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Appolicious – This was a big week for the mobile OS wars, with previews of upcoming Android tablets emerging in the days leading up to the IFA event in Germany.  Just before the conference kicked off, however, Steve Jobs debuted...

PC World – Apple’s music-focused social network, Ping is only a few days old, and already the iTunes-based feature is “drowning in scams and spams,” security researchers say. The scams are nothing too advanced at the moment, and there...

AFP – Malaysia has formed a task force to scour the Internet for blog postings deemed harmful to national unity, authorities said on Friday in the latest of a series of actions against new media. . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

AFP – A video cartoon featuring Google’s chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square as a privacy group continued to hound the Internet giant. . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

Macworld.com – As you’re aware, Apple just released iTunes 10. With that release has come some changes—both expected and not so.. Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

AP – THE DEAL: Under a new five-year agreement, Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.’s websites. The companies signed the deal this week.. Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

NewsFactor – When Microsoft launched its Bing decision engine in 2009, it may have held out hope for an alliance with AOL. In fact, there were even rumors that Microsoft would buy out the struggling Internet service provider. But AOL...

Macworld.com – Looking to catch the most recent season of Lost, but don’t want to succumb the baggage of having to buy a bunch of episodes that you’ll only watch once? Relax, friend, because if you’re an iTunes 10 user,...

PC World – Microsoft on Thursday started featuring a small advertisement on its Bing home page for Internet Explorer 8 in an apparent effort to encourage more people to migrate to the latest version of its browser.. Read the rest...

AP – Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.’s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week. . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...