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• Carbon Copy PRO "the giant in Internet marketing" Announces Its FOURTH ... - 24-7PressRelease.com

  New York was buzzing when Jay Kubassek and Aaron Parkinson, founders of Carbon Copy PRO, announced the Fourth Edition of the CCPRO Master Marketing Event. This great event will take place in Las Vegas and promises to be the best so far. MIAMI, FL ...

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  A website for your business can be a very powerful marketing strategy. There are thousands of potential market on the Web for your products and services, both in the location of your venture and to the rest of the world as well. The only drawback to ...

• Internet Marketing Firm iMajestic Earns "Google Qualified Company ... - Earthtimes

  Google Qualified companies are required to not only maintain a particular threshold of clientele based on their geographical location, but must also meet a specific threshold expenditure of overall advertising dollars for all campaigns falling within ...

Latest News on Softwares

Latest News on Search Engines & Website Portals

• Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)

  Investor's Business Daily - Social network users may be more vulnerable to identity theft and other online threats than they realize, says a survey by security software firm Webroot. It found 66% don't restrict any details of their personal profile from being visible through a public search engine, and more than 50% aren't sure who can see their profile pages. Moreover, 33% include at least 3 key pieces of personal data on those pages. The survey's findings come as online hangout Facebook simplifies its privacy controls so it's easier for users to restrict access to their pages.

• DOJ Officially Opens Investigation Into Google Book Search (PC World)

  PC World - The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on Thursday that it is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations, following months of speculation that the agency had its eye on the service.

• In China, Games Get Serious (Investor's Business Daily)

  Investor's Business Daily - When Sohu.com, a leading Web portal in China, announced plans last year to spin off its fast-growing online games business, investors balked.

• Ask.com Bets on Semantic Search, Targeting Special Audiences (PC World)

  PC World - In the past eight months, Ask.com has unfurled a set of changes to its search engine that the IAC unit calls a success, although its share of U.S. search queries has actually shrunk during that time period.

• Microsoft adds selected "tweets" to Bing (AFP)

  AFP - Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing.

  
  
  

• Bing Searches Up-To-the-Minute Tweets on Twitter (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - Bing is now doing Twitter. The recently launched Microsoft search engine is now allowing users to search for various kinds of real-time data, including tweets from Twitter.

• Bing Builds an Underwhelming Twitter Search (PC World)

  PC World - Looking for a competitive edge in the Internet search wars, Microsoft plans to index Twitter updates in real time for Bing, its recently rebranded search engine.

• Microsoft's Bing Now Indexes (Some) Tweets (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - Microsoft announced Thursday that it has added tweets to the list of content discoverable through Bing, its new search engine.

• Microsoft posts modest search gains with Bing (AFP)

  AFP - New search engine Bing helped Microsoft increase its share of the search market in the United States in June but, still lags behind Yahoo! and Google, a Web analytics firm reported Wednesday.

  
  
  

• New Trojan Puts Sneaky Twist on Click Fraud (PC World)

  PC World - A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.

• Microsoft's Bing search wins share from Google (Reuters)

  Reuters - Microsoft Corp's new Bing search engine gained U.S. market share in its first month in operation but still trails dominant rival Google Inc, according to data released on Wednesday.

• Search Engine Uncovers and Maps Job Openings (PC World)

  PC World - The creators of a new job-hunting Web site say they've built a specialized search engine that digs around the Web looking for jobs that may not be advertised elsewhere.

• Google Fixes Search Problem in Outlook Sync Tool for Apps (PC World)

  PC World - Google has fixed an issue with the Outlook synchronization tool it released recently for its Apps hosted communications and collaboration suite, Google said Tuesday.

• Software Not Smart Enough to Sort Human Relationships (PC World)

  PC World - Internet search engines and software applications can catalog huge volumes of information, but they aren't smart enough to trace personal relationships between people, according to the executive chairman of World-Check, a company that maintains a database of individuals that banks and other companies might want to think twice about doing business with.

• Google News mistakes Jackson queries for attack (AFP)

  AFP - A deluge of search queries for Michael Jackson led Google News, the news aggregator of Web search engine Google, to initially believe it was under attack, the Internet giant said on Friday.

  
  
  

• Hands On With Google Voice -This Is Really Cool (PC World)

  PC World - Chances are you've heard or read about Google's phone management system Google Voice, but you're not really sure what it does. There's a good reason for this aura of mystery. Google Voice got its start as a phone service called GrandCentral, which the search giant bought in 2007. It's been in beta ever since -- but unlike other Google betas that are open to the general public, this one was limited to former GrandCentral users and a select group of industry elite.

• Google CEO says worst of crisis is over (Reuters)

  Reuters - A U.S. recovery is likely to begin this autumn, the worst of the crisis has passed and it is "reasonable to be optimistic for 2010," internet search giant Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt said on Friday.

  
  
  

• AOL Confirms AIM Outage After Jackson's Death (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - News of Michael Jackson's death intersected AOL's planned update of its AIM service, resulting in AIM going dark for about 40 minutes on Thursday afternoon.

• Bartz Vows To Fix Yahoo, Warns: 'We're Not Google' (Investor's Business Daily)

  Investor's Business Daily - Addressing investors Thursday during her first shareholder meeting as Yahoo's (NasdaqGS:YHOO - News) chief executive, Bartz dodged questions about rivals Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News) and Google (NasdaqGS:GOOG - News) while promising to continue her quest to fix the troubled Web portal.

• Google investigating China service outages (AFP)

  AFP - Google said on Thursday it was investigating recent cuts in its services in China as the government once again accused the US Internet giant of providing links to pornography in its Web searches.

  
  
  

Latest News on Open Source & Linux

• Firefox 3.5 Can Still Learn From Its Competition (PC World)

  PC World - While Mozilla lights a fire under competing browsers with support of emerging Web standards with Firefox 3.5, it can still improve its performance, reliability, and usability.

• 'BugDay' Planned To Fix Bugs in New Firefox 3.5 (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - Mozilla is scrambling to fix bugs in its just-released Firefox 3.5 browser. Users are posting complaints about problems across the Web.

• Moblin: a First Look at Intel's Open-Source OS (PC World)

  PC World - Moblin is an Intel-created open-source operating system for netbooks and, specifically, the kind of people who use them.

• Red Hat Program Certifies Partners to Put Linux on Cloud (PC World)

  PC World - Red Hat has launched a new partner program to make sure its enterprise Linux and JBoss software are core components of a cloud-computing infrastructure, and to guarantee that Red Hat-based applications will run reliably and safely in the cloud.

• Beyond Firefox 3.5: A Sneak Peek at Mozilla's Next Browser (PC World)

  PC World - Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 is off to a running start. The new browser, boasting significant speed increases and a host of added features, was officially released Tuesday morning. By mid-afternoon, the program had surpassed 1.6 million downloads worldwide and was steadily climbing, according to Mozilla's real-time tracking utility.

• 5 Features Internet Explorer Will Likely Crib from Firefox 3.5 (PC World)

  PC World - Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 browser launched today not only besting Internet Explorer 8 when it comes to features, in my opinion, but also when it comes to speed. As I'll predict here, for its next Internet Explorer launch Microsoft will crib innovative Firefox 3.5 features and skimp on giving credit. After all, haven't we seen Microsoft do this before? Remember where you spotted browser tabs the first time?

• Firefox 3.5 Increases Speed, Protects User Privacy (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - Mozilla on Tuesday released a Web browser that it said is 10 times faster than its original browser. One year after releasing Firefox 3.0, the Mountain View, Calif.-based nonprofit released Firefox 3.5, which it said is two times faster than Firefox 3.0 and 10 times faster than Firefox 2.

• IBM offers open source machine learning compiler (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - IBM is announcing on Tuesday availability of an open source machine learning compiler, which the company said intelligently optimizes applications, thus meaning shorter development times and bigger performance gains.

• Office-compatibility torture test (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - In InfoWorld's tests using complex Word and Excel documents, OpenOffice.org 3.1 failed to deliver on its promise of better Microsoft Office interoperability, severely mangling our Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel test data files.

• The better Office alternative: SoftMaker Office bests OpenOffice.org (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - In the kingdom of business productivity, Microsoft Office reigns supreme.

• Why is Microsoft Office so hard to kill? (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - It's the question that vexes free open source software advocates and commercial competitors around the globe: Why is Microsoft Office so difficult to dislodge from its perch atop the IT heap? Is it the exclusive bundling deals? The deep Software Assurance entrenchment? Steve Ballmer's backroom deal with the devil?

• The many faces of OpenOffice (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - A chameleon: That's what I think of when I ponder the myriad variations on the OpenOffice.org theme that have cropped up in recent years.

• First look: Microsoft Office 2010 (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - Call it serendipity. As I was working through my review of OpenOffice.org 3.1 and SoftMaker Office 2008, an early version of the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Microsoft Office 2010 was conveniently leaked to the Internet.

• Group Pitches Linux for Free Netbooks From Mobile Carriers (PC World)

  PC World - Mobile carriers may start giving away netbooks for free, and Linux-based application stores could help them profit by doing it, the head of a Linux advocacy group told Chinese companies on Monday.

• Mozilla Confirms Tuesday Release for Firefox 3.5 (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - Mozilla confirmed that it is scheduled to release Firefox 3.5 on Tuesday morning.

• NetBeans IDE enhanced for teams, scripting (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - NetBeans, the open source IDE championed by Sun Microsystems, is being fitted with additional capabilities this week for development teams and scripting languages.

• Firefox 3.5 eyed for Tuesday release (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - Mozilla is expected to release its Firefox 3.5 browser on Tuesday morning, a company representative said on Friday afternoon.

• Wall Street Beat: Red Hat, Oracle Cheer IT Investors (PC World)

  PC World - As the first half of 2009 comes to a close, the big question for tech companies is whether the recession will ease up enough to spur spending increases for IT by the end of the year.

• Mozilla Adds Third Firefox 3.5 RC Version (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - A mere three days after the general availability of the popular open source browser's second release candidate, a third arrived Thursday.

• Bending the back office: Open source CRM and ERP (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - The back office for any company requires many different layers of software. Essentials like e-mail and a basic Web site are relatively simple commodities to run. The hardest job is delivering the kind of software that acts as the spinal cord for the business, that cares for all of the most essential details, big and small, that keep the customers paying the invoices and ensure the bank accounts hold enough money to make the payroll.

Latest News on RSS & Blogging

• Conficker: Forgotten but not Gone (PC World)

  PC World - Conficker may not dominate the headlines any longer, but it's still going strong, according to Trend Micro's Malware Blog and stats from the Conficker Working Group.

• Microsoft adds selected "tweets" to Bing (AFP)

  AFP - Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing.

  
  
  

• Sony Patents PS2 Software Emulation, Already Offers It (PC World)

  PC World - When it comes to the PlayStation 3, it's apparently easy to confuse the game blogs. They've picked up on an incidental story by a tech site that communicates in fragments concerning Sony's recent filing to patent emulation of its legacy PS2 Emotion Engine vis-a-vis its "cell" processor. The cell processor, you'll recall, is the cerebral cortex of the PS3's multi-processing brainpan.

• Twitter Gains Upper Hand on Latest Scam (PC World)

  PC World - Sometimes, it seems scams are becoming almost as common as social media experts on Twitter. The latest one, unleashed Monday morning and initially noticed by tech blog Mashable, centers on a fake blog hosted at the domain twittersblogs.com. Tweets containing links to the site circulated rapidly, each featuring the message: "omg!! is it true what they wrote about you in their twit blog?"

• Sony Ships Green Dam-Equipped PCs with Disclaimer (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - Sony has begun shipping personal computers equipped with the Chinese-government mandated filtering software days before the July 1 deadline. Shipments of the PCs equipped with Green Dam software also include a disclaimer that Sony is not responsible for damage from the software, according to a University of Hong Kong journalism professor and blogger, Rebecca MacKinnon.

• Twitter tears for 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson (AFP)

  AFP - The Internet was flooded with electronic tears for Michael Jackson on Friday, with micro-blogging site Twitter notching up hundreds of tributes every minute including many from fellow celebrities.

  
  
  

• No bail for blogger accused of threatening judges (AP)

  AP - A judge denied bail Thursday to a New Jersey blogger charged with threatening to assault or murder three Chicago-based federal judges.

  
  
  

• AT&T Tolerates iPhone Tethering Technique (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - Austrian blogger Benjamin Miller has posted a tethering workaround for the iPhone that will reportedly allow you to use the device to connect to the Web either via USB or Bluetooth. An AT&T spokesman played coy.

• Heads of top U.S. companies snub blogs, Facebook: study (Reuters)

  Reuters - The heads of the top U.S. companies might be engaged in the boardroom, but they're switched off when it comes to social media, according to a new study that said CEOs should be more connected to their customers.

  
  
  

• Blogger Perez Hilton sues roadie after assault (Reuters)

  Reuters - Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton on Wednesday sued the road manager of the chart-topping hip-hop band the Black Eyed Peas for allegedly punching him in the face outside a Toronto nightclub at the weekend.

  
  
  

• White House defends use of blogger's question (AP)

  AP - The White House on Wednesday denied that it planted question about Iran from a left-leaning Web site at a presidential news conference this week.

• Adobe Issues Security Update for Shockwave Player (PC World)

  PC World - Adobe Systems has released a patch for its Shockwave Player to fix a critical vulnerability, the company wrote on its security blog on Tuesday.

• It's Hard Out Here for an MBA (BusinessWeek Online)

  BusinessWeek Online - Like the hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia says, "It's hard out here for an MBA." It's hard to pick up a major news publication or navigate the blogosphere without reading about the correlation between the MBA degree and the global economic meltdown. It's hard to see the volume of jobs decrease while the volume of applicants increases. And it's hard to hear that now is the best time to start a company, but venture capital firms are hoarding their cash. ...

• Google India Says It Is Not Responsible for Parent Company (PC World)

  PC World - Google India told a court in India on Monday that it was not liable for defamatory posts on Blogger, as it is not a party to an agreement between Google, the parent company of both Google India and Blogger, and those who use the blogging service.

• Bug in Google's Blogger Costing Sites Traffic (PC World)

  PC World - Publishers with custom domains hosted on Google's Blogger blog-publishing service have been losing traffic for the past week due to a bug affecting how visitors get redirected from the Blogger domain to the publishers' own domains.

• Perez Hilton says he was punched by Peas' manager (AP)

  AP - Police have charged the tour manager of the Black Eyed Peas with assault after he allegedly punched celebrity blogger Perez Hilton outside a Toronto nightclub. Hilton said he got into an argument with band members Fergie and will.i.am at the Cobra nightclub early Monday morning and was punched outside by Polo Molina, the band's tour manager. They were at the club following a Sunday night video awards show.

  
  
  

• Blogger arraigned on Conn. lawmaker-threat charge (AP)

  AP - A New Jersey blogger accused of encouraging violence against Connecticut legislators told authorities he hoped nobody would "go off the deep end and do something terrible," but he added, "you never can tell," according to a police report released Monday.

  
  
  

• Are Paid Bloggers Guilty of Ad Fraud? (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - If you're a blogger and you accept cash for a positive product review, will you soon be subject to Federal Trade Commission regulations? The issue is not clear-cut.

• FTC Eyes Blogs for Conflicts of Interest (PC World)

  PC World - Scanning Weblogs for product information and reviews has become a cornerstone in contemporary consumerism. Often, readers appreciate the opinion of someone who is not an expert to guide them to the right product. What some consumers may not know is that some of these writers are being paid for their smiles in the form of cash, free products and lavish trips.

• World's media seeks ways around Iran clampdown (AP)

  AP - Protesters and security forces gather. They collide in a cloud of tear gas and a shower of rocks and bottles.

  
  
  

Latest Internet News

• Omg! Positive tone boosts Yahoo celeb site to top (AP)

  AP - Think of the most popular brands in celebrity news, and you'll probably come up with a small list that includes Entertainment Tonight, US Weekly and People.

• Obama, McCain give dueling holiday addresses (AP)

  AP - In dueling holiday addresses, President Barack Obama appealed for public support of his domestic programs and Sen. John McCain said Americans should side with Iranian election protesters.

  
  
  

• Jackson fans told to stay away as tickets up for grabs (AFP)

  AFP - Fans heading to Los Angeles for Michael Jackson's memorial extravaganza were urged to stay away on Friday as organizers said tickets for the event would be allocated by an online lottery.

  
  
  

• Ericsson announces broadband contracts in China (AFP)

  AFP - Swedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson won contracts to supply broadband Internet to millions of users in China by a deal with three operators there, it said Friday.

  
  
  

• Japanese imperial army maps to go online (AFP)

  AFP - Old Asia-Pacific maps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities, a Japanese researcher said Friday.

  
  
  

• Wanna be @the_real_shaq? That'll be $50,000... (PC World)

  PC World - If you're a nobody who wants to be somebody in the online Web world, you don't need friends--just a thriving bank account. That's where uSocial comes into play. The company converts your cash into background support on the Web's top social sites: You can buy Diggs, votes on Yahoo Buzz, eyeballs for StumbleUpon... and now, Twitter followers.

• US government Internet traffic to be screened: report (AFP)

  AFP - The Obama administration is planning to use the National Security Agency to screen Internet traffic between government agencies and the private sector, the Washington Post reported Friday.

  
  
  

• Broadband industry group say U.S. rules go too far (Reuters)

  Reuters - U.S. government guidelines to spend $4 billion to expand broadband access to underserved areas across the United States may go beyond current laws, a broadband industry group, said on Thursday.

• iPhone 3GS Gets Jailbroken, Hack Available Online (PC World)

  PC World - The first jailbreaking application for the iPhone 3GS is now available. The tool, called purplera1n, will only allow the installation of unofficial third-party applications, but will not unlock the iPhone 3GS.

• PC makers offer China Internet filter (AFP)

  AFP - Several PC makers said Friday they were voluntarily including China's controversial Internet filter software in new shipments despite Beijing's decision to postpone making it mandatory.

  
  
  

• Web Site for China Mobile's Application Store Appears (PC World)

  PC World - A Web site for China Mobile's upcoming mobile application store appeared online on Friday, giving a preview of what free and paid downloads the carrier will offer to its more than 480 million subscribers.

• Apple May Be Exempt From China's Web Filter Mandate (PC World)

  PC World - Apple appears to be exempt from China's mandate that a controversial Internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country.

• Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules (AP)

  AP - In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence.

• Symantec Releases Norton 2010 Betas (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - The public beta-test editions of Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 will focus on reputation-based malware detection—a technology that can detect zero-day malware that's never been seen before.

• Conviction reversed in web hoax that led to suicide (AFP)

  AFP - A woman who was convicted of computer fraud in an Internet hoax that led to the suicide of 13-year-old girl was tentatively acquitted Thursday by a federal judge.

  
  
  

• DOJ Officially Opens Investigation Into Google Book Search (PC World)

  PC World - The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on Thursday that it is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations, following months of speculation that the agency had its eye on the service.

• Online Ad Groups Release New Behavioral Ad Principles (PC World)

  PC World - Online consumers should get more information about what information is being tracked and collected for the purposes of behavioral advertising, and they should have more control over what data is being collected, according to new privacy principles released Thursday by four advertising trade groups.

• Ask.com Bets on Semantic Search, Targeting Special Audiences (PC World)

  PC World - In the past eight months, Ask.com has unfurled a set of changes to its search engine that the IAC unit calls a success, although its share of U.S. search queries has actually shrunk during that time period.

• Microsoft Removes Projectile-vomiting IE8 Ad From Web (PC World)

  PC World - An online ad for Internet Explorer 8 that showed a woman projectile vomiting has left such a bad taste in viewers' mouths that Microsoft has decided to remove it.

• Internet used to help young smokers quit (Reuters)

  Reuters - The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is leading a $2.9 million National Cancer Institute project to increase demand for evidence-based, Internet-based smoking cessation treatment for young adults aged 18 to 24 years.

Latest News on Technology

• Omg! Positive tone boosts Yahoo celeb site to top (AP)

  AP - Think of the most popular brands in celebrity news, and you'll probably come up with a small list that includes Entertainment Tonight, US Weekly and People.

• BT offers staff time off in exchange for pay cut (AP)

  AP - Telecoms company BT Group PLC is offering staff a year off work in return for a 75 percent cut in that year's pay.

• US wants privacy in new cyber security system (AP)

  AP - The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections.

  
  
  

• Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules (AP)

  AP - In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence.

• Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking (AP)

  AP - Companies that track consumer behavior online for advertising purposes are vowing to make their practices more transparent and to give people a way to decline being shadowed.

• PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in China (AP)

  AP - Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory.

  
  
  

• Obama, McCain give dueling holiday addresses (AP)

  AP - In dueling holiday addresses, President Barack Obama appealed for public support of his domestic programs and Sen. John McCain said Americans should side with Iranian election protesters.

  
  
  

• Ericsson announces broadband contracts in China (AFP)

  AFP - Swedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson won contracts to supply broadband Internet to millions of users in China by a deal with three operators there, it said Friday.

  
  
  

• Bluetooth "Big Brother" tracks festival-goers (Reuters)

  Reuters - Researchers are using Bluetooth technology to observe the meanderings of tens of thousands of festival-goers at a top European rock festival, hoping their findings will launch a new generation of tracking devices.

• Michael Jackson sales surge expected to last months (Reuters)

  Reuters - In the days following Michael Jackson's June 25 death, fans flocked to record stores and digital music outlets to purchase one last memory. And merchants say they expect the Jackson sales surge to last for weeks -- maybe even months.

• "Asteroids" lands at Universal (Reuters)

  Reuters - Universal Pictures has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids."

• IPhone 3GS Heats Up, DOJ Takes Aim at Google (PC World)

  PC World - The iPhone scored quite a few headlines related to overheating problems with the 3GS this week. Depending on whom you believe, those issues are either real, exaggerated, the fault of users or some combination of the three. Otherwise, as warm weather takes hold above the equator and Bostonians contemplate whether it's time to brush up on our ark-building skills (rain, rain go away), we find this week's IT news offerings cover a broad range.

• China Testing Mac Version of Green Dam Web Filter (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - Despite the delay in China's requirement to install Green Dam Web-filtering software on all new PCs, the controversy is not dead. PC makers are including the software with new PCs even though the July 1 deadline has been postponed indefinitely.

• GM considers options ahead of court ruling (AFP)

  AFP - As General Motors executives await a key court ruling that will determine whether they can establish a new company, the shape of any future enterprise is already being considered.

  
  
  

• You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - You win some; you lose some. This week China decided its Web censorship filtering software was not quite ready for prime time, while U.S. courts sentenced phone hackers and file swappers to some crime time.

• Firefox 3.5 Can Still Learn From Its Competition (PC World)

  PC World - While Mozilla lights a fire under competing browsers with support of emerging Web standards with Firefox 3.5, it can still improve its performance, reliability, and usability.

• Teen Releases First Jailbreak App for iPhone 3GS (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - The first jailbreak application for Apple's new iPhone 3GS has been made available just two weeks after the iPhone debuted. George Hotz, a 19-year-old Google employee originally from New Jersey, created the application.