Around the Web 05.30.08: Laptop spies and free music sites
-- Cuteness over irony. So says Susan Kare, the creator of some of the beloved icons on Apple's original Macintosh computer. She has done some recent work for Facebook. L.A. Times
-- Lights, action. More unusual activity outside the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York. First there were lines forming. Now it appears that a commercial is being shot. Could it be for a new version of the iPhone? Silicon Alley Insider
-- Laptop spies. U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chinese officials secretly took info. from a laptop when the U.S. Commerce secretary went to China, then used the information to try to crack into Commerce Department computers. AP via WashPost
-- Turning the corner: Dell reported solid earnings, thanks to sales of notebook computers. CNET
-- Music discovery and the Internet: a combination designed for wasting time at work. But where to begin? Here's a compilation of some sites to listen to music for free. Music Couch
-- Troubled waters ahead: Guy Hands, chief executive of TerraFirma, writes a note to investors that there will be cuts at the music company EMI Group, which TerraFirma bought last summer. Digital Music News
-- Privacy concerns: A new report looks at whether information gathered to detect copyrighted material through digital watermarks is eroding your privacy, BitPlayer reports.
-- The new talent hunt: Companies are signing Web talent but not sure how to make entertainment for the Internet profitable. USA Today
-- The Feds and the Silicon Valley socialite: The Mercury News reports that Silicon Valley socialite and investor William "Boots" Del Biaggio III is being investigated by the Feds. He resigned from Sand Hill Capital, a boutique bank to start-up firms, "for personal reasons."
-- Michelle Quinn
