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5:40 PM ET, August 12, 2008

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Andrew Chen / Futuristic Play:
Early adopters vs the Mainstream: Google Insights points out websites only used by Silicon Valley nerds  —  Intro to Google Insights  —  I have recently been playing around with the insanely useful Google Insights for Search product.  You should definitely try it out if you haven't.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Disqus 2.0: New Plugin, New Interface, And Local Comment Backup  —  Disqus, the enhanced blog commenting system, has launched a 2.0 version of its software that includes a host of new features, including a new plugin for WordPress, an improved developer API, and an overhauled UI for its main site.
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Daniel / Disqus:
Introducing the New DISQUS  —  With this latest update, we are making Disqus easier, faster, and more portable.  Simple enough, right?  Let's begin.  —  In reverse order!  —  portable  —  WordPress Plugin 2.0  —  We've been working on improving integration with platforms.
Corvida / ReadWriteWeb:
Disqus Revamps its Look and Improves Integration
Discussion: louisgray.com
Jon Fortt / Big Tech:
Dell's comeback machine  —  The redesigned Dell Latitude line will offer colors, a Linux mode, and other un-Dell touches.  Photo: Dell  —  I'm at Dell's design headquarters near Round Rock, Texas, getting a first glimpse of the company's colorful new line of business laptops that go on sale Tuesday …
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Matthew Marlowe / Matthew Marlowe's Blog:
All your VM's are belong to us
Discussion: TeleRead
Robin Wauters / Virtualization.com:
Major Bug Kills VMware Powered Virtual Servers
Discussion: CIO.com
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
3G iPhone Connection Problems Chip-Related?  —  Om has complained about his frustration with the 3G iPhone, which has poor reception and forces him to spend more time on the 2.5G EDGE network than he thought, but the issue may be with Infineon's 3G chip, according to Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura Securities.
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Cyberspace Barrage Preceded Russian Invasion of Georgia  —  Weeks before physical bombs started falling on Georgia, a security researcher in suburban Massachusetts was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace.  —  Jose Nazario of Arbor Networks in Lexington noticed a stream …
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Robert Vamosi / CNET News.com:
Russia and Georgia continue attacks—online  —  Researchers studying botnets have reported an increase in attacks on Georgian Web sites, including that of the country's president, within the last two weeks.  While the attacks—Web site defacement and denial-of-service packet floods …
Hank Williams / Why does everything suck?:
UI Guru Jakob Nielsen's Site Is Unreadable  —  Ok, this is only half a dig.  Jakob is one of the most respected writers and thinkers about user interface on the web.  He is clearly bright, and he writes intelligent and useful things.  In fact I quote Jakob and reference his work all of the time.
Discussion: TomsTechBlog.com
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Shawn / TmoNews:
Android may be here sooner then we think  —  We're hearing rumor after rumor that Android has been delayed, and pushed back to 2009.  Well TmoNews is jumping into the pool or rumors, calling BS on those other rumors, and putting in our vote of confidence on a presale of the Android phone on September 16th, 2008.
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Some Web Firms Say They Track Behavior Without Explicit Consent  —  Several Internet and broadband companies have acknowledged using targeted-advertising technology without explicitly informing customers, according to letters released yesterday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Arn / MacRumors:
iPod Touch and MacBook Updates for September?  —  A new analyst report from Piper Jaffray claims that Apple's September announcement will reveal a new iPod Touch and new MacBooks.  —  Analyst Mike Olson predicts that the iPod Touch will be tweaked to resemble Apple's new iPhone 3G and also raises …
Discussion: CrunchGear
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Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple Blogosphere Flips, Product Rumors Chase Own Tail
Discussion: PC World
Daily Mail:
Parents horrified as most violent video game ever to launch on ‘family friendly’ Wii  —  A new computer game tipped to be the most violent ever is being released exclusively on the so-called ‘family friendly’ Wii console.  —  Nintendo will dramatically transform Wii's image with the release …
Erik Huggers / BBC Internet blog:
Open Industry Standards For Audio & Video On The Web  —  One of the key drivers in making audio and video distribution possible via the internet is the great advances in compression technologies (codecs).  Obviously, broadband adoption and ever more capable PCs and mobile devices helped a lot …
Discussion: Guardian Unlimited
Brad Stone / Bits:
Shutterfly Finally Gives Photos Wings  —  Shutterfly, one of the first photo sharing sites on the Internet, has survived the dot-com bust and competition from the likes of Kodak and Hewlett-Packard.  —  But the recent wave of popular Web 2.0 photo sites like Flickr, Slide, Photobucket and RockYou …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-041 - Critical  —  Vulnerability in the ActiveX Control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955617)  —  Version: 1.0  —  General Information  —  Executive Summary  —  This security update resolves …
Discussion: Computerworld and BroadDev
 
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Betsy Schiffman / Epicenter:
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Twitter's 2000-Follow Limit Raises A Ruckus. …
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Shadow side of iPhone 3G's blockbuster success
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Nvidia G92s and G94 reportedly failing
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Carl Icahn's Yahoo Board Choices: Meyer and Biondi?
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Google's share of US searches hits 70%
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