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1. iPhone: Renegade app store opens but Apple wants to kill it

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... in order to install unofficial applications. Susan Crawford, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, told NY Times that federal courts have ruled that the DMCA was used to stifle competition. ...

2. Surprise, surprise: U.S. broadband is slow. Really slow.

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Vermont. Users in these states ...

3. On the Campaign Trail: Green energy beginning to evoke the feelings of Americans

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... it was appropriate to launch an ad regarding our energy independence. The ad is being run in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and is more than likely the start of many others to follow since ...

4. Researchers say violent video games and television almost as bad as smoking

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Researchers from the University of Michigan have completed a landmark study which compares violent video games and television footage against other health risks like smoking and AIDS.  L. Rowell ...

5. Comcast worker snoozes at customer's house

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   A Comcast worker was caught sleeping on the job, not once, but twice. The Maironi family in Garden City Michigan had a Comcast worker fix the cable system, but found the worker asleep after one hour. ...

6. Could new broadband reforms lead to a "fast lane" for Google and Yahoo?

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... end, has the right of way? "A title of this hearing might be, 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,'" quipped Rep. John Dingell (D - Michigan) last week. "We were well on the road to achieving ...

7. Michigan violent video game law struck down hard in US District Court

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   In a severe legal setback for proponents of video game content regulation, a US District Court in Michigan struck down a state law today that banned the sale of violent video game content to minors, declaring ...

8. US House debates bill to allow nationally franchised ISPs, VoIP providers

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... be regulated according to different sets of rules. Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R - Michigan) rose in support of the Barton bill, praising it for containing language that maintains local control over ...

9. iTunes tops 1 billion downloads

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... about three million downloads each day. West Bloomfield, Michigan, resident Alex Ostrovsky is credited with the 1 billionth download and will receive a 20" iMac, 10 fifth generation iPods and a $10,000 ...