AP - A political battle is raging in Russian cyberspace. Opposition parties and independent media say murky forces have committed vast resources to hacking and crippling their Web sites in attacks similar to those that hit tech-savvy Estonia as the Baltic nation sparred with Russia over a Soviet war memorial.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet media company Yahoo Inc. will offer its marketing clients tools to create more personalized advertisements to Web users as it strives to build its share of graphical display advertising.

TechWeb - Reed Hundt notes that the iPhone's popularity underscores the need for ubiquitous high-speed wireless coverage in the United States.

TechWeb - Apple's iPhone, and other similar direct deals, could overcome the "operator bottleneck and go directly to consumers," IDC analysts suggest.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it would launch the advanced version of its Xbox 360 game console, Xbox 360 Elite, on October 11 in Japan, a country where sales of its game gear lag far behind rival machines from Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Sony Corp.

MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) - A well-known hacker claims to have overcome restrictions on Apple Inc.'s iPhone, allowing highly technical users to bypass AT&T Inc.'s network to use the phone's Internet and music features.

TechWeb - The two chipmakers band together to improve energy-efficient processor designs and to hold off competition from Intel.

TechWeb - Data center modernization and mobile-phone payments trial signal a shift in the card company's business model.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. cut the price of the PlayStation 3 by $100, or 17 percent, in the United States on Monday, a move that should boost the video game console's lackluster sales.

TechWeb - The reductions are the second for AMD in three months; in April, the chipmaker similarly cut prices across its line of desktop processors.

SANTA MONICA, California (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it will hold firm on pricing for its Xbox 360 game console, defying widespread expectations that it would respond to a price cut by rival Sony Corp. for the PlayStation 3.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clients of JPMorgan Chase & Co could be excused for feeling dizzy in the last few days after reading the banking group's investment research on Apple Inc .

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Homer and Marge Simpson have taken the mobile plunge.

TechWeb - While some of the likes (music playing) were expected, there were some dislikes (Google Maps) that were a surprise, according to User Centric.

TechWeb - Despite the closed design of Apple's smartphone, application and service options grow.

AFP - The Internet, mobile phones and other new technologies are making it harder for China's communist rulers to block negative news, a top government official said in comments published Monday.

TechWeb - Intel introduced the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 at $999, which is $200 less than the QX6800, the company's previously fastest desktop processor.

TechWeb - Using the phone's Safari browser to make calls could let attackers track the user's calls, prevent calls from being made at all, or redirect calls to 900-numbers.

TechWeb - Users can connect on slower cellular networks, or faster Wi-Fi. The phone also has built-in GPS.

AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. posted a second-quarter loss on heavy acquisition costs and lower microprocessor prices but gave investors hope with rising sales that beat Wall Street's expectations.

TechWeb - Some 10 days after the June 29 release of the device, 63% of buyers had already watched video on the iPhone, says market research company Interpret LLC.

TechWeb - Our Apple expert takes the deepest dive ever into the iPhone, offering perspective on apps and corporate integration you won't find anywhere else.

PC World - Microsoft, Ask.com pressure Google by offering anonymity options and scrubbing saved query data.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - TiVo Inc. introduced a trimmed-down, less expensive version of its digital video recorder for high-definition televisions on Tuesday, hoping to spur mainstream demand 10 months after a pricey first foray was received coolly.

TechWeb - The fastest version of the CPU will be available to server manufacturers in volume production running at 2.93GHz.

TechWeb - Data-carrying light can transmit terabits of data per second on a single chip, making it possible to download full-length movies in seconds.

WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Some lawmakers are worried that too few Americans know that the analog TVs they have been using for years could become big cathode-ray paperweights after February 18, 2009, when broadcasters shut off their analog signals.

TechWeb - With no intention of making major cuts in operations, the company's strategy is to break even by the fourth quarter starting with the release of its quad-core chip, code-named Barcelona.

TechWeb - Company leaders outline progress, promise more resources, in software-plus-services push.

AP - NowPublic, a startup that lets nonprofessionals post news accounts and images on its Web site, said Monday it raised $10.6 million in venture capital.

AP - Sun Microsystems' third profitable quarter in a row is showing that the server and software maker has made substantial progress after a brutal downturn triggered six years ago by the dot-com implosion.