Andrew Storms / 360 Security:
Apple DNS Patch Fails To Randomize - Users Still At Risk  —  Did Apple forget to patch something?  By the look of things, the DNS client on the OSX 10.4.11 distribution still has not been patched.  —  A lot of people, including myself, have been prodding Apple on why they […]

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Suddenly, AOL Loves Lifestreaming; Buys Socialthing!  —  AOL is getting into the lifestreaming business.  Like Friendfeed or Facebook’s News feeds, it recently launched AIM BuddyUpdates, which lets AIM users keep up with what their instant-messaging buddies are doing on social services such as Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and Digg.

Leslie Cauley / USA Today:
AT&T: ‘We’re all about wireless’  —  DALLAS — Wonder why the smoking-hot 3G Apple iPhone only costs $199, less than half the price of the original?  Here’s a two-word hint: Randall Stephenson.  —  Stephenson, who became AT&T’s (T) chairman and CEO a year ago, championed the idea of paying Apple […]

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo Shareholder Vote: Old Board Stays Put (While AOL Makes Another Boneheaded Move!)  —  After its annual meeting today, as its board members had lunch together, Yahoo released the results of its shareholder vote and it seems we will still have CEO Jerry Yang to kick around some more.

Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Live blog: Yahoo CEO faces shareholders  —  SAN JOSE, Calif.—The Yahoo shareholders meeting here has commenced and adjourned.  And CEO Jerry Yang and his board did end up getting an earful about the company’s share price and its handling of Microsoft’s attempted acquisition.  —  I blogged live from the meeting.

Nicole Fabris / ABI Research:
Location-based Mobile Social Networking Will Generate Global Revenues of $3.3 Billion by 2013  —  Location Aware Services Research Service |  Location-Based Mobile Social Networking  —  The recent emergence of location-based mobile social networking services offered by providers such as GyPSii …

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
We Know How Many Kindles Amazon Has Sold: 240,000  —  Ever since Amazon launched the Kindle last November, we’ve been wondering about just how successful it’s been.  The electronic book initially sold out and supplies have been tight.  The Kindle is such a small part of Amazon’s overall business …

Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Time Warner (TWX) Killed Jon Miller/Yahoo (YHOO) Board Deal  —  The mystery of Jon Miller’s disappearing Yahoo board appointment has been gotten a little less mysterious.  He isn’t taking the job because Time Warner (TWX), his former employer, won’t let him.  What we’re not sure about: Whose story to […]

Arn / MacRumors:
NetShare iPhone Tethering App Reappears in App Store  —  After an unusual sequence of events, Nullriver, Inc.’s NetShare app has reappeared on the iTunes App Store.  —  The $9.99 application promises to allow you to share your iPhone’s network connection with your computer.

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In LibraryThing  —  Amazon has acquired twelve year old Canadian company Abebooks (formerly the Advanced Book Exchange), the companies just announced.  AbeBooks is an online marketplace for books focusing on used, rare and out of print titles …