PC World – Less than 24 hours after Michael Jackson’s death, fraudsters are exploiting public interest with their attempts to spread spam and malware. Security researchers say they’ve observed hundreds of cases of malicious messages masquerading as information about Jackson’s death. Some of them, they say, popped up within minutes of the news.

InfoWorld – Mozilla is expected to release its Firefox 3.5 browser on Tuesday morning, a company representative said on Friday afternoon.

PC World – The HTC Hero opens up a whole world of multimedia content with support for Flash 9, intensifying the spotlight on Apple’s lack of cooperation with Adobe in bringing Flash to the iPhone.

A Swedish court has rejected an appeal for a retrial by the four men behind The Pirate Bay.

Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard unveils a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes to fly around the world.

The net was sorely tested as news of Michael Jackson’s death spread with both Twitter and Google reporting outages.

The music industry should have recognised the potential of Napster and online music rather than fought it, says BPI boss.

MoD unveils new helmet and body armour – Osprey Assault – for UK armed forces.

Europeans will not be able to upgrade directly from earlier versions to Windows 7, says Microsoft.

The UK is able to launch cyber attacks but does not use them for industrial espionage like other countries, says Lord West.