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1:30 PM ET, March 17, 2009

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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Live from Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 preview event  —  9:30AM We're currently at the doors, and we probably don't have to tell you that people are champing at the bit to get inside.  We'll be knocking down old ladies and tripping unsuspecting humans soon enough, so stay tuned!
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Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
The iPhone OS 3.0 Announcement Scorecard  —  Tomorrow morning the sun will rise, and tech writers from near and far will descend upon Cupertino.  The steady rattle of fingers flying across laptop keys will sound like rain on a windshield, drowned out only by the endless assault of cameras firing at the stage.
Discussion: Gear Diary, AppScout, TUAW and MobileCrunch
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Source: iPhone 3.0 apps to play well with other devices  —  In a few hours, Apple is for the first time showing off its iPhone 3.0 operating system at an event at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. The event, which came up at the last minute, is expected to showcase some major changes to the platform.
David Chartier / Ars Technica:   Live Ars Technica coverage of Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 event
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Wall Street Journal:
HTC to Launch Extra Versions of Google Phone  —  TAIPEI — Taiwanese smartphone producer HTC Corp. said it plans to launch more than three versions of the Google phone in 2009, including the introduction of a second-generation of the smartphone in the second quarter.
John Biggs / CrunchGear:
It begins: The Dell Adamo spotted at SXSW, coming tomorrow, $1,999  —  Brian Solis, the “next-gen” PR dude, just got some hot shots of the Dell Adamo.  Color us impressed.  His photos show a laptop with the sex of a MacBook Air with a little more of the hard edged aesthetic familiar …
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Dan Ackerman / Crave: The gadget blog:
Hands-on with the Dell Adamo  —  One of the most buzzed-about new laptops of 2009 is Dell's Adamo, a high-end, ultra-thin 13-inch model that starts at $1,999 and shares a design sensibility with the MacBook Air and HP Voodoo Envy 133.  —  After teasing the system at CES 2009 …
Andrew Nusca / Between the Lines:
CD sales drop, digital downloads on the rise  —  The number of Internet users paying for digital music increased by just over 8 million in 2008 to 36 million Internet users, and purchases of online digital music downloads increased by 29 percent since last year, accounting for 33 percent …
Discussion: Business Wire and Electronista
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David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Why Total Music Purchases By Web Users Are Still Falling
Discussion: CNET News
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:   Not News: CD Buyers Disappearing Daily. …
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry Gemini 8325 live picture  —  Sorry it's not the greatest picture in the world, but at least we can put a face to the specs and info.  We dropped word of the BlackBerry Gemini a while back, and it looks to be cross between an 8300 and an 8900.  Ugh, the madness never stops.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Twine Could Soon Surpass Delicious, Prepares Ontology Authoring Tool  —  Nova Spivack's semantic web company Twine is developing a free service to write and host semantic ontologies; the classification trees that enable machines to put concepts in topical context.
John Markoff / New York Times:
Computer Science Programs Make a Comeback in Enrollment  —  For the first time in six years, enrollment in computer science programs in the United States increased last year, according to an annual report that tracks trends in the academic discipline.  —  The revival is significant …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Why Won't AT&T Admit to Its Wireless Network Problems?  —  Last summer, when Apple introduced its 3G iPhone device, I brought up the issue of AT&T not being ready for the data usage brought on by the data-centric touchscreen phone.  Company officials of course denied having such problems, assuring me that they were ready.
Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch:
'I'm a PC' Marketing Pays Off for Microsoft, OEMs  —  [Editor's Note: Please read the companion post at Apple Watch.  Together, the two posts offer full analysis of February Windows PC and Mac sales data and six charts (three per post).]  —  That's my conclusion after reviewing February U …
Sydney Morning Herald:
Banned hyperlinks could cost you $11,000 a day  —  The Australian communications regulator says it will fine people who hyperlink to sites on its blacklist, which has been further expanded to include several pages on the anonymous whistleblower site Wikileaks.
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Apture raises $4.1M for richer news browsing  —  Apture, a company that helps publishers integrate multimedia content into their browsing experience, has only been getting better since I last covered it in June, having added new features addressing many of my reservations.
Jessica Dolcourt / CNET News:
PBwiki goes mobile on iPhone, BlackBerry  —  PBwiki on Tuesday announced the mobile optimization of its hosted wiki service for its Professional and Professional Plus Edition subscription clients.  —  PBwiki, which hosts, among other wiki services, Twitter's API docs, FedEx's marketing extranet …
BBC:
‘Super-fast’ game download launch  —  A British company has launched a new way of downloading games.  —  Unlike other systems, Awomo allows people to start playing a game before all the software has been downloaded.  —  The developers say that waiting times between clicking a download link and actual game-play have been slashed.
Discussion: Kotaku and Neowin.net
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Live Folders Bring the Real-Time Web to Android  —  An upcoming feature for Android smartphones called “Live Folders” will deliver real-time web updates to the phone's homescreen.  Recently, this feature was revealed in a video of “Cupcake,” a development branch of Google's mobile OS …
Discussion: eWeek, Gizmodo and Android Phone Fans
Todd Hoff / High Scalability:
Are Cloud Based Memory Architectures the Next Big Thing?  —  We are on the edge of two potent technological changes: Clouds and Memory Based Architectures.  This evolution will rip open a chasm where new players can enter and prosper.  Google is the master of disk.  You can't beat them at a game they perfected.
Discussion: Data Center Knowledge and GigaOM, Thanks:atul
Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Yahoo to streamline redesigned home page  —  SUNNYVALE, Calif.—After getting an earful from disgruntled testers of its revamped home page, Yahoo is working on a new incarnation that will dramatically speed up access to e-mail.  —  The new home page, code-named Metro and due to launch later this year …
Trent_reznor / forum.nin.com:
TR thoughts on ticket re-sellers / scalping  —  As we approach on-sale dates for the upcoming tour, I've noticed lots of you are curious / concerned / outraged at the plethora of tickets that somehow appear on all these reseller sites at inflated prices - even before the pre-sale dates.
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple issues Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter Firmware Update  —  Apple appears to be distributing a new firmware update that will attempt to address flickering and blank video issues on the latest generation of MiniDisplay Port-equipped Macs connected to external displays using the company's Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter.
Discussion: Softpedia News
Taylor Buley / Forbes:
Hi5's Glittering Gold  —  The social network hopes to make millions this year from avatars, gifts and other digital glitter.  —  They say not all that glitters is gold.  Hi5, the world's third-largest social network behind Facebook and MySpace, hopes to prove otherwise.
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News:
At SXSWi, Twitter is the new Twitter is the new Twitter  —  AUSTIN, Texas—A couple of days ago I wrote a story suggesting that the Twitter saturation level here at the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) festival was so high that the service's value was being affected.
Discussion: Beet.TV and The Social
 
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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
“Sizable” Layoffs Coming To MySpace, Says Analyst
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Emily Steel / Digits:
Social-Networking Sites to See Slower Ad Growth
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The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
AT&T offering refurbished 16GB iPhone 3Gs for $149?
GamesIndustry.biz:
Massive Entertainment founder leaves studio
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Nokia to cut 1,700 jobs in sinking phone market
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Twitter is Peaking  —  Twitter traffic data from comScore (via TechCrunch)
Don Clark / Digits:
Fabs, in Berkeley? Yes, With Help From Marvell Founders
Discussion: SiliconBeat
Tony Wong / Toronto Star:
Satellite piracy costing TV industry billions
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Joanna Stern / LAPTOP Mag:
MSI Launches Wind U110 ECO Boasting Nine Hours of Battery Life
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Times of India:
Satyam loses 46 customers to rival tech firms
Discussion: Between the Lines and Bloomberg
Anne Dujmovic / CNET News:
Twitter OAuth open to all developers
Discussion: TechCrunch
Hutch Carpenter / I'm Not Actually a Geek:
Twitter Rolling Out House Ads
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