PC World - Add open-source BI (business intelligence) vendor Pentaho to the list of vendors rolling out financial incentives to lure customers during the global recession.

Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc ships a lower-power version of its Opteron server chip on Monday as it tries to expand its offerings for Web hosting companies.

Reuters - More than a third of consumers in Western Europe will access the Internet using their mobile phones by 2014, according to a research report published by Forrester Research on Monday.

AFP - Toyota Motor said Monday it was developing anti-drunk driving equipment that would lock the ignition of a vehicle if high levels of alcohol are detected in the driver.

Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, said on Monday it would open an online store for smartphone applications on September 14 in Europe.

PC Magazine - Advanced Micro Devices has launched a low-power version of its six-core Opteron processor in time for VMworld, a key virtualization show that opens on Monday.

AP - India's space agency has abandoned the country's only satellite orbiting the moon after efforts to revive communication with it failed, an official said Monday.

InfoWorld - If you think you can easily whittle down the best open source software to a manageable number, you'll soon discover that you can't do it without a great deal of hair pulling, nail biting, and gnashing of teeth.

PC World - SanDisk's tiny, popular Sansa Clip flash-based MP3 player gets upgraded with a microSD slot and a slightly different name.

NewsFactor - The talk about Apple's iPhones in France is currently revolving around two subjects -- exploding devices and multiple carrier partners. Exploding devices are catching more headlines, and the company has told news media that there is no evidence that overheating batteries or other such defects are causing the reported bursting of screens during use.

Macworld.com - OSXpert has released FoneConnector for Daylite 1.0. It’s designed to work with Marketcircle’s Daylite for Mac OS X, and it provides a telephony system for Daylite users. It costs $79 ($49 as an introductory price).

AP - A German court has ruled that Google Inc. must change terms of service that could be interpreted to compromise a user's rights, a decision the consumer advocacy group that brought the suit welcomed Monday as a victory for online transparency.

AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that its Web site has added almost 1 million new items through a new program that lets outside sellers market products on its Web site.

PC World - EMC will resell virtualization management software from VMware alongside its own Ionix management platform in an expanded partnership aimed at helping enterprises build private clouds.

PC World - The release of the 40-watt 6-core Opteron CPU, codenamed ‘Istanbul’, from AMD means servers with more processing horsepower and less power consumption. Businesses will be able to do more, spend less, and save the environment all at the same time.

Reuters - Apple Inc said on Monday that it would host a media event next week, when the company is widely expected to unveil an updated line of iPod media players.

NewsFactor - Apple has confirmed it will hold its traditional invitation-only media event on Sept. 9 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. An announcement of the rumored Apple tablet computer is unlikely, but Apple is expected to announce new iPods.

Macworld.com - Apple is planning a special, invitation-only event for September 9, 2009, confirming rumors that have circulated on the Mac Web for the past couple of weeks.

PC World - Many iPhone customers have already decided to switch carriers, if AT&T wants to keep them the time to act is now. AT&T cannot wait until Verizon and others appear at its door.

AP - Six months ago, Brianna Karp found herself living in an old truck and camper she inherited after the suicide of a father she barely knew.

AFP - Internet giant Google announced Monday it was adding nine more languages to Google Translate, its automatic translation program.

PC World - China Mobile displayed smartphones from Dell, Lenovo Mobile and other companies running its mobile operating system at a Beijing event on Monday.

AP - Kobe Bryant isn't just the 'NBA 2K10' cover athlete, he also makes a good mermaid.

InfoWorld - Cast Iron Systems is looking to make it easier for users of cloud applications on the Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) to integrate with their in-house enterprise systems.

NewsFactor - On Monday, Advanced Micro Devices shipped its latest generation of processors with cloud-computing and dense-computing environments in mind. The new six-core Opteron EE processor, code-named Istanbul, promises increased performance in the same 40-watt ACP power band as previous generations.

Macworld.com - Gene Munster, senior research analyst with Piper Jaffrey, predicts that the iPhone will be available through multiple cell carriers in the United States beginning in 2010.

PC World - Snow Leopard is out and users seem generally satisfied with the latest version of the Mac OS X operating system. The release hasn't come without some controversy though, part of which has been the debate over the malware protection features Apple included in Snow Leopard.

PC World - Apple has emerged from winding negotiations with an iPhone deal in China, but the handset will still face government pitfalls and look-alike competitors in the country.

PC Magazine - gScreen, a little known American company, has announced that it will ship a laptop with dual 15.4-inch widescreens, called the Spacebook.

AP - With a little help from the Beatles, Super Mario and price cuts from Sony and Microsoft, the slumping video game industry is hoping for a sales resurrection this fall.

AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has launched an addition to its online business that has outside retailers selling nearly 1 million new items through Walmart.com, a move that could help the world's largest retailer catch up in the online world.

Macworld.com - The release of any major update to OS X usually marks a steady stream of software updates from third-party developers, who spring into action to make sure that their applications are ready to run on the latest Apple OS. Snow Leopard is no different, with many developers follow last week’s OS update with releases of their own. Here are Monday’s batch of applications updated for OS X 10.6 compatibility.

NewsFactor - SanDisk has upgraded its popular Sansa Clip MP3 player to make it ready to roll with Windows 7 when Microsoft introduces its new operating system in October.

NewsFactor - Even as rumors spread about the iPhone coming to new carriers next year, Rockstar Games has announced plans to bring its blockbuster franchise to Apple's iPhone this fall. But will App Store reviewers approve the violent game?

Macworld.com - Rockstar Games on Monday announced plans to release two new games for the iPhone: Beaterator and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

PC World - Has your cell phone provider or cable company ever slipped a surprise charge onto your monthly bill? If so, you aren't alone. Sneaky fees from your credit-card issuer, online ticket broker, or that site you did business last month have people turning red with anger.

AP - Carl Icahn, one of Yahoo's largest stockholders, has sold 12.7 million shares to whittle his holdings in the slumping Internet company to a 4.5 percent stake.

AP - Sina Corp., operator of a leading Chinese Internet portal, said Monday that its second-quarter profit fell 41 percent. When excluding items, the Shanghai-based company met analyst expectations.

InfoWorld - Adobe Systems has acquired Business Catalyst, which provides a platform for Web professionals to build online businesses, and its GoodBarry subsidiary, Adobe confirmed on Monday.

PC World - A hacker has posted code that could be used to take over a system running Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Services) server.

Macworld.com - Apple on Monday released firmware updates for the Mac mini and for certain SuperDrive-containing systems.

AP - Sina Corp., operator of a leading Chinese Internet portal, on Monday predicted third-quarter revenue that is lower than what analysts expect.

PC World - 3Com plans to integrate intrusion prevention technology from its TippingPoint subsidiary into networking gear from its H3C division as part of a strategy to deliver streamlined secure networks at less cost and power consumption than marquee vendors.

AFP - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sold 12.7 million shares in Yahoo!, cutting his stake in the company a month after it formed an Internet search partnership with software giant Microsoft.

PC World - Advanced Micro Devices on Monday introduced a low-power variant of its six-core Opteron server chip, which is codenamed Istanbul.

PC World - Mini-laptops based on Arm chips are set to make their way to users, which could heat up the battle in a space dominated by netbooks with Intel's Atom chips.

PC World - IBM is rolling out a subscription service that aims to make it easier for large companies to use desktop virtualization, a technology that has been slow to take off but which some say has big potential.