Stolen Munch Paintings Are Recovered. No new arrests were made and the case of the stolen Edvard Munch paintings remains far from solved, but art lovers are relieved. By WALTER GIBBS. [NYT > Home Page] 

Apple to hold special media event on September 12th?. With few details available, the validity of this remains uncertain, but Electronista claims... [MacDailyNews] 

Gene Therapy As a Cancer Cure. In the battle against cancer, saving two patients out of 17 may seem modest enough. But researchers see hope that using genetically altered immune cells to attack tumors -- as was done in this study -- may hold the key to eventually defeating various cancers. [Wired News: Top Stories] 

IS THIS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PC? 

Thurrott: ‘And just like that, Windows Vista rebounds; now it just works’. And just like that, Windows Vista rebounds. Years of delays, broken promises... [MacDailyNews]

My switch from Windows XP to Apple Mac OS X. Creating a 'switch' post is starting to seem a bit cliche. Generally speaking... [MacDailyNews]

PC box assemblers like Dell and others wish Apple would license Mac OS X. Apple has a significant opportunity to trump Vista as the desktop OS... [MacDailyNews]

PC Magazine debuts biweekly ‘Open Apple’ column penned by ThinkSecret staff. Today marks the first installment of OpenApple, a column designed to help our readers... [MacDailyNews]

Fully Loaded PC, but Small Enough to Slip Between Books on a Shelf. Shuttle's latest PC is so small, it could fit into a cereal box. By JOHN BIGGS. [NYT > Technology]

Basics: Films That Come Over the Net Don’t Come Easy. While the idea of downloading movies from the Internet to your computer sounds simple, carrying it out is anything but. By JOHN R. QUAIN. [NYT > Technology]