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6:25 AM ET, August 4, 2008

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Simon Fluendy / Daily Mail:
Apple to launch the iPhone ‘nano’ in time for Christmas  —  Apple is about to launch a ‘nano’ version of the hugely successful iPhone.  It is expected to be in the shops in time for Christmas.  —  The product will be launched in the UK at up to £150 for pay-as-you-go customers by O2 …
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Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
An “iPhone Nano?”  Maybe, But Surely Not This One  —  There are Apple rumors that ring true.  There are ones that sound like they might be true.  And then there are the ones that have a whiff of fantasy about them.  I'd put Simon Fluendy's report in the UK's Daily Mail of an iPhone Nano scheduled …
Discussion: Startup Meme
Chris Preimesberger / eWeek:
Why Microsoft Will Try Again for Yahoo in 2009  —  Insider Jackson believes that it's only “the second inning” in the revival of the huge media company; he expects Steve Ballmer & Co. to return with yet another merger proposition next year because Microsoft still needs big help in online services.
Discussion: BoomTown
Merissa Marr / Wall Street Journal:
Time Warner Is Ready To Deal AOL Components  —  Time Warner Inc. has completed the internal work necessary to separate its AOL unit's dial-up-access business from its advertising and content business, the company is expected to announce Wednesday.  Now it will get serious about plotting …
Joseph Weisenthal / The Stalwart:
In Defense Of The Search Bar  —  The internet elite like to point out that a large swath of the non-elite population finds everything from their browser search bar, rather than the address bar.  “Those morons go to Yahoo by searching for Yahoo in the Google search bar, rather than going to Yahoo.com,” they say.
Sony Ericsson:
Sony Ericsson unveils James Bond's latest phone  —  Sony Ericsson is launching a limited edition Titanium silver C902 Cyber-shot™ phone as used by James Bond in the eagerly awaited QUANTUM OF SOLACE which will be released worldwide November 2008.  The new mobile phone will make sure …
John Markoff / New York Times:
Intel's Line of Graphics Chips Could Have Broader Uses  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Intel is planning to release on Monday the first technical details of a new family of chips intended to soup up computer graphics and, eventually, a broad range of computing tasks.  —  The new microprocessor family …
Don Reisinger / Ars Technica:
Opinion: Can Google be bested?  Not anytime soon  —  Google may be the de facto leader in search today, but will its lead last forever?  With services like Mahalo and Cuil gaining attention and Microsoft willing to pour continued billions into its quest for online dominance …
Rachael King / Business Week:
How Cloud Computing Is Changing the World  —  A major shift in the way companies obtain software and computing capacity is under way as more companies tap into Web-based applications  —  At first, just a handful of employees at Sanmina-SCI (SANM) began using Google Apps (GOOG) …
Discussion: The Register
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Social.FM, Formerly Mercora Shuts Down  —  Mercora, an early entrant into the social music and music search space, that recently rebranded itself as Social.FM has shut down and suspended operations.  After being tipped off by a source, I tried reaching company's executives, but haven't heard from them.
Discussion: The Inquisitr
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Twitter will kick themselves for missing this  —  Imagine if the world of Instant Messaging had been under one roof, if one vendor had invented it, and had 100 percent market share.  Further, what if that vendor had the foresight that there would be other vendors and that compatibility between …
Matt Asay / The Open Road:
Microsoft's annual report: A study in open-source awareness...and ignorance  —  In reading through Microsoft's annual report, I am struck by how far the company has come in appreciating the threat that open source brings to Redmond.  I'm also shocked by just how ill-informed the company continues …
Discussion: Slashdot
 
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Discussion: Quick Online Tips
Charlie Demerjian / Inquirer:
Nvidia chipsets are history
Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:
MPAA: Don't limit our ability to close analog outputs
Discussion: Boing Boing Gadgets and Digg
John Biggs / CrunchGear:
T-Mo drops the Curve in “Sunset”
Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
Microsoft 10K warns of iPhone, Mac threats as iPhone nears 1.1% share
Discussion: CrunchGear, The Apple Core and Digg
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
Applications Spur Carriers to Relax Grip on Cellphones
Connie Loizos / PE Hub Blog:
Lise Buyer to Facebook: Call Me
Discussion: Howard Lindzon
 Earlier Items: 
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Launch of Private Rocket Fails; Three Satellites Were Onboard
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Anti-Piracy Lobby Gains Power Over Internet Subscribers
Discussion: The Age and Digg
Luigi Lugmayr / I4U News:
Supermarket Scale detects Fruits and Vegetables automatically
Discussion: OhGizmo! and Gizmodo
Samantha Gross / Associated Press:
With automated tagging, Web links can surprise
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
McCain, the Analog Candidate
Adam B. Kushner / Newsweek:
This Bug Man Is a Pest
Discussion: Techdirt and Digg
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration:
Google Sites to Replace Google Page Creator
Discussion: webmonkey and Download Squad
Serkan Toto / TechCrunch:
Taking social networks abroad - Why MySpace and Facebook are failing in Japan