Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch expects News Corporation-owned newspaper Web sites to start charging users for access within a year in a move which analysts say could radically shake-up the culture of freely available content. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/05/07/murdoch.web.content/

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Sun also said it is probing possible cases of corruption in its overseas operations and has been cooperating with federal agencies in the investigation. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Shareholders-seek-block-Sun-Oracle/story.aspx?guid={E38CA6E9-3C7F-4A2A-87E0-C70F89F82D01}

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But these organic photovoltaics aren’t very efficient at converting sunlight to electricity and won’t last as long as a rooftop solar panel, which is typically under warranty for 25 years. Konarka said late last year that it achieved 6 percent efficiency in its labs but that’s not yet available in its products. A high-efficiency silicon [...]

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The OpenOffice.org Community is pleased to announce the general availability of OpenOffice.org 3.1, a significant upgrade to the world’s leading open-source office productivity suite. Since OpenOffice.org 3.0 was launched last October, over 60 million downloads have been recorded from the OpenOffice.org website alone. Released in more than 90 languages and available as a free download [...]

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The Internal Revenue Service and a number of states, including Texas, have been using data warehouses to help pull together tax data and reduce losses for as long as a decade, but some states have held out. Many have gone only part of the way to a complete system of business intelligence coupled with a [...]

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Another day, another cyber-security concern. In today’s episode, a used computer bought on eBay contained highly sensitive details of a key U.S. missile system designed by defense contractor Lockheed Martin. Among the data found on the legally purchased computer were details of test launch procedures, blueprints of facilities and sensitive personal data on Lockheed Martin [...]

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And thanks to Weave Sync, a user’s identity information and other personal data, like Web page history, can be synced across devices. Thus, mobile phone users could launch Fennec, the mobile version of Firefox, and see the Web pages they’d been browsing at home, for example. http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/browsers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217300721&cid=nl_IWK_daily_H

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He said the technology is outdated, in part, because of a lack of funding, but added that the Criminal History Systems Board received money from an IT bond and plans to modernize its system. The board is in the process of choosing a vendor and expects the work to be completed within two years. http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/government/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217300742&cid=nl_IWK_daily_H

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