Best Buy becomes first independent iPhone retailer (AP)
AP - Best Buy Co. will start selling the iPhone on Sept. 7, becoming first U.S. chain to do so outside of Apple Inc.'s and AT&T Inc.'s own stores. 213
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Motorists turn to carpool sites as gas prices rise (AP)
AP - Robert Gilliland didn't think much about carpooling until gas prices got out of control. Now, he's happy to trade his motoring freedom for $120 in weekly savings.
Russian hackers continue attacks on Georgian sites (AP)
AP - Attacks by Russian hackers against Georgian Web sites, including one hosted in the United States, continued Tuesday even as Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered a halt to hostilities against Georgia.
Starz ending Vongo movie service for Starz Play (AP)
AP - Liberty Media Corp.'s Starz pay TV subsidiary is pulling the plug on its Vongo movie-download service in favor of letting Verizon Communications Inc. and other affiliates market a similar service.
Transit agency wants MIT students to stay gagged (CNET)
CNET - The state of Massachusetts plans to ask a federal judge on Thursday to keep in place a restraining order that prevents three MIT students from publicly discussing vulnerabilities they discovered in subway card security.
Buy evidence of my husband's adultery on eBay (Reuters)
Reuters - An Australian woman has taken revenge on her cheating husband by putting a photograph of his lover's underpants up for sale on the auction site eBay.
Best Buy to sell iPhones soon (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - The Apple Store and AT&T stores soon won't be the only places you can stand in line to buy an iPhone: Best Buy, the nation's largest electronics retailer, is joining the fray.
Two improved invisibility devices show themselves (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Harry Potter's cloak it isn't, but scientists report the creation of two visible-light "invisibility cloak" prototypes that promise improved optics and cellphones and, yes, invisibility.
Gates marks anniversary of Microsoft research arm (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday that the dramatic growth of the Internet would eventually spark a software-writing revolution.
Hackers want to be your (malicious) friend (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook isn't just popular with consumers and marketers. Hackers are finding flaws in computer-programming language JavaScript and planting malicious code in the profiles on the popular social-networking site and its rivals.
Electronic Art sets "Madden" sales blitz (Reuters)
Reuters - At 70 million units sold and counting, it's the most important sports franchise in video game history, so Electronic Arts pulled out all the stops for its newest release.
Kwiry service lets users text to remember tidbits (AP)
AP - It happens to everyone: A friend recommends a good book or movie, but by the time you get around to Googling it — assuming you get that far — you can't remember what it's called.
Yahoo board sets eyes on Chapple and Biondi (CNET)
CNET - Yahoo is close to appointing John Chapple and Frank Biondi Jr. as its two additional board members, as it nears its Friday deadline to expand its board as part of a settlement agreement with investor activist Carl Icahn, according to sources.
Yahoo spends $36M on advisers in Microsoft dance (AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc. shelled out $36 million in the first half of 2008 to the outside advisers that helped the company navigate stormy buyout talks with Microsoft Corp. and the ensuing proxy threat from activist investor Carl Icahn.
IPhone could give Best Buy sales boost: analysts (Reuters)
Reuters - Best Buy Co will likely gain market share from an agreement to sell Apple Inc's iPhone at its 970 U.S. stores, analysts said on Wednesday.
Sun releases beta of NetBeans IDE (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A beta release of the open source NetBeans 6.5 IDE is being offered by Sun Microsystems on Wednesday.
Facebook Still Tops Worldwide, with 153 Percent Growth (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Facebook remains the number-one social-networking site in the world, according to a new study released Tuesday by comScore -- and it has undergone 153 percent growth in the past year.
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