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6:35 AM ET, July 13, 2009

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Who da'Punk / Mini-Microsoft:
Microsoft Has Turned The Corner  —  I've got to say: in my opinion, Microsoft has turned The Corner.  —  You know The Corner.  —  The one that gets us off of pothole ridden Vista Avenue (one street over from Lincoln in Blue Velvet).  The Corner that requires Microsoft to shed some of the fat …
Discussion: ParisLemon and Bob Caswell, Thanks:parislemon
Long Zheng / istartedsomething:
Office 2010 revealed in great detail via Microsoft videos  —  I don't know what timezone Microsoft's web servers are running on, but it's revealed the much anticipated Office 2010 release in great detail way ahead of the expected official announcement at the Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference 2009.
Discussion: Redmond Pie, I4U News and ithinkdifferent, Thanks:atul
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
The Complete Guide To Microsoft's Office 2010  —  The web has been abuzz the past few weeks with chatter about Microsoft's announcement today at its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans about the new version of Microsoft's Office 2010.  There's even a mini-movie about its debut.
Alexandra Topping / Guardian:
Collapse in illegal sharing of music  —  • Teenagers switching to streaming sites - survey  —  • Spotify and YouTube lead the way as habits change  —  They are the record companies' bogeyman: the 15-year-old in their bedroom ripping off a star's latest album and sharing …
Rhee So-eui / Reuters:
LG launches app store, initial focus on Asia  —  LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 handset maker, is launching an online store for mobile phone applications Tuesday with an initial focus on Asia and aspirations for a more global reach by year-end.  —  Phone makers and mobile firms worldwide …
David Lawsky / Reuters:
Six in 10 companies plan to skip Windows 7: survey  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Six in 10 companies in a survey plan to skip the purchase of Microsoft Corp's Windows 7 computer operating system, many of them to pinch pennies and others over concern about compatibility with their existing applications.
Discussion: Pocket-lint.com
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
LG's next-gen Chocolate BL40 teased on video, looks good enough to eat  —  We can't verify the authenticity of the video, but it seems a little far-fetched to believe that even LG diehards out there would've been able to toil away making a very legit-looking promo piece for the company's recently-teased …
Pradnya Joshi / New York Times:
When a Blogger Voices Approval, a Sponsor May Be Lurking  —  Colleen Padilla, a 33-year-old mother of two who lives in suburban Philadelphia, has reviewed nearly 1,500 products, including baby clothes, microwave dinners and the Nintendo Wii, on her popular Web site Classymommy.com.
Discussion: The Blog Herald
Coco Masters / Time:
Fujifilm's New Dimension  —  Fuji's prototype digicam uses two lenses for simultaneous  —  More than two decades ago, Fujifilm was one of the first camera manufacturers to see the future of photography was digital.  In 1988, the Japanese imaging giant developed the world's first fully digital still camera …
Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
Rosetta Stone Suing Google Over Advertisers' Trademark Use  —  Rosetta Stone, the Arlington language-learning software firm, said yesterday it has filed a lawsuit against Google for trademark infringement, alleging the Internet search giant allowed other companies to use Rosetta Stone's trademark brand …
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
AMD keeps pressure on Intel with more six-headed server chips  —  Advanced Micro Devices is launching two new versions of its chips with six brains today.  The AMD Opteron HE and SE server microprocessors have six cores, or processors, on a single chip.  The introduction is the latest volley …
 
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Tameka Kee / paidContent:
Fox Lets Brightcove Power Its (Very Hulu-Like) Latin American Video Site
Discussion: PR Newswire and Contentinople
Cynthia Wong / PolicyBeta:
Yahoo! protects user privacy — and gets fined?
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
How the Media Wrestle With the Web
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Favstar.fm Makes The Twitter “Favorite” Less Of An Unwanted Step-Child
Thanks:favstar
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
French “3 strikes” law returns, now with judicial oversight!
Discussion: Boing Boing
Chas / ChasNote:
More Bad News for Ad Agencies: Meet Howcast
Discussion: New York Times
comScore, Inc.:
Online Gaming Continues Strong Growth in U.S. as Consumers …
 Earlier Items: 
geeksmack.net:
Windows 7 RTM on Track, Compiled
Discussion: SoftSailor, Tech Invaders and TechSpot, Thanks:paulz0r
Bloomberg:
Ericsson to Spend $1.5 Billion on Wireless Research in Korea
Todd Lewan / Associated Press:
Electronic identification sparks privacy debate
Eric Pfanner / New York Times:
New Chief Defends U.S. Base for Agency That Manages Web
Justin Mullins / New Scientist:
Memristor minds: The future of artificial intelligence