blog.seattlepi.com:
Judge overturns Uniloc’s record $388M victory over Microsoft  —  A district judge has abolished a high-profile, $388 million award against Microsoft and ruled that the company did not infringe a patent held by software maker Uniloc.  —  The judgment, signed Tuesday by Judge William Smith …

Steve Ballmer / Microsoft Corporation:
The New Efficiency  —  In all the talk about the economy, one term that comes up more and more frequently is something called “the new normal.”  I like this phrase because it speaks to the fact that economic reality has undergone a fundamental shift over the course of the past […]

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:
Google to expand Wave testing, eyes Wave store  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc’s (GOOG.O) highly anticipated real-time communications service is not “ready for prime time,” but the company said on Tuesday it was on track to begin the biggest field test yet of the potentially groundbreaking Google Wave.

Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Palm Pre’s New Strategy: Forget iTunes, Hello Wireless Amazon Downloads  —  When the Palm Pre debuted, one of its most useful features was its ability to sync with Apple’s iTunes software.  Unfortunately, how it went about doing this was a little bit underhanded: it pretended to be an iPhone.

Mia / YouTube Blog:
Warner Music Comes Back to YouTube  —  Music Licensing: It’s complicated.  Let’s face it.  But today all of that is beside the point: we are happy to announce that Warner Music Group (WMG)’s artists are returning home to YouTube.  Under this new, multi-year global agreement …

The Paperboy / Gizmodo:
The Courier Files: How Microsoft Thinks We’ll Use Their Secret Tablet  —  Microsoft’s Courier booklet was surprising, mostly because it was so far outside of what everybody now expects from a tablet.  This internal video shows how Microsoft thinks we’ll use Courier.

Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
Microsoft Offers Free Security Essentials  —  New antivirus service could pose threat to paid entrants in the multibillion dollar PC security industry.  —  Microsoft on Tuesday launched free PC antivirus software that could crimp sales of pricey offerings from standalone security specialists like Symantec and McAfee.

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft’s Courier tablet: A Franklin Covey planner on steroids?  —  Since the first video and photo leaks went public last week of Microsoft’s alleged second-generation Tablet PC, tipsters have been working overtime.  —  Since Microsoft isn’t commenting at all on Courier (the official statement is …

Lars Rasmussen / The Official Google Blog:
Surf’s up Wednesday: Google Wave update  —  Starting Wednesday, September 30 we’ll be sending out more than 100,000 invitations to preview Google Wave to:  — Developers who have been active in the developer preview we started back in June  — The first users who signed up and offered […]

Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple warns of near-term iMac, Mac mini constraints [u]  —  Apple this week began informing its direct sales channels that several of its desktop-based Mac offerings have entered a period of constraint, further hinting that Mac hardware updates are on the horizon.  [Updated with additional info on Mac mini.]