting pay by up to 10% for 3,500 semiconductor assembly line workers in New York's Hudson Valley, where it employs 20,000 …
Discussion: CNET News.com
David Chartier / Ars Technica:
Mozilla's “Snowl” hunts Twitter, RSS, and (soon) e-mail  —  The web is an increasingly chatty place.  Between following comment threads, checking in with friends on Twitter, reading a few blogs with RSS feeds, and conquering a mountain of e-mail, we have plenty of conversations to keep track of.
Discussion: WebWorkerDaily, /Message, CyberNet and Profy
 
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Jasmine France / Crave: The gadget blog:
Taking funky Creative Zen Mozaic for a spin
Bonnie Cha / Crave: The gadget blog:
Cell phone hair dryer headset: Seriously?
Discussion: GeekAlerts and Gizmodo
Industry Standard:
Linden Lab targets Second Life ad farms with zoning regulations
Jack Buser / PlayStation.Blog:
Want into the PlayStation Home Closed Beta test? Here's How to Apply
Ryan Naraine / Zero Day:
MS Patch Tuesday: Critical IE, Office, Excel patches coming
Microsoft Research Machine Translation …:
Office document translation (updated)
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and LiveSide
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Glam's Not-So-Pretty, BFF Approach To Pushing Its ComScore Numbers Higher
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Warner Music to rhythm games: pay up or the music gets it!
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Twitterfone Releases Full Audio Interface For Twitter
Discussion: Lockergnome and Mozilla Labs
David Kender / CamcorderInfo.com Blog:
Canon Vixia HF11 Camcorder Review
Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:
Online marketers unhappy with Microhoo saga outcome
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Microsoft searching for Olympic medals
Stuart Schwartzapfel / Autopia:
Lotus Makes Hybrids Sound Like Real Cars
Discussion: Techdirt, DailyTech and Engadget
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
The Web Developer and His Wife (A Fairy Tale)
Jon / p2pnet:
BitTorrent dumps sales staff
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
How Much Will Your Startup Be Worth In Three Years? Go Find Out.