AP - While the process isn't perfect, scanning machines do exist to detect liquid explosives like the ones purportedly at the heart of the terrorist plot broken up this week.

PC Magazine - A total of 181 students from 72 teams representing 42 countries participated in the Microsoft Imagine Cup, a contest that ended on Friday. Italian team Even .ctor took first place in the software design category.

InfoWorld - Apple’s WorldWide Developers Conference (WWDC) is no Mac pep rally. It’s a gathering of geeks ready for a deep dive into a pool of technologies. But WWDC also has a tradition of new product intros, and last week was no exception, with two major hardware offerings and a tantalizing look at Mac OS X 10.5, code-named Leopard.

Reuters - XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. on Friday said U.S. regulators have requested additional information on its radio receivers that also contain FM transmitters.

AP - Although he was alarmed by AOL's haphazard release of its subscribers' online search requests, Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday the privacy concerns raised by that breach won't change his company's practice of storing the inquiries made by its users.

Macworld.com - Apple on Friday filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a notification of late filing for its Form 10-Q, a report required by the SEC, in this case for Apple’s financial quarter that ended July 1, 2006.

Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. on Friday told securities regulators it would not file its quarterly results on time as it reviews irregularities related to some past stock options grants.

PC World - Rumors spread that well-known PC makers will offer buyers a coupon for a free upgrade to Vista.

AP - The MTV Music Video Awards are about to get a dose of Jack Black. The actor-slash-rocker will host this year's version of the anything-can-happen extravaganza, set for Aug. 31, MTV announced Thursday.

Reuters - Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. and Quanta Computer Inc. said on Friday they had agreed on an alliance in the TV business, albeit a much narrower one than they had initially hoped for.

Reuters - Cyberspace, one of the last true havens of free speech in Malaysia, may soon fall victim to a squabble between the country's two most powerful politicians, with the government vowing to punish defamatory remarks on Web sites.

Reuters - A research alliance consisting of General Motors Corp., BMW AG and DaimlerChrysler AG plans to invest over $1 billion in the development of a new hybrid transmission and related systems that backers say will leapfrog the market-leading technology now offered by Toyota Motor Corp..

AP - Apple Computer Inc. said Friday it will delay filing its latest quarterly report and expects to make "significant changes" to results for the period because of irregularities related to past stock-option grants.

The managing editor of CJR Daily.org (Columbia Journal Review)and his assistant both resigned on Thursday after the dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism told them he was reducing the site's budget.

AFP - BetOnSports, the multibillion-dollar London-listed group embroiled in a US crackdown on Internet gambling, has said that its US-facing operations are to close.

AFP - The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urged personal computer owners to immediately fix a dangerous vulnerabililty in Microsoft's Windows operating systems.

AFP - Personal computers have transformed society in a mere 25 years and they are just getting warmed up.

USATODAY.com - IBM took another step to build out its software portfolio Thursday by announcing a $1.6 billion acquisition of FileNet, which helps companies route data through business applications.

The movie industry is planning to ease governing rules on copying movies to DVDs.Consumers may now be able to download a movie off the Web and copy the digital movie to a DVD. Digital movies now being sold by such companies as CinemaNow and Movielink have not been widely accepted. Consumers...

AFP - Dell, the world's leading personal computer maker, could be hit with multiple lawsuits in China for alleged false advertising of its popular laptop computers, state press has reported.