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Apple Pulls App To Make iPhone a Roving Hotspot (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A new application enabling Apple’s iPhone to share EDGE or 3G Internet connections with other wireless devices briefly appeared in Apple’s App Store, only to be pulled minutes later.

The Tale of Two Busted Spammers (PC World)
PC World - Being a technology reporter, my e-mail inbox is a crowded place.

Lawmakers urge U.S. stop action vs EU gambling firms (Reuters)
Reuters - Two U.S. lawmakers have urged the U.S. Justice Department to suspend its investigation of European Internet gambling companies for possible criminal violations that occurred before Congress passed a law in 2006 to crack down on online gambling.

Quest’s 2Q profit up slightly, misses estimates (AP)
AP - Quest Software Inc., which makes software used to manage programs and data over networks and the Internet, said Tuesday its second-quarter profit rose slightly though it missed analyst expectations.

Test Center preview: VMware Fusion 2 Beta 2 (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Virtualization on the Mac has never had it so good. There are several options available for running almost any x86-based operating system as a VM under Mac OS X, including Parallels, VMware Fusion, and VirtualBox. If you like the fact that Macs are less prone to problems, viruses, and spyware, but you simply have to run a few Windows applications, it???s a great time to be alive.

British UFO Hacker Ordered Extradited to U.S. (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Britain’s top court on Wednesday refused to block the extradition of a British hacker accused of breaking into military and NASA computers in the U.S. The accused hacker says he broke into the systems on a quest for information about UFOs.

Beijing Games hit by Internet ticket scam (Reuters)

Reuters - Sports fans around the world have been swindled by an international Internet scam which offered thousands of bogus tickets for the Beijing Games, Olympic officials said on Monday.

Sun’s gloomy 1Q outlook hurts shares (AP)
AP - Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. tumbled 13 percent Friday after the server and software maker offered up worse-than-expected guidance that reflects the company’s dangerous reliance on U.S. sales in a bumpy economy.

PaceCalc helps iPhone-touting runners (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Maverick Software on Friday announced the release of PaceCalc, a new utility for iPhone and iPod touch 2.0 users. Available for purchase through the App Store, it costs $1.99.

Study: Clear Strategy Key for SaaS E-commerce Success (PC World)
PC World - Gartner advises companies to plot a clear e-commerce strategy before choosing hosted software for their online stores.

MailSite Fusion 9 vetted for iPhone use (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - MailSite Software on Wednesday announced that it has tested and verified MailSite Fusion 9 for use with the iPhone 3G, original iPhone with upgraded 2.0 software, and iPod touch with 2.0 software installed.

Jazz Essentials II drum tracks available (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Drum specialist Beta Monkey Music released a new collection of drum tracks on Thursday, targeted to Jazz musicians.

Extradition Appeal for British Hacker Dismissed (PC World)
PC World - A British hacker who broke into U.S. military computers looks set to be extradited to the U.S. after the highest British court…

Oracle Buys Global Knowledge Software (PC World)
PC World - Oracle has bought a Global Knowledge Software, a developer of tools used to build self-service training courses.

Nisus Writer Express updated to 3.1 (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Nisus Software on Friday announced the release of Nisus Writer Express 3.1, an update to their word processing software for Mac OS X. It costs $45, and is a free update for registered 3.x users (upgrades from previous releases cost $30).

The Tale of Two Busted Spammers (PC World)
PC World - Being a technology reporter, my e-mail inbox is a crowded place.

MIT Researchers Make Major Solar Power Breakthrough (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The process involves splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen cheaply and efficiently at room temperature.

VueScan scanning software supports foreign languages (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Hamrick Software on Wednesday announced the release of VueScan 8.4.79, an update to their popular scanning software for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. A free update for registered users, VueScan 8.4.79 costs $39.95 or $79.95 for the Standard and Professional editions, respectively.

FCC Slams Comcast in Landmark P2P Decision (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In a historic decision, the Federal Communication Commission has declared that cable-TV and Internet service provider Comcast interfered with Internet users’ rights to share specific content, including television shows and movies.

Nintendo, Software Makers Target DS Game Piracy (PC World)
PC World - Nintendo and major Japanese software companies are going after 5 companies they say sold devices to play pirated DS games.

Boeing To Roll Out Product-Management Software Companywide (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - It’s part of an effort to improve manufacturing as Boeing faces an order backlog of 3,600 planes, including the delayed Dreamliner 787.

Test Center preview: VMware Fusion 2 Beta 2 (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Virtualization on the Mac has never had it so good. There are several options available for running almost any x86-based operating system as a VM under Mac OS X, including Parallels, VMware Fusion, and VirtualBox. If you like the fact that Macs are less prone to problems, viruses, and spyware, but you simply have to run a few Windows applications, it???s a great time to be alive.

MailSite Fusion 9 vetted for iPhone use (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - MailSite Software on Wednesday announced that it has tested and verified MailSite Fusion 9 for use with the iPhone 3G, original iPhone with upgraded 2.0 software, and iPod touch with 2.0 software installed.

Nisus Writer Express updated to 3.1 (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Nisus Software on Friday announced the release of Nisus Writer Express 3.1, an update to their word processing software for Mac OS X. It costs $45, and is a free update for registered 3.x users (upgrades from previous releases cost $30).

Apple Pulls, Then Returns iPhone-PC Tethering App To Store (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The application makes it possible for people to use the high-speed Internet connections on the mobile phones to provide wireless access to the Web on a mobile PC.

Free Software Group Seeks To Disrupt Apple Genius Bars (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Free Software Foundation, unhappy with Apple’s restrictions on the iPhone, is urging members to overload the appointment schedule at the Genius Bars.

Rebooting Windows: How To Recover From Vista Crashes (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - We’ve pulled together a passel of little-known software backup and repair techniques so you won’t have to reinstall Vista from scratch, if it gets trashed or hits a fatal startup error.

Patent Office Ad Campaign Inspires Young Minds To Invent (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The site will add a showroom, from Driftlab that explains inventions, including those in the PSAs, and offers interactive games and an inventor’s tool kit.

The Future of Windows: Microsoft’s ‘Midori’ (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The details of an integral post-Windows operating system Microsoft has been working on have leaked out.

Boeing To Roll Out Product-Management Software Companywide (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - It’s part of an effort to improve manufacturing as Boeing faces an order backlog of 3,600 planes, including the delayed Dreamliner 787.

Scrabulous Disappears From Facebook (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The software’s makers decided to remove the popular game after Hasbro sued them for intellectual property infringement.

Free Software Group Seeks To Disrupt Apple Genius Bars (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Free Software Foundation, unhappy with Apple’s restrictions on the iPhone, is urging members to overload the appointment schedule at the Genius Bars.

Report: Google developing VC arm (CNET)
CNET - Google is revisiting efforts to create a venture capital arm, according to a report on The Wall Street Journal’s Web site Wednesday night.

Defiant China hits out at US, stands firm on Internet (AFP)

AFP - A defiant China stood firm on controversies swirling around the Olympics on Thursday, hitting back at the United States over human rights criticism and insisting Internet censorship would remain.

Study: Clear Strategy Key for SaaS E-commerce Success (PC World)
PC World - Gartner advises companies to plot a clear e-commerce strategy before choosing hosted software for their online stores.

iPhone: Catalyst For Touchscreen Revolution (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - More than 230 million touch-screen handsets are expected to ship in 2012, according to a report from IMS Research.

Toon Boom releases Studio 4.5, Flip Boom Classic (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Toon Boom Animation on Friday released two prducts, Toon Boom Studio 4.5 and Flip Boom Classic.

Scrabulous pulled from Facebook in US and Canada (AFP)

AFP - The creators of online Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous said Tuesday they have pulled their application from US and Canadian Facebook pages due to a lawsuit filed by game-making giant Hasbro.

China plunges into controversy with Internet backflip (AFP)

AFP - The Beijing Olympics were plunged into another controversy on Wednesday as China announced a backflip on Internet freedoms for the thousands of foreign reporters covering the Games.

Best Apple Mac OS X Software: Part One (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Our Apple expert John C. Welch picks 22 lesser-known applications that can make your Mac experience more productive and more fun. Part 1 of 2.

Facebook Scrambles Scrabulous in U.S. and Canada (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In response to demands from game publisher Hasbro, Facebook has disabled the Scrabble-like game Scrabulous on its U.S. and Canadian Web sites.

Cuil Ready for a Long Battle To Match Google in Search (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The latest search war is being touted as a David and Goliath battle. In modern-day terms, that means Cuil versus Google.

Cuil Stumbles out of the Gate (PC World)
PC World - Cuil, the latest self-appointed Google killer search engine, fared badly on its debut Monday.

New Worm Transcodes MP3s to Try to Infect PCs (PC World)
PC World - A new variety of malicious software could pose a danger to those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks.

The Tale of Two Busted Spammers (PC World)
PC World - Being a technology reporter, my e-mail inbox is a crowded place.

Escaped ’spam king’ allegedly kills self, family (CNET)
CNET - A convicted spammer who escaped from prison was found dead Thursday night, along with his wife and 3-year-old daughter.