Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:
AP: tech coming to stop “wholesale theft” on ‘Net  —  It looks like the Associated Press is getting pretty close to deploying that ‘anti-misappropriation’ technology the news agency has been talking about.  Ars got an AP editor to give us some details.  —  Ever since the Associated Press warned … […]

Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report:
Fido’s 2009 roadmap leaked; $99 4GB iPhone 3G?  —  Okay, so one of our Fido ninjas hit us up with some exclusive snaps of what is reportedly the entire roadmap for the rest of 2009.  We’re very far away from being able to confirm this information — it actually […]

Ben / The Fluther Blog:
An open letter to Jason Calacanis  —  Stop stealing our users’ content.  Your Q&A website, Mahalo Answers, is hijacking content from our Q&A site, Fluther, and breaking our terms of service.  —  We get it.  You need to create doppelganger Twitter accounts to bolster your user base and create content.

Jason Wilk / tinyComb:
Spotted: First In Line for The Pre  — Damn, I’m impressed.  One of our readers just sent over some photos showing what is now being confirmed as the first person in line for the Palm Pre (and no, it’s not Greg Packer).  The linesitter, who did not provide a name, said […]

Peter Cohen / Macworld:
In preparation for iPhone 3.0, Apple posts iTunes 8.2  —  Apple on Monday released iTunes 8.2, an update to its music jukebox software and online store interface for the Mac and Windows.  It’s available for download through the Software Update system preference.

Michael Orey / Business Week:
Supreme Court to Review ‘Business Method’ Patents  —  The high court will decide if such things as financial products and Internet commerce systems deserve intellectual-property protection  —  The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday, June 1, that it would take up a major issue …

Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
New iPhones approved in capacities from 4GB up to 32GB?  —  4GB to 32GB — that’s one hell of a range, but we’re hearing from a trusted source that new iPhones in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB capacities just garnered approval by the PCS Type Review Certification Board, the standards body […]

Anil Sabharwal / Docs Blog:
The file formats keep on coming!  Announcing .xlsx and .docx support  —  I still remember the first time I was introduced to Google Docs by a friend.  I had one of those “aha” moments.  Here was a product where I could easily share documents with people all over the world […]

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
EMC spars with NetApp over Data Domain  —  EMC has swooped in Monday with an $1.8 billion, or $30 a share, offer for Data Domain.  The rub: Rival NetApp already had a plan to buy the company for $25 a share, or $1.5 billion.  —  EMC said its all […]

Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Microsoft announces “Project Natal” motion controller for Xbox 360!  —  Yes, it’s real.  Now you’ll be able to change a tire… virtually.  At E3 today, Microsoft finally took the wraps off the that rumored motion controller we’d been hearing about.  Apparently the small, black device …