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7:55 PM ET, June 25, 2008

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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Secure data wipe built into iPhone Software v2.0  —  Responding to concerns over the integrity of the iPhone's data reset methods, Apple has taken the extra step and built a more secure data wipe function into the next version of the handset's software, AppleInsider has learned.
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Jesusdiaz / Gizmodo:
iPhone 2.0 Golden Master Could Hit this Friday  —  According to a sources inside the Cupertino's iPhone software development effort, it is “highly probable” that the iPhone 2.0 Golden Master will hit this Friday.  The final version could arrive two weeks before the introduction of the new iPhone 3G …
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple memo coaches employees on iPhone 3G launch questions  —  Apple Inc. is distributing to its retail and sales personnel an internal iPhone 3G Frequently Asked Questions document which implies that first-day sales and activation procedures are still being ironed out.
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MacNN:
Telefonica: 300,000 iPhone 3G pre-orders
Discussion: MacBlogz
Business Wire:
Bell Canada Executive Patrick Pichette to Join Google Executive Team  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) today announced that Patrick Pichette will be named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently, Mr. Pichette served …
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Market Wire:
Research In Motion Reports First Quarter Results  —  Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (NasdaqGS:RIMM - News)(Toronto:RIM.TO - News), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today reported first quarter results for the three months ended May 31, 2008 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP).
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Tom Krazit / One More Thing:
RIM hammered on forecast for current quarter
InfoWorld:
Oracle posts strong Q4, full-year results
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Facebook adds to the chatter with Mini-Feed comments  —  Facebook will soon be making it possible for members to leave comments on each others' “mini-feeds” of activity, according to an announcement Wednesday from the social network.  The development is slated to go live later on Wednesday.
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Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:   Facebook Launching Mini-Feed Comments Today (Updated Screenshot)
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Starbucks (SBUX) Dumping CDs, iTunes Gift Cards (AAPL)  —  Starbucks, which has been scaling back its once-grand ambitions to turn itself into an entertainment hub, is about to shrink its plans yet again.  We hear that by September, the chain will have dumped almost all of its in-store music retail offerings.
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo Wilts as TechCrunch “Microsoft Takeover!”  Sources Sober Up  —  Anyone else spoken to any Microsoft or Yahoo sources who think the two companies are discussing a full takeover deal?  Everyone we've talked to thinks that TechCrunch's sources must have been drunk.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Issues Letter Defending Google Deal: No Free Milk For Microsoft  —  In a letter to shareholders that reminds me of the saying “why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free,” Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and CEO Jerry Yang explain why it chose a search deal with Google over Microsoft.
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and Joe Duck
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry Bold delayed on AT&T until at least mid-August!  —  We know what you're thinking... but this is for reals!  We've just confirmed this now with two high-level sources: the Bold is actually delayed until August on AT&T. It seems like AT&T and RIM are still having software issues with battery life and overheating.
Jason Perlow / Between the Lines:
I'm sticking with Windows XP  —  You've heard it all before — the bell tolls for Windows XP.  The governor isn't calling to give it a reprieve — Microsoft is officially declaring it end of life for system OEMs on June 30.  On April 14, 2009, mainstream support dies.
Emil Protalinski / One Microsoft Way:
Performance and reliability update for Vista SP1 released  —  The last performance and reliability update for Windows Vista was released last month and was targeted at Vista RTM users who could not, or did not want to, upgrade to Vista SP1.  The software giant didn't want to leave …
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Business Wire:
T-Mobile to Launch $10 Home Phone Service  —  T-Mobile @Home(R) Service Gives Families Across the Country Freedom From Their Costly Landline Bills  —  BELLEVUE, Wash.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced a groundbreaking new home phone service that enables customers …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
T-Mobile's Home Phone Service Puts Vonage In Crosshairs (VG)
Discussion: E-Commerce Times and TG Daily
Peter Burrows / Business Week:
Bloggers: Big Media Is Watching  —  As content recognition software gets more sophisticated, expect more copyright-related battles online like the recent AP-blogger flap  —  The Associated Press unleashed a firestorm in the blogosphere earlier this month when it demanded that a political site …
Discussion: Signal to Noise and UMPC Buzz
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Doesn't The FBI Have More Important Things To Do Than Chase Down The Guy Who Leaked The New Guns N' Roses Album?  —  There's this whole “war on terror” thing going on out there, and you'd think that folks in the FBI would be pretty busy taking care of their role in that.
Discussion: Listening Post
Business Wire:
Amazon.com Acquires Fabric.com  —  Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the acquisition of Fabric.com, a leading online fabric store that offers custom measured and cut fabrics, as well as patterns, sewing tools and accessories.  —  This acquisition will enable Fabric.com …
 
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company?
Santa Ana / Business Week:
OC Register to outsource some editing to India
Keith Regan / E-Commerce Times:
Charter Scraps User-Tracking Plan After Privacy Outcry
Discussion: eWeek, Epicenter and Computerworld
Ryan Naraine / Zero Day:
Yahoo swats serious cross-site scripting bug
Discussion: InfoWorld and The Register
Jim Goldman / Tech Check with Jim Goldman:
Oracle Blows Past the Street: Investors Have To Be Lovin' It
Discussion: CNET News.com and CNBC
Malatesta / WMExperts:
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Josh Lowensohn / Webware.com:
Plan trips based on likes and dislikes with TripSay
Mike Ricciuti / CNET News.com:
Mosso revamps cloud service tools
Discussion: TechCrunchIT
 Earlier Items: 
Leslie Katz / CNET News.com:
Photoshop expert sings: Ctrl-J, yo!
Emil Protalinski / One Microsoft Way:
SLS and PhotoZoom updated to Silverlight 2 Beta 2
Discussion: LiveSide
Josh Lowensohn / Webware.com:
Hands-on with Boxee: A gorgeous social-media viewer [Video]
Discussion: Windows-Now.com
Ken Bensinger / Los Angeles Times:
Chrysler will offer wireless Internet access in 2009 models
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Structural Change Is Always a Good Theme to Invest In
Alex Papadimoulis / The Daily WTF:
The Stalled Server Room
BBC Press Office:
Next generation BBC iPlayer launches
Discussion: The Register and open
 

 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount's Shari Redstone backs CBS co-host Tony Dokoupil after execs criticized his work and says she lacks editorial control but “something needs to be done”

Tovia Smith / NPR:
A look at the bidding war for Alex Jones' Infowars and its parent company Free Speech Systems, where some would-be-buyers just want to bury it

Gary Miles / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pulitzer winning investigative reporter and author Donald L. Barlett, half of the famous Barlett and Steele team at The Philadelphia Inquirer, dies at age 88

 
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