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2:20 PM ET, June 14, 2009

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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Dear CNN, Please Check Twitter for News About Iran  —  The western world's most feared government is shaking with insurrection in the streets after a contested election and the leading name in news, CNN, is shockingly absent from the story.  Twitter, meanwhile, is how Iranians are communicating with the outside world.
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Daniel Terdiman / CNET News:
‘#CNNFail’: Twitterverse slams network's Iran absence  —  As the Iranian election aftermath unfolded in Tehran—thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest their anger at perceived electoral irregularities—an unexpected hashtag began to explode through the Twitterverse: “CNNFail.”
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Revolution Will Be Twittered  —  Mock not.  As the regime shut down other forms of communication, Twitter survived.  With some remarkable results.  Those rooftop chants that were becoming deafening in Tehran?  A few hours ago, this concept of resistance was spread by a twitter message.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
For TechCrunch, Twitter = Traffic (A Statistical Breakdown)  —  Some people use Twitter to organize street protests in Tehran.  Some people use it to share their daily thoughts and observation.  But it is increasingly becoming clear that one of the most common ways people use Twitter …
Thanks:bobcaswell
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Do Facebook Vanity URLs Equals Kill Twitter Vol. 2?  —  This past Friday, Facebook started issuing vanity URLs to its 200 million plus community.  It was a big change for the social networking company that has so far used unique numerical identifications to identify its members.
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Christopher Dawson / ZDNet:
Google could take a lesson from Bing on porn  —  There...I've said it.  I'm filled with self-loathing for saying it, but Bing's new approach (and the speed with which they rolled it out) is a model for easy avenues to block objectionable content.  How many schools/libraries block …
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and CNET News, Thanks:blogfisher
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Browsers Cache YouTube Videos  —  YouTube managed to achieve something incredible: browsers now cache YouTube videos and you can load the same video multiple times from the local cache.  Try to go to a YouTube video, wait until the video is buffered and then reload the page.
Discussion: ithinkdifferent
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
A.P. in Deal to Deliver Nonprofits' Journalism  —  Four nonprofit groups devoted to investigative journalism will have their work distributed by The Associated Press, The A.P. will announce on Saturday, greatly expanding their potential audience and helping newspapers fill the gap left by their own shrinking resources.
Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile:
Video: Nokia E72 accidentally makes an early appearance on YouTube  —  Nokia Conversations, a blog officially run by Nokia (NYSE: NOK), accidentally posted a video to YouTube that showcases the Nokia E72.  It looks very similar to the E71, but has a 5 megapixel camera.
Discussion: Phone Scoop, Thanks:s_constantine
Julia Prodis Sulek / Mercury News:
Silicon Valley innovators mourn for ‘super uber connector’ Rajeev Motwani  —  It wasn't like Rajeev Motwani to be late without calling or texting.  But here were Kaboodle's two founders at Junnoon Indian restaurant in Palo Alto checking their iPhones and looking over their shoulders as each person walked in.
Conrad De Aennle / New York Times:
In Simulation Work, the Demand Is Real  —  AS employment headlines go from grim to grimmer, it's appropriate that one job category with expanding demand involves helping people avoid reality.  Designers of computer simulations are sought in many fields to help understand complex …
Randall Stross / New York Times:
Hey, Just a Minute (or Why Google Isn't Twitter)  —  TECHNOLOGY blogs have wondered whether Google is a lumbering giant in this Twitter moment, unable to handle streams of tweets that were broadcast just seconds earlier.  —  Google moves faster than some of its critics think.
 
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Interview With NPR On Process Journalism
Discussion: On The Media, Thanks:dwr
Rosanna Tamburri / globecampus.ca:
The computer ate my homework
Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Zuck: Facebook's Future Is Not As A Web Site
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The App Store Needs A Genius Feature, ASAP
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Sorry, Apple's Price Cuts Won't Save Its Sputtering Mac Business
Discussion: TomsTechBlog.com
Jim Giles / New Scientist:
The inside story of the Conficker worm
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Student challenges prof, wins right to post source code he wrote for course
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
FireWire: It's Baaaaaaaaaaaack!
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Google Wave Questions and Answers
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Here's what Opera is about to unveil
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