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Today's Technology News: US wants privacy in new cyber security system Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in China Facebook plans to simplify privacy settings Sony struggling as Walkman hits 30th anniversary Jackson fans told to stay away as tickets up for grabs Ericsson announces broadband contracts in China Bluetooth "Big Brother" tracks festival-goers Michael Jackson sales surge expected to last months "Asteroids" lands at Universal IPhone 3GS Heats Up, DOJ Takes Aim at Google China Testing Mac Version of Green Dam Web Filter US Court Rejects IBM Appeal in Executive's Move to Dell You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz Firefox 3.5 Can Still Learn From Its Competition Teen Releases First Jailbreak App for iPhone 3GS US wants privacy in new cyber security system Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:31 am PDT 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. Full Story Top Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules Thu, 2 Jul 2009 06:08 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:43 am PDT 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. Full Story Top PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in China Thu, 2 Jul 2009 06:08 am PDT 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. Full Story Top Facebook plans to simplify privacy settings Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:14 pm PDT AP - Facebook is overhauling its privacy controls over the next several weeks in an attempt to simplify its users' ability to control who sees the information they share on the site. Full Story Top Sony struggling as Walkman hits 30th anniversary Wed, 1 Jul 2009 03:27 am PDT AP - When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go — a totally innovative idea back in 1979. Full Story Top Jackson fans told to stay away as tickets up for grabs Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:14 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top Ericsson announces broadband contracts in China Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:08 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top Bluetooth "Big Brother" tracks festival-goers Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:59 am PDT 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. Full Story Top Michael Jackson sales surge expected to last months Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:25 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top "Asteroids" lands at Universal Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:13 pm PDT Reuters - Universal Pictures has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids." Full Story Top IPhone 3GS Heats Up, DOJ Takes Aim at Google Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:40 am PDT 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. Full Story Top China Testing Mac Version of Green Dam Web Filter Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:21 am PDT 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. Full Story Top US Court Rejects IBM Appeal in Executive's Move to Dell Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:40 pm PDT PC World - A U.S. court has rejected an IBM appeal to bar David Johnson, the company's former chief of mergers and acquisitions, from working at rival Dell over concerns regarding trade secrets. Full Story Top You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz Fri, 3 Jul 2009 03:00 am PDT 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. Full Story Top Firefox 3.5 Can Still Learn From Its Competition Fri, 3 Jul 2009 07:45 am PDT 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. Full Story Top Teen Releases First Jailbreak App for iPhone 3GS Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:34 am PDT 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. Full Story Top

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