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Today's Technology News: Downturn dating: Hearts flutter as markets stutter Omg! Positive tone boosts Yahoo celeb site to top BT offers staff time off in exchange for pay cut US wants privacy in new cyber security system Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking British spy chief's cover blown on Facebook Leaked: Sony Ericsson's Upcoming Android Phone Ericsson announces broadband contracts in China 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 GM considers options ahead of court ruling 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 Downturn dating: Hearts flutter as markets stutter Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:30 pm PDT AP - Credit the recession for staycations and bringing us more game-night parties at home. But also give it a shout for spurring more first dates. Full Story Top Omg! Positive tone boosts Yahoo celeb site to top Sat, 4 Jul 2009 07:59 am PDT 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. Full Story Top BT offers staff time off in exchange for pay cut Sat, 4 Jul 2009 07:42 am PDT 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. Full Story Top 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 British spy chief's cover blown on Facebook Sat, 4 Jul 2009 06:21 pm PDT Reuters - The wife of the new head of Britain's spy agency has posted pictures of her husband, family and friends on Internet networking site Facebook, details which could compromise security, a newspaper said on Sunday. Full Story Top Leaked: Sony Ericsson's Upcoming Android Phone Sat, 4 Jul 2009 03:20 pm PDT PC World - We know for some time now that Sony Ericsson (SE) is working on a Google Android based mobile phone, but the company has been keeping mum on details. However, pictures leaked by a Danish site appear to reveal Sony Ericsson's upcoming Android phone, and it looks like a good one. 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 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 GM considers options ahead of court ruling Sat, 4 Jul 2009 01:02 pm PDT 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. 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 10:45 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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