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• What You Want: Flickr Creator Spins Addictive New Web Service
  Meet Caterina Fake, the creative spark behind Hunch. Her big idea? Develop a web service that knows what you want before you even want it.

  
  

  
  
• July 30, 1935: Penguins Invade Britain, Readers Rejoice
  Penguin publishes the first paperback books of substance, bringing the likes of Ernest Hemingway, André Maurois and Agatha Christie to the masses. The business model of the book-publishing industry is about to change.

  
  

  
  
• Found: The Future of In-Flight Entertainment
  What will in-flight entertainment be like in the year 2023? There isn't any.

  
  

  
  
• Found Contest: Imagine the Future of Taco Trucks
  Wired magazine's Found page represents our best guess at what lies over the horizon, from touchscreen windshields to organ farming. Help create our next Found page: Show us what taco trucks will look like in 10, 20 or 100 years?

  
  

  
  
• Clive Thompson on the Death of the Phone Call
  Clive Thompson waxes philosophical on how text messaging is threatening -- and preserving -- the telephone conversation.

  
  

  
  
• Alt Text: Library of Congress Rulings That Could Have Been
  Being able to legally jailbreak your iPhone is cool and all, but think where this type of legal reasoning could take us.

  
  

  
  
• WikiLeaks Suspect's YouTube Videos Raised 'Red Flag' in 2008
  An Army private suspected of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks was admonished as a trainee in 2008 for uploading YouTube videos discussing classified facilities, according to an Army official with direct knowledge of the incident.

  
  

  
  
• Gallery: How to Build an Earthquake-Resistant Bridge
  San Franciscans gets a peek at what's involved in building a new bridge when builders place the first segment of a tower that will soon hold up a brand-new span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Wired.com shoots photos of the new bridge on a recent tour of the massive construction project.

  
  

  
  
• Top U.S. Officer: WikiLeaks Has 'Blood on Its Hands'
  Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen is ordinarily a mild-mannered man. But they could barely contain his anger on Thursday at WikiLeaks for publishing tens of thousands of secret documents about the Afghanistan war.

  
  

  
  
• Android App's Data Collection Raises Mobile-Security Questions
  An Android app's data-collection practice has raised concerns about user privacy and security on mobile phones.

  
  

  
  
• Controlling Soot Might Quickly Reverse a Century of Global Warming
  A massive simulation of soot's climate effects finds that basic pollution controls could put a brake on global warming, erasing in a decade most of the last century's temperature change.

  
  

  
  
• Genome Surprise: Guinea Pigs Have Ebola!
  A genomic hunt for virus genes traced sequences to Ebola and the closely related Marburg virus in no fewer than six vertebrate species. The genes appear to have been mixed in about 40 million years ago, and have stuck around ever since.

  
  

  
  
• Nexus One Phone Rides a Rocket Up 28,000 Feet
  A group of rocket enthusiasts used a rocket to send a Nexus One phone 28,000 feet into the atmosphere.

  
  

  
  
• Twitter Convert Kanye West Changes His Rap
  Rapper Kanye West, who might be more famous for his controversial pronouncements over the years than for his music, would seem the perfect candidate for starting a Twitter account, but rejected the notion. However, he changed his mind by starting an account and rapping at Twitter's headquarters on Wednesday.

  
  

  
  
• Brammo Builds Another Sweet Electric Race Bike
  If the Empulse RR runs as well as it looks, the competition should be very nervous.

  
  

  
  

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Technology News

• Samsung says 2Q net profit surges 83 percent (AP)
  

  AP - Samsung's quarterly profit surged to a record high as sales of semiconductors, flat panels and TVs climbed, but the electronics giant warned that intensifying competition in areas like mobile phones could dent earnings in coming quarters.

  
  
  
• Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic (AP)
  

  AP - Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.

  
  
  
• FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP)
  

  AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.

  
  
  
• What?s private on Facebook anyway? (Christopher Null)
  Christopher Null - Today’s revelation about the existence of a document that details the names, URLs, and unique Facebook IDs of 100 million of the site’s users has raised new questions about what is and what is not private on the immensely popular website.
  
• RIM snaps up 'BlackPad.com,' sparks more tablet chatter (Ben Patterson)
  Ben Patterson - Looks like Apple may have started a trend with this whole iPad thing, both in terms of the tablet and — unfortunately for those who squirm at the word "pad" — the name itself.
  
• Samsung Elec to introduce Android-based tablet in Q3 (Reuters)
  Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co plans to introduce tablet computers this quarter based on Google's Android operating system, joining a growing list of firms seeking to challenge Apple's popular iPad.
  
• False alarm: Google search still working in China (AP)
  

  AP - Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China - a key market where the company has been locked in a high-profile battle over online censorship.

  
  
  
• 'Nightmare' start for iPhone 4's latest launch (AFP)
  

  AFP - Hundreds of customers in New Zealand and Hong Kong were turned away empty-handed on Friday as the second phase of the Apple iPhone 4's global launch got off to a "nightmare" start.

  
  
  
• More Japan workers lose jobs, factory output falls (AP)
  

  AP - Japan received a sobering reminder Friday of its fragile recovery: The jobless rate rose, deflation deepened, and factories made fewer cars and mobile phones.

  
  
  
• Security pro harvests info on 100 million Facebook users (Christopher Null)
  Christopher Null - How easy would it be to compile a list of, say, 20 percent of Facebook's user base, including their full name, unique user ID and URL of their Facebook page? Awfully easy, it turns out.
  
• Samsung Sneaks Out Wi-Fi Camera, Swivel-Lens Pocket Camcorder (PC World)
  PC World - It's been a grand total of seven days since Samsung announced new additions to its point-and-shoot camera lineup, but the company has finally broken its excruciating week-long silence.
  
• Spotify in the U.S. Faces More Delays [REPORT] (Mashable)
  Mashable - We've been reading reports tonight that the popular European music service Spotify has hit yet another delay in making an entry in the U.S. market.
  
• Google Maps adds "Places" and other top Android Apps of the Week (Appoli...
  Appolicious - It was a pretty good week for the Android Market, with several big brands unveiling their shiny new Android apps. Even Google got in on the fun, updating its Maps app with a dedicated ?Places? icon.
  
• Epicor 2Q loss narrows (AP)
  AP - Business software maker Epicor Software Corp. said Thursday that its second-quarter loss narrowed as revenue climbed.
  
• IBM Survey: Wall Street Beefs Up IT (Investor's Business Daily)
  Investor's Business Daily - Businesses tend to resist government regulations, but new rules bring new opportunities. Such is the case with the recently passed financial reform bill.
  

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