• Ping.fm Adds Services (Sure, more services but why should we care?)
  
• Friendster (app)
• Yahoo 360
• del.icio.us
• Kevin Mitnick tells all in upcoming book
• Historic Obama speech sets the Internet on Fire
• 250GB Limit for Comcast Customers
• State of Washington Rules Against One-Sided Telecom Contract
• Only in Washington
  
• a number of aspects of the contract's dispute resolution agreement were unconscionable.
• Contract declared null and void
• Google Chrome
• Open source, built from scratch
• Make use of a JavaScript virtual machine called V8
• Support multiple processes so each tab runs in isolation so bugs and slow-downs only hit a single tab (creating what’s called in the comic book a “sad tab”) rather than bring the browser crashing down
• Revolutionary use of tabs (the tabs will be at the top of the window rather than below the address bar
• Incognito mode that kinda sounds like Internet Explorer 8’s InPrivate mode
• Make use of WebKit open source rendering engine
• Plugins removed from the rendering process and placed in a separate process
• Web app support
• Whiz-bang address bar called “Omnibox”
• Beta Installer doesn't even work (Worked in IE6 at work but not IE7 or Mozilla at home)
  
• Fast, Fast, Fast
• Can Google really shake up the browser wars?
  

Tech Picks (Software, Hardware, Websites, Reviews)

• IPhone Developers in a "Cone of Silence"
  • Apple was expected to lift the NDA on July 11th when iPhone 3G launched
  • iPhone Developer's Cookbook is ready for publishing along with several other titles however publishers are scared of being sued
  • People are even scared to discuss the development of applications on blogs and forums online, the Apple website reminds people to mind the NDA.

• IPhone Game Sleeve and Interface????
• Some talk about IPhone becoming major games platform
• Buttons and interface are the big hurdle for this reality.
• All rumors, but photo on Internet of Belkins sleeve might have solution