Microsoft Word Sales Banned In 60 Days (InformationWeek)

A Judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop selling its popular Word document creation application in the United States in 60 days, after finding that the software contains technology that violates a patent held by a third party. Microsoft plans to appeal; the court also said the software maker must pay $240 million in patent-violation damages.

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The Case Against Apple Is Just As Much A Case For Apple (TechCrunch)

Many of the problems the blogosphere is talking about simply aren’t seen as problems by Apple, and more importantly, by the public at large. Until that changes, there is no real risk to Apple.

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Google Voice Coming To iPhone As Web App (InformationWeek)

Apple iPhone users may soon have an official way to use Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Voice, as Google is working on a Web application for its calling service, according to an unconfirmed report on David Pogue's blog on The New York Times's Web site. [Actually, you can use it now if you have a GV account--bcm]

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Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits source code for kernel (Network World)

In an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license.

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Blackberry Software For Mac Coming In September (BusinessWeek)

The Blackberry officially speaks Mac. Research In Motion says it will release its first official Blackberry Desktop Software for Mac in September.

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How to Behave: New Rules for Highly Evolved Humans (WIRED)

The editors at Wired asked a group of social scientists to develp "a scientific approach to 21st-century predicaments." Brad Pitt demonstrates in photos.

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