YouTube Readies Redesign Amid Chorus of Complaints (PC World)

July 1st, 2009

PC World - YouTube plans to soon switch all of its members to a redesign of its channel pages that it has been testing for several months, although many people want the Google video-sharing site to give them the option to keep the old layout.

Analysts Doubt Future of Comcast’s WiMAX Offering (NewsFactor)

July 1st, 2009

NewsFactor - Comcast launched a high-speed wireless data service in Portland on Tuesday as the first step in what the cable-TV network operator expects to eventually become a nationwide rollout — with Atlanta, Chicago and Philadelphia expected to go online later this year.

Mac News Briefs: wineCellar 2.0 adds cloud support for mobile access (Macworld.com)

July 1st, 2009

Macworld.com - Users who turn to Cadent Computing’s wineCellar to log and organize their wine collection will now be able sync entries via a new synchronization service added in the latest update. wineCellar 2.0 introduces Cadent Cloud, a service that lets the app sync up to 500 wines to a cloud where they can be viewed through either a standard Web site or a site for mobile devices.

China’s Internet backdown lauded by firms and activists (Reuters)

July 1st, 2009

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 Internet activists and businesses welcomed the abrupt delay of the controversial plan.

Jackson’s death unleashes barrage of online scams (AP)

July 1st, 2009

AP - Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims’ computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden high demand for information.

High court won’t block remote storage DVR system (AP)

July 1st, 2009

AP - Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it even easier for viewers to bypass commercials.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs back at work few days a week (AP)

July 1st, 2009

AP - Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is back at his office a few days a week after taking a 5 1/2-month medical leave and getting a new liver.

Corning raises 2Q glass volume forecast again (AP)

July 1st, 2009

AP - Specialty glass maker Corning Inc. said Tuesday it is getting a big lift from rising sales of flat-screen televisions, most notably in China.

Report: Worst may be over for US tech market (AP)

July 1st, 2009

AP - As bad as the technology market fared in the first quarter of this year, the worst may be over, at least in the United States, Forrester Research said in a report Tuesday.

China backs down from requirement for Web filter (AP)

July 1st, 2009

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.