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Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
On iTunes 8 and hunches; also iPhone 2.1 for Tuesday — On Friday, we posted a short roundup of what's expected in iTunes 8 thanks to the rumortastic stylings of Kevin Rose. The Pandora-like Genius feature, Genius Sidebar, Grid view, and more are all said to be included.
MacNN:
iPod nano 4G photo, details [new orig photo] — MacNN can confirm the existence of the fourth-generation iPod nano and has obtained a verified authentic photo of the Apple music player. The device exactly matches claims by Digg founder Kevin Rose of a tall, tapered design and is enclosed …
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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
iPod nano 4G leaked in actual, factual, really-real spy photo — Look, you know the drill here. This may be the painstaking result of some CAD-school-dropout's nights home alone, or the latest in cheapo knock-offs from the Far East. You may be looking at a Photoshop spackled together …
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Robert McLaws / Windows-Now.com:
NBC Dumps Silverlight for NFL Streaming? Hardly — Today, Valleywag tried to string two separate events and some made-up facts together to spin the yarn that NBC was not happy with the performance of Silverlight on NBCOlympics.com, and dumped the technology for Flash for their new NFL streaming site.
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Nicholas Carlson / Valleywag:
NBC dumps Microsoft Silverlight after Olympics — NBC streamed all its NBCOlympics.com videos using Microsoft's Silverlight backend tech, but the network dumped Microsoft before last night's NFL kickoff — streamed live over NBCSports.com and NFL.com — opting to use Adobe Flash instead. Why?
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Startups: your web site sucks — I visited each website from the list of Demo finalists. — Boy, do they suck. Really, really suck. — Does no one understand how to market themselves? — It's amazing to me that not a single Demo website has learned from the lessons of Gary Vaynerchuk's Winelibrary.tv.
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
So Much Hate For Microsoft's Seinfeld/Gates Buddy Ad — from the what's-wrong-with-it? dept — I wasn't going to comment on Microsoft's new ad campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates buddying around, but the response among the press and bloggers is almost universally negative …
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KathrynV / DSLreports:
T-Mobile's First HSDPA Handset Goes Live - As carrier continues to expand its 3G network — When it was announced that the Google Android platform would launch with the HTC Dream on T-Mobile s network, many eyebrows were raised at the choice to go with a carrier that has such a small 3G footprint.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
isoHunt Sues the CRIA to Legalize BitTorrent Sites — Following Demonoid and QuebecTorrent, the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) has threatened isoHunt with legal action. However, isoHunt has decided to launch a preemptive strike, as it turns the tables and sues the CRIA instead.
Steve Gillmor / TechCrunchIT:
Gillmor Gang talks Google Chrome — The Gillmor Gang talked with Google Chrome's Group Product Manager Brian Rakowski and Tech Lead Ben Goodger. The conversation focused mostly on the open source fundamentals of the new browser project. Rakowski and Goodger have both been with the project since …
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
First look: Firefox 3.1 alpha 2 officially released — Mozilla has officially announced the availability of the second Firefox 3.1 alpha. This release includes support for the highly-anticipated HTML 5 “video” element and a handful of other features that move the browser forward.
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Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
How to Handle ‘IHateYourCompany.com’ — Some Firms Buy Up Negative Domain Names To Avert ‘Gripe Sites’ — In recent years, disgruntled consumers have launched hundreds of Web sites to air their grievances — from starbucked.com and ihatestarbucks.com to boycottwalmart.org and againstthewal.com.
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Xbox 360 defects: an inside history of Microsoft's video game console woes — When his fourth Xbox 360 video game console died in April, Chris Szarek wasn't surprised. — The Chicopee, Mass. gamer was accustomed to the hardware failures that became known throughout the Internet as RROD …
