Reuters - Yahoo Inc, which last week announced a Web search deal with Microsoft Corp, will invest money from reduced marketing and infrastructure costs into its display ad, content and mobile services technology, its chief executive Carol Bartz told the New York Times in an interview.

AFP - Japanese high-tech giant Panasonic Corp. announced Monday a big first-quarter loss, blaming weak sales of televisions, digital cameras and other electronic goods during the recession.

AFP - Criminal trials in England dating back to the 18th century, including the infamous 'Jack the Ripper' suspect, are to go online for the first time Monday, a website said.

PC World - The China subsidiary of High Tech Computer (HTC) will launch up to three mobile handsets with Google's Android operating system this year, according to the company.

Reuters - Microsoft increased its share of the U.S. Internet search market by another 1 percentage point in July, taking its combined share with new search partner Yahoo to 20.36 percent, according to data released on Monday.

PC World - India's largest mobile services provider, Bharti Airtel, and MTN Group of South Africa, have extended by one month to August 31 their exclusive talks that could lead to an alliance between the two companies.

Reuters - Online gaming firm 888 said on Monday it is close to making an acquisition after strong trading from its casino, bingo and sports betting web sites led to an improved overall performance in the second quarter.

AP - Google CEO Eric Schmidt is resigning from Apple's board of directors as the Internet search leader increasingly develops products that compete with Apple's core businesses, including the popular iPhone.

Macworld.com - Electronic Arts (EA) on Monday announced the first expansion pack for The Sims 3—The Sims 3 World Adventures. It'll be released for Mac and Windows on November 16, 2009.

Macworld.com - Apple on Monday announced that Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, is resigning from Apple’s board of directors. Schmidt has been on Apple’s board since 2006.

PC World - The U.S. Secret Service said on Monday it is investigating a group of ATM machines in Las Vegas that are debiting people's accounts but not dispensing cash.

NewsFactor - Apple on Monday put ended speculation about whether Google CEO Eric Schmidt would remain on its board of directors. The Mac maker announced Schmidt has resigned from the position he has held since August 2006.

Macworld.com - Namco Networks on Monday announced that Jonathan Kromrey has been named General Manager of the company's recently formed Apple Games business unit. Namco's Apple Games unit is focused on developing software for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Macworld.com - Pangea Software—long time Mac (and iPhone) game developer—has announced the release of The Finger, a new 3D animation app for the iPhone and iPod touch. It costs $1.

AP - A northern New Jersey man is charged with stealing a prime piece of Internet real estate and reselling it for more than $100,000.

AP - PBS is launching an online cross-country adventure for children starring two brothers — who happen to be gophers.

PC World - In a move that surprises absolutely no one, Google CEO Eric Schmidt has quit Apple's board of directors, marking the end to another synergy that wasn't. When Schmidt joined Apple's board in 2006, the companies seemed poised to work closely together, now they compete in both the operating system and wireless handset markets.

AP - Sugarland's Kristian Bush knows a live CD/DVD package and a network TV special might seem quaint at a time when singles rule and fans flock to YouTube, but he thinks they are a good way to show what the duo is all about.

PC World - Fake ATM machines have taken up residence around Las Vegas.

Macworld.com - Delicious is a mighty fine Web-based social bookmarking service. But like many of these shiny web 2.0 outfits, it's desktop clients like Pukka that give Delicious some useful spit and polish. Thanks to an unassuming version 1.8 update, Pukka has finally become a complete and powerful two-way Delicious client with a streamlined, unobtrusive interface.

Macworld.com - If there’s one thing more fun than ordering software it must be pre-ordering software. We may not have a hard release date for Snow Leopard—during the WWDC keynote, Apple said it would be available some time in September—but that’s not about to stop the likes of Amazon, which this weekend began offering pre-orders of the forthcoming Mac OS X release.

Macworld.com - Are iPods exploding all over the place? According to the Times Online, an iPod touch belonging to 11 year-old Ellie Stanborough of Liverpool, England, started hissing and emitting vapor before an explosion sent it flying ten feet into the air. When Ellie’s father, Ken, contacted Apple to ask for a refund, the company agreed, though reputedly on the condition that the Stanboroughs agreed to not talk about the incident.

PC World - The Federal Communications Commission has begun an inquiry into Apple’s rejection of the official Google Voice app for the iPhone and their subsequent removal of other Google Voice related apps which had already been approved. The FCC has asked Apple to justify why they chose to reject and remove the Google Voice app, as well as what influence AT&T had on the decision as the exclusive carrier of mobile service for the iPhone.

PC World - Microsoft should abandon Windows Mobile, abandon Zune, and buy Palm. I know this will be hard for Redmond--admitting defeat after all these fears flogging Windows Mobile--but it is the only path to success. With Microsoft's help, Palm can really become an Apple spoiler.

PC Magazine - While RealNetworks waits for a federal judge's decision on whether it can sell its RealDVD DVD-ripping software, several California appellate judges must reach a similar verdict – on a company, Kaleidescape, that RealNetworks used as a legal shield.

PC Magazine - Beginning in August, LG broadband-enabled HDTV owners will have access to Vudu's extensive library of high definition-content, including over 2,000 movies in 720p or 1080p.

AP - Shares of mobile technology software maker Openwave Systems Inc. fell more than 10 percent Monday after an analyst downgraded the shares on disappointing earnings results and an unclear turnaround plan.

NewsFactor - Apple's upcoming tablet computer is real, according to an unnamed analyst in a report in Monday's Barron's.

NewsFactor - Following the success of Microsoft's Windows 7 pre-order launch on Amazon.com, Apple has released Mac OS X Snow Leopard for pre-order sales on the popular e-commerce site.

Macworld.com - Despite the many complaints about the App Store from developers, consumers, and even loudmouth writers like yours truly, it does have its upsides. For one thing, it’s easy to know where to go when you’re looking for an iPhone app, something that’s often been problematic for Mac users. However, the developers at IDFusion Software and Centrix.ca are aiming to fill that gap on the desktop side with their new program Bodega.

PC World - Microsoft has published a case study detailing how to port an iPhone application to its Windows Mobile platform as it prepares to launch an online store for mobile applications to compete with Apple.

PC World - The FCC's interest in the wireless business--evidenced by its pouncing into the Google Voice/Apple iPhone affair and handset exclusivity--is long overdue. It's the FCC's doing that the U.S. has a second-class wireless system and it's time to make changes.

AP - Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple Inc.'s board because of the companies' conflicting interests as competition between the one-time allies heats up.

AP - A cane equipped with the technology that retailers use to tag merchandise could help blind people avoid obstacles.

NewsFactor - Google is attempting to entice businesses to use Google Apps in a big way. The Internet search giant has begun promoting its Google Apps business, a Web-based suite of collaboration and messaging applications, on billboards in major cities, including Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and New York.

PC World - Scourge of inhumane babysitters and witless bullies everywhere, Facebook photo-sharing for Nintendo's DSi video gaming handheld is just a few hours away. Nintendo's Facebook photo-integration feature will be available after 5pm PT today, allowing DSi owners to snap pictures with either of the system's two cameras, then upload them directly to a Facebook profile.

PC World - If you have a Linksys model WRT160N or Netgear RP614v4 router, it may be time to worry a little. At least according to a report out of Defcon from The Register. The vulnerability is based on CSRF, or cross-site request forgery, an issue with the cPanel web-based control software used to administrate the devices.

NewsFactor - The Federal Communications Commission sent letters to Apple, AT&T and Google on Friday requesting further information concerning recent news reports that Apple has banned the sale of a Google Voice app and has removed related -- and previously approved -- third-party offerings from its iPhone App Store.

PC World - It looks like the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has made a priority of issues involving mobile devices. First, the FCC started looking into exclusivity contracts, and now the regulatory body is going after Apple over its rejection of the Google Voice iPhone application.

AP - Microsoft is hoping that a long-term partnership with rival Yahoo will give it the size and insight it needs to bring in more traffic, more advertisers and ultimately more revenue.

AP - A northern New Jersey man is charged with stealing a prime piece of Internet real estate and reselling it to basketball player Mark Madsen in one of the nation's first prosecutions of a suspected domain name thief.

Reuters - EBay Inc's online payments service, PayPal, shut down worldwide for about an hour on Monday after the Internet retailer encountered 'internal' problems, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Macworld.com - While Google CEO Eric Schmidt may have stepped down from his role on Apple’s board of directors, but that won't close the books on the government's probe into the Google-Apple relationship. According to Reuters, the Federal Trade Commission’s Richard Feinstein said that the agency will continue to investigate the two companies for potential antitrust violations.

AP - Hospital software company MedAssets Inc. said Monday it posted a second-quarter profit, compared with a year-ago loss, as an acquisition boosted sales.

AP - Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest maker of computer networking gear, reports its fiscal fourth-quarter results on Wednesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period, which ran from April 26 to July 25:

PC World - An Intel executive last week suggested it was abnormal to interact with a laptop using input devices like touchpads, but Synaptics is out to debunk that notion by making touchpads more user-friendly.

Reuters - EBay Inc's online payments service, PayPal, shut down worldwide for about an hour on Monday after the Internet retailer encountered 'internal' problems with the fast-growing division.

PC World - RadioShack is getting a marketing makeover. Starting August 6, the venerable electronics retailer will change its name to 'The Shack,' a rebranding move designed to shed the last-century association with creaky radio technology and embrace today's digital wireless world.

AFP - Nintendo said Monday that it is updating DSi software to allow users to upload pictures from the camera-equipped handheld videogame devices to hot social-networking website Facebook.

Macworld.com - Late on Monday afternoon, Apple released a hefty update to its GarageBand 5 () software, which is part of the iLife ‘09 suite.

PC World - IBM announced on Tuesday a business analytics center in Beijing that will serve clients including the Chinese government.

PC World - Mozilla has announced that the Firefox Web browser has reached one billion downloads and some sources claim that Firefox has attained a solid 32 percent of the browser market. The methods used to calculate market share for web browsers though seems dubious and in some cases seem to betray a bias on the part of the organization gathering the statistics.

AFP - High-tech Japan is gearing up for elections, but you won't hear a tweet from Prime Minister Taro Aso or his main rivals.

AP - A Southern California college student has been arrested on federal charges that he illegally modified video game consoles to enable the machines to play pirated video games.

AFP - A teenager was allegedly beaten to death by trainers at a rehabilitation camp in southern China where his parents had sent him to cure his Internet addiction, reports said Tuesday.

PC World - MIPS Technologies on Monday made available Android software source code to anyone interested in creating Android applications for products that use the MIPS32 chip architecture.