Macworld.com - The annual Apple Design Awards are a bit like the Oscars.

AP - Craigslist, one of the Internet's top sites for classified ads, is thriving while newspapers and other marketing-driven media are reeling from huge revenue losses, according to a report to be released Wednesday.

Reuters - A Washington-based group representing information technology companies called on China on Wednesday to reconsider its requirement that Internet filtering software be bundled with new computers.

PC World - U.S. protectionism targeting Indian outsourcers may be met by retaliatory measures such as blocking access to Indian markets, India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) said on Tuesday.

AFP - Pablo Picasso's grandson on Wednesday voiced confidence that a sketchbook of 33 drawings stolen from the Paris Picasso museum will be recovered thanks to the Internet and cunning police work.

PC World - A Chinese developer of pornography filtering software protested reports linking the program to China's broader Internet censorship on Wednesday, after the government ordered that his software be distributed with all PCs sold in the country.

AP - Kiva.org has spent the past 3 1/2 years raising money on the Internet to finance destitute entrepreneurs in 44 impoverished countries. Now in a sign of the economy's spreading despair, the online 'microlender' is reaching out to low-income entrepreneurs in the United States.

Macworld.com - GamersGate on Wednesday announced a new online store specifically for Mac-compatible games. The company has also announced a partnership with TransGaming.

Macworld.com - Infinity Data Systems on Wednesday announced the release of MailForge 1.0, a new e-mail client for the Mac. It costs $20 for a limited time.

Macworld.com - Eye-Fi on Wednesday introduced the Eye-Fi Pro, a new SDHC memory card for digital cameras. Like Eye-Fi’s other offerings, the Pro card lets users upload images over Wi-Fi without using a Mac or PC; the Pro version also adds raw image support. It’s priced at $149.

AP - The new publisher of USA Today plans to introduce an electronic replica of the printed newspaper and charge readers for it.

AFP - France's top legal body on Wednesday struck down a key provision of a contested Internet piracy law, one that allowed a new state agency to cut off offenders from the web.

Reuters - Security software vendors Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc will pay a combined $750,000 and disclose more to consumers about their renewal policies under an agreement announced on Wednesday by New York's attorney general.

PC World - Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new line of x86 servers for companies that operate massive computing facilities, where shaving a few dollars off the energy or shipping costs for each system can add up to significant savings.

PC World - Apple has yet to prove that it can prosper in a post-Steve Jobs world, but this week's Worldwide Developer Conference brought the company closer to that goal. With Jobs seemingly poised to soon return from medical leave, the company he co-founded looks better positioned to live without him, when that time eventually comes.

InfoWorld - Over the course of two weeks in June, Apple will deliver more new phones than any mobile handset manufacturer in history.

PC World - Google yesterday launched the public version of Quick Search Box, an integrated desktop search tool for Mac users. Earlier this year, the search giant had opened up a preview version of QSB to developers, but warned the program was a work in progress. Now, however, QSB is ready for prime time -- according to Google, anyway.

Macworld.com - A complete overhaul and pricing change of the entire notebook lineup, a final preview of Snow Leopard and announcement of its ridiculously low upgrade price, a look at the upcoming firmware v3.0 for existing iPhones and iPod touches, and the announcement of the impending release dates for the next generation of the iPhone, the iPhone 3G S—Apple announced all of the above in a span of two hours this past Monday.

Macworld.com - Ever since the introduction of the iPhone 3G S last Monday, there has been a lot of discussion on the Internet about what might be powering this significantly faster and more responsive phone. Even before the phone had been launched, in fact, the Internet had been abuzz with rumors that the new iPhone would feature a processor running at 600MHz and will come equipped with 256MB of RAM.

PC Magazine - The new iPhone 3G S is coming out on July 19th. Because it's a mobile phone, the pricing can be really difficult to understand. Here's the full deal.

PC Magazine - What are you doing Friday night? The social networking faithful will be waiting excitedly in front of a laptop in order to capture the Facebook 'vanity URL' of their choice when the clock strikes twelve.

AP - Facebook is further embracing the real name culture it touts as one of its founding principles � and catching up with rival MySpace in the process.

Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) Microsoft Corp is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for PCs that will compete with products sold by Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc.

AP - The Sun-Times Media Group has asked a bankruptcy judge to delay consideration of proposed bonuses of up to $1.8 million for certain employees in the event of a successful sale of assets.

PC World - The European Commission is seeking to strengthen cooperation between law enforcement and private industry worldwide as well as increase penalties for those engaged in cybercrime, a senior official said on Wednesday.

AP - Tiny, cheap laptops known as netbooks have been a big success. But not everyone likes their small screens and keyboards, and their processors aren't powerful enough for some common tasks, like playing high-quality Internet video.

Macworld.com - The iPhone 3G S unveiled by Apple Monday has the latest of everything, including 7.2 HSPA, the fastest mobile broadband flavor currently available for U.S. 3G networks. This updated 3G network might nearly triple the top downstream rate of its predecessor.

Macworld.com - Maybe you’re an iPhone designer who doesn’t like to be bound to mere software and hardware. Perhaps you yearn to get your hands on more tangible tools, like pencil and paper, when you sketch out the design for your killer flashlight/noise generator/Twitter app. In that case, Design Commission’s is here to feed your need for the traditional with its shiny new iPhone Stencil Kit.

Macworld.com - Id Software co-founder and CTO John Carmack has hinted in recent months about a “secret” project that was happening in parallel with his own efforts to bring his company’s “classic” titles to the iPhone. That project was unveiled Wednesday: Doom Resurrection.

Macworld.com - French site HardMac discovered a newly-published Apple Knowledge Base article which noted that the new MacBook Pros can boot off Secure Digital cards, as well as answering other questions regarding the just-released models' SD card slot.

AP - A Google lawyer says the Internet search leader is neither surprised nor upset with three different U.S. government inquiries into the company's business practices.

NewsFactor - Microsoft's new 'decision engine' Bing may help users get through clutter on the Internet to make better decisions, but officials in China have made it clear that the software behemoth has failed at one decision: to make snippets of sexually explicit material available in search results.

AFP - Oscar-winning Hollywood director Milos Forman made an impassioned plea on Wednesday for greater copyright protection for film-makers, musicians and other artists, saying digital pirates were not 'Robin Hoods' but 'thieves.'

Reuters - Will digital downloads kill the video games store?

AP - Two of the nation's largest security software companies have agreed to clearly detail the terms of subscription renewals and pay penalties totaling $750,000 in a settlement with New York's attorney general.

Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) Microsoft Corp is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for PCs that will compete with products sold by Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc.

Macworld.com - IDG World Expo announced Wednesday that Macworld Conference & Expo 2010 will feature a “Mobile Application Showcase.”

PC World - Two new low-power Neo processors from Advanced Micro Devices have surfaced on the Web site of PC maker Hewlett-Packard, which is offering the chips in its ultrathin laptop.

AP - Jon Rubinstein, a former executive behind Apple Inc.'s iPod, on Wednesday was named chief executive of smartphone maker Palm Inc., replacing Ed Colligan who is stepping down after 16 years with the company.

AP - USA Today's new publisher said Wednesday he hopes to expand the newspaper's revenue from mobile phones and portable electronic reading devices, and pledged to fight The Wall Street Journal's bid for readers in hotels.

NewsFactor - The iPhone 3G S may spark a new wave of adoption for Apple thanks to price cuts on the legacy model, but iPhone loyalists are angry over AT&T's upgrade pricing.

Macworld.com - Chillingo and Gimka Entertainment on Wednesday announced the release of Defender Chronicles — a new side-view tower defense game for the iPhone and iPod touch. It costs $3 as an introductory price, and will go up to $5 after the first week.

Reuters - Nathan Barr has scored horror films like 'Hostel' and the HBO vampire series 'True Blood,' but what really keeps the composer up at night is fear he will not get paid for music distributed online.

PC World - Antivirus vendors Symantec and McAfee have agreed to pay the New York Attorney General's office US$375,000 in fines to settle charges that they automatically charged customers software subscription renewal fees without their permission.

AP - Jon Rubinstein, a former executive behind Apple Inc.'s iPod, on Wednesday was named chief executive of smartphone maker Palm Inc., replacing Ed Colligan who is stepping down after 16 years with the company.

PC World - Apple's been keeping quiet about the specs of its new iPhone 3G S, the next-generation device unveiled at Monday's Worldwide Developers Conference. We know all about the iPhone's various features and operating system enhancements, sure, but what's going on under the hood has remained a mystery -- at least, until now.

AFP - Facebook on Friday will begin letting members use their full names in online addresses for profile pages at the popular online social networking service.

Reuters - Palm Inc named Jon Rubinstein as its CEO on Wednesday, hoping the former Apple executive can usher in a new era for the company seeking to revive its fortunes with a fresh smartphone launched last weekend.

PC World - The next version of Firefox will include next-generation features Mozilla hopes will help the browser stand apart from competitors.

AP - The convicted killer of Tejano music star Selena lost an appeal Wednesday in Texas' highest criminal appeals court because it was filed in the wrong county.

PC World - Microsoft plans to stop selling Money, its financial management software, at the end of the month.

Investor's Business Daily - Cisco Systems' entry into the server market is creating surprisingly sudden headaches for the network gear maker as longtime server partners -- now rivals -- steer sales to Brocade Communications Systems.