New Zealand Herald Ruling Lets Owners Alter iPhone SoftwareWall Street JournalApple Inc.'s control over its iPhone and other devices via its iTunes store was undercut Monday by a federal ruling legalizing jailbreaking, or altering the devices to install unapproved software, a practice used now...

New Zealand Herald Apple bans developer from iTunesBBC NewsApple has banned a Vietnamese developer from its app store after he was implicated in fraudulently pushing his titles to its best-seller list. According to Apple, Thuat Nguyen hacked around 400 iTunes accounts, in order to use their credit...

New Zealand Herald Apple Pulls Apps Citing FraudWall Street JournalApple Inc. removed an undisclosed number of applications from its popular App Store and acknowledged that a developer had engaged in fraudulent purchases. Apple said applications created by Thuat Nguyen had been removed and alleged...

New Zealand Herald Report: More than half of Android apps are freeCNETGoogle's Android Market offers the largest share of free apps at 57 percent, while the Windows Mobile Marketplace offers the smallest share at 22 percent, says a report on mobile app stores released last week by Distimo. …Apple...

New Zealand Herald Study: The secret to long life is having the right genesUSA TodayPeople who live to 100 and beyond have a unique set of genetic variations that seems to help them live 20 years longer than the rest of the population, researchers have found. The gene clusters seem to trump …Genetic...

New Zealand Herald Project Natal becomes Kinect at E3 media circusTG DailyMicrosoft has officially launched its controller-free motion sensing device. Previously known as Project Natal, it now has a proper name: Kinect. The device, for the Xbox 360, has a camera, audio sensors and motion sensors...

New Zealand Herald Facebook Fracas Hits California RaceWall Street JournalThe dust-up over Facebook Inc.'s privacy practices is becoming a political headache for the company's former privacy chief in his campaign for California attorney general. The social-networking service, which has nearly...

New Zealand Herald Facebook Fracas Hits California RaceWall Street JournalThe dust-up over Facebook Inc.'s privacy practices is becoming a political headache for the company's former privacy chief in his campaign for California attorney general. The social-networking service, which has nearly...

New Zealand Herald Google Apologizes for Google Wave ConfusionPC MagazineSAN FRANCISCO – Google executives offered a mea culpa of sorts for Google Wave on Wednesday, noting that the company did a poor job of explaining Wave's purpose. Going forward, the evolution of Wave will probably look...

New Zealand Herald Biz Break: Facebook, 'FarmVille' maker Zynga: friends for 5 more yearsSan Jose Mercury NewsToday: Facebook and Zynga sign a five-year deal. HP reports a $2.2 billion quarterly profit. Google offers to buy an Internet and video and voice service provider. Cisco buys a design...