Macworld.com - If you’d like to use your iPhone to sync up more than just contacts, calendars, and e-mails between your mobile device and your computer, Soonr thinks it has the app for you. The company’s self-titled iPhone app makes files stored on your computer accessible via your iPhone, allowing you to view, comment, and print documents when you’re on the go.

Reuters - China has launched a crackdown against major websites that officials accused of threatening morals by spreading pornography and vulgarity, including the dominant search engines Google and Baidu.

PC World - Freescale on Monday is expected to announce a new processor for netbooks that may challenge chip maker Intel on price in the low-cost computing space.

PC World - Taking a page from Nintendo's Wii gaming console, Lenovo on Monday announced an all-in-one PC with a remote control that doubles as a motion-based gaming controller.

Reuters - Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, denied a report saying it may cut its 2009 investment in semiconductors by more than half from last year amid a lingering downturn.

Macworld.com - There was a time in which my entire living room was furnished by craigslist, the online classifieds site where you can find everything from furnishings to jobs to that special someone who happened to catch your eye on the subway the other morning. Craigsphone from Next Mobile Web promises to deliver that service to your iPhone or iPod touch, with a mobile interface for the popular online classifieds service.

PC Magazine - At the Consumer Electronics Show this week, Freescale will show off a new integrated chip that it says can be used to design cheaper, thinner netbooks with more battery life.

PC World - Here's the deal. Microsoft botched the code in the firmware for its Zune 30GB handheld players. Like a ticking time bomb, the problem started exploding for Zune owners once 2008 started transitioning into 2009.

PC Magazine - The IdeaCentre A600 features a 21-inch screen scaled for 1080p resolution, touch-sensitive controls, a Blu-ray player, TV tuner, and a controller that takes a cue from Nintendo's Wiimote. This is impressive stuff.

Reuters - Even amid the flash and sizzle of the world's premier showcase for consumer electronics, the reality of the economic recession will be hard to ignore.

Macworld.com - Apple subsidiary FileMaker on Monday introduced the next major version of its flagship database application for Mac and Windows. FileMaker 10—which includes the Pro, Advanced, and Server versions of the database product lineup—is now shipping.

PC World - Palm is set to preview this week its latest incarnation of mobile operating system - Nova - in a bid to re-ignite the company as a smartphone leader. Latest developments say that Palm will also release a new device that runs Nova as well. The unveiling is expected during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009, which starts on Thursday, January 8 in Las Vegas.

PC World - Embroiled in a deepening military campaign in Gaza, Israel is using the Internet to relay its side of conflict.

AP - Semiconductor maker Infineon Technologies AG said Monday it will seek shareholders' permission to raise as much as euro450 million ($625 million) in capital by issuing new shares — a move that caused its stock to surge.

Macworld.com - Xsilva Systems has announced that it is previewing and demonstrating LightSpeed 3.0 at Macworld Expo in San Francisco this week. LightSpeed is the company’s Point of Sale (POS) system designed to run on the Mac.

Macworld.com - target='_blank'>Eye-Fi, which makes a wireless memory card for digital cameras, announced Monday that it is developing a new iPhone application. It is previewing the new app at Macworld Expo this week—you can find the company at booth 3315 in the North Hall.

Reuters - Stocks pared losses on Monday and the S&P 500 turned positive, helped by strong gains among energy stocks as crude oil rose more than $1 a barrel.

PC Magazine - Seagate and semiconductor supplier Symwave on Monday announced that the two companies are set to debut the Symwave USB 3.0 storage controller device this week at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas.

AP - The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years.

NewsFactor - As more movies and TV shows become available via the Internet, making the 'last connection' between online and high-definition TVs is the key remaining obstacle to transforming the Net into a full entertainment medium. On Monday, LG Electronics moved to bridge that connection with the announcement of HDTV sets that are broadband-enabled and contain Netflix streaming software.

Macworld.com - Sure, Apple tries to keep everything hush-hush when it comes to its product launches, but sometimes the best laid plans of mice and Jobs can be interrupted by the smallest of thing: a web-publishing glitch, pictures of new iPhone cases, or the odd, errant press release. Speaking of which:

Macworld.com - This is my 13th Expo, if you count the late, lamented East Coast events—and really, why wouldn’t you? Anyhow, given that baker’s dozen worth of Mac trade events, I think I can count the number of Expo-related parties that I’ve attended on one hand.

Macworld.com - BusyMac, makers of BusySync, has introduced BusyCal, a new calendar app for Mac OS X that enables you to share calendars with other users on a LAN and sync via Google Calendar. It will be shown this week at Macworld Expo in booth 3526-I. Coming this spring, BusyCal will cost $40 per computer.

Macworld.com - ATTO Technology on Monday announced new products aimed at Mac users who need higher-end RAID and storage peripherals. The new products will be demonstrated at booth 1543 during the show.

PC World - LG Electronics announced a range of Internet-enabled televisions on Monday that can stream movies from the Netflix rental service. The companies will show the televisions at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, a year after they first announced their plans to work together on a set-top box for downloading movies.

PC Magazine - 'Unlocked' devices on Verizon? Sounds weird, huh? But Verizon Wireless has been approving gadgets to run outside their normal service plans and sales channels for almost a year now, and they recently put out a handy guide to what's coming out on their 'open development initiative'.

CNET - Amid current pessimism over the global economy, more reports of layoffs have surfaced online.

Reuters - Stocks slipped on Monday as investors took profits from the strong gains of last week, while concerns about slowing wireless growth in 2009 weighed on large telecom and cable companies.

AFP - South Korea's LG Electronics announced plans on Monday to market a broadband-enabled high-definition TV in the latest bid to build a bridge between the Internet and the television set.

Macworld.com - Widget Press on Monday announced ModelBaker 1.0, a new rapid application development tool for Mac OS X. It costs $399 for a single-user license. Macworld Expo attendees will find Widget Press in booth 1438.

PC World - JVC is joining the race to thinner flat-panel TV and will unveil at this week's International Consumer Electronics Show a prototype 32-inch television that's just 7-millimeters thick.

PC World - Back before Thanksgiving I predicted that Blu-ray sales would suffer during the holiday season due to the high cost of both the player and HDTVs combined with the current economic recession, among other reasons. But after seeing the report from the British Video Association declaring Blu-ray sales have risen almost 400 percent for the 2008 holiday season over the same period of time last year, it is clear that I was wrong.

PC World - LG Electronics this spring will launch a series of broadband-enabled HDTVs that will stream movies, TV shows, and other high-definition content from Netflix, without the need for an external set-top box, the company has announced. LG and Netflix are demonstrating the new products this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

CNET - Green fatigue is now pervasive.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Monday as investors booked profits after last week's run-up, while analyst concerns about slowing wireless growth in 2009 weighed on large telecom and cable companies.

PC World - An independent Web site for IBM employees has been buzzing with rumors that the company will make significant layoffs this month.

PC World - Intel has ported Adobe Systems' Flash software technology to work with its processors used in consumer electronics such as set-top boxes and high-definition TVs, Intel said Monday.

NewsFactor - Freescale Semiconductor is entering the fast-growing netbook market with a solution that promises to make possible portable devices that feature 8.9-inch displays, eight hours of battery life, and prices under $200.

Macworld.com - Google on Monday afternoon released a public beta of its Picasa for Mac desktop software for organizing, editing, and uploading photos. The software, which runs on Intel Macs with OS X 10.4 or later, marks the first time that Picasa has been offered for the Mac (it joins the Windows and Linux versions already available).

AP - Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company.

Macworld.com - Canon U.S.A. on Monday announced a new line of five high-definition and six standard-definition camcorders. Pricing and availability were not announced — the announcement came from Las Vegas, Nevada, site of this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

NewsFactor - Palm's next-generation Nova operating system has been in the works for more than a year and is expected to be released this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Also rumored is one more surprise -- a new smartphone using Nova.

PC World - It's not just televisions that are slimming down for this week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Samsung, which has already said it plans to unveil a 7-millimeter thick TV at the show, will also be taking the wraps off a new Blu-ray Disc player that's 39mm thick.

AP - Many teenagers cleaned up their MySpace profiles, deleting mentions of sex and booze and boosting privacy settings, if they got a single cautionary e-mail from a busybody named 'Dr. Meg.'

AFP - China announced Monday it was cracking down on major websites, including search engine giants Google and Baidu, over the spread of pornography and other material that could corrupt young people.

AFP - Yahoo! and Samsung on Monday said they will put the California firm's software to work linking the South Korean electronics giant's televisions to the Internet.

Macworld.com - If you’re a mobile Mac user who frets about the chance that someone might swipe your laptop and make off with all the important data stored in side, there’s at least one option open for consideration: look into investing in GT SecuriKey’s SecuriKey Professional Edition for the Mac.

Macworld.com - Elgato on Monday introduced a new generation of its EyeTV Hybrid TV tuner for the Mac. It makes its debut at Macworld Expo in San Francisco; attendees can find Elgato in Booth 2126. The new EyeTV Hybrid costs $149.95.

Macworld.com - Vuzix on Monday announced the Wrap 920AV, a new pair of sunglass-style video glasses that work with iPods and the iPhone. Pricing was not announced; Vuzix expects to ship the new video glasses in Spring, 2009.

PC World - Decreasing support for free trade in the U.S. and elsewhere could compound economic problems by costing tens of thousands of jobs, the Consumer Electronics Association said Monday.

AFP - The Twitter accounts of US president-elect Barack Obama, singer Britney Spears and other prominent figures were hacked on Monday and fake messages sent out in their names on the micro-blogging service.

PC World - A document filed last week by SAP indicates there may be no quick settlement to its rancorous legal entanglement with rival enterprise software maker Oracle, even though SAP admits that some of Oracle's claims about its former subsidiary TomorrowNow are true.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp sold 28 million units worldwide of its Xbox 360 video game console through the end of 2008, expanding the Xbox's lead over rival Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 console in worldwide unit sales, the company said on Monday.

CNET - Updated at 5:28 p.m. to include additional data and analyst perspective.

Macworld.com - Fear not gentle readers. Our new digs may be a bit elaborate for your iPhone, particularly as you relentlessly try to reload to get the latest updates on tomorrow's keynote, but we will have a great light version of the live update for our special coverage of the year's most anticipated Apple event (it's downhill from here, folks).

PC World - The tech-world's epicenter shifts to Las Vegas this week as the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show kicks off.

CNET - Americans appear to be getting more comfortable watching videos online--and Google is the clear winner.

Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co. will use music by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a Super Bowl XLIII television commercial that consumers can re-edit online, Billboard has learned.

AP - Logitech International SA, a maker of mice, webcams and other computer peripherals, said Monday it is cutting its salaried work force by 15 percent in response to weak consumer demand amid what it expects to be an extended global downturn.

Reuters - The Recording Industry Association of America's decision not to pursue new lawsuits against online file-sharers marks a fundamental shift in the music business's battle against piracy, from one focused on enforcement to one emphasizing education.

PC World - Microsoft has promoted Bob Muglia, the head of the company's server and tools division, to president, making him one of a handful of senior executives who carry this title.