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6:35 PM ET, September 15, 2008

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Apple:
About the Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update  —  The Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update is recommended for Mac OS X Leopard versions 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3 and 10.5.4.  It includes general operating system improvements that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.
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Arn / MacRumors:
Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.5  —  After weeks of developer seeds, Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.5 to customers.  The latest upgrade to Leopard is available through your Mac OS X Software Update.  —  The 10.5.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard …
Discussion: louisgray.com, Apple and CNET News
Ashlee Vance / Bits:
New iPhone Chip Will Cost an ARM and a Missile  —  Given Apple's super-secretive ways, it's quite a shock to find a company engineer disclosing something about the iPhone's future innards on a public social networking site.  —  Wei-han Lien, the senior manager of Apple's chip team …
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: Citi Says Sept. Qtr Tracking Ahead Of Street Ests; Contends Shipments Have Begun On New MacBooks  —  Citigroup's Richard Gardner asserted in a research note this morning that Apple's September quarter is tracking in line with his above-consensus revenue estimate of $8.3 billion …
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John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Wow.  Apple Financial Services Really Does Make Buying a Mac as Easy as Using One  —  Economic softness in the states is widespread, but apparently it stops short at 1 Infinite Loop.  Though consumer spending on electronics is generally trending lower, it's trending higher for Apple products.
Discussion: PC World, TG Daily and Infinite Loop
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Mac sales see slowdown in August, but still up 23 percent
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Everyone but Apple joins new “buy once, play anywhere” group  —  Buying a movie online is simple; it's watching it on the device you want that's hard.  The movie studios have been reluctant to allow DVD burning from online stores (and when they do, it doesn't always work) …
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
HP To Cut Workforce By 7.5%, Or 24,600, Over 3 Years  —  Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) this afternoon said that that as part of its plan to absorb newly acquired EDS it will cut the combined company's workforce by 7.5%, or 24,600 people, over three years.  The company said “nearly half” …
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HP:
HP Announces Plans to Integrate EDS
Discussion: TG Daily and ZDNet.com.au
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
HP's Hurd on EDS, job cuts
Discussion: Tech Beat
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Verizon Blackberry Storm talking points slip out  —  We're still waiting on Verizon's official launch of the Blackberry Storm, but the anticipation is running high, especially since we just received a list of specs and talking points distributed to store reps about RIM's first touchscreen phone.
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Kevin Michaluk / CrackBerry.com blogs:
More Verizon BlackBerry Storm Images...  UPDATE: ‘Mr. Blurrycam’ (Thanks for the hilarious reference Engadget Mobile!) has sent in another image from his Pearl.  I've posted it above for your viewing pleasure.  The snaps are coming from the Verizon vid that was circulated …
Google Mac Blog:
Gears for Safari  —  We're really excited to announce the official release of Gears for Safari on OS X (minimum requirements are Leopard 10.5.3 or Tiger 10.4.11).  —  You can download it today from http://gears.google.com.  —  This means that you can now access all the Gears-enabled sites …
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
The future of online is offline: Gears for Safari gets official
Discussion: Mashable!
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Isn't A Social Network.  And Stop Trying to Make New Friends There  —  A controversy is brewing over a popular Facebook application called PackRat, where users collect sets of illustrated cards for points and levels.  The company behind the application, Alamofire …
Times of London:
Google search finds seafaring solution  —  Google may take its battle for global domination to the high seas with the launch of its own “computer navy”.  —  The company is considering deploying the supercomputers necessary to operate its internet search engines on barges anchored up to seven miles (11km) offshore.
louisgray.com:
As Twitter Regains Footing, Competitors' Growth Stalls  —  Over the last few months, Twitter's challenges have been well documented, here and elsewhere.  Between issues with uptime, occasional data loss, a reduced feature set, and a difficult relationship with its developer community …
Reuters:
EU competition officials probing Google-Yahoo deal  —  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust watchdogs are looking into a planned deal between Internet giants Google Inc and Yahoo Inc to share some advertising revenue.  —  “In mid-July, we decided to open a preliminary investigation …
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Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Chrome Q&A  —  Via email, I've asked Google group product manager Brian Rakowski a couple of questions in regards to Google's web browser.  Chrome has been in development for 2 years... did the initial designs resemble what has been released now, or were there a lot of interface …
Discussion: TG Daily
Josh Pigford / The Apple Blog:
Giga Omni Media Acquires The Apple Blog  —  In November of 2004, a few months after I got my first Mac (a PowerMac G5), I registered theappleblog.com not really having any big plans of what I'd do with the site.  I was a senior design student in college and just wanted a new site to design and something to write about.
Discussion: paidContent.org
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Giga Omni Media Acquires TheAppleBlog
Paul Miller / Engadget:
HTC's Touch HD unveiled in very much official glory  —  We're still sans a press release, but a friendly tipster found this quite official page at HTC's very own site, depicting the sexy Touch HD from every angle, with every spec exposed.  The rumors were naturally spot on …
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Best Buy Acquires Napster: But Why?  —  Electronics retailer Best Buy today announced that it plans to acquire music retailer Napster for $121 Million.  According to the Wall Street Journal, the deal values Napster at $2.65 a share, almost double its closing price on Friday.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Minnov8
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
The Next Chapter: Best Buy To Acquire Napster For $121 Million
The Official Google Blog:
Google Desktop 5.8 for Windows: increased performance  —  We love getting your feedback, and one of the themes that has cropped up in the Google Desktop Help group is that you want a lighter, faster product.  We heard the message loud and clear and decided that the Google Desktop 5.8 …
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Stack Overflow Launches  —  You know what drives me crazy?  Programmer Q&A websites.  You know what I'm talking about.  You type a very specific programming question into Google and you get back:  — A bunch of links to discussion forums where very unknowledgeable people are struggling with the same problem and getting nowhere,
 
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Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Twitter will come to Current TV for debate chitchat
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Download all your tagged Facebook pics with a new app
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Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Apple to Podcaster: No App Store for you
Elinor Mills / CNET News:
‘BusinessWeek’ site hacked in potential malware attack
Discussion: ZDNet.com.au
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Peru to try out Windows on XO laptops
Discussion: Gizmodo
comScore:
comScore M:Metrics Reports Mobile Search Grew 68 Percent in the U.S …
Discussion: Search Engine Land and Beet.TV
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Former Martha Stewart CEO Susan Lyne To Run New York Startup Gilt Groupe
Discussion: paidContent.org
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
MTV Wants To Sell Ads On Like-Minded Sites
 Earlier Items: 
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Launching the iFund Blog....
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Quality Score improvements to go live in coming days
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Apple Trying To Patent Not Letting You Use Your Nike+iPod With Non-Nike Shoes
Discussion: Ars Technica
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:
The Significance of Google Chrome
Discussion: Open Source
Don Reisinger / TechCrunch:
Wallop Takes A Leap Into the Deadpool
Fred / A VC:
Zemanta  —  I wrote this post for the Union Square Ventures blog …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Wall Street's meltdown and the potential technology hit
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Link by Link: Don't Buy That Textbook, Download It Free
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