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1:55 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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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
A look at risk-reward: Apple may nuke apps on your iPhone remotely  —  Apple apparently can disable App Store software remotely on your iPhone 3G.  The iPhone calls home and poof the application is nuked.  —  Needless to say that this has caused a bit of a blog ruckus (Techmeme).
Bill Ray / The Register:
Apple's secret iPhone app blacklist
Discussion: O'Grady's PowerPage
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.
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 …
Discussion: PC World and VentureBeat
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
How Much Will Your Startup Be Worth In Three Years?  Go Find Out.  —  See our review of the YouNoodle startup valuation predictor from a couple of days ago (as well as our skeptical post from earlier this year).  The product just came out of private beta.  Look for a tab in the top right corner …
Discussion: AppScout
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Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
YouNoodle's startup predictor wants to tell you how much your company is worth
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?
Discussion: Crave, jkOnTheRun and Boy Genius Report
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.
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.
Discussion: Ken Yarmosh … and Lockergnome
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 …
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Olga Kharif / Business Week:
Apple's iPhone Takes a Toll
Discussion: Byte of the Apple
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Most iPhone Apps Are Failing To Leverage The Network Effect  —  I'm seeing a trend as I continue to download and test many of the 1,500+ and growing iPhone applications currently available on iTunes: Few of them are really taking advantage of the network effect to build any kind of competitive barrier to entry.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
ASUS Eee PC “Ultimate” S101 revealed, and it's brown  —  We've already seen the S101 Ultimate Eee PC at the top of ASUS' Eee PC pyramid of implosion.  ASUS' prez, Jerry Shen, told us earlier to expect the Atom-based netbooks to ship with a 32GB SSD, 10.2-inch, 16:9 aspect LED backlit display and battery life of about 4-5 hours.
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 …
Discussion: The Open Road
David Hayhurst / Agence France Presse:
Illegal downloads near BO levels in France  —  Leaked report reveals scale of pircy problem  —  PARIS — According to a report from a leading national anti-piracy association, close to 450,000 illegal downloads of recent films are being made every day in France, putting illegal pirate copies close …
Discussion: Digital Daily and paidContent
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Piracy could put film industry out of business, warns group
Discussion: Digg
Jon / p2pnet:
BitTorrent dumps sales staff  —  Products:- Bram Cohen's BitTorrent, the file-sharing protocol which, like P2P file sharing application Kazaa, is most named in the corporate entertainment industry file sharing wars, has fired its entire sales and marketing department, says Valleywag.
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
The Web Developer and His Wife (A Fairy Tale)  —  There was once a mom and pop kind of web shop selling auction products, making money through the affiliate commissions.  She (the wife) would do the design and customer contacts, and he (the husband) would do the programming of the site.
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 and The Inquisitr
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
PwnageTool 2.0.2 ready “in next few hours,” jailbreakers prepare your engines  —  It's not the iPhone 3G unlock yet, but at least those of you who held-off from updating your iPhone to the 2..1 firmware are about to get a taste of improved stability and snappy keyboarding while early updaters …
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac and The iPhone Blog
Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:
Online marketers unhappy with Microhoo saga outcome  —  SAN FRANCISCO—As you might expect, search engine marketers aren't crazy about how the Google-Yahoo-Microsoft power struggle has played out.  —  It's not that they disapprove of Yahoo remaining independent of Microsoft.
 
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Jon / p2pnet:
‘La vie est Bell’ (cough, cough)
Business Wire:
CCTV Selects SafeNet to Secure Online Broadcast of the 2008 Summer Olympics
Discussion: p2pnet, TVover.net and Slyck
benheck.com:
Inside a 60 gig Xbox 360
Discussion: Joystiq, CrunchGear, Gizmodo and Kotaku
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Microsoft searching for Olympic medals
Lisa Belkin / New York Times:
The New Workplace Perk: Gas
Discussion: BloggingStocks
Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source:
Time for Google to take out Sprint
Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:
DirecTV Beats on Latin America Growth, Stock Off
Discussion: Voices
Stuart Schwartzapfel / Autopia:
Lotus Makes Hybrids Sound Like Real Cars
Discussion: Techdirt and Engadget
 Earlier Items: 
Rob Pegoraro / Washington Post:
The Opaque Side of Apple
Discussion: iLounge
David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
WMG Call: Bronfman: We're Not Doing As Bad As The Rest Of The Music Industry
Rick Segal / The Post Money Value:
From the Trenches: OS Who?  —  Between reviewing tons of plans …
Steve Boggan / Times of London:
‘Fakeproof’ e-passport is cloned in minutes
Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
Earnings: Sirius Q2 Loss Narrows; Subs Up 25 Percent; A Long Wait …
Sony Ericsson:
Sony Ericsson announces the slim and elegant T700 …
Discussion: Engadget, I4U News and IntoMobile
Adam Lashinsky / Fortune:
The true meaning of Twitter
 

 
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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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