Reuters - Overstock.com said on Friday it filed
a lawsuit to challenge a New York law requiring Internet
retailers to collect and pay New York state taxes on sales to
New York consumers even if the retailer does not have a
physical presence in New York.

TechWeb - InformationWeek - The reason for RIM’s success? It’s been able to broaden the appeal of the BlackBerry to more than just professionals, an IDC report found.

AP - Amazon.com said Friday that publisher Simon & Schuster Inc. will make 5,000 more books available for the Amazon Kindle wireless reader, bumping to 125,000 the number of titles users can download and read.

TechWeb - InformationWeek - New technologies and pricing due by the end of 2008 have the potential to eliminate the problems of embedded wireless 3G notebook purchases, Gartner now suggests.

TechWeb - InformationWeek - The satellite companies have asked a Delaware court to find that their new DVR software does not infringe a TiVo patent.

Reuters - Legal pressure is mounting against
U.S. wireless operators over their role in facilitating either
false or misleading charges for mobile content — primarily
ringtones.

Reuters - It’s the first time songs
performed on “American Idol” have been made available for
immediate download on iTunes — and the audience’s ability to
make an instant-gratification purchase has paid off handsomely
for winner David Cook.

AP - Apple Inc.’s iPhone, a new model of which is widely expected this summer, took 19.2 percent of the U.S. market for “smart” phones in the first quarter of 2008, according to research firm IDC’s vendor survey.

PC World - The forthcoming version of the leading print publishing software adds Flash support, new tools, and an improved UI.