PC World - Open-source content management vendor Alfresco can now stand in for SharePoint server.

NewsFactor - Building on a technology partnership announced at the International CES show earlier this year, LG Electronics and Netflix are poised to launch a new Blu-ray Disc player with the ability to stream feature films and popular TV episodes from Netflix’s catalog of more than 12,000 titles, beginning this autumn.

AP - Scrabulous is back on Facebook, but now it has a new name, new rules and circular tiles that could help its makers skirt legal claims from the owners of Scrabble.

Reuters - The media should have been told they
would not have total Internet freedom before arriving for the
Beijing Olympics, a senior IOC official said on Thursday, as
rights groups piled criticism on both the IOC and host China.

Reuters - Although the future
team colors of quarterback Brett Favre are unknown, when the
20th Anniversary “Madden NFL 09″ game is released in August he
will be wearing the Green Bay Packers’ colors on the cover.

Reuters - Motorola Inc posted a small
quarterly profit after more than a year of disappointing
results, as it sold more mobile phones than expected due to
strength in North America, sending its shares up 13 percent.

CNET - Google Street View has been given approval to drive on the other side of the street on the other side of the pond.

AP - In a sign that it may be finally turning its fortunes around, Motorola Inc. surprised investors Thursday by reporting a small profit for the second quarter and revealing it had shipped more cell phones than in the first quarter. Its shares soared.

PC World - Oracle has bought a Global Knowledge Software, a developer of tools used to build self-service training courses.

PC World - Sun has released a preview SDK for its JavaFX development platform.