PC World – Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which mobile operating system is fairest of all? That’s a common question, given the many contenders in the mobile arena–and the well-publicized glitches that have recently come up. Source:On the Strengths of Linux, Android Will Win the Mobile Contest (PC World)

PC World – StarCraft II has been circulating in beta since February 2010. A preload version’s been downloadable for the past week. Boxed copies of the game went on sale last night at midnight. The game code’s been hypothetically available, more or less in full, to software pirates for some time now. Source:What's Missing From [...]

Reuters – The U.S. copyright office issued exemptions to a copyright law, giving legal protection for people who unlock their smartphones like Apple Inc’s iPhone. Source:Federal ruling allows iPhone users to alter software (Reuters)

AP – THE NEW IPHONE RULE: Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally unlock their devices so they can run software applications that haven’t been approved by Apple Inc. — a practice known as “jailbreaking.” Source:Summary Box: Gov't allows unapproved iPhone apps (AP)

Macworld.com – If you jailbreak your iPhone to add third-party software, you can do so with the comfort of knowing you aren’t violating copyright laws, after a federal ruling came down on Monday. Source:Jailbreaking officially granted DMCA exemption (Macworld.com)

PC World – After last week’s iPhone brouhaha and controversy, it’s nice to be able to take a step back and explore some of the more nerdy stories making news. Here are some of our favorites from this past week. Enjoy. Source:This Week in GeekTech: Lego Geekery, Old Apple Software, and Fun With Android (PC [...]

AFP – Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday said it is gauging the promise of a tablet computer that runs on Windows 7 software from Microsoft. Source:HP dabbling with Windows 7 tablet computer (AFP)

PC World – The new version of the Terracotta distributed Java caching software is able, for the first time, to aggregate more than a terabyte of pooled memory for a single application and its data, the company announced this week. Source:Terabyte-sized Java Apps Now Possible (PC World)

PC World – Research In Motion has been slowly releasing details of its forthcoming BlackBerry 6 operating system and this week outlined some of the multimedia features. Source:RIM Offers Peek at Multimedia Features of New OS (PC World)

PC World – Fire up your Pascal compilers! The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California has the source code of two software components from the original Macintosh available for your download and study with Apple’s blessing. Source:Original Mac Software Source Code Now Available for Download (PC World)

PC World – IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano has concentrated power in the hands of fewer managers, including putting one person in charge of both software and hardware products, in an executive reshuffle announced in an internal memo on Monday. Source:IBM Consolidates Top Management Jobs (PC World)

Reuters – Speech-recognition software maker Nuance is launching software apps for the Apple iPhone in Britain as the company grows more confident that its voice-to-text technology is ready for global markets. Source:Nuance plans voice-activated iPhone apps for UK (Reuters)

AP – Shares of business software company Qlik Technologies are leaping in their market debut after the company priced its initial public offering above expectations, suggesting strong demand. Source:Qlik shares jump after IPO prices high (AP)

Macworld.com – An update to Apple’s iOS mobile operating system has been released as a beta to registered developers, according to a tweet by Apple evangelist Michael Jurewitz. Source:Apple releases iOS 4.1 beta to developers (Macworld.com)

PC World – A new version of Oracle’s data grid software will allow Microsoft .NET applications to scale to the same large multi-server environments long enjoyed by Java enterprise applications, according to Oracle. Source:Oracle Data Grid Scales .NET to New Heights (PC World)

PC World – Despite the belief of some skeptics that Google’s new, free development software, App Inventor, will flood the Android market with useless apps, it’s not necessarily true that this product will lower the bar for application development. Source:Google App Inventor Opens Android Possibilities (PC World)

Reuters – Developers of China’s Green Dam Internet filter have not received government funding in the past year, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday, placing in doubt the future of the much-criticized software. Source:China stops funding Green Dam web filter: report (Reuters)

NewsFactor – Microsoft on Tuesday announced new features and capabilities in Windows Phone 7 Series. The company released a beta version of developer tools for the new mobile operating system Monday. Source:Windows Phone 7 Bells and Whistles Lure Developers (NewsFactor)