PC World - Powerchip Semiconductor, formerly the largest DRAM maker in Taiwan, was able to secure agreements with enough holders of a convertible bond that came due at the end of last week to move forward on a new repayment plan, but the company faces further loan repayments soon.

AFP - China will not back away from a new rule requiring that Internet filtering software be shipped with all computers sold in the country despite heavy criticism of the plan, state media has said.

NewsFactor - Palm indicated last week that is working to make its Mojo software development kit for the new Palm Pre available to all developers before the end of the summer. Though Palm initially restricted SDK access to a limited number of partners, the company now says it is ready to take a limited number of applications from developers.

Reuters - Intel will supply Nokia Oyj (NOK1V.HE) with processors for mobile devices, as it seeks to enter into the expanding wireless and mobile markets, Bloomberg said, citing a person familiar with the matter.

PC World - A development center built through a partnership between the Taiwan government and chip maker Intel plans to make the Moblin Linux operating system popular in small devices by creating applications as well as incubating a developer base on the island and in China.

PC World - China said its deadline for Web filtering software to be distributed with PCs had not changed on Tuesday, despite growing protests from the U.S. government and Chinese Internet users.

AP - Chip manufacturing equipment maker Applied Materials Inc. and semiconductor fabrication equipment supplier Dainippon Screen Mfg Co. said Tuesday that they have agreed to revise the ownership structure of their joint venture company.

InfoWorld - Users love the iPhone, but IT does not. The biggest complaints:

AP - Testimony begins Tuesday in the Italian trial of four Google executives accused of defamation and violating privacy for allowing a video to be posted online showing an autistic youth being abused.

AP - Social-networking site MySpace said Tuesday that it will cut 300 international positions and close at least four offices outside the U.S. as it looks to cut costs and narrow its territory coverage.

AP - Twitter Inc.'s founders still haven't decided how to cash in on their popular Internet messaging service — to the delight of a rapidly growing audience. But the deliberate approach may not prevent a gold rush among opportunistic outsiders.

AP - A Michigan man described as one of the world's most prolific senders of spam e-mail has pleaded guilty to charges accusing him of defrauding people by manipulating Chinese stock prices.

AP - China is sticking to its planned launch of a controversial Internet censoring software in about one week, an official newspaper said Tuesday, despite Washington's concerns over the move's possible impact on trade and access to information.

Reuters - MySpace, the social networking website owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, said on Tuesday it plans to cut about two-thirds of its international workforce and close at least four of its offices outside the United States.

Reuters - Intel Corp , the world's biggest chip maker, and cellphone market leader Nokia (NOK1V.HE), said they would work together on a new class of mobile computing device.

PC World - Intel and Nokia are expected this morning to announce a deal that will bring Atom processors to the manufacturer of the world's best-selling family of mobile devices.

AFP - US television legend Ed McMahon, best known for his long-running role as Johnny Carson's sidekick on 'The Tonight Show', died early Tuesday aged 86, his spokesman confirmed.

Macworld.com - It would seem that iPhone 3.0 might finally obviate jailbreaking, since it brings with it many of the features previously available only via jailbreaking: video-recording (well, if you have a 3G S); MMS (well, some day soon, right?); tethering (well, when AT&T gets around to it)—you know what? Never mind.

Macworld.com - In what is almost certainly the first incident of many to come, iPhone owner Kevin Miller was able to retrieve his lost and stolen iPhone from the hands of the thief using Apple’s new Find My iPhone feature.

PC World - A significant number of Blackberry owners suffer from iPhone envy, according to a new report out today. Four out of ten Blackberry owners and other smartphone users said they would switch to the iPhone when it comes time to purchase a new device, according to the survey by Crowd Science, an online metrics firm.

PC World - Bad news for Blackberry: Forty percent of smartphone users who don't already own an iPhone said they would switch to the Apple handset for their next purchase, nearly three times the percentage of non-Blackberry users who would switch to a Research in Motion handset.

AP - Officials in Montana have voted to eliminate a hiring policy that allowed the city of Bozeman to look at information found on social networking sites in considering job applications.

Macworld.com - ExpressCard slots may have gone away on new 15-inch MacBook Pros, but that’s not stopping Nova media from offering the GlobeTrotter Express 441 — a new ExpressCard-based 3G cell data modem designed to work worldwide. It costs €190 (US$264).

PC World - As Twitter becomes increasingly abused by hackers, Finjan Software released on Tuesday a free browser add-on with a new feature that scans links and warns if they point to a page containing malware.

PC World - Intel and handset maker Nokia are teaming to develop new mobile computing device and chipset architectures, the companies said Tuesday.

PC World - Intel is hoping that a deal with cell phone maker Nokia that will create a new stable of mobile products with 'Intel Inside'. Intel is expected to announce a partnership in a press conference slated for 8:30 a.m.

PC Magazine - After AMD launched its Athlon Neo processor, the company said that there was a void left in the budget ultraportable space and that it had no desire to launch a netbook processor. Gateway's new netbook is evidence to the contrary.

Macworld.com - Previously, if you wanted the iPhone to tell you how to get somewhere—Sesame Street, for example—you had to rely on the phone’s built-in Google Maps support. Direction-wise, that's a fine solution—and free—but it's not always the most conducive method if, say, you’re driving. iPhone 3.0 unlocked the ability for third parties to develop turn-by-turn navigation apps that mimic the features you get from car-based navigation systems and GPS devices.

NewsFactor - Apple sold one million iPhone 3GS devices during its launch weekend, leading many to wonder whether the iPhone is recession-proof. Although it's not clear how many of those phones went to consumers who canceled wireless contracts with companies like Verizon and Sprint to get in on the exclusive AT&T deal, it's clear that many people may be ready to purchase an iPhone.

PC World - The new iPhone 3GS is a conservative, yet intelligent addition to the iPhone family. Its faster processor and greater operating memory are exactly what the doctor ordered. However, the lack of a keyboard, UMA and better battery features allows the competition an edge with business users.

PC Magazine - The majority of the responses we have received seem to suggest that the iPhone 3.0 software works well when preinstalled on the new 3G S. When users download and install it themselves, however, they've reported problems with battery life and speed.

AP - Social-networking site MySpace said Tuesday it plans to cut 300 jobs, or two-thirds of its overseas work force, in an effort to rein in costs and focus on countries where it has many users and better business opportunities.

AP - Discount retailer TJX Cos. said Tuesday it has reached a settlement with multiple states related to a massive data theft that occurred at the parent company of retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshall's a few years ago.

Reuters - A German court ruled Tuesday that schoolchildren may rate their teachers online, rejecting the case of a woman who argued her rights had been infringed by pupils who gave her bad grades on a popular website.

Macworld.com - The little Apple news that hasn't been about the new iPhone this week seems to be swirling around Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Unless you’ve been staring at your iPhone 3G S’s Compass application since its release on Friday—so hypnotic—you’ll probably have heard the reports, first broken by The Wall Street Journal, that Jobs underwent a liver transplant earlier this year.

AP - Shares of Alvarion Ltd. jumped Tuesday after the Israeli provider of wireless broadband technology and services said it was chosen to deploy a nationwide mobile wireless data network in Italy.

InfoWorld - Use of the Ruby programming language increased 40 percent among North American software developers in an Evans Data survey being unveiled on Tuesday.

PC World - Goodbye Windows Defender, hello Windows Security Essentials. The new antivirus and antimalware package that Microsoft's been working on for the past year is ready for its semi-official unveiling today. Eager malware-thwarters from the United States, Brazil, and Israel will get first dibs on the public beta of the free software, available for both 32- and 64-bit installations of Windows XP, Vista, and 7.

Reuters - Intel Corp announced a technology partnership with Nokia (NOK1V.HE) that could potentially give the chip maker the breakthrough it has been looking for into the mobile market.

NewsFactor - Amid layoffs and plunging profits, Motorola is reportedly seizing the opportunity to expand its reach in the smartphone market. The mobile-phone maker, which developed a Windows-based smartphone, is expected to offer an Android-based smartphone through two top-tier wireless carriers.

Macworld.com - BioWare and EA have collaborated to release Mass Effect Galaxy for the iPhone and iPod touch. It's available for purchase from the App Store for $5.

Macworld.com - Digital Chocolate’s Crazy Penguin Catapult 2, WaterWays from Taito and Square Enix, and Prey Invasion headline our latest roundup of fun games you can download for your iPhone and iPod touch.

PC World - What's slate gray and phosphate green and slow as a stack of plates wrestled through radioactive ooze? If you said the Xbox 360's dashboard, 10 points. 15, if you specifically invoked the word 'guide.' That's because the dashboard--the space where you kick around the Xbox 360's colorfully cool little panels on vertical or horizontal axes--is actually pretty consistently breakneck.

AP - Software maker Oracle Corp. says its sales fell 5 percent and its profit fell 7 percent from March through May. Oracle says it was hurt by the stronger dollar.

AP - Three former executives of the online sports gambling Web site BetOnSports, including two of the company founder's siblings, pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges.

AP - Business software maker NetSuite Inc. said Tuesday it has named former Motorola Inc. CEO Ed Zander to its board.

PC World - Social-networking sites, and in some instances their users, are responsible for protecting the privacy rights of the people whose information they exchange online, according to an influential European data protection committee.

AFP - The US military has set up a new 'cyberspace' command designed to bolster the country's defenses against threats to computer networks and to wage digital warfare, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp expects shortages of Palm Inc's high-profile Pre smartphone for a while but has not felt any impact from the new iPhone so far, Sprint's chief financial officer said on Tuesday.

NewsFactor - Intel and Nokia on Tuesday announced a shared vision and a partnership to develop a new class of smartphones and other computing devices that will run on Intel's chipsets. The devices promise to combine the performance of powerful computers with high-bandwidth mobile broadband communications.

Macworld.com - PremiumSoft released a new edition to its Navicat line of database administration tools. Navicat Premium lets users manage different kinds of database servers within a single application.

AP - Intel Corp. and Nokia Corp. said Tuesday they're joining forces to build better technology for smart phones and other mobile Internet devices.

PC World - How would you react if someone said you could play the latest, most sophisticated PC games on your boring old mobile phone, simply by opening a browser? Skeptical smirk? Tears of joy? It's the promise of OTOY, a server-based screen-telegraphing technology that some are calling a 'quantum leap in gaming possibilities.'

AP - Verizon is boosting speeds on its FiOS service. And it's throwing in a high-definition Flip video camera or Hewlett-Packard computer to get you to join.

AP - BRAND LOYALTY: How loyal are you to your brands?

Reuters - Oracle Corp's quarterly earnings beat market expectations as profit margins hit a record high and software sales fell less than anticipated, sending its shares up 2.5 percent.

AFP - The US military on Tuesday announced a new 'cyber command' designed to wage digital warfare and to bolster defenses against mounting threats to its computer networks.

Reuters - Intel Corp announced a technology partnership with Nokia that could potentially give the chip maker the breakthrough it has been looking for into the mobile market.

AFP - US semiconductor giant Intel and Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced Tuesday that they had entered into a 'strategic relationship' to develop futuristic mobile computing devices.

Macworld.com - Accessory vendor iLuv on Tuesday announced the iMM153 Desktop Dual Alarm Clock with Bed Shaker for iPod.

Reuters - Oracle Corp reported quarterly earnings above expectations as the No. 3 software maker's profit margin hit a record thanks to robust growth in its maintenance business, sending shares up 2.7 percent.

PC World - SAP and enterprise social-networking vendor Jive said Tuesday they have formed an agreement that will see SAP's BusinessObjects BI OnDemand software integrated with Jive's community and collaboration platform.

PC World - BREAKING NEWS: Your Apple iPhone is bound to break! At least, if you believe a new study by an electronics warranty company that, by pure coincidence, happens to be promoting an iPhone warranty plan on its home page right now. Breaking news? Broken news might be more like it, as far as I'm concerned.

PC World - The new iPhone 3GS is a conservative, yet intelligent addition to the iPhone family. Its faster processor and greater operating memory are exactly what the doctor ordered. However, the lack of a keyboard, UMA and better battery features allows the competition an edge with business users.

PC World - Google has created a Web site for developers that is focused exclusively on making Web applications, sites and browsers faster.

Reuters - IBM named one of its executives, a former Morgan Stanley banker, to be its new head of mergers and acquisitions on Tuesday after losing its chief dealmaker to rival Dell Inc, which is beefing up its acquisition efforts.

PC World - MySpace will release as open source a tool it uses internally to track and tune the performance of its Web site, a move that will allow developers to benefit from the tool's capabilities and help extend and enhance its functionality.

Macworld.com - Audio-accessory vendor Monster has announced seven new products for Apple's iPod and iPhone.

AP - Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has an 'excellent prognosis' after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital, a doctor confirmed Tuesday.

AP - Setting aside their rivalry in the interests of business, Comcast Corp. said Wednesday it will sell advertising for Verizon Communications Inc.'s FiOS television service in 10 markets where they both compete.

InfoWorld - The Eclipse Foundation will put out on Wednesday its annual release train, this time featuring the simultaneous release of technologies from 33 different open source project teams in spaces ranging mobile to SOA to the base Eclipse platform.

Reuters - A new NPD Group study finds that active Twitter users buy 77 percent more digital music downloads on average than non-users. Additionally, 12 percent of those who have bought music in the last three months also report having used Twitter, versus 8 percent of overall Web users.

PC World - Former Apple Macintosh evangelist Guy Kawasaki [cq] posts Twitter messages about a lot of different thing, but the message he put up on Tuesday afternoon was really out of character.