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1:10 AM ET, March 18, 2009

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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
iPhone 3.0 OS Guide: Everything You Need to Know  —  iPhone 3.0 OS, the next generation operating system for the iPhone, iPod touch, and whatever Apple device comes next.  New features, new apps, here you will find all the information you need.  —  NEW IPHONE OS 3.0 FEATURES
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Apple:
Apple Previews Developer Beta of iPhone OS 3.0  —  Beta Release Provides New SDK, Over 1,000 APIs & 100 New Features  —  Apple® today previewed its iPhone™ OS 3.0 software and announced the immediate availability of a beta software release to registered developers.
John Mahoney / Gizmodo:
Apple Puts Onus On AT&T For 3G Tethering, Confirms Hardware Support
Discussion: VentureBeat, InfoWorld and Ars Technica
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
iPhone finally gets copy and paste!
Discussion: Gizmodo and Apple 2.0
Jason Toff / Google Chrome Blog:
Google Chrome has a new beta  —  Since we took the “beta” tag off Google Chrome in December, we've been updating two release channels: developer and stable.  With our latest release, we're re-introducing the beta channel for some early feedback — and if you're reading the brand new Google Chrome blog …
John Schwartz / New York Times:
As Jurors Turn to Web, Mistrials Are Popping Up  —  Last week, a juror in a big federal drug trial in Florida admitted to the judge that he had been doing research on the case on the Internet, directly violating the judge's instructions and centuries of legal rules.
Discussion: CNET News, Gizmodo and down the avenue, Thanks:ethanbauley
Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica:
Why Microsoft continues with search: it's still not solved  —  Ars learns a little more about Microsoft's strategy for search thanks to a chat with Stefan Weitz, one of the members of the Live Search team.  —  I recently had the pleasure of having a long discussion with Stefan Weitz …
Discussion: TechFlash, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Jared M. Spool / UIE:
The Magic Behind Amazon's 2.7 Billion Dollar Question  —  Since its release in 2007, the last volume of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has garnered 3,286 reviews from Amazon.com customers.  While response has been overwhelmingly positive for the book …
Thanks:atul
Micah L. Sifry / techPresident:
Breaking News: CIO Vivek Kundra is Back on the Job [updated]  —  Vivek Kundra, the federal government's new Chief Information Officer, has been spotted at his desk, doing his job.  We're hearing that his temporary leave of absence, in the wake of last week's arrest of two individuals individuals running …
InfoWorld:
Sun challenges Amazon for cloud dominance  —  Move over, Amazon.  The leading provider of cloud services is about to get some serious competition from Sun Microsystems, which made its entrance into cloud computing Wednesday with plans to offer compute and storage services built on Sun technologies, including OpenSolaris and MySQL.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
A Fail You Can't Blame Twitter For: ABC's McCain Interview  —  Inevitably, as Twitter bubbles up higher and higher into the mainstream, we're going to see more misguided stunts like these: George Stephanopoulos of Disney's ABC News (DIS) interviewing Senator John McCain today, using the newfangled technology.
Discussion: eWeek and CNET News
corporate.discovery.com:
Discovery Communications Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Amazon.com  —  (Silver Spring, Md.) Discovery Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) today filed a patent infringement suit against Amazon.com, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware …
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Dan Primack / PE Hub Blog:
Facebook Co-Founder Joins General Catalyst  —  Chris Hughes has more professional accomplishments at 26 year-old than most of us will have in a lifetime.  He helped co-found Facebook, before leaving in 2007 to help the fledgling Obama campaign launch an online media strategy.
Discussion: TechCrunch, Fast Company, Jobwire and Gawker, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
30 million iPhones sold — now that's a game platform  —  With more than 29 million Xbox 360s on the market, no one debates whether Microsoft has succeeded in creating a viable video game platform anymore.  Developers have flocked to it.  —  Now Apple has proven that its mobile platform is just as solid.
Discussion: AppleInsider
Kevin Michaluk / CrackBerry.com blogs:
BlackBerry 9630 Hands-On Hardware First Look!  —  A CrackBerry.com Hands-On First Look at the BlackBerry “Niagara” 9630...  The Full Qwerty BlackBerry CDMA Carriers & Users Have Been Waiting For!  —  Didn't we say when it rains it pours?  As you likely surmised from the previously leaked images …
Miguel Helft / Bits:
Privacy Group Asks F.T.C. to Investigate Google  —  The Electronic Privacy Information Center formally asked the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to investigate the privacy and security safeguards of Gmail, Google Docs and other so-called cloud computing services offered by Google to consumers.
Peter Hershberg / AdAge:
Facebook May Be Traffic Driver, but Won't Reap Search Dollars  —  Why Social Media Is Complementary to SEM  —  I'm a big believer in the notion that search marketing and social-media marketing go hand in hand with one another.  I've seen firsthand how they interact on search results pages …
Thanks:atul
Saul Hansell / Bits:
Government 2.0 Meets Catch 22  —  “Do I need to P.I.A. Facebook?” said the perplexed bureaucrat squished into a narrow basement hotel conference room in Washington DC.  —  P.I.A. stands for Privacy Impact Assessment, a procedure that federal agencies must go through every time they create a new computer system.
Discussion: TomsTechBlog.com
Bernard Lunn / ReadWriteWeb:
Is There a Reverse Network Effect with Scale?  —  The Internet economy has been built on the network effect (i.e. the effect that one user of a good or service has on the value of that product for other people).  Investors and entrepreneurs have treated this like Moore's Law.
Thanks:atul
Sophos:
Credit card skimming malware targeting ATMs  —  From time to time, because they know I work for SophosLabs, my friends ask me about different malware types and forward me warnings of alleged malware outbreaks, which often turn out to be just standard hoax emails.
Discussion: The Register and Computerworld
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
He's Baaaaaack: Steve Case Reemerges at AOL  —  As BoomTown reported earlier today, AOL was abuzz with the rumors that former execs from the online service's glory days, including still controversial former CEO Steve Case (pictured here), might make an appearance at a huge staff pep rally called by its new CEO Tim Armstrong.
Iomega:
Iomega Announces New Features for StorCenter ix2 NAS Appliance For Home and Small Business Users Remote Access, Torrent Download and Many More New Features Without Compromising Heralded Ease-Of-Use  —  Iomega, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC) and a global leader in data protection …
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
IE 8, Silverlight 3 on tap for Microsoft's Mix  —  A correction was made to this story.  See below for details.  —  The expected release of Internet Explorer 8 is likely to be the biggest headline out of Microsoft's Mix conference this week, though the company is likely to spend at least …
Discussion: Ars Technica
Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source:
The big question really facing newspapers  —  It's no longer a question of print or online.  —  It's what you're about online.  —  In answering that question the choice of a Content Management System becomes critical.  —  The capabilities of your CMS will determine what you can offer people.
Agence France Presse:
Google News, EPA members in partnership agreement  —  PARIS (AFP) - Internet search giant Google announced Tuesday it had reached agreement to host news stories and photos from eight members of the European Press Agency (EPA) on Google News and display ads alongside them.
 
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Byron Acohido / USA Today:
Website-infecting SQL injection attacks hit 450,000 a day
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Google advertising appearing in iPhone applications [confirmed]
Discussion: Search Engine Land, Thanks:atul
Reuters:
Expedia shares gain on Google takeover talk
Discussion: TechFlash, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Don Reisinger / CNET News:
Webware Radar: Alltop launches personal pages
 Earlier Items: 
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple issues Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter Firmware Update
Taylor Buley / Forbes:
Hi5's Glittering Gold
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Why Won't AT&T Admit to Its Wireless Network Problems?
Todd Hoff / High Scalability:
Are Cloud Based Memory Architectures the Next Big Thing?
Discussion: Soaring on Ridgelift, Thanks:atul
Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
“Sizable” Layoffs Coming To MySpace, Fox
Discussion: Gawker, VatorNews and Tech Trader Daily
John Markoff / New York Times:
Computer Science Programs Make a Comeback in Enrollment
Discussion: Maximum PC all and Ars Technica
 

 
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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”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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