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10:35 PM ET, June 1, 2010

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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Steve Jobs live from D8  —  7:16PM Steve: Well let first say we have two platforms we support.  One is open and uncontrolled — that's HTML5.  We support HTML5.  We have the best support for it of anyone in the world.  We then support a curated platform which is the app store.
Discussion: USA Today and D8 Conference
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Ina Fried / CNET News:
Steve Jobs speaks at D8 confab (live blog)  —  RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif.—The D: All Things Digital conference kicks off Tuesday night with an appearance by Apple CEO Steve Jobs.  CNET's Ina Fried will cover the event live, with additional coverage from Josh Lowensohn and Apple watcher Erica Ogg.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Apple Pulls the Plug on Lala, Replaces It With...Nada
Curt Hopkins / ReadWriteWeb:
Jobs: Flash Has Had It's Day, It's HTML5 Time
Discussion: AppleInsider and Gizmodo
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Android Chief Andy Rubin: Updates Will Eventually Come Once A Year  —  In an interview with the Silicon Valley Mercury News, Google VP Andy Rubin — who founded and leads the Android platform — shared some information about the future of the mobile OS.  One of the more interesting answers …
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Dan Morrill / Android Developers Blog:
On Android Compatibility  —  At Google I/O 2010, we announced that there are over 60 Android models now, selling 100,000 units a day.  When I wear my open-source hat, this is exciting: every day the equivalent of the entire population of my old home city starts using open-source software, possibly for the first time.
Troy Wolverton / Mercury News:
Mercury News interview: Andy Rubin, vice president, mobile platforms, Google  —  People in Silicon Valley have long known that Andy Rubin is smart, but as the man who heads up Google's Android effort, Rubin is beginning to look like a genius.  —  After a somewhat shaky start, Android …
Nielsen Wire:
The State of Mobile Apps  —  “There's an app for that” is Apple's catch phrase to promote the literally thousands of applications that can be downloaded to an iPhone.  Whether you want to check the weather or traffic, bide time playing a game, or study a new language, there is likely a free or paid application that you can access.
Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:
Windows and Security: Setting the Record Straight  —  There's been some coverage overnight about the security of Windows and whether or not one particular company is reducing its use of Windows.  We thought this was a good opportunity to set the record straight.  —  There is some irony here that is hard to overlook.
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Jason Perlow / ZDNet:
Google dumps Windows. But can the rest of us?
Ryan King / The Twitter Engineering Blog:
Announcing Snowflake  —  A while back to we announced on our API developers list that we would change the way we generate unique ID numbers for tweets.  —  While we're not quite ready to make this change, we've been hard at work on Snowflake which is the internal service to generate these ids.
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, Thanks:atul
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Delicious Founder Joshua Schachter Already Leaving Google (GOOG, YHOO)  —  Delicious founder Joshua Schachter is leaving Google less than 1.5 years after he joined the company.  —  “Today is my last day at google. sad about leaving but excited about the future,” he just tweeted.
Danny Sullivan / Daggle:
How The Mainstream Media Stole Our News Story Without Credit  —  On Friday, I broke a tasty story about a woman suing Google, claiming bad directions caused her to get hit by a vehicle.  Today, I discover our story is everywhere, often with no attribution.  Come along and watch …
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Exclusive: LG UX10 tablet preview at Computex  —  Microsoft isn't kidding around about showing Apple it's serious in regard to competing in the tablet space, and while most of the devices surrounding its Computex booth were locked down tight, we were able to spend a few exclusive minutes …
Brad Stone / Bits:
The iPad Pulse Reader Scales the Charts  —  Much has been made of the opportunity presented by Apple's iPad to big media companies.  But surprisingly, it is a $3.99 application created by two Stanford graduate students that is now the top paid application in the entire iPad section of the App Store.
Discussion: TechCrunch
Christina Warren / Mashable!:
Facebook “Like” Buttons Breaking Down Across the Web  —  Is your website experiencing problems with Facebook's Like buttons?  Don't worry, it's not just you and Facebook is working on a solution.  —  The problem that seems to be impacting potentially thousands of sites is that clicking …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Antivirus Firm Warns of New Mac OS X Spyware Application  —  Antivirus company Intego today announced that it has discovered a new spyware application capable of infecting computers running Mac OS X. The spyware, known as “OSX/OpinionSpy”, is downloaded and installed on users' computers via …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Next-Generation iPhone Battery Joins List of Surfacing Parts  —  Parts for the next-generation iPhone continue to surface as the device's expected introduction at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference next week approaches.  The latest part to make an appearance on Taiwanese site Apple.pro …
Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
Yahoo signals major challenge to newspapers  —  Yahoo appears to be getting ready to produce local websites filled with original content that could compete with newspapers, posing a particular challenge to the hundreds of publishers who now sell advertising for the powerful portal.
Discussion: Screenwerk and Silicon Alley Insider, Thanks:atul
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
Google Sued For Click Fraud For First Time In Five Years  —  A Seattle locksmith has sued Google for click fraud for allegedly charging the company for clicks on paid-search ads that it believes were made by a competitor.  —  In a complaint filed in Kings County state court last week …
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
HP's Transition to the Cloud Will Cost 9,000 Jobs  —  Hewlett-Packard said today that it would cut 9,000 jobs and take a $1 billion restructuring charge, spread out through the end of its 2013 fiscal year, as the company seeks to automate its data centers so it can deliver enterprise business services.
Clint Boulton / eWeek:
FCC Says 4 Out of 5 U.S. Users Don't Know How Fast Their Broadband Is  —  The Federal Communications Commission said June 1 80 percent of 3,005 broadband users surveyed in the United States do not know how fast their broadband connection is.  The survey is geared to help fulfill a goal …
Raffi Khatchadourian / New Yorker:
NO SECRETS  —  Julian Assange's mission for total transparency.  —  The house on Grettisgata Street, in Reykjavik, is a century old, small and white, situated just a few streets from the North Atlantic.  The shifting northerly winds can suddenly bring ice and snow to the city, even in springtime …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
comScore: Users Watched 30.3 Billion Videos In April; Vevo Viewership Spikes  —  The U.S. comScore video metrix stats are out today, with the number of video viewers dipping slightly during the month of April.  According to the web metrics company, 178 million U.S. Internet users watched online video during …
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
StatCounter: IE6 Usage Falls Below 5% In The US, But IE8 Still On The Rise  —  Microsoft's oft-lamented browser, Internet Explorer 6, may finally be put to rest.  This will make many a Web developer happy - but also Microsoft itself.  —  Web analytics company StatCounter claims …
 
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Liz Shannon Miller / NewTeeVee:
Team YouTube Gets More Support: Creators File Amicus Brief
Devin Coldewey / CrunchGear:
British forensic audio analysis tool has been passively monitoring …
Discussion: The Register
Will Richmond / VideoNuze:
With Leanback, YouTube Could be the First Big Beneficiary of Google TV
AndroidGuys:
EXCLUSIVE: First Look at HTC Aria?
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Eric Schmidt And Founder Collective Giiv Mobile-Gifting Startup $3.35 Million
Discussion: VatorNews, Digits, GigaOM, mocoNews and Pulse2
Steve Rosenbaum / Silicon Alley Insider:
Google's Video Universe Is Massive (GOOG)
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Sony Internet TV Box revealed by the FCC as Google TV device?
Discussion: Fortune, Erictric, Electricpig and SlashGear
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
iPhone grew more than Android in May
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Borders To Sell Up To 10 E-Readers In Stores; Adds $120 Libre
Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:
The Coming Data Explosion
Discussion: MediaPost and The Praized Blog
Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Adobe reveals magazine iPad-izer software
 

 
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Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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