AFP - Japanese electronics giant Sony assured millions of users that a system bug halting play on older versions of the PlayStation 3 had been fixed.

Reuters - Two telecom operator-backed mobile software groups signaled closer co-operation on Tuesday as carriers face increasing competition from the new rivals Google and Apple.

Macworld.com - Apple’s loss is another company’s gain: Pablo Calamera, director of MobileMe, has been hired as Chief Technology Officer by the music and ringtone site Thumbplay.

PC World - IBM on Tuesday announced new System x and BladeCenter servers, which are based on a new server design that the company claims will boost application performance while reducing energy costs in data centers.

PC World - Sony has restored service to the PlayStation Network by resolving a glitch in the internal clock of some PlayStation 3 consoles that recognized 2010 as a leap year and wrongly added a Feb. 29 to the clock.

PC World - We've been pretty big fans of Nvidia's Ion product for netbooks, which turbocharges the lame integrated graphics found in Intel's Atom line with something really capable of decoding all that hi-def flash video on the web and even playing a few basic 3D games.

PC World - Nexenta Systems is updating its NexentaStor open-source storage software with in-line deduplication, which increases the amount of data that can be stored on a server by storing it more efficiently, and support for three popular hypervisors.

AFP - The world's biggest high-tech fair opened to the public Tuesday as the IT sector sought to rebound from a terrible 2009 by wooing consumers with trendy gadgets to make life easier and more fun.

PC World - Innocomm Technology, a young smartphone developer, plans to launch its first handset with Google's Android mobile operating system and an analog TV receiver in the middle of this year, a company representative said Tuesday.

PC World - Intel is using cash incentives to lure mobile software developers to its AppUp Center application store, hoping to spur the development of new applications for netbooks with Atom microprocessors inside.

PC World - Former Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has been hired by Apple.

AFP - It has happened to almost everyone. You are sitting on a train or a bus and someone right next to you is annoyingly shouting into his or her mobile phone.

Reuters - Nokia unveiled a new C5 smartphone model on Tuesday, hoping to benefit from a booming demand for cheap smartphones and from rising consumer appetite for mobile social networking.

AP - The European Union says some 100 million people using Microsoft Corp. software will be asked to choose between rival Web browsers by mid-May under a deal it struck with the company to settle antitrust action.

PC World - AMD has announced its new 890GX chipset, the latest generation of its integrated graphics platform, and the first chipset to natively support SATA 6 Gb/s.

AP - Germany's highest court on Tuesday overturned a law that let anti-terror authorities retain data on telephone calls and e-mails, saying it posed a 'grave intrusion' to personal privacy rights and must be revised.

AP - Raising money shouldn't cost startups so much money.

AP - Scammers set up a Web site advertising a fake bridal show billed as the 'biggest and most extravagant' and used it to steal from thousands of brides-to-be and their vendors, who were lured by chances to win 'fabulous gifts and prizes,' police and FBI experts said Monday.

InfoWorld - Fourth-generation languages may appear to be yesterday's technology, swept aside by more contemporary development platforms like Java or Microsoft's .Net. But Software AG , citing a substantial deployment of applications based on its Natural 4GL, will offer this week an IDE that puts Natural and Java developers on the same wavelength.

AP - Apple Inc. said Tuesday that it is suing Taiwan's HTC Corp., accusing the handset maker of violating patents related to the iPhone.

NewsFactor - Having the latest and greatest Windows phones will no longer matter once Microsoft releases its Windows Phone 7 Series. Mobile-phone users running the latest Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, made available in October, will have incremental upgrades but will need a new phone if they want to use the software giant's Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system.

Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday it filed a lawsuit against HTC Corp, saying that the maker of the Hero phone infringed on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone's user interface and hardware.

AP - An Egyptian blogger is being tried in military tribunal for accusing the nation's army academy of corruption on his blog.

PC World - Cisco Systems will soon release a VPN client for smartphones and PCs aimed at enterprise administrators who want to provide secure access to their networks and ward off malicious software.

Reuters - Apple Inc accused HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google Inc's software, of infringing 20 hardware and software patents related to the iPhone, in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.

AFP - Apple announced Tuesday that it had filed a lawsuit against HTC, maker of the Nexus One smartphone from Google, accusing the Taiwan company of infringing on 20 iPhone patents.

AP - A Google Inc. executive says the company is still considering its next step in China — seven weeks after it pledged to stop censoring search results and threatened to pull out of the country altogether.

Reuters - U.S. technology companies would face civil or criminal liability unless they take reasonable steps to protect global human rights under legislation a top lawmaker plans to propose.

AP - Sony says it has restored service to its online PlayStation Network.

PC World - We're downloading more games, playing them online longer, and spending slightly more time per week on average with the Xbox 360 online than either our PCs or PS3s according to a new NPD Group study. The 'Online Gaming 2010' report also found that 54 percent of gamers ages 2 or older play online games, a slight drop from last year's 56 percent.

Macworld.com - Despite being the pioneers of DVD rental-by-mail and the slayers of Blockbuster Video, Netflix has been a bit slow to make the move from set-top boxes to mobile devices. But that may change, if the company’s latest survey is any indication of things to come.

PC Magazine - Apple's suit against HTC covers ten patents, the majority of which involve technologies which apply to the iPhone, according to court filings. One involves the use of gestures, but only in a specific use case. Apple has also named a dozen HTC phones it seeks to block importation of.

PC Magazine - If you truly care about the ecological implications of your electronic gadgets, it seems you're in the minority.

PC Magazine - On Monday night, Sony announced that it had successfully addressed and resolved an issue that prohibited a number of PlayStation 3 owners from accessing the PlayStation Network yesterday.

PC Magazine - On Tuesday, Apple announced that it had filed suit against HTC alleging twenty instances of patent infringement, all dealing with various elements of the iPhone.

AP - Aid workers, with the help of Google Earth, are uploading key information onto the Web to illustrate the needs of hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by Haiti's earthquake — an innovation that could significantly boost the ability to respond to future disasters.

Reuters - California Attorney General Jerry Brown formally announced on Tuesday his run for governor of the economically troubled state, becoming the only high-profile Democrat facing a Republican field led by former eBay Inc CEO Meg Whitman.

NewsFactor - If you think iPhone-like features are showing up on other smartphones, apparently Apple's lawyers agree. The iPhone maker said Tuesday it has filed suit against device maker HTC for violating 10 patents relating to user interface, architecture and hardware.

NewsFactor - Nokia launched a new family of devices Tuesday, called the C series. The company said the new series is the 'core of the Nokia portfolio' and the devices -- including the first one, the C5 -- will be 'optimized for social networking and sharing.'

AP - Three men charged with using computer programs to illegally buy more than a million concert tickets for resale are due in federal court in New Jersey on Tuesday.

Reuters - Apple Inc sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing 20 hardware and software patents related to the iPhone.

AP - As Apple Inc.'s iPhone faces stiffer competition in the lucrative market for smart phones, the company is going after one of its main rivals with patent lawsuits claiming theft of touch screen technology and other features.

NewsFactor - If you think iPhone-like features are showing up on other smartphones, apparently Apple's lawyers agree. The iPhone maker said Tuesday it has filed suit against device maker HTC for violating 10 patents relating to user interface, architecture and hardware.

Macworld.com - Yes, bed shaker technology. If no mere auditory alarm can rouse you from your slumber, perhaps you should consider this brand new iPhone/iPod alarm clock that aims to wake you up with good vibrations: iLuv’s iMM178 Vibe Plus.

Macworld.com - Your iPhone can already control your television—sort of. If you use a TiVo or a Mac mini or an Apple TV to power your media center, numerous iPhone apps can take the place of your remote control. But all those remote apps, by necessity, eschew the way that virtually every remote control on the planet works: Infrared (IR) blasting. To help bridge that divide, ThinkFlood has announced the RedEye mini.

AP - Three men charged with using computer programs to illegally buy more than a million concert tickets for resale have pleaded not guilty in federal court in New Jersey.

AP - Authorities have smashed one of the world's biggest networks of virus-infected computers, a data vacuum that stole credit cards and online banking credentials from as many as 12.7 million poisoned PCs.

AP - Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer intends to keep the regulatory heat on Google as his company strives to lessen its rival's dominance of Internet search.

Reuters - AT&T Inc expects users of Apple Inc's iPad to mostly connect to the Internet using sort-range Wi-Fi networks rather than AT&T's cellular network, the Chief Executive of AT&T said on Tuesday.

AP - VMware Inc., which makes software used in corporate data centers, said Tuesday its board has approved a plan to repurchase up to $400 million of its Class A shares through the end of 2011.

NewsFactor - Opera Software released a new version of its Internet browser Tuesday that the company claims is the fastest Windows-based platform for surfing the web. Called Opera 10.50, the free browser download now sports a sleek and refined design, together with new social-networking capabilities as well as a private browsing feature that hides all traces of the sites that users visit.

Reuters - Spanish police have shut down a ring of computer hackers who infected more than 13 million PCs with a virus that stole credit card numbers and other valuable data in what may be the biggest cyber raid to date.

Macworld.com - If you’ve been eagerly waiting for your chance to ditch the hot stove in favor of some grapefruit league action, then wait no longer: Major League Baseball’s MLB.com At Bat 2010 hit the App Store on Tuesday, just in time for the beginning of spring training.

PC World - Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said its first six-core processor for desktops will ship in the second quarter of this year.

AP - TiVo Inc., the pioneer of the digital video recorder, hopes its new DVRs coming out this spring will keep the company relevant in an age when broadcast and broadband will be combined in TVs.

AP - THE SUIT: Apple Inc. filed complaints against Taiwanese cell phone maker HTC Corp. on Tuesday, claiming many of the company's handsets infringe on patents related to its popular iPhone.

NewsFactor - Coming soon to an iPhone near you -- a selection of new movies? Netflix, the pioneer of home DVD delivery that recently stated streaming movies online and onto game consoles, appears to be testing the waters for an iPhone app.

PC World - Netflix is reportedly hinting at the arrival of a streaming app for the iPhone by asking subscribers whether they're interested, just like the company did for the Wii and Playstation 3. It's about time.

AP - Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz says she hopes investors growing impatient for her to turn around the slumping Internet company remember how long it took for Steve Jobs to revive Apple.

AFP - The 235-year-old US Postal Service must change the way it does business or risk going belly-up as the Internet eats into the mail market, driving post office revenues down, its head said Tuesday.

AP - Activision Blizzard Inc. said Tuesday that Jason West and Vince Zampella, executives at 'Call of Duty' developer Infinity Ward, are no longer with the company.

InfoWorld - Opera Software released on Tuesday its Opera 10.50 Web browser, calling it the fastest browser ever produced for Windows computers.

Reuters - Spanish police have arrested three men accused of masterminding one of the biggest computer crimes to date -- infecting more than 13 million PCs with a virus that stole credit card numbers and other data.

Reuters - TiVo Inc introduced a television set-top box on Tuesday that simplifies finding videos from Web outlets like Netflix and YouTube in addition to local program listings.

Macworld.com - Smash the undead. Or better yet, freeze them and then blow them up. How about dropping several tons of weight on their shambling corpses? No? Well, you can always fry them or shoot them. ZombieSmash, developed by Game Doctors, lets you dispatch the zombie hordes with unrivaled variety and power. Zap, pummel, and shoot—the choice is yours. Due out later in March and priced at $2, this funny and quirky zombie app looks like a title to watch.

PC World - Sybase and SAP on Tuesday released the long-awaited first fruits of the mobile partnership they announced about a year ago.

AP - Private equity firm Elliott Associates LP on Tuesday offered to buy the 91.5 percent of the shares it doesn't already own in enterprise software company Novell Inc. for $5.75 each, an offer valuing the company at about $2 billion.

AFP - Elliott Associates, a private equity firm, offered to buy Novell Tuesday with a bid that values the enterprise software company at some two billion dollars.

AFP - Taiwan's leading smartphone maker High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) on Wednesday denied infringing iPhone patents held by Apple after the US technology giant filed a lawsuit in the United States.

AP - NO QUICK FIXES: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz hopes shareholders won't become too impatient as she tries to turn around the slumping Internet company.