AP - President Barack Obama sought to rally support for his domestic initiatives, while Sen. John McCain called for Americans to support Iranian election protesters. The one-time presidential rivals both cited the spirit of the nation’s founders in their Fourth of July radio and Internet addresses.
AFP - Fans heading to Los Angeles for Michael Jackson’s memorial extravaganza were urged to stay away on Friday as organizers said tickets for the event would be allocated by an online lottery.
AFP - Swedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson won contracts to supply broadband Internet to millions of users in China by a deal with three operators there, it said Friday.
PC World - If you’re a nobody who wants to be somebody in the online Web world, you don’t need friends–just a thriving bank account. That’s where uSocial comes into play. The company converts your cash into background support on the Web’s top social sites: You can buy Diggs, votes on Yahoo Buzz, eyeballs for StumbleUpon… and now, Twitter followers.
AFP - Old Asia-Pacific maps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities, a Japanese researcher said Friday.
AFP - The Obama administration is planning to use the National Security Agency to screen Internet traffic between government agencies and the private sector, the Washington Post reported Friday.
PC World - The first jailbreaking application for the iPhone 3GS is now available. The tool, called purplera1n, will only allow the installation of unofficial third-party applications, but will not unlock the iPhone 3GS.
Reuters - U.S. government guidelines to spend $4 billion to expand broadband access to underserved areas across the United States may go beyond current laws, a broadband industry group, said on Thursday.
AFP - Several PC makers said Friday they were voluntarily including China’s controversial Internet filter software in new shipments despite Beijing’s decision to postpone making it mandatory.
PC World - Apple appears to be exempt from China’s mandate that a controversial Internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country.