FAA outage reveals odd computing practices (AP)
AP - When a computer glitch at a Federal Aviation Administration center caused widespread airline delays this week, it served as a reminder that the U.S. flight system is waiting for a modernizing overhaul. But it also appears the FAA's management of its existing technologies falls short of standards in other vital sectors.
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Soft economy speeds newspaper decline, job cuts (AP)
AP - The newspaper industry's downward spiral is accelerating as the weak U.S. economy depresses already-tumbling advertising revenue and forces more rounds of job cuts and other trims.
Phone companies prepare backup plans for Gustav (AP)
AP - The hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast could be a test for the country's wireless carriers, which faced criticism and a regulatory push after Hurricane Katrina took out networks.
Audio slideshow: Video game orchestra (CNET)
CNET - With video game software now a $10 billion industry, video games are becoming central to entertainment culture, not to mention television and movies.
Want IE8 Beta 2? You May Have To Jump Through Hoops (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft warned developers preparing to download the new Beta 2 release of Internet Explorer 8 that under certain conditions those who have already installed IE8 Beta 1 cannot revert to older iterations of the browser.
CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones (CNET)
CNET - This guest post is from Marc Weber Tobias, an attorney and physical security specialist.
Speculation Focuses on iPhone Tethering Approval (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Having banned from its App Store an application that turned an iPhone 3G into a wireless modem, is Apple ready to enable just such an application itself?
Intel acquires Linux mobile developers for Atom (CNET)
CNET - Intel Corp. has acquired Opened Hand, a London-based company which specializes in mobile Linux development and services.
Apple Won't Fix iPhone Passcode Hole Until September (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The latest iPhone embarrassment is a security hole that makes it simple to access stored data on supposedly locked iPhones. Apple said Thursday that a software patch to solve the problem is in the works.
New video game depicts Venezuela mercenary attack (Reuters)
Reuters - A video game depicting mercenaries storming Venezuela, which has been criticized in the oil-rich South American country as a blueprint for an invasion, will be released by a U.S. company this weekend.
How to get thrown into a Chinese prison (CNET)
CNET - q&a James Powderly didn't trek from New York City to Beijing during the 2008 Olympics to watch table tennis.
German customs raid Hyundai at Berlin tech fair (Reuters)
Reuters - German customs police raided South Korea's Hyundai IT Corp (048410.KQ) in Berlin on Saturday, seizing flat-screen televisions from its stand at IFA, the world's largest consumer electronics fair.
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