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Friday, July 03

Firefox 3.5: Excellent, but no 'Web upgrade'
hands-on New release brings the second-most popular browser up to speed with current browsing technology and trends, and perhaps nudges it ahead of the competition.
• Firefox faces challengers
• Screenshots of Firefox 3.5

Making sense of Windows 7 upgrades
faq The basics and the fine print on Microsoft's options for those eyeing the next operating system from Redmond.
• Windows 7 preorder a hit

Just in

Employee shot, wounded at Virginia Apple store
The victim, a 26-year-old woman, is in serious but stable condition with a wound to the shoulder. Some media outlets are reporting robbery as the motive, but police say it's too early to tell.
(Posted in Apple by Leslie Katz)

Seattle fire knocks out service to Bing Travel, other sites
Reports say a blown transformer knocked out power to the Fisher Plaza data center, which is home to the Bing Travel servers, among others.
(Posted in Digital Media by Leslie Katz)

Defending against chemical and biological weapons
At an Army facility in the Utah desert, researchers look for ways to protect soldiers against "bugs" that could easily kill or sideline them.
• Photos: Dugway Proving Grounds
• Live-blogging from Spiral Jetty
• More from Road Trip 2009
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

Photos: Soaring ambition for solar aircraft
The Solar Impulse HB-SIA is designed to fly both day and night without the need for fuel and without producing any pollution.

Thursday, July 02

iPhone 3GS jailbreak, 'purplera1n,' hits Web
Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3GS ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way.
(Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz)

Symantec's Ramzan on solving the antivirus puzzle
q&a From puzzles and chess to ciphers and antivirus software, Zulfikar Ramzan talks about how he got into the computer security business and where it's headed.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

DOJ opens formal investigation into Google Books settlement
Government investigators will probe whether or not Google's agreement with publishers over the digital rights to index books violates antitrust laws.
(Posted in Digital Media by Tom Krazit)

Apple patents point to haptics, fingerprints, RFID
Three just-published patent applications hint at the company's future plans. But it could be a while before we see any of the functionality built into iPhones or other Apple devices.
(Posted in Apple by David Meyer)

iPhone heat issue much ado about nothing
Some reports on Friday claim that Apple admitted in a tech note to having heat issues with the iPhone 3GS, but that's just not true.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Report: Acquittal in MySpace suicide case
Lori Drew allegedly used a fake MySpace profile to harass a teenager to the point of suicide, but judge says prosecutors can't use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act against her.
• Court: MySpace not liable for offline assaults
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Google App Engine misfires
A morning outage in Google App Engine--a hosting service for Web application developers--was resolved around noon Pacific Thursday.
(Posted in Webware by Tom Krazit)

Net neutrality gets a boost from the feds
The Obama administration includes the FCC's Net neutrality principles as conditions for some of the funds it will allocate as part of the economic stimulus package.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Wednesday, July 01

A 'whittling down' of the Betamax defense
Judge's ruling against Usenet.com, its lawyer says, undercuts classic immunity against liability in copyright cases. The RIAA disagrees.
• RIAA triumphs in Usenet case

Google's take on e-mail defense
Postini, the search giant's e-mail security unit, uses globally distributed automated systems and Zero-Hour software to keep spam and viruses out of in-boxes.

Just in

Bing brings out the Tweets
Microsoft is adding Twitter feeds of a select group of prominent users to Bing search results for those individuals, embracing the microblogging service more directly than rivals.
(Posted in Webware by Tom Krazit)

Yahoo's Delicious proves Chrome extensions real
Chrome's extensions framework has matured enough for Yahoo to release an alpha version of an add-on to use its social-bookmarking service.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Successful fueling test sets stage for shuttle launch
A repaired hydrogen vent line attached to the shuttle Endeavour's external tank worked normally during a fueling test, clearing the way for a July 11 launch try.
(Posted in The Space Shot by William Harwood)

ATM vendor gets security talk pulled from confabs
Juniper Networks cancels researcher's talk at Black Hat and Defcon about ATM insecurities after a vendor complains.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

As industry recovers, Mac growth beating PCs
Apple's Mac shipments were up 25 percent in May, compared to only 1 percent growth for the rest of the PC industry, according to an analyst report.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Touch in Windows 7: Just for show?
Support for multitouch input is one of the most tangible ways that Windows 7 differs from its predecessors. But will many people actually get their hands on the technology?
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Bing's first month produces small share gain
New data has Microsoft's Bing search engine showing a small rise in market share during the month of June, as the novelty wears off but interest remains.
(Posted in Webware by Tom Krazit)

Facebook cleans up its privacy controls
Will transition users to new settings through use of opt-in tool as it works to make more profile content public. Also, as expected, it does away with regional networks.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

New sites for gadget nuts: Gdgt and Retrevo
One of the services is for gadget fanatics; the other is for skittish buyers. Both work. If you're a gearhead, try Gdgt for fun and community, but don't skip Retrevo when you're looking to make a purchase.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Analyst: Intel thin laptops have design issues
Some PC makers are hitting snags--such as cracking plastic--as they try to bring out ultra-thin laptops based on Intel's latest low-power chips.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Greenpeace guide frowns on HP, still loves Nokia
The environmental group wags its finger at electronics makers for backtracking on their commitment to eliminate certain chemicals from their products.
(Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

Gmail labels get higher placement, drag-and-drop
Google is bowing to the notion that some people use Gmail's labels like traditional e-mail folders, and will now let them to drag messages "into" labels while organizing mail.
(Posted in Webware by Tom Krazit)

iPhone OS, SDK 3.1 betas released to developers
Apple hands beta versions of iPhone OS 3.1 and iPhone SDK 3.1 for all iPod Touch and iPhone models to developers.
(Posted in iPhone Atlas by David Martin)