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George Hotz / On the iPhone:
I make it ra1n — Yes, this is what you've all been waiting for. A jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS. And it's awesome. To get started right now, go to purplera1n.com. Download it. Make sure you have windows(but not 7), the latest iTunes installed, and an iPhone 3GS with 3.0 firmware.
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Patrick Hoge / bizjournals:
Tech blog titan Michael Arrington's next big thing: Hardware — In four years, Michael Arrington has gone from knowing relatively little about the Internet or journalism to presiding over the hugely popular, influential and profitable Palo Alto-based TechCrunch network of blogs.
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Trooper P / Crunchpad Fans:
SF Business Times: CrunchPad Inc. Formed With 14 Employees In Singapore — The San Francisco Business Times has chronicled the rise of Michael Arrington from a corporate lawyer to an internet tycoon, and now a hardware entrepreneur. In addition, a few more simple details have emerged.
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Anil Dash:
Free Criticism, Science After Data, and Airport Books — When I saw Malcolm Gladwell doggedly dissecting Chris Anderson's upcoming “Free: The Future of a Radical Price” (see Chris' response here) my first reaction was: Brilliant! Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of Wired …
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Authorize.net Goes Down, E-Commerce Vendors Left Hanging — Talk about a serious outage. Payment gateway service provider Authorize.net has been down and out for several hours, a number of tipsters inform us. That has big implications: since the service is used by tens of thousands …
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Twitter Needs a Spam Filter? No, We Need a Marketer Filter — Has Twitter spam gotten a little out of hand? According to today's top story on Techmeme, it has. Apparently, marketers are calling for Twitter to filter out spam and other adult content from the microblogging service.
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Paul / GeekSmack:
CONFIRMED: Windows 7 RTM To Be Announced July 13th — Through our sources close to Microsoft, we can now confirm that the Windows 7 RTM build that will be chosen over the next few days will be officially announced on July 13th, 2009, the same day as the WPC09 (Worldwide Partner Conference) will take place in New Orleans.
Owen Fletcher / PC World:
Apple May Be Exempt From China's Web Filter Mandate — Apple appears to be exempt from China's mandate that a controversial Internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country. — Computers that do not meet the software's technical requirements are excluded from the mandate, according to one PC maker.
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WJLA-TV:
Employee Shot at Arlington Apple Store — ARLINGTON, Va. - An employee at an Apple store in Arlington's upscale Clarendon section is recovering from a gunshot wound. — Police say the 26-year-old woman was shot in the shoulder by a man who rang a doorbell at the back of the store before it opened Friday morning.
Samsung mobile:
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Wall Street Journal:
States Plot New Path to Tax E-Retailers — Amazon.com Inc. and other e-commerce companies are winning some skirmishes against cash-strapped states that want to force them to collect sales taxes, but their victories may be short-lived. — Several states are contemplating new laws or revisions …
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ABCNEWS:
Gotta Go? iPhone App Tells Moviegoers When to Pee — RunPee Tells Moviegoers the Best Times to Duck Out to Go to the Bathroom — Soda. Coffee. Water. Next time to you go to the movies, chug 'em all down. — As long as you have a new iPhone app by your side, you'll know when you can escape …
Paul Carr / Guardian:
Did Techcrunch really kill Blognation? Time - and the courts - will tell — Episode 34: In which I rub my hands with glee - and my head with confusion - over the prospect of Sam Sethi's lawsuit against Techcrunch — Good news, London! Later this week, the “traveling geeks” arrive in the capital.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Singing A New Tune: The Imeem Music Store. — Does embattled music streaming site imeem think it can take on iTunes? For the most part, nearly every streaming song on the site has a download button which links to both iTunes and the Amazon MP3 store. But it is quietly testing …
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
DEMO announces $1M media prize — Here's the latest reason why entrepreneurs should consider launching their products at the fall DEMO conference in San Diego: — Two winners, as selected by a panel of individual judges, will be awarded a significant amount of media publicity …
PC World:
How to Keep Your iPhone 3GS from Overheating — Al Sacco , CIO.com — In light of a spate of recent iPhone 3GS overheating reports, Apple published a set of guidelines to help iPhone users ensure that their devices remain at proper operating temperatures to prevent overheating and related issues.
Christopher Mack / Inside Social Games:
The ISG Top 25 Facebook Games for July 2009 — Each month, it seems like there are a few surprises in store on the Facebook gaming charts. Back at the start of June, we saw a number of new titles appear within the Top 25. One in particular, Farm Town, debuted at #4 with nearly 8 million monthly active users.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
How many new iPhones did AT&T sell? — AT&T's (T) widely leaked “best-ever sales day” memo ticking off the records set on June 19, 2009 — the day it began selling the iPhone 3GS — is packed with superlatives but notably lacking in numbers. (See memo below.)
Matthew Syed / Times of London:
Review: Borders eBook - finally a rival to the Sony Reader — The Borders “eBook” device could be the first real competition to the Sony Reader, which was introduced in Britain last year. — The new gadget, made by Elonex for Borders UK, is not particularly flashy.
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