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11:40 AM ET, July 21, 2009

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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo Finally Rolls Out New Homepage to the Masses-and, Drum Roll, It's Good (Plus Screenshots)  —  Although it's not news that Yahoo has been readying a new version of its homepage and has spent a lot of time doing so-in fact, it's gone all Handy Manny with a whole lot of test renovations …
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Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Yahoo's New Homepage Gets Personal, Tests Search Filters  —  When I heard about the call with Yahoo yesterday, which was to feature “a significant announcement,” I thought: “Bing, here it is.”  When it turned out the call was about a formal announcement of the new Yahoo homepage I was disappointed; it seemed anti-climactic.
Maggie Shiels / BBC:
Yahoo's front page makeover  —  Yahoo has unveiled sweeping changes to its front page aimed at shoring up its position as the main portal to the web.  —  Consumers in the US are the first to benefit from a new, customisable format which lets them link to third parties like Google and Twitter.
Discussion: The Register and ChannelWeb
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
What's Up Next For Yahoo? …
Discussion: Seeking Alpha
Clint Boulton / eWeek:
Is Yahoo Home Page Refresh Timed to Temper Tepid Earnings?
Discussion: PC World and digg.com
Eliot Van Buskirk / Epicenter:
Apple Preparing iPod Touch With Camera, Microphone: Source  —  Rumors have swirled about Apple readying a new version of the iPod Touch with a camera and microphone, which, combined with a Skype account, would pretty much obviate the need for a home phone line once and for all.
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PC World:
iPod Cameras: Coming Soon?
Discussion: CNET News
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
iPhone prototype goes missing; Chinese worker investigated, commits suicide  —  Last Thursday, 25 year-old Sun Danyong committed suicide after a fourth-generation iPhone prototype he was responsible for went missing.  It's a story, from what tech-industry friends in China tell me …
JBC / Nokia Conversations:
Nokia 6760 Slide unveiled  —  GLOBAL - Finger tappers everywhere will soon have new buttons to press as the Nokia 6760 slide messaging device is coming to Europe.  The Nokia 6760 slide shares many (but not all) traits with its US sibling, the Nokia Surge, announced in the US last week.
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NokiaPressServices / Nokia Press Bulletin Board:
Don't miss a tweet, email or online update with the Nokia 6760 slide
Fred Vogelstein / Wired News:
Why Is Obama's Top Antitrust Cop Gunning for Google?  —  “I think you are going to see a repeat of Microsoft.”  —  Christine Varney's blunt assessment sent a buzz through the audience at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.  Varney, a partner at Hogan & Hartson and one of the country's …
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Barnes & Noble to Amazon: Mine Is Bigger Than Yours  —  Six years after shuttering its first e-book effort, Barnes & Noble (BKS) has embarked on another one.  Monday afternoon, the bookseller announced what it describes as “the world's largest eBookstore,” an online storefront that boasts 700,000 titles.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Barnes & Noble partners with Plastic Logic; Opens up; Targets Kindle
Zach Epstein / Boy Genius Report:
More pics of Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 surface; announcement imminent?  —  Historically speaking, an increased frequency in live shots generally indicates that an official announcement isn't far off.  Sony Ericsson fans can only hope that's the case as a new round of pics bubble up to show off …
Ben Thompson / BBC:
UAE Blackberry update was spyware  —  Middle East business reporter, BBC News, Dubai  —  An update for Blackberry users in the United Arab Emirates could allow unauthorised access to private information and e-mails.  —  The update was prompted by a text from UAE telecoms firm Etisalat, suggesting it would improve performance.
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Conde Nast Says Goodbye to Men.Style.com, Hello to GQ.com, Details.com  —  Publisher Decides Magazine Brand Is Better Web Brand, Too  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Conde Nast will shut down one of its web-only brands, Men.Style.com, when it gives two of its titles, GQ and Details, their own websites in October.
Discussion: TechCrunch, HipMojo.com and paidContent
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Adobe Unveils New Open Source Initiatives Targeted Towards Media Companies  —  Adobe has rolled out two new open source initiatives aimed specifically towards developers for media companies and publishers.  Adobe's Open Source Media Framework lets developers build more robust …
Douglas Quenqua / Wired News:
Hotseat: The Creator of Facebook's Most Annoying App Explains Himself  —  By now, you probably know your Facebook friends' five favorite albums, TV stars, and sodas.  Blame Tim O'Shaughnessy, creator of LivingSocial, the site's most-used and most-annoying application ever.  We asked him to explain himself.
Discussion: PC World and digg.com
ABCNEWS:
Looking to Score Legal Marijuana?  Check Your iPhone  —  New iPhone App Pinpoints Providers in States That Have Legalized Medical Marijuana  —  Smoking marijuana is known to have an adverse effect on memory and concentration, but now, thanks to a new iPhone application …
Discussion: AppScout
Msav / ai.rs blog:
HTC Leo specs  —  ai.rs blog Exclusive  —  We are pleased to announce exclusive specifications of the upcoming HTC Leo.  It is expected that this name will change since it is temporary.  We are not certain about a release date yet, but we suppose HTC won't miss the chance to have it before the holidays - so we tip Q4/2009.
Rebecca Buckman / Forbes:
Khosla Bucks VC Fundraising Drought  —  He's set to close $1 billion in new funds—though some new deals may pass through a “conflicts committee.”  —  BURLINGAME, Calif. — It's a tough time to raise a venture-capital fund.  But not if you're superstar investor Vinod Khosla …
Chris Ziegler / Engadget Mobile:
Verizon's HTC XV6975 turns out to be the Whitestone: 5 megapixels, no keyboard  —  Remember way back in March when HTC's 2009 lineup first started to come apart at the seams?  You might recall that there was a “Whitestone” in there, rumored to be packing a wide VGA display, 5 megapixel camera …
Vogue:
Machine Dreams  —  Before I meet Marissa Mayer, the 34-year-old megamillionaire, Oscar de la Renta-obsessed, computer-programming Google executive who lives in a penthouse atop the Four Seasons, San Francisco, I of course Google her.
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and Gawker
Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Wonga: How the Net Should Kill the Finance Industry  —  What's awesome about the Internet is how it breaks up monopolistic markets where middlemen unfairly gobble up outsized fees, leaving us little choice but to keep paying them.  It happened with software, it happened with music, and it's happening now with media.
Globe and Mail:
Gordon Pitts  —  In a stunning display of industrial brinkmanship, Research In Motion Ltd. RIM-T is alleging that Nortel Networks Corp. shut it out of the bidding for the distressed telecom giant's nationally sensitive wireless assets.  —  It has thrown down a gauntlet to the federal government …
Jeff / Venture Chronicles:
Cloud Computing and the Morning After  —  I just read a very interesting op-ed about the opportunities and hazards of cloud computing and it resonated with me on several levels. … In recent weeks we have seen the downside of relying on third party hosted application services …
Andrew LaVallee / Digits:
The Gap Widens in Online Population  —  Asia's share of the world's online population will swell to 43% in four years, while North America will represent just 13% of Internet users, according to a new report by Forrester Research.  —  Associated Press  —  2.17 billion by 2013
Andrew Chen / Futuristic Play:
Social design explosion: Polls, quizzes, reviews, forums, chat, blogs, videos, comments, oh my!  —  Why do social products tends towards clutter?  —  One of the toughest design problems for people working on social products is the inevitable path towards cluttered interfaces and diluted brands …
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
From Closed To Open: iPhone App Developer Skepticism Highlights Platform Trajectory  —  I've been getting into some interesting discussions with people lately concerning open vs. closed platforms — especially in light of the supposed “success” of Apple's iPhone app store, which is a very closed platform.
Discussion: Marco.org
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:
Sharing on Facebook Now More Popular than Sharing by Email  —  How do you know which social sites are most popular?  Aside from looking at the raw traffic numbers, a good indicator is data about which sites are seeing the most content shared on them.  —  Among the companies with access …
Discussion: Almighty Link and Lifehacker
 
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Elizabeth Woyke / Forbes:
Qualcomm Ramping Up With Android
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Playdom Extends #1 MySpace Game ‘Mobsters’ To The iPhone
Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:
IBM tool allows virtual management from x86 servers to mainframes
Discussion: eWeek and The Register
Brad Reed / Network World:
Five technologies Iran is using to censor the Web
Discussion: ZDNet Government
John Markoff / New York Times:
New Technology to Make Digital Data Self-Destruct
Discussion: Elias Bizannes
Andrew Bednarz / TheAppleBlog:
27 Bluetooth-enabled Multiplayer iPhone Games
Discussion: digg.com
Venture Capital Dispatch:
Draper Fisher Rounds Up $196M For Scaled-Down Fund
 Earlier Items: 
Joe Sharkey / New York Times:
A Race to Provide Wi-Fi (but Not the Voice Part)
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
People Are Using Google Reader “Likes,” But Some Hate It.  And It's Flawed.
Discussion: Shooting at Bubbles
Ed Felten / Freedom to Tinker:
Lessons from Amazon's 1984 Moment
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
The Growing Threat to Business Banking Online
Discussion: Softpedia News
Nick Thuesen / Open:
Announcing the NYT API Tool
Aaron / YouTube Biz Blog:
YouTube myth busting
 

 
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Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
Gary Lineker plans to step down from soccer show Match of the Day after 26 years, but extends his BBC Sport contract; he is the BBC's highest-paid presenter

 
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