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4:45 PM ET, June 15, 2010

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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Apple iPhone 4 Pre-Ordering Is a Total Disaster  —  The iPhone 4's first pre-ordering day has been a total disaster.  AT&T's online system has collapsed, there are account security breaches, Apple's online upgrades are down, and stores are now using pen and paper to process sales.  Updating live (10)
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
iPhone 4 Order Security Breach Exposes Private Information  —  Apple's iPhone 4 pre-ordering has been a total disaster, but it gets much worse: An AT&T insider claims that this iPhonecalypse may be related to “a major fraud update that went wrong.”  The bug is exposing AT&T users' private information.
Discussion: Technologizer, The Next Web and Gawker, Thanks:jesusdiaz
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
iPhone 4 Up For Pre-Order — Black Only  —  Henry Ford once famously said, “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.”  The same can now be said for the iPhone 4.  —  Just moments ago, Apple's latest mobile device was put up for pre-sale on Apple's Online Store.
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch Europe:
Hate commitment? iPhone 4 goes SIM-free and unlocked in the UK  —  Today is the day that most of the UK mobile carriers are taking iPhone 4 pre-orders.  But, if like me, you're afraid of commitment - well the 2 year mobile contract kind, anyway - then you might want to hold off for now.
Microsoft:
Microsoft Office 2010 Now Available for Consumers Worldwide  —  Millions of beta users help Microsoft deliver the best experience for getting things done across the PC, phone and browser.  —  Today, Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010.
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Mike Schackwitz / The Windows Blog:
The new Hotmail is rolling out now!  —  Today, we have reason to celebrate, as we've begun to roll out the new Hotmail worldwide!  —  You may start seeing the new features in you inbox as early as today, features like the new Sweep menu, the freshly integrated Office Web Apps …
Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Microsoft's Office Web Apps: should Google worry yet?
Apple:
Apple Unveils All New Mac mini  —  Apple® today unveiled a completely redesigned Mac® mini, featuring up to twice the graphics performance, a new HDMI port and a new SD card slot, all in an amazingly compact aluminum enclosure.  Mac mini is the world's most energy efficient desktop …
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Vladislav Savov / Engadget:
Mac mini updated with HDMI, aluminum unibody, and SD card reader
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
‘Apple Store’ iOS Application Goes Live in App Store [Updated]  —  As rumored, Apple's new iOS application dedicated to the company's retail store experience is now live in the App Store.  Known simply as Apple Store, the free application allows users to shop the full online Apple Store …
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Seth Weintraub / Fortune:
Verizon flagship Droid set for July 19 debut?  —  The next flagship Android phone might be coming to Verizon in just one month.  According to one blog, we'll get the details next week.  —  The blog Droid-Life.com has been a PR machine for the upcoming Motorola (MOT) Droid X, which will be carried on Verizon (VZ).
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy Beam: world's first Android projector phone on sale in July  —  Ah, here we go, Samsung's other cellphone with an integrated projector just got an official launch date.  The Galaxy Beam (codename: Halo) with its 3.7-inch Super AMOLED display is now slated to hit Singapore in July.
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Google music store could launch this fall  —  With the iTunes' banner waving supremely over the digital music landscape, Google continues to build its own music service.  —  According to multiple music industry sources, Google could launch a music service that offers song downloads and streaming music as early as this fall.
Lauren Goode / Digits:
Internet Is Set to Overtake Newspapers in Ad Revenue  —  The Internet is poised to overtake newspapers as the second-largest U.S. advertising medium by revenue behind television, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Entertainment and Media Outlook for 2010 to 2014.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Nintendo's 3DS handheld: 3D games without the glasses  —  Nintendo announced its new 3DS handheld to deliver 3D games without the geeky glasses required to watch 3D movies and television.  —  The announcement was expected, but Nintendo also announced a wave of support for the new handheld device …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Kevin Rose Announces fforward, A Weekly Tech/Geek Culture Show … This website uses IntenseDebate comments, but they are not currently loaded because either your browser doesn't support JavaScript, or they didn't load fast enough.
Discussion: The Next Web, Thanks:atul
Elizabeth Woyke / Forbes:
Foursquare To Open Online Store  —  The popular social network is building an online store for T-shirts and other branded products.  —  It's no secret that Foursquare users are a devoted group, often “checking in” to the location-based social network multiple times a day.
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and Mashable!, Thanks:atul
Andy Beal / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:
Facebook CEO Deletes Controversial iPhone 4 Post  —  While I've followed the story about Mark Zuckerberg dissing the iPhone, it wasn't really of much interest to me-or to you.  —  Until today.  —  For those of you unaware, the Facebook CEO posted the following to his Facebook page:
Discussion: Switched
Wall Street Journal:
RIM Tests A Tablet And New BlackBerry to Rival iPhone  —  Research In Motion Ltd. is readying a slate of new devices and software as it looks to keep its BlackBerry smartphone from losing more ground to touch-screen devices like Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Big Change At Hunch; Caterina Fake Predicts “Traffic Will Plummet,” But Quality Will Rise  —  Decision site Hunch is making a big change today which co-founder Caterina Fake predicts will cut traffic in half, at least, but improve the overall experience for those who remain.
Discussion: cdixon.org and Hunch Blog
Mark Hachman / PC Magazine:
OnLive Remote Gaming Launches Thursday, for Free  —  About an hour after the E3 show closes this Thursday, June 17, OnLive will begin.  For free.  —  The remote-gaming service will begin activating accounts on Thursday, according to Steve Perlman, the chief executive of OnLive.
Discussion: CNET News, PC World, Reuters and Bloomberg
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
The White House To Hold Oil Spill Q&A On YouTube Tonight  —  Tonight at 8PM EST, President Obama will be holding a special press conference to discuss the ongoing Gulf oil spill crisis.  The event will be broadcast on all major TV networks and live streamed on YouTube's White House Channel …
Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee:
Boxee Looking to Get Hollywood Content With RoxioNow Deal  —  Boxee is looking to expand the amount of premium content it has available with a deal that could soon enable its users to purchase feature films.  Boxee is integrating Sonic Solutions' RoxioNow video platform into its software …
Discussion: PR Newswire
Hao Yan / CHINAdaily:
Foxconn units to leave Shenzhen after wage hikes  —  Foxconn Technology Group, which supplies Sony, Apple and Nokia with IT components, is moving part of its major plant away from costly Shenzhen after hefty wage increases at its factories in the southern city, affecting hundreds of thousands of workers, China Times reported Saturday.
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:
Some Game Developers Don't ‘Like’ Facebook's New Virtual Currency  —  Facebook Inc. has been rolling out its own currency, to be used by members to buy virtual goods in games and other applications.  But the move has rankled some game developers, who say the new monetary system comes …
 
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Nielsen Wire:
Social Networks/Blogs Now Account for One in Every Four and a Half Minutes Online
Discussion: Mashable!
Sumner Lemon / Macworld:
Skype CEO envisions switching devices during calls
Discussion: eWeek
Stephen Lawson / PC World:
Verizon to Tie Cloud Storage With Computing
Discussion: eWeek
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
64-bit Flash for Linux dropped as Adobe preps next version
Discussion: Daring Fireball
Lee Mathews / Download Squad:
uTorrent Web lets you control torrent downloads on your iPhone
Discussion: TorrentFreak and BitTorrent Blog
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
China Seems Content to Filter, Not Block, Google
Discussion: The Next Web
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
Tabs on Top: Mozilla Previews Some Firefox 4 Updates
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
TubeMogul: People Watch Facebook Videos Longer, And Click On More Ads
Discussion: MediaPost Raw, Thanks:beet_tv
 Earlier Items: 
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Twilio Releases OpenVBX, An Open Source Google Voice For Businesses
Discussion: Voyces and GigaOM
Rachel King / ZDNet:
Amazon finally begins rolling out Kindle 2.5 firmware update
Nancy Scola / American Prospect:
Washington's I.T. Guy
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Samsung's 7-inch ‘Galaxy Tape’ to run Android 2.2 on 1.2GHz A8 processor?
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Financial Times:
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