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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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VentureBeat, Infinite Loop, AppleInsider, Lifehacker, MacUser, MacDailyNews, TidBITS, Gizmodo, TUAW, MacFixIt and Macworld
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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 …
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 …
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VentureBeat, PC World, Infinite Loop, CNET News, Unwired View, Electronista, iPhone Buzz, MacRumors, The Tech Report, CrunchGear, AppleInsider and iPhone Atlas
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.
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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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
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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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Electronista, Boy Genius Report, InformationWeek, BlackBerry Cool, IntoMobile, CrackBerry.com blogs, Gadget Lab and I4U News
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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.
HP:
HP Announces Plans to Integrate EDS — Move designed to create greater opportunities for customers while streamlining costs — At its securities analyst meeting today, HP will unveil a strategic plan to establish a powerful position in the evolving enterprise market.
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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 …
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HipMojo.com, The Social Web, Unit Structures, WebProNews, Search Engine Watch, AppScout, RotorBlog.com and Profectio
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 …
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 …
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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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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 …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Giga Omni Media Acquires TheAppleBlog — Good morning and time to share some great news with our community of readers: We have acquired TheAppleBlog, making it the seventh member of our growing network of blogs. The terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
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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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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 …
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Crave, Gizmodo, MobileCrunch, Mobility Site, Phone Arena, Unwired View, Electronista, Boy Genius Report, Gearlog and I4U News
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.
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:The Next Chapter: Best Buy To Acquire Napster For $121 Million
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Techdirt, TechCrunch, Inquirer, L.A. Times Tech Blog, GMSV, Boy Genius Report, mocoNews.net, MarketWatch, Anything But iPod, paidContent, Profy, p2pnet and Listening Post
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:
The Significance of Google Chrome — A few weeks ago Google released the beta of Google Chrome, a new Web browser based on WebKit. Since then there has been a lot of interesting hype and backlash against the hype about Chrome. Two great examples of the hype and the corresponding backlash …
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