Macworld.com - Adobe Wednesday will unveil Adobe BrowserLab, a fully hosted online service that lets professional Web designers preview how their sites will look in various Web browsers on the Mac and Windows platforms. The service uses virtualization technology to produce real-time screen shots of how different browsers will render Web sites, without users needing to have all the browsers installed.

AP - Microsoft Corp. is inventing a new malady for which its new Web search site, Bing, is the only cure.

AP - Chinese authorities shut down blogs, Internet forums and social media sites such as Twitter in an apparent attempt to stem online political discussion ahead of Thursday's 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on 1989's Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.

Reuters - Amit Varma, one of India's most popular bloggers, once wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal, worked on a cricket website and also dabbled in advertising. Now, he's turning his writing skills to books.

PC World - AT&T is aggressively pursuing wireless connectivity for devices such as e-readers but needs to develop new pricing plans for them, the head of the carrier's new-devices business said Tuesday.

Reuters - Satellite service provider EchoStar is in contempt of a permanent injunction against using some of TiVo's technology and must pay the DVR pioneer $103.1 million plus interest, a court ruled Tuesday.

Reuters - Amit Varma, one of India's most popular bloggers, once wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal, worked on a cricket website and also dabbled in advertising. Now, he's turning his writing skills to books.

Reuters - Norway's Opera Software released on Wednesday the first test version of Opera 10, the newest version of its browser, promising faster downloads, new design and new features.

PC World - Advanced Micro Devices plans to deliver its first graphics processor with support for Microsoft's new DirectX 11 graphics API (application programming interface) later this year, it said Wednesday at Computex in Taipei.

PC World - In my rush to get Sony's E3 gaming reveals up last night, three important tidbits landed unintentionally on the cutting room floor. Check out 'Sony Confirms PSP Go, Final Fantasy XIV, Motion-Control Wand,' if you missed it, then read on for the rest. These came, in the following sequence, just after the PlayStation Motion Control announcement.

InfoWorld - Java, the 14-year-old language and application platform founded by Sun Microsystems, is set to take on a more modular approach with the planned Java SE Development Kit 7 upgrade to the platform, Sun officials said Tuesday afternoon.

PC World - Microsoft doesn't plan to offer a version of Windows for so-called 'smartbooks,' leaving the space open to Linux, Google's Android and other operating systems.

AP - Microsoft and Sony debuted prototype motion controllers for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 at this week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, but the only gadget unveiled by gaming leader Nintendo was a device that Wii users can use to check their pulse.

Reuters - Nokia's popularity among teenagers is fading, according to a survey by networking site Habbo Hotel, that deals a blow to the ambition of the world's top cell phone maker to become its best-loved brand.

AFP - Sony on Tuesday demonstrated a prototype motion-sensing videogame controller, as the maker of PlayStation consoles joined rivals in a trend away from playing with complicated buttons and joysticks.

Macworld.com - You’d be excused for thinking that the case on Slasher, the iPhone app that showed a picture of an ordinary kitchen knife to the accompaniment of a 'horror' sound, had long gone cold. The app was brutally, er, slashed from the App Store last August, on the basis of “objectionable” content—one of the very first to fall prey to Apple’s reign of terror, which has continued unabated to this day.

Macworld.com - The latest version of Fetch now allows users of the Mac file transfer program to edit any sort of remote file using any application.

PC World - MIPS Technologies showed off devices based on a version of Google's Android platform modified for MIPS chip architecture at the Computex exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.

NewsFactor - Surviving Beatles band members Ringo Starr and Sir Paul McCartney took the stage Tuesday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo along with Yoko Ono, widow of the late John Lennon, and Olivia Harrison, widow of lead guitarist George Harrison, to announce The Beatles: Rock Band video game for the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3, and Microsoft Xbox 360.

InfoWorld - Intuit will enable software developers to make applications available to small businesses via a capability being added to its Intuit Partner Program.

PC World - The world's third-largest PC vendor plans to roll out the Moblin Linux operating system, championed by Intel, in its products, a top executive said Wednesday.

PC Magazine - Intel bumped up the speeds of its Core i7 chips Tuesday night, while confirming that the 'Clarkdale' chip combining graphics and a CPU was still slated to begin production in the fourth quarter.

Macworld.com - The latest entry-level MacBook rolled out by Apple a week ago offers more than just an improvement on the white laptop it replaces in Apple’s notebook line. According to Macworld Lab tests, this new system outperforms the 2GHz aluminum unibody MacBook that costs $300 more.

Macworld.com - Just in time for those traveling to San Francisco for next week's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC): Danilo Campos on Wednesday announced the release of GlobeJot, a new iPhone and iPod touch application that acts as a travel organizer. It costs $8 and is available for download from the App Store.

PC World - I won't belabor the point too much because Game On's Matt Peckham has already collected all the soup-to-nuts info about E3's worst kept secret, the PSP Go. Here's a couple of the important specs Just to catch you up:

PC World - Who'd have thought that the biggest, best-selling trend in new games would be working out? Well, obviously Nintendo did when it launched Wii Fit and the Balance Board last year. And at this E3, there are no less than three announcements that'll matter to gamers that want to grind off a couple calories.

NewsFactor - T-Mobile's G1 smartphone, the first major Android device, will soon have a sibling. Reuters news service has reportedly received an e-mail from T-Mobile confirming that it will offer another Android device this summer.

PC World - IBM on Wednesday announced a slew of products and services in support of its sprawling Information on Demand portfolio, including a new 'Information Applications' software unit.

AFP - The number of minutes Americans spent on social networking sites nearly doubled in the past year with Facebook and Twitter enjoying explosive growth, according to a new study.

Reuters - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd has issued a security patch for the popular device, whose users include President Barack Obama, warning that it is vulnerable to attacks by hackers.

NewsFactor - Sony on Tuesday unveiled the new evolution of its PSP handheld gaming device. Dubbed the PSP Go, the model hopes to compete with Nintendo's market-leading DS and fend off Apple's iPhone and iPod touch.

Macworld.com - Long-time readers know that I’m something of a browser fanatic. (There are presently 30 or so installed on my Mac). Perhaps my interest in anything related to Web browsers has its roots in the dark old days when (shudder) Internet Explorer was really the only Mac browser.

PC World - Apple yesterday released updates to close a number of security holes in its QuickTime player, as well as a bug in iTunes. Both Mac and Windows versions received the update.

PC World - \The Sony Ericsson W995a 3G handset, announced today, is among the select few in the U.S. to offer an 8.1-megapixel digital camera. This $600 unlocked quad-band GSM/tri-band UMTS multimedia handset will come in black, silver, and red, and is now available for pre-orders; it will ship July 6. (See our Top 10 Cell Phones.)

AP - The National Association of Broadcasters says a majority of U.S. House members are now opposed to imposing new fees on radio stations to pay performance artists.

AP - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Carol Bartz has a message for investors hoping for a quick fix at the slumping Internet company or for an online search partnership with Microsoft Corp. � don't expect either to happen any time soon.

Reuters - Yahoo Inc CEO Carol Bartz elaborated on her views on a potential Internet search partnership with Microsoft Corp, even as she stressed that Yahoo was not under any pressure to do a deal and downplayed Microsoft's newly-released search engine.

Macworld.com - With less than one week to go, the anticipation and excitement for WWDC 2009 is in full swing. From new iPhones in varying capacities to the fabled Apple tablet, the past few weeks have seen the resurfacing of several fantastic and oft-circulated rumors about what the company plans to introduce this coming Monday.

AFP - Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz played down speculation on Wednesday of an Internet search tie-up with Microsoft saying the Web pioneer did not need to make a deal with the software giant.

AP - The first factory dedicated to making a new type of power-thrifty cell phone display has started operations, Qualcomm Inc. said this week.

NewsFactor - Even as the Electronic Entertainment Expo continues in full swing in Los Angeles, preparations are under way for Apple's much-anticipated Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) just up the coast in San Francisco. Banners are being hung -- the first declares 'One Year Later. Light Years Ahead,' a reference to Apple's phenomenally successful App Store -- and rumors are ricocheting around the blogosphere.

AP - A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out more than three dozen lawsuits filed against the nation's telecommunications companies for allegedly taking part in the government's e-mail and telephone eavesdropping program that was done without court approval.

AP - Yahoo Inc. is suing the NFL Players Association to try to ensure it won't be sued for using player statistics, photos and other data for its popular online fantasy football game.

AFP - Chase Carey, chief executive of satellite broadcaster DirecTV, was named on Wednesday deputy chairman, president and chief operating officer of media giant News Corp.

AP - Web browsers from the Norwegian company Opera Software ASA have been better known for their innovation than their usage.

PC World - Verizon has rolled out its first cloud-computing service aimed at giving enterprise customers a secure way to host applications not only on virtual resources but also on physical, dedicated network servers.

PC Magazine - Intel bumped up the speeds of its Core i7 chips Tuesday night, while confirming that the 'Clarkdale' chip combining graphics and a CPU was still slated to begin production in the fourth quarter.

Reuters - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday stayed a Texas court's order forcing set-top box maker EchoStar Corp and satellite pay TV provider DISH Network Corp to disable millions of digital video recorders that infringe on a patent held by TiVo Inc.

Macworld.com - LaCie has released a pair of wireless high-definition media players aimed at allowing users to access and play content from their HD televisions.

AP - NetApp Inc. has claimed victory over EMC Corp. in a bidding battle for Data Domain Inc., a company whose products help cut unnecessary data storage.

AP - Cher has sued Universal Music Group, claiming the company owes her and Sonny Bono's heirs more than $5 million.

NewsFactor - Sun Microsystems is all about the connection. On Wednesday at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco, Sun announced it's launching the Java Store, a network service that will connect developers with millions of Java users.

Reuters - The long-awaited Pre has nice new touches, but Palm Inc has a lot of work to do if the device is to be a serious competitor to the iPhone.

AP - This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo has been quite the moving experience.

AP - Move over, iPhone. You've had two years on top of the smart phone world. Now there's a touch-screen phone with better software: the Palm Pre.

AP - Yahoo Inc. has sued the NFL Players Association, claiming it shouldn't have to pay royalties to use players' statistics, photos and other data in its popular online fantasy football game because the information is already publicly available.

AFP - Videogames are getting their groove on with a collection of new music titles, as bands including the legendary Beatles are won over to a new platform for selling their songs.