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• Jobs appears closer to returning to work at Apple (AP)
  AP - Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs appears to be a step closer to returning to work, as a doctor gave him an "excellent prognosis" after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:20:17 GMT
• Comcast to sell advertising for Verizon FiOS TV (AP)
  AP - Setting aside their rivalry in the interests of business, Comcast Corp. said Wednesday it will sell advertising for Verizon Communications Inc.'s FiOS television service in 10 markets where they both compete.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:06:43 GMT
• Oracle tops forecasts despite sales, profit dip (AP)
  AP - Software maker Oracle Corp.'s results for its latest quarter topped Wall Street's forecast Tuesday, despite a 5 percent drop in sales and a 7 percent decline in profit.
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:19:06 GMT
• MySpace to cut 300 intl positions, close offices (AP)
  AP - Social-networking site MySpace said Tuesday it plans to cut 300 jobs, or two-thirds of its overseas work force, in an effort to rein in costs and focus on countries where it has many users and better business opportunities.
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:07:50 GMT
• New mafia game hits up Twitter players for money (AP)
  AP - Twitter Inc.'s founders still haven't decided how to cash in on their popular Internet messaging service — to the delight of a rapidly growing audience. But the deliberate approach may not prevent a gold rush among opportunistic outsiders.
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:59:32 GMT
• TJX reaches settlement with states on data theft (AP)
  AP - The parent company of retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshall's will pay $9.75 million in a settlement with multiple states related to a massive data theft that exposed tens of millions of payment card numbers.
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:55:20 GMT
• Time Warner, Comcast to start online video trials (AP)
  AP - Time Warner and Comcast are joining forces to bring cable TV shows to the Internet, but only for paying subscribers.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:29:05 GMT
• Instapaper Pro 2.0 arrives for iPhone (Macworld.com)
  Macworld.com - Instapaper is a unique service from developer Marco Arment that allows users to quickly bookmark webpages for reading later. Arment's iPhone clients (one free, one paid) can download copies of these pages in a format ideal for reading on an iPhone or iPod touch. A major 2.0 upgrade to Instapaper Pro brings a wealth of new features.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:50:00 GMT
• Nokia and Intel to work together on mobile devices (Reuters)
  Reuters - Intel Corp announced a technology partnership with Nokia that could potentially give the chip maker the breakthrough it has been looking for into the mobile market.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:20:12 GMT
• Spector wants TV, music player for new prison cell (AP)
  AP - Phil Spector is hoping to get a few comforts of home in his new prison cell, and a television, iPod and computer access are at the top of his list.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:57:53 GMT
• Review: Wii gets rare shooter in 'The Conduit' (AP)
  AP - The alien invasion has begun, and Washington is its epicenter. One guy, Secret Service agent Michael Ford, is apparently the only earthling who can save the planet. At the behest of a shadowy organization called The Trust, Ford is given this directive: If it moves, shoot it.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:03:08 GMT
• VP releases The Abbey mystery adventure game (Macworld.com)
  Macworld.com - Virtual Programming on Wednesday announced the release of The Abbey, an adventure game for the Mac, priced at $20. It’s available for purchase and download from VP’s Web site.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:28:00 GMT
• Report: Threats made to maker of China filtering (AP)
  AP - The Chinese manufacturer of Internet-filtering software that must be distributed with all new computers next week has received death threats, state media said Wednesday.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:53:48 GMT
• World of Warcraft Languishes Offline in China (PC World)
  PC World - A weeks-long World of Warcraft server outage in China has driven masses of players there to the Taiwanese server or to other games while a new operator takes the reins of the Blizzard Entertainment blockbuster in China.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:30:16 GMT
• US creates military command for cyber battlefield (AFP)
  AFP - The US military announced a new "cyber command" designed to wage digital warfare and to bolster defenses against mounting threats to its computer networks.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:55:46 GMT
• Eclipse Galileo technologies set for orbit (InfoWorld)
  InfoWorld - The Eclipse Foundation will put out on Wednesday its annual release train, this time featuring the simultaneous release of technologies from 33 different open source project teams in spaces ranging mobile to SOA to the base Eclipse platform.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT
• QuicKeys 4 released (Macworld.com)
  Macworld.com - Startly Technologies has announced the release of QuicKeys 4 for Mac OS X, a new version of the popular productivity software originally developed by CE Software. It costs $60. Upgrades cost $30.
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:02:00 GMT