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Google Cries Wolf as Outage Disrupts China Operations (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - After assuming the worst with its China operations, Google on Thursday evening backed off accusations of censorship in the communist nation. Google said earlier Thursday that the Chinese government was blocking its search engine, Google Mobile, and Google Ad products. Google also said its news and image services were being "partially blocked." July 30, 2010 4:01 PM Microsoft Will Try to Block Google-Yahoo Japan Deal (PC World) PC World - A legal battle is brewing between Microsoft and Google for control of Japan's lucrative search market. July 30, 2010 3:40 PM RIM’s rumored 'BlackPad' tablet due in November? (Ben Patterson) Ben Patterson - Rumors of a BlackBerry tablet are heating up by the day, with Bloomberg now claiming that the BlackPad — yes, the BlackPad — will arrive in November, complete with an iPad-size screen and the ability to connect to the Internet via either Wi-Fi or your Bluetooth-connected BlackBerry. July 30, 2010 2:54 PM Sprint prepping 'Peel' mobile Wi-Fi case for iPod Touch? (Ben Patterson) Ben Patterson - Take an iPod Touch, add Wi-Fi and an Internet-calling app like Skype, and you’ve pretty much got a phone, right? Now comes word that Sprint could be prepping a cradle for the Touch that acts as a portable hotspot, good for keeping the iPod in a Wi-Fi cloud when Sprint 3G coverage is available. July 30, 2010 1:38 PM Amazon updates Kindle app with inline dictionary, more (Macworld.com) Macworld.com - Amazon on Thursday released significant upgrades to its Kindle app for iPhone and iPad. Just days after the company announced the new Kindle 3, Amazon’s made the iOS version of its e-reader even more competitive with its hardware device: The app now includes a dictionary with 250,000 entries, adds the ability to search within books on the iPad, and improves the experience of searching books on the iPhone and iPod touch. July 30, 2010 12:23 PM FBI access to e-mail, Web data raises privacy fear (AP) AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law. July 30, 2010 12:19 PM HOW TO: Manage a Sustainable Online Community (Mashable) Mashable - Rob Howard is the CTO/founder of enterprise collaboration software company Telligent. July 30, 2010 8:33 AM Australia govt expands proposed broadband network (AP) AP - Australia's government expanded its ambitious plan to bring broadband to much of the vast country, adding 300,000 homes and businesses to the coverage area Friday in hopes of winning votes in next month's federal election. July 30, 2010 8:16 AM Microsoft's IE9 Beta Arrives in September (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Addressing an audience at the company's annual financial analyst meeting in Redmond, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner announced that a beta for Internet Explorer 9, the latest version of its popular browser, will be available fore download this September. July 30, 2010 5:14 AM Google not sure if China behind service disruption (AFP) AFP - Google does not know if the Chinese authorities were behind a disruption in the company's services on Thursday, chief executive Eric Schmidt said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. July 30, 2010 6:08 PM