PC Magazine – Addressing an audience at the company’s annual financial analyst meeting in Redmond, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner announced that a beta for Internet Explorer 9, the latest version of its popular browser, will be available fore download this September. Source:Microsoft's IE9 Beta Arrives in September (PC Magazine)

PC World – Zynga, the online gaming company best known for its Farmville Facebook game, has received a US$150 million investment from Japanese Internet company Softbank. Source:Zynga Gets $150M From Japan's Softbank (PC World)

Macworld.com – Itâ??s been a big day for Apple, what with the new iMacs, Mac Pros, and the Magic-est Trackpad ever to set foot on the Internet. Source:Remains of the Day: Jailbreak blues (Macworld.com)

AP – You won’t be able to ask Jeeves, the butler that made the search engine now known as Ask.com famous in the late ’90s. But in a bid to engage more users, Ask is returning to its question-and-answer roots by tapping its users and the Web. Source:Ask.com wants users to ask each other, not [...]

AP – The White House says the secret military documents released by the whistle-blower WikiLeaks reveal names, operations, logistics and sources involved in the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. Source:WH: Web site leaks reveal names, operations (AP)

AP – THE FCC PLAN: The Federal Communications Commission wants to auction off a prime piece of wireless spectrum called the D Block to the wireless industry. Source:Summary Box: FCC, public safety spar over spectrum (AP)

AFP – China’s most popular blogger recalls being baffled when a publisher told him he could not run an article because it mentioned a person ordering a dish of lamb. Source:China's star blogger treads fine line (AFP)

PC World – Baidu plans to press its claims against a U.S. domain registry for allowing hackers to take over the search engine company’s website, following a judge’s ruling clearing the way for a lawsuit. Source:Baidu to Pursue Claims Against U.S. Domain Registry (PC World)

AFP – Chinese Internet search giant Baidu said Thursday its profits more than doubled in the second quarter, as its customer base widened at the expense of rival Google. Source:China's Baidu doubles profits in second quarter (AFP)

Reuters – Connecticut’s attorney general, who is leading a 37-state probe of Google Inc’s collection of data from private Wi-Fi networks, asked the Internet search leader on Wednesday if it had tested the software before using it. Source:Connecticut asks Google for info in privacy flap (Reuters)

PC World – Here’s a head-scratcher for you: a recent survey conducted by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) determined that Facebook scores alongside airlines, cable companies and — wait for it — filing taxes online in terms of customer satisfaction. That means the Web’s most popular site, with half a billion users, is also [...]

Mashable – In October, Redbox may challenge Netflix by announcing a web site for movie rentals, but it’s not clear yet whether that site will provide DVD-by-mail service, direct downloads, streaming videos or some combination of the three. Source:Redbox Considers Online Service to Challenge Netflix [REPORT] (Mashable)

The Upshot – Mark Williams, the tea party leader who wrote a blog post this week calling the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) racist, has been “expelled” from the National Tea Party Federation. Williams wrote the blog post on … Source:Tea party group expels leader for ‘clearly offensive’ blog post (The [...]

PC World – Google on Friday said it acquired Metaweb, a company that maintains a database of information that it offers to website operators wishing to aggregate content about specific topics on their sites. Source:Google Buys Metaweb, Chases More Complicated Search (PC World)

Appolicious – What will Steve Jobs offer iPhone 4 owners who have trouble making phone calls? We expect an iTunes credit to buy a bumper, not a recall. Also in today’s App Industry Report, when will Jobs bring Swype to the iPhone? Source:Expect credit for free bumper, not recall, from Apple on Friday (Appolicious)

PC World – A U.K. music royalty collection society has suggested charging ISPs for pirated content traded on their networks, as the organization claims piracy will worsen with faster broadband speeds. Source:UK Royalty Society Suggests ISPs Pay for Pirated Music (PC World)

PC Magazine – A Connecticut-based company has filed a patent infringement suit against eBay for $3.8 billion over the online auction site’s electronic payment system. Source:EBay Hit with $3.8B Patent Suit Over Payment System (PC Magazine)

PC World – If you use Picasa Web, Google’s photo sharing service, you can now edit your photos within Picasa including cropping, resizing, red eye correction and more thanks to integration with Picknik, the search giant’s cloud-based photo editing tool. Google on Tuesday announced that Picnik photo editing capabilities will now be accessible to Picasa [...]