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5:40 PM ET, March 19, 2009

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Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:
More evidence arises for future iPhone models in latest beta  —  Yet another plist file in the iPhone OS 3.0 beta references four different unknown products.  They could be new iPhones, new iPod touches, or even crazier things like a Mac tablet or an iPhone nano.
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The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
Evidence of new iPhones, new iPod Touch?  —  We got this information from one of our awesome Apple ninjas, (yes, that one) and here's the deal... Basically when poking around in the iPhone OS 3.0 restore ramdisk, our guy found evidence of Apple's upcoming hardware revisions.  This includes new iPhones and iPod Touches.
Microsoft:
Microsoft Announces Availability of Internet Explorer 8  —  New browser focuses on top customer needs, including security, ease of use and performance.  —  Today Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of Windows Internet Explorer 8, the new Web browser that offers the best solution for how people use the Web today.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
With IE8, Microsoft Ignores One Third Of The Market  —  With today's release of Internet Explorer 8, everyone who use Microsoft's browser will be getting some much-needed improvements: color-coded related tabs, “Accelerator” add-ons, search and site suggestions, toolbar favorites …
Discussion: Network World and eWeek
Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
Microsoft Ups Ante With New Browser
Cisco:
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Pure Digital Technologies, Makers of Flip VideoTM  —  Networking Leader Adds Popular Flip Video Solutions to Consumer Portfolio  —  SAN JOSE, Calif. - March.  19, 2009 - Cisco today announced its intent to acquire privately held Pure Digital Technologies …
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Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
Why Cisco's Flipping Into Consumer Video  —  The networking giant's acquisition of Pure Digital may be part of bringing telepresence to the home.  —  Cisco's love of video is no secret: As the world's biggest data mover, it sees a gold mine in the Internet's growing collection of information-rich user-generated clips.
Discussion: Technologizer and eWeek
Lawrence Aragon / PE Hub Blog:
Since When Is 3x a Good VC Return?
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Live from New York: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer  —  The Microsoft (MSFT) boss is sitting down with BusinessWeek editor Stephen Adler at the McGraw-Hill media conference.  Expect at least some chatter about Yahoo (YHOO) and its new boss Carol Bartz, who just happens to be visiting New York this week as well.
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Computer Experts Unite to Hunt Worm  —  An extraordinary behind-the-scenes struggle is taking place between computer security groups around the world and the brazen author of a malicious software program called Conficker.  —  The program grabbed global attention when it began spreading late …
Discussion: ZDNet Government and Wikinomics
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Poll: 94% Of Users Don't Like Redesign  —  A Facebook application is polling users on the the new site layout .  So far, just over 5% of the nearly 800,000 respondents give it a thumbs up.  The rest go the other way.  —  Users can also leave comments with their thoughts.
BBC:
Google's pictures of UK go live  —  Google has launched the UK version of its Street View service, which allows users to browse a selection of pictures taken along city streets.  —  Street scenes in 25 UK cities from Aberdeen to Southampton can be viewed using the service.
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple Adds HD Movie Rentals, Downloads To iTunes  —  Apple (AAPL) has added hi-def movie purchases and rentals to its iTunes store.  Previously, it only offered HD movies via its Apple TV set-top box, or HD TV shows via its iTunes store.  It's been popular: Apple says more than 50% …
Discussion: PR Newswire, AppleInsider and CNET News
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Survey Finds Consumers Chop Cell Phone Use To Cut Costs  —  Consumers have begun reducing their cell phone use to save money in the face of the sharp economic downturn, according to a new survey.  —  Conducted by Opinion Research Corp. for the New Millenium Research Council …
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Power Hacker Kent Brewster Leaves Yahoo for Netflix  —  Business troubles at Yahoo! haven't changed the fact that the company has some of the most innovative Open Web advocates in the industry in its ranks, but today one of those innovative people has left.  API wizard Kent Brewster told us …
Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
Social RSS reader Streamy now open to everyone  —  Streamy, the personalized home page meets social feed reader, is now open to everyone.  We originally profiled the company back in mid-2007.  Since then it's been rebuilt and is noticeably faster.  It's also streamlined the blog reading experience, which is the core of the service.
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and TechCrunch
Garrick Schmitt / AdAge:
Data Visualization Is Reinventing Online Storytelling  —  And Building Brands in Bits and Bytes  —  Today's consumer seems to have an insatiable appetite for information, but until recently making sense of all of that raw data was too daunting for most.  Enter the new “visual scientists” …
Thanks:atul
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
March Madness!  YouTube Gets Live Video Via Silverlight  —  So live video has finally, finally come to YouTube this morning.  CBS has embedded its Silverlight March Madness bracket and live game coverage directly onto a YouTube channel.  Go to http://www.youtube.com/marchmadness to check it out.
Wall Street Journal:
Sony, Google Challenge Amazon  —  Sony Electronics Inc. is pairing with Google Inc. to battle Amazon.com Inc. in the growing digital books market.  —  In a strike against Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader, Sony and Google plan to launch a partnership Thursday that will give users …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Palm CEO: WebOS bigger than just the Pre base  —  Updated: Amid weak fiscal third quarter results, Palm CEO Edward Colligan said that the company is well positioned to launch the Pre and promised a roadmap of smartphones and an application ecosystem built on the company's new WebOS.
Discussion: Tech Trader Daily and Palm, Inc.
DigiTimes:
Intel to drop some desktop PC CPU prices 10-20%, launch new models  —  Intel plans to launch new desktop PC processors while reducing some models' prices in April, May and July this year.  Average price reductions will be around 10-20%, according to sources at motherboard makers.
Dan Primack / PE Hub Blog:
The VC Walking Dead  —  A few years back, I created a Word document called “The Walking Dead.”  These were venture capital firms that were officially in business — lights on, working websites, cash to support existing investments — but which no longer had enough cash to add new portfolio companies.
Scott Moritz / TheStreet.com:
Technology Rumor of the Day: RIM  —  Research In Motion's (RIMM Quote - Cramer on RIMM - Stock Picks) newest BlackBerry — known widely as Niagara — will land at Verizon (VZ Quote - Cramer on VZ - Stock Picks) in May, say analysts familiar with the plan.  —  Niagara is a slimmer version …
Discussion: Electronista and Gizmodo
Economist:
Six years in the Valley  —  Our correspondent in Silicon Valley looks back before moving on to a new beat  —  IN 2003, when your correspondent arrived in Silicon Valley, a common response to “How is the Valley?” was “In a nuclear winter.”  The dotcom bust had incinerated an entire generation of start-ups.
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News:
Buzznet gets $12.5 million round, changes name  —  Despite its reliance on advertising revenue in a difficult economic environment, Buzznet announced Thursday it has raised a $12.5 million fourth round of venture funding.  —  Focus Ventures led the round, with existing investors Anthem Ventures …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
RentBits Launches At-A-Glance View Of Housing Rental Market  —  RentBits, a search engine specifically focused on helping find apartments and houses for rent, has released a new feature that allows users to see the average and median rental prices of properties in 4,000 cities across the United States.
Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge:
Rackable CloudRack Turns Up The Heat  —  The server trays from the CloudRack C2 have no on-board fans or power supplies.  —  Are you ready for the 100-degree data center?  Rackable Systems has introduced a new version of its CloudRack enclosure that it says can operate in environments …
Discussion: The Toybox and GigaOM
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Nielsen: Twitter's growing really, really, really, really fast  —  A small new survey from Nielsen about the five fastest growing “member community destinations” in the U.S. reveals what we all kind of knew already: Twitter is at the top.  From February 2008 to February 2009, it clocked in at a whopping 1,382 percent growth rate.
Discussion: Nielsen Wire and ReadWriteWeb
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Hands-on: Mozilla Fennec beta offers performance, features  —  Mozilla has announced the availability of the first Fennec beta release.  Ars takes a close look at the new version and puts the handheld web browser to the test on Nokia's N810.  —  Mozilla has announced the first official beta release …
Discussion: Epicenter and Taras' Blog
 
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John Leyden / The Register:
Intel chip flaw gets double exposure
Roy Mark / eWeek:
Silicon Valley Lawmaker Seeks Wireless Tax Ban
Discussion: Ars Technica and Electronista
Bob Pittman / Fortune:
What will stimulate spending? Advertising!
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:
Wuala ‘merges’ with LaCie to take P2P cloud storage mainstream
Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Intel elects board members, Bartz resigns
Discussion: SiliconBeat and Intel
David Hornik / VentureBlog:
August Capital V: We Are Long on Human Innovation
Discussion: TechCrunch and PE Hub Blog, Thanks:atul
Douglas Quenqua / ClickZ:
Google TV Unveils Two New Reporting Functions
Discussion: Search Engine Watch
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Preparing to Use OLED Displays for iPhone and Computers?
Venture Capital Dispatch:
A Platform Pickle For Mobile App Developers
Discussion: mocoNews
Simon Axten / Facebook Blog:
An Update on Facebook Governance
Discussion: ITworld.com and AppScout
Carlo Longino / Techdirt:
Sirius Founder Says The Company Is Screwed
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Twitterville Falls For Premium Accounts Hoax
Discussion: Between the Lines, BBspot and TG Daily
Sascha Segan / PC Magazine:
Analysis: Apple's iPhone Shows How Upgrades Should Be Done
Peter Suber / Open Access News:
MIT adopts a university-wide OA mandate
Discussion: UMBC ebiquity