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Appolicious – While it is unlikely that Apple (AAPL) will unveil an iPhone 5 next week at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, the company announced this morning that it will unveil the fifth iteration of its iOS mobile operating software.

AFP – Ailing chief executive Steve Jobs will return from sick leave to unveil Apple’s latest generation of software next week, the firm announced Tuesday.

Reuters – Google Inc will keep the focus of its Chrome operating system on notebooks, and has no immediate plan to make it available on tablets or to merge with its popular Android software for smartphones, said a senior executive.

Appolicious – New study results from research firm Nielsen suggest that the runaway freight train that is Google’s (GOOG) Android operating system may have slowed down, bringing Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone and Research In Motion’s (RIMM) BlackBerry into a steady split of the smartphone OS market.

Reuters – The European Commission plans to call Britain and Denmark to account for dragging their feet on enforcing a controversial new law to protect people’s privacy on-line, a spokesman said.

Appolicious – The Android Market has been a haven for many apps that wouldn’t have been approved in the iTunes App Store, marking the open standards Google (GOOG) touts, and highlighting Apple’s (AAPL) control over its own app marketplace. But Google’s been clamping down on the Android Market lately, most recently shutting down a series of game console emulators from developer Yong Zhang. To add insult to injury, Zhang’s Market developer status has also been revoked, as Engadget reports. …

AP – Turkey’s government has defended a new regulation that will filter the Internet and restrict access to websites that show pornography, bomb-making and violent content.

AP – Activision knows it’s more fun to blast on-screen enemies into oblivion with friends, so this fall it’s launching an online service for its “Call of Duty” games that’s part Facebook, part player matchmaker and part organized sports.

Appolicious – The long weekend is over, but while returning to work after three days off can be a bit depressing, we have a few cool apps to kick off the week. Starting out is AOL TV, which integrates services like Hulu, Netflix and local TV stations to let users keep track of everything they can see on just about every service. After that is Parkbud, an app for finding your parking spaces and keeping track of parking meters to cut the stress of receiving tickets. …

Reuters – Google Inc will keep the focus of its Chrome operating system on notebooks, and has no immediate plan to make it available on tablets or to merge with its popular Android software for smartphones, said a senior executive.