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Aug 19 2008 8:35am EDT

First Bytes: Muxtape, iPhone, Google, more...

- Muxtape, the popular music sharing website, went down late Monday, citing "a problem with the RIAA." [Valleywag]

- Apple has issued a firmware update for the iPhone. But will it fix the 3G connection issues that have troubled the handset? [Boy Genius Report]

- In other Apple news, the company is offering a 60-day extension, free of charge, to its MobileMe service, due to the feature's "rockier than we had hoped" launch. [Ars Technica]

- Google is setting up a 8,000 square foot base for bloggers covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver. [WSJ]

- Oops. The Princeton Review accidentally published the personal data and test scores of tens of thousands of Florida students. [NYT]

-Sam Gustin. □


Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.
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