Macworld.com - iPod accessories are pretty common these days, so it’s hard to stick out among the throng—especially when you’re talking about the throngs that flock to Macworld Expo.

InfoWorld - You take calls on an iPhone, watch your Apple TV, never leave home without your MacBook Air, and still grin with satisfaction when you fire up your Mac Pro with dual 30-inch Apple displays. But how well do you really know the house that Jobs and Woz built? Answer these 20 questions and find out how you stack up on all things Mac.

PC World - Guerilla Games' first-person PS3-exclusive shooter Killzone 2 has everyone gabbing, and bloggers in particular panting, gushing, and fawning. According to the developers, it's steeped in 'Hollywood realism' that's supposed to make things more 'immersive.'

Reuters - Top technology companies came to Las Vegas to show off their latest innovations in consumer electronics, but despite the plethora of TVs, computers, phones, cameras and other gadgets on display, it was clear the industry is bracing for a very tough year.

Macworld.com - Uninterruptible Power Supplies are usually something hidden under a desk. Sure, they can save your bacon during a power outage—providing precious time to save your work and shut down your Mac gracefully. Unfortunately, they are generally boxy and bland and best kept out of sight.

Macworld.com - Derman Enterprises has released Sync’Em 1.20, an update to their “multi-sync hub” software for Mac OS X. A free update for registered users, Sync’Em is priced starting at $49.95.

PC World - Don't look for Microsoft's Xbox 'Next' anytime soon, says company President Robbie Bach. According to Bloomberg, Bach says Microsoft's planning to stick by the Xbox 360 longer than the original Xbox because 'it's getting harder to persuade consumers to upgrade.'

Reuters - Time Warner's AOL Web-services arm will complete an overhaul of its operations this year by expanding and centralizing its digital publishing operations, it said in a statement on Monday.

Reuters - Verizon Communications and CBS Corp said on Monday they had reached an expanded deal to carry CBS television shows like 'CSI' and 'Survivor' on Verizon's FiOS TV service as well as its wireless network.

PC World - More than half of all developers worldwide on average are expecting to work on SaaS (software as a service) applications within the next year, according to a new survey by Evans Data Corporation.

NewsFactor - AMD is planning a revolution in the cloud -- a gaming revolution. The chipmaker's International Consumer Electronics Show buzz revolved around a plan to develop, deploy and deliver high-definition content through the AMD Fusion Render Cloud, a massively parallel supercomputer.

PC World - With green being a big theme at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, the K2 from Kinesis fits right in. The waterproof device can charge a number of electronic devices using just solar and wind energy.

PC World - Blu-ray has had a tumultuous past, but after its showing at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show that ended yesterday, the technology shows great promise.

NewsFactor - The National Safety Council is starting the new year with a push to ban the use of cell phones and other mobile devices while driving.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp launched downloads of the public test version of its new version of Windows on Saturday, after a one-day delay due to overwhelming demand.

PC World - Microsoft made the Windows 7 beta available for public download Saturday, lifting the limit on the number of users who initially are allowed to beta test the software, after its servers were overwhelmed by users trying to download the operating system.

AFP - There's high-tech and then there's retro tech, and both were on display this week at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which ended on Sunday.

Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked for the federal government's views of an appeal by film studios and television networks of a ruling that would allow a new digital video recorder service by New York cable operator Cablevision Systems Corp.

Macworld.com - One of the more persistent rumors on the Expo show floor this past week—besides the one saying that Jobs would parachute onto the stage during the keynote in order to prove that he’s fit as a fiddle—was that Apple would be ditching Macworld next year for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which also took place last week.

AP - Last year so-called 'netbooks' crept into stores � computers that often cost less than $400, with small screens and keyboards that made them look Lilliputian next to laptops that seemed perfectly portable just months earlier.

AFP - Eurovision said Monday that it will broadcast television pictures of the inauguration of US president Barack Obama next week live in High Definition (HDTV) for the first time.

PC World - OLED televisions are popular gadgets at CES, but Kodak showed off an OLED photo frame this year at the show.

AP - Dell Inc. said Monday it has agreed to a legal settlement with states that claimed the computer company made misleading financing and service offers to PC buyers.

CNET - Starting Monday, travelers from the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Australia, and a host of other countries will have to register online with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security before they can travel into the United States.

AP - There are 22 states participating in the Streamlined Sales Tax Project, an effort to simplify the nationwide patchwork of tax rates. In exchange, some retailers will collect online sales taxes in those states even if the companies have no operations located there. Eventually, if Congress goes along, the states could be allowed to force businesses that don't have a physical presence there � such as online retailers � to collect sales taxes.

InfoWorld - SOA Software is unveiling on Monday Portfolio Manager, described as an SOA planning governance product to assist in building services by aligning IT investment with business objectives.

PC World - Halo 3 addiction doesn't explain or excuse Daniel Petric's shooting both his parents, says an Ohio judge. More specifically, video game addiction, which was never medically established during the trial, did not make Petric any less responsible for murdering his mother and wounding his father, according to the judge.

Macworld.com - I’m sure you’ve all been waiting, hearts in your throats, to find out when Google will bring its fancy new Chrome browser to the Mac. Well that wait—the wait for finding out when the program is coming, not the wait for the browser itself—is over. So, er, I guess you could say the wait for the wait is over?

NewsFactor - The National Safety Council is throwing down the gauntlet on motor safety. The group is taking a three-pronged approach to stop wireless-device usage while driving: Asking consumers to stop, urging businesses to enact policies prohibiting it, and urging governors and legislators to pass laws.

PC Magazine - The brand-spanking new TrickleStar conserves energy by killing vampire power. With its big debut at the Sustainable Technology Pavilion here at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, it looks as though the product will actually hit U.S stores.

PC Magazine - We fell in love with Solio and its cheap, easy to use solar rechargers. You too? Well, you'll be excited to hear about the new Solio Mono, the latest device from Better Energy Systems, which just poked its head up at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.

PC Magazine - Vampire power was a topic of great debate here at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. Several products aim to stop the slow drain of power by gadgets in standby mode, but few promise to do so as completely as Astra Corp.'s HiSaver does.

AP - Dell Inc. said Monday it has agreed to a legal settlement with states that claimed the computer company made misleading financing and service offers to PC buyers.

PC World - It's no surprise that the sour economy apparently has taken its toll on Las Vegas, but now it looks like the Consumer Electronics Show has crapped out too. Last week's tech gadget extravaganza in Sin City drew an estimated 110,000 attendees, down 22 percent from last year's audited total of 141,150, according to the Consumer Electronics Association, which puts on the annual event.

PC World - Attendance at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show could be well below organizer estimates, according to preliminary data released by the Consumer Electronics Association on Sunday.

PC World - Sales and rentals of Blu-ray Disc content almost tripled in 2008 despite an overall downturn in the U.S. home entertainment market, an industry association reported at last week's Consumer Electronics Show.

AP - Seagate Technology has replaced its top two executives and said it plans to cut 800 jobs � 10 percent of its U.S. work force � as the hard drive maker endures a bruising slowdown in technology spending. Its stock fell more than 15 percent.

Macworld.com - CCP Games has announced plans to release the tenth expansion pack for EVE Online, its massively multiplayer online role playing game set in space. EVE Online: Apocrypha is planned for a March 2009 release, and it coincides with the forthcoming boxed version of EVE hitting store shelves.

PC World - Cloud-computing startup Kaavo's software for deploying and managing cloud-based applications is now out of beta, the company said Monday.

PC Magazine - The Consumer Electronics Association pats itself on the back for the estimated 110,000 who attended the CES 2009 show. But if this year's estimated number holds up, that's a 22 percent drop in attendance.

AP - Dave Della Terza enjoys kicking 'American Idol' around on his Web site that encourages viewers to vote for the most awful contestant.

InfoWorld - As part of a proposed reorganization following its bankruptcy filing, SCO plans a public auction of its mobile business and its Unix OpenServer business, the company said on Monday.

PC World - NewsGator, a maker of hosted and on-premise social computing software for companies, has closed a US$10 million round of funding, the company announced Monday.

PC World - Intel may introduce ultra-low-voltage processors for inexpensive thin laptops later this year, which could help it compete with Advanced Micro Devices in the space.

PC World - The nonprofit National Safety Council on Monday called on all U.S. states to ban the use of cell phones while driving.

CNET - The Wall Street Journal's got a source close to the Obama transition team who says that Julius Genachowski will be nominated to become the next head of the Federal Communications Commission.

PC World - A bug found in all major browsers could make it easier for criminals to steal online banking credentials using a new type of attack called 'in-session phishing,' according to researchers at security vendor Trusteer.

Reuters - Shares in India's Satyam Computer Services may edge lower on Tuesday, after jumping 44 percent in the previous session, as a government-named board acknowledges it will take time to get the software services exporter back on track.