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Macworld.com - It’s time for users of Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard to get their Software Update engines ready. Apple on Tuesday released Security Update 2010-005, which is recommended for all users.

PC World - Officials in Marin County, California, decided on Tuesday to replace the county's ailing SAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) system, an option that would cost less than trying to fix widespread problems with the software, according to officials.

When talented designers jump ship from big videogame companies, they gain a lot of freedom — and get out from under the thumbs of marketing teams. Such moves to independent development also provide gamers with pure dollops of genius like Jamie Cheng's new Shank.

A week after a high-profile paper suggested that the vast Deepwater Horizon oil plume could linger for months, another study claims bacteria are breaking the oil down quickly, and that the plume is likely gone. The conflict between the results are striking. Other researchers warn that there's just too little data to draw any conclusions. But the new findings are at least encouraging.

AP - Microsoft Corp.'s technology is now processing all the search requests on Yahoo Inc.'s website in the U.S. and Canada, completing a long-awaited leap that creates a more formidable challenger to Google Inc. in the most lucrative part of the online advertising market.

Mashable - Watch streaming television shows and movies via Hulu or Netflix on the web? Y Combinator startup Teevok has released a doozy of an iPhone app designed for you -- it's a one-touch web watching experience powered by your iPhone.

Google this week released an update for its Google mobile app for iPhone, which introduces push notifications for Google's calendar and a barely functional push feature for Google mail.

A new device simulates the dizzying experience of returning from space by zapping pilots with electrical current behind the ears.

The Los Angeles sheriff's department is just fine with using an invisible heat ray, a weapon deemed too controversial for Afghanistan.

Facebook might be run by youngsters, but that didn't stop them from banning a political ad calling for marijuana legalization that used a marijuana leaf to drum up support.

The Scottish post-rock band drops a new concert movie and a fresh live album on the same day. Guitarist and sometime-singer Stuart Brathwaite talks about the intense projects and Mogwai's connection to comics legends Alan Moore and Grant Morrison.

Two computer security researchers hack an e-voting machine to play Pac-Man.

With all apologies to defending World Cup champion Spain, we all know Brazil is the leading force in global soccer and has been for decades. But Brazil's prowess on the pitch also carries over to blind soccer, where teams play five a side, the goalies can see (though it's optional), and the ball has bearings inside so the players can hear and sense it coming toward them.

Mozilla has released the fourth beta for the upcoming Firefox 4 browser. The latest pre-release version of Firefox 4 brings several new features, including a new tab organization tool, hardware acceleration in Windows 7 and more support for HTML5 video.

SCVNGR is a location-based gaming platform for mobile phones that has been used in alternate-reality games for campaigns ranging from the New England Patriots to Dexter. They scored $4 million in venture capital late last year. In this article, Jane Doh takes an in-depth look at this helpful tool for puzzle designers looking for a more local flavor.

The producer with the fantasy-filled mind talks about his update of the '70s TV classic Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. Since there is no swearing, nudity or graphic violence in the movie, he says it got an R rating for being "too scary."

There are already plenty of practical examples of HTML5 on the web. However, to really see the bleeding edge of HTML5 and what might be possible in the future, you'll have to look beyond the practical and peer into the trenches.

Appolicious - An Android update for the popular and cool educational app offers hundreds of underwater adventures. Also, Foursquare's founder calls Facebook's Places boring.

PC World - More than 40 percent of the world's spam is coming from a single network of computers that computer security experts continue to battle, according to new statistics from Symantec's MessageLabs' division.