TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)

** Air France won a "typosquatter" case against a Uruguayan man who registered "www.arifrance.com" to divert wayward Web surfers who mistype Air France's address into their browser.

** An ultraviolet laser that "lights up" bomb-making remnants may let guards detect explosives at a safer distance, says Nahal Soreq, the Israeli firm working on it.

** The rate of ozone depletion is slowing, say University of Alabama researchers studying NASA photos. That suggests chlorofluorocarbon bans are working. The protective air layer is still …