Duluth, Minn. - Jammie Thomas-Rasset took the witness stand in her own defense on Wednesday, against charges from the RIAA that she infringed copyrights by sharing songs on the Kazaa file-sharing network, Ars Technica reported. [more..]

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple on Wednesday released its 3.0 software update for the iPhone, bringing long-desired features like copy-and-paste, push notifications, multimedia messaging and tethering of 3G connections. [more..]

Washington - In the aftermath of the relatively smooth transition to digital TV broadcasting on Friday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is now looking into reports that viewers in D.C., Chicago and Philadelphia are unable to receive certain stations, the Washington Post reports. [more..]

Washington - Americans favor their Internet connections more than their cell phones or cable TV, according to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. [more..]

Reston, Va. - Despite initial skepticism by many technology commentators, Microsoft's new Bing search engine continued to gain market momentum in its second week in public release, according to new figures released by Internet audience measurement firm comScore. [more..]

Palo Alto, Calif. - Amazon.com's A9 search engine unit has acquired SnapTell, a provider of visual product search and mobile marketing services, for an undisclosed sum, TechCrunch reported. [more..]

Dublin, Ireland - Video game developer eRepublik announced on Wednesday that it has raised about $2.8 million in its first round of financing from AGF Private Equity. [more..]

Menlo Park, Calif. - AdWhirl, the provider of a dynamic mobile ad platform for Apple's iPhone, has raised a $1 million round of seed funding, led by Foundation Capital with participation by several angel investors. [more..]

Jim Banister: Last reports I saw had Facebook at over 200 million active worldwide unique users (and growing) and an estimated $200m-plus in annual revenue in 2008. Pretty kooky to claim it'll be a failure, eh? [more..]

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple has posted a notice on its support site, warning users that third-party media players that have devised a way to sync up with its iTunes software may not be supported as software is updated, in a possible reaction to Palm's new Pre smartphone, which boasts the ability to sync with iTunes like an iPhone. [more..]

New York - Major League Baseball Advanced Media announced on Wednesday that it will now offer live streaming of baseball games through its At Bat 2009 application for Apple's iPhone. [more..]

Glendale, Calif. - Disney's consumer products unit and manufacturing partner ASUS on Wednesday introduced the Disney Netpal, a notebook computer targeted at kids. [more..]

San Francisco - Jelli on Wednesday introduced a "crowdsourced" radio programming model, where Web users will help determine what songs are played both online, and over the air on a traditional radio station. [more..]