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AP - THE PROFIT: IBM Corp.'s second-quarter profit rose 22 percent, easily beating Wall Street's expectations. The Armonk, N.Y.-based company is benefiting from continued strength in its services division despite growing economic worries.

Nokia to start Japan cell phone service in 2009: report (Reuters)

Even Google scales back on holiday fun (Reuters)

Judge orders Ballmer to testify in Vista suit (CNET)

Sprint Nextel's CDMA exec John Garia steps down (Reuters)

Ruby on Rails upgrade released (InfoWorld)

Apple's iPhone Update 2.2 Adds Multiple Features (NewsFactor)

Customers line up for new BlackBerry Storm (CNET)

Web sites offer real estate agent rankings (AP)

Pentagon bans computer flash drives (AP)

Engineers sentenced to 1 year for espionage case (AP)

Sun, Microsoft boost IDEs (InfoWorld)

Broadband makes tiny town an English-teaching hub (AP)

Apple's iPhone Update 2.2 Adds Multiple Features

Google Offers SearchWiki Custom Search Tools

One More Update, Then IE8 Will Be Final in 2009

Google Wants to Preinstall Chrome Browser on PCs

IBM, Partners Aim To Build Brain-Like Computer Systems (NewsFactor)

Sorting 1PB with MapReduce

Study Finds Online Activities Help Teens' Development (NewsFactor)

Florida Teen Commits Suicide in Front of Webcam