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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
WWDC 2009 Predictions — What I know, don't know, and know I don't know about tomorrow's WWDC announcements. As usual, please, no wagering. — iPhone 3GS — Everything I wrote about last month in “The Next iPhone” still stands. I expect Apple to announce updated iPhones …
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AppleInsider, Silicon Alley Insider, MacRumors, EverythingiCafe, IntoMobile, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The iPhone Blog and bijan sabet, Thanks:atul
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Is this the new iPhone? — Sure, it's Palm's big day, but that doesn't mean the Apple rumor mill is taking a break — check out this pic of what might be the new iPhone set to drop on Monday. Yep, that's a matte black casing with no chrome border, a what looks to be a front-facing camera …
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Product v. process journalism: The myth of perfection v. beta culture — An alarm went off on some desk at The New York Times business section: Oh-oh, time to slam blogs again. But the latest assault reveals as much about The Times and the culture of classical journalism as it does about bloggers.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The Morality And Effectiveness Of Process Journalism — The New York Times Sunday edition team picks fights like no one else. The problem is they tend to pick the wrong fights. And mask opinion pieces as straight up factual articles. — In December they wrote about Facebook revenue woes just …
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Jack Loftus / Gizmodo:
Palm Pre Users Reporting Possible Heat-Related Screen Distortion — There are reports this evening from at least two Palm Pre forums of a screen distortion issue affecting the recently launched smartphone. — While the overall issue has not yet been acknowledged by Palm …
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Reuters:
China to require PCs with software to block sites - WSJ — * Requirement for all PCs sold from July 1 — * Software to block access to certain websites — China's government wants all PCs sold in the country from July 1 to be loaded with software that blocks certain websites, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Quick Peak? Bing's Reign As #2 Search Engine Lasted One Day. — A couple of days ago we reported statistics from StatCounter suggesting the Bing, Microsoft's new “decision” engine, had bypassed Yahoo as the number 2 search engine in the U.S. and the world. Well guess what?
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DailyTech, Web2.0h...Really?, Under The Stairs, Googling Google and All Points Blog, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Douglas Quenqua / New York Times:
Blogs Falling in an Empty Forest — “HI, I'm Judy Nichols. Welcome to my rant.” — Thus was born Rantings of a Crazed Soccer Mom, the blog of a stay-at-home mother and murder-mystery writer from Wilmington, N.C. Mrs. Nichols, 52, put up her first post in late 2004 …
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Pirate Party Wins and Enters The European Parliament — When the Swedish Pirate Party was founded in early 2006, the majority of the mainstream press were skeptical, with some simply laughing it away. But they were wrong to dismiss this political movement out of hand.
Jeff Horwitz / The Big Money:
Google: We'Re Actually Really Small — How the tech titan plans to argue that it's not a monopoly. — Three times in the last month, government agencies have targeted Google (GOOG) for antitrust reviews. An outstanding private lawsuit alleges that Google tried to kill a business-to-business search engine with predatory pricing.
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Palm Touchstone torn asunder, cost to manufacturer estimated at $5 (update) — As much as we love those guys and gals over at Will It Blend?, we couldn't help but cringe each time they “dissected” any given gadget. The cautious cats over at iFixit, however, are more our style.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Hands-On Review Of Jolicloud, The iPhonesque OS For Netbooks — Founder and former CEO of Netvibes Tariq Krim is moving forward with his ambitious Jolicloud project, looking to build a better operating system for web workers with netbooks (or smartbooks or cloud computers, whichever term you prefer).
