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2:40 PM ET, August 7, 2008

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Benwilson / iPhone Atlas:
iPhone can phone home and kill apps?  —  Apple has apparently included a blacklisting mechanism in iPhone OS 2.x via which the device can phone home, check for unauthorized applications, and disable them.  The OS includes a URL that points to a page containing a list of unauthorized applications, specifically:
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
A look at risk-reward: Apple may nuke apps on your iPhone remotely  —  Apple apparently can disable App Store software remotely on your iPhone 3G.  The iPhone calls home and poof the application is nuked.  —  Needless to say that this has caused a bit of a blog ruckus (Techmeme).
Bill Ray / The Register:
Apple's secret iPhone app blacklist
Discussion: O'Grady's PowerPage
Rajas Moonka / The Official Google Blog:
New enhancements on the Google content network  —  Today we're announcing some key enhancements on the Google content network (partner sites for which we provide advertising) that will offer a better experience for users and better value for advertisers and publishers.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
How Much Will Your Startup Be Worth In Three Years?  Go Find Out.  —  See our review of the YouNoodle startup valuation predictor from a couple of days ago (as well as our skeptical post from earlier this year).  The product just came out of private beta.  Look for a tab in the top right corner …
Discussion: AppScout
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Tom Espiner / CNET News.com:
At Black Hat, Kaminsky details DNS flaw  —  Security researcher Dan Kaminsky has offered more details about a fundamental flaw in the Domain Name System and the extent of the vulnerability.  —  In a presentation at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday …
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Bobbie Johnson / Guardian:
When selling up becomes selling out  —  What's the difference between selling up and selling out?  In theory, the difference between the two is simple.  Imagine a graph that pits the amount of money you get against the fulfilled potential of your idea: selling up is when you make a deal …
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Matt Asay / The Open Road:
Should you sell out your next big open source idea?  —  The Guardian probes an interesting dilemma for startups: Should you flip or float (an IPO)? … The post comes in response to Tom Foremski's post about disruptive startups selling out to the very companies they should be putting out of business.
Discussion: 451 CAOS Theory
Christina Clark / Download Squad:
SlingPlayer 2.0 released today  —  Slingbox from SlingMedia is one of my favorite things to use.  Being rather addicted to watching the Food Network and TLC's What Not to Wear it's great to just grab my laptop and check out what's on wherever I am.  My favorite time to use Slingbox?
Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:
The Top Five Reasons Not to Upgrade to the New iPhone 3G  —  I've had my new 3G iPhone for about a month now and I thought I'd take a few minutes to write some of my thoughts and reflections on the experience for people who might be considering upgrading to the new 3G iPhone.  First a little background though.
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
Two weeks until iPhone 3G Launch v2.0  —  The new iPhone 3G is already available in 22 countries, but the device is about to launch in 21 more in just a couple of weeks.  We have been trying to keep the noise down by not posting about every single country on earth that will be getting …
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Olga Kharif / Business Week:
Apple's iPhone Takes a Toll
Discussion: Byte of the Apple
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple poised for special event this September  —  Although it has not yet been announced, investment bank Piper Jaffray believes it's only a matter of time before Apple reveals plans to hold a special event next month to usher in a new array of iPods and Mac notebooks.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Most iPhone Apps Are Failing To Leverage The Network Effect  —  I'm seeing a trend as I continue to download and test many of the 1,500+ and growing iPhone applications currently available on iTunes: Few of them are really taking advantage of the network effect to build any kind of competitive barrier to entry.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
ASUS Eee PC “Ultimate” S101 revealed, and it's brown  —  We've already seen the S101 Ultimate Eee PC at the top of ASUS' Eee PC pyramid of implosion.  ASUS' prez, Jerry Shen, told us earlier to expect the Atom-based netbooks to ship with a 32GB SSD, 10.2-inch, 16:9 aspect LED backlit display and battery life of about 4-5 hours.
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Piracy could put film industry out of business, warns group  —  Illegal downloads of popular films are nearly as numerous as box office visits, a French antipiracy association claims.  The Association Against Audiovisual Piracy (ALPA) analyzed P2P traffic in France between November 2007 …
Discussion: The Digital Home and Digg
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David Hayhurst / Agence France Presse:
Illegal downloads near BO levels in France
Discussion: Digital Daily and paidContent
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
The Web Developer and His Wife (A Fairy Tale)  —  There was once a mom and pop kind of web shop selling auction products, making money through the affiliate commissions.  She (the wife) would do the design and customer contacts, and he (the husband) would do the programming of the site.
Juan Carlos Perez / PC World:
Google Apps Hit by Prolonged Gmail Access Problem  —  A technical problem hit an undetermined number of Gmail users, including paying subscribers to the Google Apps hosted software suite, locking them out of their accounts for about 15 hours on Wednesday and early Thursday.
Discussion: eWeek and The Inquisitr
Jon / p2pnet:
BitTorrent dumps sales staff  —  Products:- Bram Cohen's BitTorrent, the file-sharing protocol which, like P2P file sharing application Kazaa, is most named in the corporate entertainment industry file sharing wars, has fired its entire sales and marketing department, says Valleywag.
 
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Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Web Video Producers: We're Pretty Sure There's A Business Here, Somewhere
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David Kender / CamcorderInfo.com Blog:
Canon Vixia HF11 Camcorder Review
Discussion: Electronista, Gizmodo and Engadget
Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:
PayPal branches out from eBay's money tree
Discussion: DailyTech and Startup Meme
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The myth of the creative class
Discussion: contentious.com
Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:
Online marketers unhappy with Microhoo saga outcome
Jon / p2pnet:
‘La vie est Bell’ (cough, cough)
benheck.com:
Inside a 60 gig Xbox 360
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Microsoft searching for Olympic medals
 Earlier Items: 
Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source:
Time for Google to take out Sprint
Stuart Schwartzapfel / Autopia:
Lotus Makes Hybrids Sound Like Real Cars
Discussion: Techdirt, DailyTech and Engadget
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
PwnageTool 2.0.2 ready “in next few hours,” jailbreakers prepare your engines
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac and The iPhone Blog
Rob Pegoraro / Washington Post:
The Opaque Side of Apple
Discussion: iLounge
David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
WMG Call: Bronfman: We're Not Doing As Bad As The Rest Of The Music Industry
Steve Boggan / Times of London:
‘Fakeproof’ e-passport is cloned in minutes
Sony Ericsson:
Sony Ericsson announces the slim and elegant T700 …
Discussion: Engadget, I4U News and IntoMobile
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