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1:35 PM ET, June 27, 2009

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Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Google thought Michael Jackson traffic was attack  —  Google has confirmed that the surge of Michael Jackson-related searches on Google News Thursday was first interpreted as an attack on its service.  —  Google News was inaccessible for some people Thursday afternoon right as rumors …
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Brandon Miniman / pocketnow.com:
Screenshots of the New TouchFLO 3D v2.5  —  When the Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 get the Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade later this summer, it looks like they are getting a new version of TouchFLO 3D (Manila v2.5) that stretches the interface a bit deeper and makes it more customizable than seen on the current iteration.
Laura June / Engadget:
White iPhone 3GS reportedly overheats, turns a browner shade of white  —  Right after its launch, we noted the sundry problems reported by new iPhone 3GS owners, but this is the first time we've heard tell of this specific one... and it seems like a doozy.  It's unclear exactly what caused this …
Scott M. Fulton, III / BetaNews:
Firefox 3.5 gears up for a possible Tuesday public release  —  A Mozilla spokesperson confirmed to Betanews early this evening that, if all pans out as planned, the organization will officially release the Firefox 3.5 Web browser to the general public as soon as Tuesday, June 30.
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Apple kills Routesy app, my iPhone gets less useful  —  The fuss continues over Apple's capricious acceptance policy for its iPhone/iPod Touch App Store, most recently with the rejection of an app called Hottest Girls.  But for me and a few other San Franciscans, there's a much bigger cause of outrage …
Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:
iPhone Bob leaves Apple to pursue venture capital investing  —  The man who took us on a guided tour of the iPhone 3G is leaving Apple to help a venture capital firm invest its horde of $1 billion.  —  Bob Borchers, who most recently served as senior director of worldwide product marketing …
BBC:
UK ‘has cyber attack capability’  —  The UK has the ability to launch cyber attacks but does not use it for industrial espionage like some other countries, minister Lord West has said.  —  He refused to be drawn on whether it was used for military purposes.
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry Tour hitting Verizon Wireless on July 12th, selling for $199?  —  Well, you heard that right peoples.  It looks like Verizon Wireless is gearing up to launch the much-awaited BlackBerry Tour on July 12th.  The best part?  It appears it's going to go for $199 with a two-year agreement according to Verizon's testman site.
Alex Pham / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Warner Bros. emerges as sole bidder for Midway Games  —  All over but the shoutin' for Midway sale?  Credit: Togoodtobe4gotton via Flckr.  —  Times up!  The deadline for submitting bids to buy Midway Games passed Wednesday afternoon with just one offer — a $33-million deal from Warner Bros …
Discussion: VG247, Kotaku, GoNintendo and Joystiq
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Connie Loizos / PE Hub Blog:
The True Story of True Ventures  —  San Francisco-based True Ventures emerged on the venture scene in 2005 and its way of doing business — focusing on seed-stage startups that it can afford to back for the long haul — quickly resonated with LPs.  Not only did they give True $155 million …
Discussion: The SiliconANGLE, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Dear Comcast: The Idea When You Bundle Is That People Are Supposed To Get A Discount  —  When companies offer “bundles” of the various services they offer, part of the point is that if you're buying multiple packages together, you get some sort of “discount.”
Colin / Pre Insiders:
Palm Pre Mojo SDK Download Leaked To The Web (Links Updated!)  —  Just around an hour ago, @robovalzuniga sent out a tweet confirming that Palm's Mojo SDK had in fact leaked out.  What's better, he included a download link.  Yes, you can now download the (beta) SDK for the Pre.
Discussion: Engadget and Gizmodo
Joe McDonald / Associated Press:
Companies appeal to China to drop Web filter plan  —  BEIJING -  —  Global business groups have made an unusual direct appeal to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to scrap an order for PC makers to supply controversial Internet filtering software, citing security and privacy concerns.
Discussion: TECH.BLORGE.com and Mashable!
Eliot Van Buskirk / Epicenter:
Winning Teams Join to Qualify for $1 Million Netflix Prize  —  The Netflix Prize, a computing challenge that's been compared to scaling Mount Everest and flummoxed programmers for more than three years, has been summited.  —  Two front runners in the contest, Team Pragmatic Theory and Team Bellkor in Chaos …
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
YouTube Doubles Upload Size Limit  —  YouTube has doubled the size of standard uploads for regular-Joe account holders to 2 GB from 1 GB.  The company told us this afternoon the move was in order to accommodate users' HD uploads.  But despite the size increase, non-partner videos are still limited to 10 minutes in length.
Michael Geist Blog:
Rogers Again Injects Web Pages With Its Own Content  —  Canadian Internet watchers may recall a controversy in late 2007 when Rogers began experimenting with adding its own content to webpages that its subscribers visit.  The company used the technology to alert customers about their data usage.
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Mythbusters' Adam Savage Discovers Insane Roaming Fees: $11,000 iPhone Bill For A Few Hours Surfing  —  Every few months or so there's an article somewhere about an insane phone bill that someone gets because they took their phone out of the country without recognizing the insanity that is international roaming rates.
John Leyden / The Register:
Blue chip FTP logins found on cybercrime server  —  Monster breach exposes Amazon and BBC to compromise  —  Security researchers have found a treasure chest of FTP passwords, some from high profile sites, on an open cybercrime server.  —  Jacques Erasmus, CTO at security tools firm Prevx …
Discussion: Softpedia News and SC Magazine US
 
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Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
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John Letzing / Total Telecom:
Rivals move to flag IBM as anticompetitive in mainframes
Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
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internetnews.com:
EMC Dangles the Bait for Data Domain a Bit Longer
Discussion: eWeek and Tech Trader Daily
Patrick Smith / paidContent:
Moreover May Sue Newspaper Biz Over Online Copying Levy
Discussion: paidContent
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Google chief: Iran can't control the net
Discussion: Danger Room
Juan Carlos Llorca / Associated Press:
Guatemalan fears a tweet will make him a jailbird
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Briefly: more affordable iMacs from Apple expected by fall
 Earlier Items: 
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
imeem Wants to Simplify Its Service - Deletes All User-Generated Photos and Videos
Discussion: Music is Social and Softpedia News
Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Top Facebook Application Developer Slide Building Virtual Goods …
Zachary M. Seward / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Link from Yahoo breaks traffic records at New York Times
Discussion: VentureBeat, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Adding Insult To Injury: MySpace Botches Layoffs
Discussion: TechFlash and Gawker
Cyril Altmeyer / Reuters:
Google CEO says worst of crisis is over
Joseph Bonneau / Light Blue Touchpaper:
The Economics of Privacy in Social Networks