DOJ officially opens investigation into Google Book Search
The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on Thursday that it is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations, following months of speculation that the agency had its eye on the service. Read more...

Judge temporarily dismisses MySpace cyberbully case

Palm Pre hardware glitches hard to evaluate, analysts say

Microsoft pulls projectile-vomiting IE8 ad from Web

Bing beats Google to the punch, launches Twitter search

Mozilla slates first Firefox 3.5 patch

'Jailbroken' iPhones leave users more vulnerable

China will still require Green Dam Web filter program

Security guard charged with hacking hospital systems

Chinese security company shares huge malware database

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Wanna be @the_real_shaq? That'll be $50,000...
If you're a nobody who wants to be somebody in the online Web world, you don't need friends--just a thriving bank account. That's where uSocial comes into play. The company converts your cash into background support on the Web's top social sites: You can buy Diggs, votes on Yahoo Buzz, eyeballs for StumbleUpon ... and now, Twitter followers.

iPhone 3GS heats up, DOJ takes aim at Google
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.

San Francisco misses the NextBus
I live in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. If you've visited San Francisco you may know it as the Italian district, where Joe DiMaggio learned to play baseball and where beat writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg forged their countercultural vision of the American dream. If you live here, though, you also know that it's the worst place in the city to try to find a parking spot.

iPhone 3GS Gets Jailbroken, Hack Available Online
The first jailbreaking application for the iPhone 3GS is now available. The tool, called purplera1n, will only allow the installation of unofficial third-party applications, but will not unlock the iPhone 3GS.

Deathmatch rematch: BlackBerry versus iPhone 3.0

The carrier coup must be stopped
Wireless carriers have made plans for connecting consumer gadgets to the Internet very complex, but it doesn't have to be that way, writes columnist Mike Elgan. The best and simplest plan is what Amazon.com is using with the Kindle.

Search Party: Why Security Pros Should Master Google
One of the reasons security is fun and interesting is that it requires a constant upgrade of your skills and knowledge.

Cloud control systems tame the ether
Signifying a formless haze of computing power and storage that is somewhere "out there," computerdom's current buzzword is as difficult to get one's arms around as a real cloud. A seemingly limitless pool of processors and memory and disk space, and you just scoop out what you need. Sounds great, doesn't it?

10 hot touch-screen phones compared
Keeping tabs on the latest cell phone models can be a full-time job, especially given the number of cell phones announced over the past few months. But thanks to PC World, you don't have to hunt down and compare the various touch-screen smartphones yourself.

Context-aware mobility: What is it and how will it change the business world?
Context awareness paired with mobile devices can mean huge time and money savings. In one hospital, for instance, nurses can drill down to floor maps to help pinpoint the exact location of equipment like IV pumps.

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