Around the Web 7.23.08: Steve Jobs’ surgery, Facebook Connects with portability
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-- Steve Jobs has been telling friends he’s OK, but he apparently had a second surgery after cancer treatment. NYT
-- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg addresses the developer masses today and may tout Facebook Connect, a more portable identification system. GigaOm
-- Vigilantes on eBay bid up items they suspect of fraud, blocking sales. LAT
-- San Francisco can have its network back, after the mayor picked up the keys. InfoWorld via Slashdot
-- Sony, Samsung et al team up on a wireless standard for transmitting high-def video. AP via Wired
-- Yes, those rumors again: Webheads debate whether Google buying Digg would be a bad thing, should it actually happen. CNet following TechCrunch
-- Yahoo’s earnings definitely could have been worse. LAT
-- Thanks, Wii and Bluetooth! Chip maker Broadcom saw quarterly profit jump fourfold. LAT
-- Electronic Arts goes Hollywood. Ars Technica
-- AT&T had a good quarter, and that’s not counting the sales of the new iPhone, which were twice as fast as the old iPhone in its early days. Silicon Alley Insider
-- Joseph Menn