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5:35 PM ET, September 9, 2008

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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
iPod Touch Second Generation Rocks Our Socks Off  —  The new iPod touch is out.  It has a new design: chrome rim, with a tapered back similar to the iPhone, but thinner.  It now includes external volume controls as well.  It also has Nike+ integrated with no transmitter needed …
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Joshua Fruhlinger / Engadget:
Apple launches iTunes 8, NBC comes back, TV shows at $1.99, Genius in the house  —  Just in time for couch season, Apple has busted out iTunes 8 with a slew of new features, like the Genius sidebar.  Also, NBC is back on board with its lineup of TV shows.  According to Jobs …
David Chartier / Ars Technica:
Apple rocks out, announces new iPods, iTunes 8  —  At the latest in what is becoming an annual September event for Apple, the company today announced a number of new products in time for the holiday rush.  We covered the Steve Jobs' “Let's Rock” keynote live in San Francisco …
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Official: iPod nano reaches 4G, looks tall for its age  —  Well well.  Can't say we're surprised to be telling you about the new 4th generation iPod nano.  As we heard, 9 colors, bigger $149 8GB and $199 16GB capacity, and wider display under the control of an accelerometer …
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Live from Apple's 'Let's Rock' event in San Francisco  —  9:08AM PT - We're outside the center, journalists are milling about in preparation for the event!  Everyone's roped in, kind of like a small pasture.  —  9:22AM PT - Apple Store is down.  Shocking!
Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Live blog: Steve Jobs hosts Apple's music event  —  This is a record of our live coverage of Steve Jobs' speech at Apple's music-related event, which kicked off at 10 a.m. PDT Tuesday at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts.  —  9:53 a.m. PDT: We're in place inside …
Brad Stone / Bits:
At Apple Event, a New iPod but No Big Surprises  —  We're at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for Apple's annual September music event, this year entitled “Let's Rock.”  The prodigious Apple rumor mill predicts new iPod Nanos, a cheaper iPod Touch and perhaps a new version of the iTunes software.
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Apple App Store: Over 100,000,000 downloads in 60 days  —  100 million is an incredible number.  That's the number of application downloads through Apple's App Store so far.  What's even more incredible is that it's hit this number in just 60 days.  —  While some of the exact numbers …
Discussion: TG Daily
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
Apple event: A few extra details you didn't get (Updated)
Discussion: Gizmodo, Crave and MacRumors
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
“Funnest” iPod ever: photos of the new iPod touch
Discussion: MacRumors and BloggingStocks
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:   Apple Investors Sell On iPod News: Stock Down 4.5%
Peter Cohen / PC World:
App Store Downloads Top 100 Million, Games a Centerpiece
Discussion: TG Daily
Matt Burns / CrunchGear:
Shuffle gets updated color options
Discussion: Engadget
Matt Burns / CrunchGear:   Apple updates the iPod Classic to a minimum of 120GB; kills thick, 160GB model
Josh Cohen / Google News Blog:
Update on United Airlines story  —  Aggregators like Google News were today the subject of news - this time pertaining to a 2002 story regarding United Airlines.  For those of you who are interested in the nuts and bolts of why this was indexed by Google News, here are the details:
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Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
At VMware, a Firing Is Still Reverberating  —  In the summer of 2007, Diane Greene was lauded as a business hero for leading VMware, a maker of business software, to the hottest stock debut since Google.  But in the ensuing year, despite her popularity with employees and on Wall Street …
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virtualization.info:
Mendel Rosenblum, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at VMware, resigns
Discussion: Docu-Drama
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Turns 20 (fiction)  —  This month, September 2018, marks the 20th anniversary of Google as a business - ever since in 1998, a Mr. Bechtolsheim signed a check for $100,000.  We've come a long way since the happy days of the 10th anniversary, around a time when Google employees got together …
Discussion: GottaBeMobile
Don Reisinger / TechCrunch:
TC50: Tingz Adds More Widgets to Your Life  —  Tingz has developed shareable widgets that work across multiple platforms such as the phone, computer, and TV.  They can be used to manage and synchronize your data across these devices.  —  The startup presented today at TechCrunch50 during the Collaboration session.
Discussion: Tingz
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Josh Lowensohn / Webware.com:
Tingz offers up cross-platform widgets that share data
Discussion: Tingz
Business Wire:
Joanne K. Bradford Joins Yahoo! to Drive U.S. Revenue and Market Development  —  SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - News) today announced that Joanne K. Bradford, a recognized leader in the online content and advertising industry, has joined Yahoo! as senior vice president …
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo Brings In-Drum Roll, Please-a Former Microsoft Exec to Head U.S. Ad Sales
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Day One Recap TechCrunch50  —  What a day. 1,700 people streamed into the San Francisco Design Center at 9 am on Monday morning to help launch the first group of 52 startups at TechCrunch50.  Dozens more startups were camped out in the demopit.  —  First, the bad news.
Discussion: TechCrunch UK and WebProNews
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch50 Livestream: Day 2
Discussion: Social Media and Bits
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-052 - Critical  —  Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954593)  —  Version: 1.0  —  General Information  —  Executive Summary  —  This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows GDI+.
Microsoft:
Silverlight Shines at International Broadcasting Conference 2008 in Amsterdam  —  Q&A: Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft, talks about how Microsoft Silverlight is helping the global broadcasting and media industry grow their presence - and viewership - on the Web.
aircell.mediaroom.com:
Aircell's Gogo Goes International With Air Canada  —  Canada's Largest Airline Selects Aircell's Gogo Service for Inflight Wi-Fi  —  WAEA Conference and Exhibition — Aircell®, the world's leading provider of airborne communications, and Air Canada, Canada's largest airline …
Paul Jay / CBC News:
The rise of Facebook activism  —  Copyright reform must have seemed an unlikely hot-button issue in the winter of 2007 — that is, until 50 protesters arrived at Industry Minister Jim Prentice's constituency office in Calgary in December.  —  They were there to voice their complaints …
Discussion: p2pnet
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
RIM vs. AT&T; Bold vs. Thunder/Storm  —  We thought we'd give y'all an update on what we've been hearing so far.  It's been fairly well-documented that RIM isn't too happy with AT&T for delaying the release of the Bold.  It began with June, then to July, to August, to September — you get the point.
Abbey Klaassen / AdAge:
New YouTube Tool Helps Increase Viewing of Videos  —  HotSpots Feature Tracks When Audience Watches  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Every minute, 10 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.  While that figure is a source of pride for the Google-owned video-sharing site, for marketers …
Discussion: Search Engine Watch and WebProNews
Sony Ericsson:
Live your life to the full with the new Sony Ericsson G705  —  Get your own personal assistant with the new Sony Ericsson G705 mobile phone.  The 2.4" screen enhances the premium web experience, whether you are searching Google™ direct from your idle screen, checking emails through …
 
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iCharts turns your boring spreadsheet into a flashy chart
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
EA Ignored The Warnings; Now Getting Slammed For Spore's DRM
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
Google's Marissa Mayer on Chrome, New Web Browser
David Meyer / CNET News:
Opera joins Symbian Foundation
Discussion: mocoNews.net and Electronista
Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Ashton Kutcher at TechCrunch50: Blah, Blah, Blah
Discussion: Beet.TV, PDA and Valleywag
Sony:
SONY UNVEILS FIRST FULL-FRAME ALPHA DSLR MODEL
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Between the Lines:
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Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple iPhone transforming mobile gaming industry
Discussion: CasualGaming.biz and Valleywag
Scott Moritz / Techland:
Why Google may walk away from Yahoo deal
Daniel Terdiman / Webware.com:
TravelMuse aims to be the Netflix of traveling
Discussion: VentureBeat
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Cloud computing as a term: More meaningless by the minute
Jon Fine / Business Week:
Media Bias? Not if This Web Site Can Help It
Matt Asay / The Open Road:
Copyright extension of 45 years to net just $40 for most performers
Discussion: Ars Technica and Joe Duck
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Why Mozilla is committed to Gecko as WebKit popularity grows
 

 
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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:
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