Reuters - Tens of thousands of mobile users in Bangladesh's flood and cyclone-prone areas will now receive advance warning of an impending natural disaster through an alert on their cell phones, a government official says.

Reuters - A 'Friends' reunion of sorts is coming to the Internet courtesy of Lexus.

Macworld.com - Confirming a weekend report in the Wall Street Journal that Steve Jobs underwent a liver transplant, Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute of Memphis, Tenn., said on Monday that it had performed the procedure on the Apple CEO. The hospital's announcement came after receiving permission from Jobs.

PC World - Methodist University Hospital in Memphis confirmed late Tuesday that Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently underwent a liver transplant.

PC World - China Mobile's 3G services are off to a slow start. So far this year, fewer than 3 percent of new China Mobile subscribers have signed up for the operator's 3G service based on a locally developed mobile technology called TD-SCDMA, with the rest opting for 2G services.

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.

InfoWorld - When Apple unveiled the iPhone 3.0 OS and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard at WWDC recently, I was struck that one of the most significant additions to Snow Leopard came from the iPhone 2.0 OS: support for ActiveSync and native Microsoft Exchange.

AP - Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs appears to be a step closer to returning to work, as a doctor gave him an 'excellent prognosis' after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital.

Investor's Business Daily - Intel and Nokia will combine their respective strengths in computer chips and handsets to create new mobile devices that move 'far beyond' today's smart phones and netbooks, the companies said Tuesday.

Macworld.com - Seagate on Wednesday introduced a new line-up of mobile and desktop FreeAgent for Mac storage devices. The new products include the FreeAgent Go Drive for Mac, Go Pro for Mac Drive, Go Dock+ and Desk Drive for Mac 2TB.

Macworld.com - Peripheral maker Belkin has announced a new line of Comfort Mice — computer mice designed to offer the optimum position for comfortable use. They’ll be available in the U.S. at the end of June. All are Mac-compatible.

PC World - A weeks-long World of Warcraft server outage in China has driven masses of players there to the Taiwanese server or to other games while a new operator takes the reins of the Blizzard Entertainment blockbuster in China.

PC World - Smartphone developer High Tech Computer (HTC) introduced a completely revamped user interface (UI) on its latest smartphone running Google Android software, the HTC Hero, highlighting the importance companies see in making users love the software on their handset.

Macworld.com - Western Digital (WD) on Wednesday announced the My Book World Edition II in a 4 terabyte (TB) capacity. It costs $700.

Reuters - Being able to use a mobile phone for money transfers, bill payments and even savings would give some of the world's poorest people the chance to become part of the financial system, telecom providers and bankers have said.

Macworld.com - Instapaper is a unique service from developer Marco Arment that allows users to quickly bookmark webpages for reading later. Arment's iPhone clients (one free, one paid) can download copies of these pages in a format ideal for reading on an iPhone or iPod touch. A major 2.0 upgrade to Instapaper Pro brings a wealth of new features.

Macworld.com - Virtual Programming on Wednesday announced the release of The Abbey, an adventure game for the Mac, priced at $20. It’s available for purchase and download from VP’s Web site.

Macworld.com - Startly Technologies has announced the release of QuicKeys 4 for Mac OS X, a new version of the popular productivity software originally developed by CE Software. It costs $60. Upgrades cost $30.

PC World - In less than three weeks, the iPhone has caught up with the Palm Pre in the one area where the Pre held an undisputed lead: wireless charging. The ability to charge without wires is an idea that's been teasing us for a long time, with Palm the first company (I am aware of) to take it mainstream. The feature will soon be available for iPhone users, too.

AFP - One of Asia's leading media moguls, Jimmy Lai, said Wednesday that newspapers faced a tough battle to survive and that providing content on the Internet for free was not a sustainable position.

AP - Time Warner and Comcast are joining forces to bring cable TV shows to the Internet, but only for paying subscribers.

AP - The alien invasion has begun, and Washington is its epicenter. One guy, Secret Service agent Michael Ford, is apparently the only earthling who can save the planet. At the behest of a shadowy organization called The Trust, Ford is given this directive: If it moves, shoot it.

AP - The Chinese manufacturer of Internet-filtering software that must be distributed with all new computers next week has received death threats, state media said Wednesday.

PC World - Don't look now, but consumer electronics giant Best Buy plans to extend its Canada-based used video games pilot program to the U.S. First stop, Dallas and Austin (Texas) where, already this week, you'll be able to tinker with kiosks that scan your preowned games and feed back a voucher that puts dollars on a Best Buy gift card.

PC Magazine - What to do when your navigation product costs almost as much as a cheap portable navigation device but requires a laptop for use in the car? Bring out a version with a simpler, USB key GPS module. That's Microsoft Streets & Trips 2009 with GPS Locater. It's just over $50 street price, vs. $65-$90 for the same software with a GPS module on a long USB cable.

AP - After six months of grooming, LinkedIn Corp. founder Reid Hoffman has decided former Yahoo Inc. executive Jeff Weiner is ready to take over his job running the Internet's largest site devoted to professional networking.

AP - A new study says top CEOs should do a better job managing their presence online, on social sites like Twitter and Facebook and even Wikipedia.

Reuters - Top U.S. officials urged China Wednesday to abandon its proposal to require Internet filters installed on personal computers starting next month, warning the step could violate world trade rules.

AP - Verizon and Alltel have agreed to refund an estimated $30 million to Florida cell phone customers billed for unwanted third-party services including ringtones, music and horoscopes.

Macworld.com - ZeniMax Media on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Id Software, the game developer behind titles like Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein and the upcoming game Rage. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

AFP - Top US trade officials said Wednesday they have written to the Chinese government urging it to drop a new rule requiring all computers to be fitted with Internet filtering software.

NewsFactor - Hewlett-Packard is previewing a new netbook designed with mobile professionals in mind. HP, which claimed the number-one spot in U.S. PC sales during the first quarter due to solid demand for its consumer notebook products, is taking its netbook strategy one step further by specifically targeting enterprise customers with the new Mini 5101.

Macworld.com - Apple on Wednesday released a pair of updates: one for its Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station Firmware and a minor update for Final Cut Pro. Both updates are available from Apple's Support Downloads site.

AP - Research firm iSuppli says Apple Inc.'s latest iPhone costs just a few dollars more to make than the previous model.

Macworld.com - You win a prestigious prize like the Apple Design Award and you might be tempted to rest on your laurels. Not Cultured Code, though. Fresh from snagging an ADA for the Mac version of its task-management app Things, the company has rolled out an update for the Things iPhone app.

Macworld.com - Paragon Software Group has announced the release of HFS+ for Windows, a utility for Windows PCs to make them easily able to access hard disk drive partitions formatted for the Mac, using HFS+. It’s currently in beta-testing and available for download.

PC Magazine - Online video platform Boxee on Thursday announced the release of a public alpha for the Windows platform, joining the versions of the software already available for Mac and Ubuntu.

PC Magazine - Palm is slashing the price of the unlocked Palm Treo Pro from $549 to $399, according to a report.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp , the world's largest software group, is still open to a partnership with search engine giant Yahoo Inc , Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Time Warner Inc and Comcast Corp have banded together to test ways to allow people to watch more TV shows over the Web, while making sure they keep paying for their traditional cable or satellite TV services.

AP - Rhianna Pratchett has a fantasy writer's genes: Her father is Terry Pratchett, author of the 'Discworld' novels. But the daughter has pursued her muse in a different medium, as one of the most respected scriptwriters in video games.

NewsFactor - The mystery surrounding Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health issues has been solved. But on the eve of his return to the helm of the company he founded, the mystery of what happens to Apple in a post-Jobs era is still a matter of speculation.

NewsFactor - Apple's iPhone 3GS is much faster than Apple has claimed, according to testing by Medialets, a mobile analytics company. In tests using JavaScript, the iPhone 3GS proved nearly three times faster than its predecessor, the iPhone 3G -- not twice as fast, as Apple has boasted.

AP - I've always secretly wanted to learn to DJ, so I was excited to develop my skills on the awkwardly named Pacemaker portable DJ system. After spending some time determining the difference between a crossfader and a cue point, I've found that it's not easy — at least, not on this device.

PC World - IPhone and Android users may increasingly see ads appear in their phone applications, now that Google is expanding its advertising program for mobile applications.

AP - A startup planning to sell news online is hoping to get money from about 10 percent of Internet readers accustomed to mostly free access to newspaper and magazine Web sites since the 1990s.

AFP - US software giant Microsoft launched a free online home energy monitoring tool on Wednesday that allows consumers to gauge their usage and reduce consumption.

Reuters - Time Warner Inc and Comcast Corp have banded together to test ways to allow people to watch more TV shows over the Web, while making sure they keep paying for their traditional cable or satellite TV services.

AFP - The prognosis for Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is 'excellent' following his liver transplant, but the company's handling of his health issues is raising questions.

Reuters - The president of the Dutch lower house has told off members of parliament for posting messages on social networking site Twitter during parliamentary debates, Dutch media reported.

Macworld.com - Hewlett-Packard (HP) today announced iPhone-app versions of three classic HP calculators: the HP 12c, HP 12c Platinum, and HP 15C.

Macworld.com - iBank 3.5, an update to the personal finance manager, prepares the way for a forthcoming iPhone app from developer IGG Software by expanding mobile syncing capabilities.

PC World - Apple's iPhone 3G S is the talk of the tech world this week. While some folks were disappointed a cheaper iPhone didn't debut at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, the 16GB iPhone 3G S may be a better deal than you'd think: The phone, according to a new analysis, costs Apple nearly $179 to make. It retails for $199 (when bought with a new AT&T contract).

AP - For about 90 minutes Wednesday, visitors to the Oregon University System's Web site found themselves taken for a ride they didn't ask for. They were redirected to another site under the control of a hacker, who posted an 89-word screed criticizing the protests in Iran.

AP - Rod Beckstrom, the former U.S. cybersecurity chief who resigned in March amid persistent turf battles, is the leading candidate to run an international organization with oversight of the monikers behind every Web site and e-mail address, The Associated Press has learned.

AP - Facebook is testing new privacy controls that will allow the online hangout's roughly 200 million users to decide who should see each of their personal updates.

Reuters - After months of speculation about the fate of the 2009 Virgin Mobile Festival, organizers have made an announcement that should please music fans who've felt the economic pinch of the recession: this year's event is free.

PC World - Any Web site owner can now put up a stream of Facebook status updates, using a feature that the social networking platform introduced on Wednesday.

Reuters - Top U.S. officials urged China to abandon its controversial plan requiring all new personal computers to be sold with Internet filtering software from next week, warning the step could violate world trade rules.