PC World - Chinese police have detained 13 people over the death by beating of a teenager at an Internet addiction camp in southern China, according to state media.

PC World - Toshiba is planning to launch players and laptops with support for Blu-ray Disc later this year, it said Monday. The company was the primary backer of the HD DVD optical-disc format that had been battling Blu-ray Disc until last year.

InfoWorld - Jeff Haynie reached a crossroads last summer. Haynie, CEO of Appcelerator, a firm that develops open source cross-platform application development software, made a decision filled with implications for his company's future.

AFP - The Internet in China has become a major concern for officials, who are increasingly being scrutinised by the general public, a government adviser said Monday.

Reuters - Wireless carrier Virgin Mobile USA Inc , which has agreed to be acquired by Sprint Nextel Corp , reported a higher quarterly profit that beat market estimates as it continued to benefit from the growth of its profitable hybrid customer base.

AP - Dish Network Corp. said Monday that its second-quarter profit slid 81 percent on TiVo Inc. litigation costs and rising expenses, but the nation's second-largest satellite TV provider managed to add subscribers and maintain revenue.

PC World - Samsung Electronics on Monday joined with network operator Taiwan Mobile to try to steal the spotlight from rival High Tech computer (HTC) by launching a handset with Google's Android mobile software, the Samsung i7500, in Taiwan.

AP - Having lost the video format war, Toshiba Corp. said Monday it will make Blu-ray disc products and plans to join the once-rival camp, the Blu-ray Disc Association.

PC World - Motorola's not messing around with its debut of two Android smartphones expected to launch this fall. The phones, one codenamed Morrison and the second Sholes, pack some serious specifications, according to reports at the site Android and Me. If these specs are the real deal, Apple's iPhone may have some serious competition.

AP - SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of General Motors' California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the eBay online marketplace under a trial that begins Tuesday.

AP - Mike Zafirovski is stepping down as CEO of Nortel Networks, which is currently liquidating

Reuters - After relying on a pacemaker for 20 years, Carol Kasyjanski has become the world's first recipient of a wireless pacemaker that allows her doctor to monitor her health from afar -- over the Internet.

PC World - Alleged details about Sony's next-gen Walkman, S-Series, have been leaked by a French gadget Website that reports the upcoming model will support 42 hours of music play, FM tuner, video capability, drag-and-drop file transfer and a built-in speaker. The site, Materiel.net, says the new Walkman will be available in 8GB (NWZ-S544) and 16GB (NWZ-S545) capacity with both having a 2.4-inch LCD screen with QVGA display.

AP - Nortel Networks CEO Mike Zafirovski is stepping down from the troubled telecommunications company, saying 'a natural transition point' has been reached as the company continues to liquidate.

AP - The White House has turned to its favorite tool — the Internet — to tell the public that President Barack Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's health care system will not result in rationing of care, euthanasia or an end to Medicare.

PC World - July 09's NPD video game sales data won't be available until Thursday, but bet on a fifth consecutive month of declines, says Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. In rough figures, that's sales of $500 million, down 16 points from last year's $592 million for the same period.

Macworld.com - The iPhone’s about to weasel its way into one more part of my life. According to The New York Times , private bank and insurance company USAA will be updating their iPhone app to allow you to deposit checks from the device.

NewsFactor - On Monday, Toshiba did what some thought it would never do: apply for membership to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). After losing a long battle for high-definition DVD technologies, Toshiba has signaled plans to launch products that support the Blu-ray format it once rivaled.

PC World - Bank deposits at ATM machines just became low-tech thanks to a fascinating and cool new application that will allow Apple iPhone users to photograph both sides of a check, then send the images via their iPhone to make a deposit.

PC World - Further delays and leadership changes have pushed out the launch of Zer01's 'unlimited everything' mobile phone service, casting further doubt about whether it will see the light of day.

Reuters - General Motors Co and eBay Inc are launching a test program in California that will allow consumers to negotiate with dealers and buy vehicles online, the companies said on Monday.

Reuters - It is a dash of Hulu and a sprinkle of YouTube, features a crystal clear picture, can rewind or fast-forward at lightning speed, and doesn't require a download of any special software.

AP - Perfect World Co., a Chinese developer and operator of online games, said Monday its second-quarter profit jumped 60 percent, crediting a strong performance from its recently launched game 'Battle of the Immortals.'

PC World - Microsoft, in response to complaints that Internet Explorer 8 was being designated as the default browser during some installations, will change the installation process starting this week, the software giant told a U.S. district judge.

PC Magazine - In a statement, Toshiba said it had applied for membership in the Blu-ray Disc Association, and said that it planned to ship Blu-ray products throughout the remainder of 2009.

AP - Facebook has purchased FriendFeed, a Web service that gives users a view of what their friends are doing on all sorts of social media sites.

AP - Nortel Networks CEO Mike Zafirovski is stepping down from the troubled telecommunications company, saying 'a natural transition point' has been reached as the company continues to liquidate.

AP - Shares of Nuance Communications Inc. rose Monday after an analyst upgraded the stock due to improving growth prospects for its speech recognition technology in the mobile phone and other markets.

AFP - Britain's prestigious Royal Opera House has launched a new bid to take high culture to the online masses -- by getting Twitter users to write the lyrics to a new work, line by line.

Macworld.com - It’s been a whole week since Google CEO Eric Schmidt stepped aside from his position on Apple’s board of directors, but all that means is that there’s been plenty of time for people to dig up interesting information on the two companies.

PC World - BMC on Monday said it has bought MQSoftware, maker of middleware that helps companies monitor the performance of IBM's WebSphere MQ software, as well as other platforms. Terms were not disclosed.

Reuters - Facebook, the world's largest social networking site, said it will acquire FriendFeed, an up-and-coming social media startup.

Macworld.com - This may be offering too much of a glimpse into how the sausage gets made around here, but any time you see live event coverage on Macworld.com—a keynote, an earnings call with Wall Street analysts, or some other special Apple event—it wings its way to our home page with the help of SubEthaEdit.

NewsFactor - Apple is poised to make short-term market gains in the business quarter currently underway, according to UBS Investment Research. Although the brokerage still has concerns about the potential impact of broader economic weakness, UBS analyst Maynard Um noted on Monday that a full quarter of MacBook Pro refreshes and the expansion of the iPhone 3GS into international markets should help boost Apple's standing in the September-ending quarter.

PC World - Toshiba mounted a valiant effort at establishing HD-DVD as the high definition optical disc standard. Ultimately, HD-DVD went the way of Betamax video tapes, IBM OS/2, LS floppy drives, and other technologies that came out on the short end of the marketing and technology war. Ultimately, it was Sony's high definition disc platform, Blu-ray, that won, and now Toshiba is jumping on the Blu-ray bandwagon.

AP - The market for shrinking Web addresses is itself shrinking.

Reuters - After relying on a pacemaker for 20 years, Carol Kasyjanski has become the first American recipient of a wireless pacemaker that allows her doctor to monitor her health from afar -- over the Internet.

PC World - Nvidia on Monday licensed an important technology for its graphics cards to work with Intel's latest Nehalem processors, but friction between the vendors over the processor microarchitecture will continue to linger, an analyst said.

NewsFactor - Apple is poised to make short-term market gains in the business quarter currently underway, according to UBS Investment Research. Although the brokerage still has concerns about the potential impact of broader economic weakness, UBS analyst Maynard Um noted on Monday that a full quarter of MacBook Pro refreshes and the expansion of the iPhone 3GS into international markets should help boost Apple's standing in the September-ending quarter.

PC World - If you've ever fancied an undiluted translation of Civilization on a mobile of some sort, Civilization Revolution for iPhone and iPod is officially live on Apple's App Store. 'Revolution' would be the streamlined yet mechanically intact iteration of developer Firaxis and creator Sid Meier's famous conquer-the-world strategy game with an eye toward on-the-go strategists.

NewsFactor - On Monday, Toshiba did what some thought it would never do: apply for membership to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). After losing a long battle for high-definition DVD technologies, Toshiba has signaled plans to launch products that support the Blu-ray format it once rivaled.

AP - It might not be long until there is a gene scanner in every doctor's office, as DNA sequencing becomes faster and cheaper.

AFP - Facebook announced on Monday that it has acquired FriendFeed, a Silicon Valley startup which allows members to see what their friends are doing online and share content.

Reuters - After relying on a pacemaker for 20 years, Carol Kasyjanski has become the first American recipient of a wireless pacemaker that allows her doctor to monitor her health from afar -- over the Internet.

PC World - Werewolves and goblins and cats-out-of-the-bag oh my, a World of Warcraft fansite is dishing rumors on Blizzard's next expansion to its massively successful online roleplaying game.

AP - Quest Software Inc. said Monday its second-quarter profit more than doubled to $20.5 million, beating analysts' expectations, even as revenue fell.

PC World - Cloud computing and flash-based storage, two of the fastest-growing technologies in IT, may drive each other forward as Internet-based service providers demand faster access to large amounts of data.

PC World - Microsoft will release the next incremental upgrade of the Windows Mobile platform this Fall, but for many analysts and experts it seems like the new Windows Mobile OS is virtually dead on arrival.

Reuters - Panasonic Corp and NEC Corp unveiled nine new cell phone models on Tuesday that run the open-source LiMo operating system, wireless Linux group LiMo said.

AP - SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors and eBay Inc. are expected to announce Monday that hundreds of the auto maker's California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the online marketplace, as part of a previously disclosed trial.

AP - A cousin of MC Hammer who appears on the rapper's cable TV reality show has been charged in California with raping a 40-year-old woman he met through an online social networking site.