China's Web filter delay celebrated (Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese Web users flooded to a trendy art zone cafe on Wednesday to celebrate a last-minute halt to a rollout of government-sponsored filtering software, and make a stand for freedom of expression in the Communist-run state.
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Sweden's Global Gaming snaps up Pirate Bay (Reuters)
Reuters - A little-known Swedish software firm has snapped up file-sharing website The Pirate Bay with the hope of turning the source of legal controversy into a money-spinner that appeals to both users and content providers.
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Apple Prepping iPhone 3.1 Software Update, Beta Out Now For Developers (PC World)
PC World - Only two weeks after launching the 3.0 software update for iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple is now working hard to deliver an update to the iPhone OS. The iPhone SDK 3.1 beta was pushed out to developers last night, and the recipients report the software already has a few new features and refinements.
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Social networking touted for software development (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Atlassian this week introduced FishEye 2, which adds social networking capabilities to source code repositories, including Subversion and CVS, and boosts agile programming projects.
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Business groups hail China web software delay (AFP)
AFP - The American and European chambers of commerce in China have welcomed a decision by Beijing to delay an order that new computers sold in the country be equipped with an Internet filtering programme.
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China's Internet backdown lauded by firms, activists (Reuters)
Reuters - China's ambitions to strengthen control of the Internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power on Wednesday, as activists and industry groups welcomed AN abrupt delay of the contentious plan.
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China backs down from requirement for Web filter (AP)
AP - In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software.
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Cisco may offer Web-based office software (Reuters)
Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc is considering offering Web-based alternatives to Microsoft Corp's popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the Internet.
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China delays Internet filter: state media (AFP)
AFP - China has delayed a plan requiring that all new computers come with a Chinese-made Internet filtering software programme, state media reported Tuesday, hours before it was to take effect.
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Green Dam Calls Garfield Porn as China Backpedals (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Paris Hilton we understand -- but Garfield? China's mandated Green Dam software rates some images of the scantily clad heiress and the cartoon cat as morally bad.
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Adobe Shuts Down July 4th Week to Ride out Recession (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems has shut down its North American offices for a week for the second time this year as part of cost-cutting measures, forcing employees to take paid time off during the days the company is closed.
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Cisco Won't Take on Amazon in Cloud (PC World)
PC World - Cisco Systems won't try to compete with pay-as-you-go cloud computing providers such as Amazon, and instead will sell its infrastructure to those companies and provide its own software as a service.
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Oracle Offers ISVs Monthly SaaS Platform Pricing (PC World)
PC World - Oracle is now offering ISVs the ability to pay by the month for its SaaS (software as a service) infrastructure platform, versus shelling out major sums for perpetual licenses.
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Microsoft's Mea Culpa Could Drive a Windows 7 Recovery (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - People may not camp out on the street to get a copy of Windows 7, but the latest version of Microsoft's flagship operating system is ringing up pre-orders.
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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.
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Android-Based Mobile Device May Be Coming From Dell (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Dell engineers are developing a pocket-sized, Internet-connected device that will use the Google-backed Android mobile operating system, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Green Dam And "The Great Cave-In of China" (PC World)
PC World - Call it the "Great Cave-in of China" as the Beijing government today delayed a requirement for controversial Green Dam censorship software to be installed on all machines sold in that country.
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Microsoft Pushes IE8 With Ads that are Actually Funny (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has done it again: The company has released another set of baffling and mystifying ads, but this time they're actually funny. The software giant released four new ads to promote Internet Explorer 8 starring Lois and Clark's Dean Cain as a 1960s style ad man- -- no doubt inspired by AMC's Mad Men. So far the new ad campaign is an online-only affair, and uses the tagline أ¢آ€آکBrowse Better.'
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Dell to Make iPod Touch-like Gadget (PC World)
PC World - Dell is developing a pocket-sized gadget fashioned after Apple's iPod Touch that will play music, videos, and connect with the Web and is based on the Google Android mobile operating system, according to reports in today's Wall Street Journal.
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China scraps filtering software mandate آ— for now (AP)
AP - China's state media says the government will postpone enforcement of a new rule mandating all new computers be sold with a filtering software.
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