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July 12, 2012, 4:25 PM

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Dave Kennedy / TrustedSec:

Yahoo! Voices Website Breached 400,000+ Compromised — Few details are known at this point however, a recent post over 400,000 plus accounts that have clear text passwords were posted online. The passwords contained a wide variety of email addresses including those from yahoo.com, gmail.com, aol.com, and much more.

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Confirms, Apologizes For The Email Hack, Says Still Fixing. Plus, Check If You Were Impacted (Non-Yahoo Accounts Apply) — There are still a lot of questions about this alleged Yahoo Voices data breach — including whether there was a reason behind the breach in the first place …

More: CNET, Engadget, Business Insider, Forbes, The Verge, ZDNet, BGR, Gizmodo, Mashable!, VentureBeat, Daring Fireball, Liquidmatrix Security Digest and Sucuri. See also Mediagazer

Nicole Perlroth / Bits:

Yahoo Breach Extends Beyond Yahoo to Gmail, Hotmail, AOL Users — Yahoo confirmed Thursday that a file containing approximately 400,000 usernames and passwords to Yahoo and other companies was stolen Wednesday. A group of hackers, known as the D33D Company, posted usernames and passwords …

More: ZDNet, The Technology Chronicles, Geekosystem, the Econsultancy blog, The TechBlock and Electronista

Anders Nilsson / Säkerhetsbloggen:

Statistics about Yahoo leak of 450.000 plain-text accounts

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

IMDb announces 40m app downloads, as it introduces check-ins and new discovery features — The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) feels like it has been around since the dawn of the Web. And you may be surprised to learn that it has in fact been around since the advent of the modern Internet era …

More: Gizmodo, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, digitaltrends.com, SlashGear, WebProNews and CNET

Farhad Manjoo / Slate:

I Want It Today — How Amazon's ambitious new push for same-day delivery will destroy local retail. — How Amazon's ambitious new push for same-day delivery will destroy local retail. — Amazon has long enjoyed an unbeatable price advantage over its physical rivals.

More: Daring Fireball, Examiner, LAPTOP Magazine, Fortune, I4U News, Financial Times, Pulse2 Technology …, The Verge, Good E-Reader, Betabeat and Gizmodo

Jenna Wortham / Bits:

Brewster, a Mobile App, Wants to Transform Your Address Book — On average, how many contacts do you have in your phone? How about on Facebook? On Twitter? — Steve Greenwood, an entrepreneur in New York, is willing to bet that the average person is juggling at least a thousand contacts and could use a little help.

More: BetaKit, A VC, App Advice, everythingiCafe, Mashable!, Laughing Squid and True Ventures

Tweets: @hunterwalk and @cdixon

David Ruddock / Android Police:

The Nexus 7 Has One More Trick Up Its Sleeve: A Magnetic Smart Cover Sensor — You thought you knew everything there was to know about the Nexus 7? Well, you thought wrong. A curious owner of the device started doing what any totally rational person does with a brand-new tablet: expose it to magnetic forces.

More: PC Magazine, BGR, CNET, Computerworld, PadGadget, Pocketables, VentureBeat, The TechBlock, IntoMobile, 9to5Google, Android Phone Fans, ZDNet, Engadget, Pocketnow and Android News, Rumours …

Rich Karlgaard / Forbes:

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Talks About Windows 8, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs — and Why Microsoft's Lost Decade Is A Myth. — On July 9th, I did an onstage interview with Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, at Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference. The venue was Toronto's Air Canada Centre …

More: CNET, Business Insider, WebProNews, The TechBlock and Betabeat

Phone Arena:

Court rules live TV can be sent to Apple iPhone and Apple iPad in New York City — U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan ruled on Wednesday that Aereo, a start up firm that relays live, over-the-air television to Apple iPhone and Apple iPad users for $12 a month, can continue to send live television to those devices in New York City.

More: Fortune, Pulse2 Technology …, Associated Press, Forbes, Slashdot, The TechBlock, Macgasm and Fast Company. See also Mediagazer

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Square Issues Cease And Desist On Mobile Payment Competitor mPowa: Hands Off Our Hands Picture — They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Square is definitely feeling insulted right now. The well-funded and popular mobile-payments startup has issued a cease and desist letter …

More: ReadWriteWeb, MobilePaymentsToday.com News and fiercemobilecontent.com

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Twitter Launches “Age Screening” With Buddy Media, Underage Users Can No Longer Follow Adult Brands — The next time you try to follow an alcohol company or other brand with age-restricted products who has opted in to Twitter's new “Age Screening” system, you'll be required to submit your age …

More: AllThingsD and Newsroom

John Cook / GeekWire:

After the writedown: How Microsoft squandered its $6.3B buy of ad giant aQuantive — Big expectations for aQuantive: In this 2007 file photo, then-Microsoft executive Kevin Johnson, left, talks with aQuantive co-founder Nick Hanauer, center, and former aQuantive CEO Brian McAndrews.

More: The Next Web. Thanks:@toddbishop

Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:

Wedding and engagement news now get the birthday treatment on Facebook — If you're like me, you don't have the time to watch every single item flow through your News Feed on a daily basis. Because of that, I miss out on some pretty awesome events like a wedding or engagement.

More: TechCrunch and The Verge

Christina Chaey / Fast Company:

LevelUp Will End Your Business' Credit Card Processing Fees. Really. — Merchants shell out $50 billion a year to the companies that process your credit card payments. One company, LevelUp, is dropping its fees altogether. Here's how they're getting away with it.

More: ReadWriteWeb, GigaOM, AllThingsD, Bits, VentureBeat and The Next Web. Thanks:@altommycoop

Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:

20 million iPad sales projected for Apple's June quarter — Apple is poised to report record breaking sales of 20 million iPads in the just-concluded June quarter, one analyst believes. — Charlie Wolf with Needham & Company issued a note to investors on Thursday in which he increased …

More: AllThingsD, PadGadget, InvestorPlaceGadgets … and App Advice

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Ross Still Not the Boss (Yet): Yahoo CEO Selection Now Likely to Take Longer Than Many Expect — According to multiple sources close to the situation, the selection of a CEO of Yahoo will not be announced today at its annual meeting, as many anticipate. — In fact, sources said …

More: CNET and paidContent. See also Mediagazer

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Nexus 7 arrives: here's where you can buy it right now (update: Google asks retailers to halt sales) — Google says it's “still on track” for a mid-July release of the Nexus 7 — the company told us it still isn't officially on sale — but the Asus-manufactured device is already starting to crop up at resellers.

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Moving beyond Angry Birds, Rovio launches Amazing Alex for iOS and Android — Rovio has proved there is life beyond Angry Birds by today launching its new puzzle-based games series Amazing Alex on iOS and Android devices, challenging gamers to complete 100 levels using 35 fully interactive objects.

More: TechCrunch, GigaOM, CNET, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, MobileBurn.com, IntoMobile, SlashGear, Mashable!, Apps blog, MacStories, App Advice, AllThingsD, Inquirer and WebProNews

Jamal Abdi / New York Times:

Why Is Apple Discriminating Against Iranian-Americans? — IMAGINE if your ethnicity determined which products you were able to buy. Or if sales clerks required you to divulge your ancestry before swiping your credit card. — Some of us don't have to imagine.

More: 9to5Mac

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Amazon Ups Its Game, Again: Game Connect Adds Free And Massive Multiplayer Titles To Amazon's Cloud Catalog — Another game day for Amazon. Today the company is launching Game Connect, a new platform for cloud gaming that will see the company add a new selection of massively multiplayer online and free games to its catalog.

More: Amazon.com, Engadget and The Next Web

Erin Bury / BetaKit:

Twitpic Founder Launches Helpmint to Simplify Customer Service — This week Twitpic founder Noah Everett launched his new startup, Charleston, SC-based Helpmint, to create simple conversation streams out of all a company's email, SMS and Twitter support requests.

More: The Next Web

Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal:

The Eyes Have It: Marketers Now Track Shoppers' Retinas — More Accurate Technology Helps Firms Discern What Draws Consumers — Consumer-products companies are turning to new technology to overcome the biggest obstacle to learning what shoppers really think: what the shoppers say.

More: Gawker

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Chrome OS version 20 hits stable release channel, brings Google Drive and Aura UI for Cr-48s along — If you're a Chrome OS user who doesn't live on the bleeding edge, it's finally time to experience the latest version 20, which most notably adds support for its Drive cloud storage.

More: GadgeTell, Google Chrome Releases, The H Open Source, GigaOM, Softpedia News and The Verge

Matt Williams / Digg Blog:

Digg and Betaworks — Today marks the next stage in Digg's future. — Believe it or not, it's been seven years since Digg launched. To date, we've had over 350M Diggs, 28M Story Submissions and 40M Comments. We're extremely proud to have helped pioneer social voting on the web.

Tweets: @spencerante

Dan Levine / Reuters:

LG, Toshiba, AUO to settle display panel price-fixing case — (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp, LG Electronics Inc and AU Optronics Corp have agreed to pay a combined $571 million to settle a lawsuit over price fixing in the liquid crystal display panel market, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs.

More: The Register, Engadget, Inquirer, TechEye and ZDNet

Dylan Tweney / VentureBeat:

Microsoft's Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts — After playing coy and dropping hints for weeks, Microsoft has finally announced its newest incubator, the Bing Fund. — The Bing Fund will invest $50,000-$100,000 in early-stage startups, through standard convertible notes …

More: Bing, TechCrunch and WebProNews

Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley:

FCC chief blasts Russia for passing Internet censorship bill — Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), issued a statement late Wednesday slamming Russia for passing a bill that would allow the government to blacklist certain websites.

Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:

Verizon Wireless Galaxy S III available now in stores and online starting at $199.99 — There have been a couple of delays, but Verizon Wireless customers can now pick up the Samsung Galaxy S III at brick-and-mortar locations or online, as promised. The phone is available in both white …

More: Gotta Be Mobile

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Another Windows Phone Director joins Amazon ahead of rumored smartphone debut — Robert Williams, Microsoft's former Senior Director of Windows Phone business development, has joined Amazon this month. Williams' lists his new role as Amazon's App Store director in his LinkedIn profile and a tweet …

More: CNET, VentureBeat, AllThingsD, ZDNet, wpcentral, Neowin, IntoMobile, Engadget, SlashGear, Business Insider, The Tech Report and Windows Gadget News

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