1. Sony to Begin Worldwide 3D TV Launch in June (PC World)

PC World - Sony will begin selling 3D TVs in Japan on June 10 and worldwide at about the same time, it said Tuesday. A firmware upgrade to its PlayStation 3 console that adds 3D support and other 3D-compatible home electronics products will also be a

2. IBM makes Earth-friendly plastic from plants (AFP)

AFP - IBM researchers on Tuesday said they have discovered a way to make Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products tough on the environment.

3. WiMax Hitches a Ride on 1000 Taxis in Taipei (PC World)

PC World - People in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei will on Tuesday be able to surf the Internet, watch Web TV, play online games and more in 1000 taxis that have been equipped with Mobile WiMax wireless broadband service.

4. Intel Sees 2012 Deployment for Mobile WiMax Release 2 (PC World)

PC World - Chip giant Intel, a major backer of the movement to provide mobile WiMax wireless broadband to Internet users around the world, expects the next major release of the technology to be deployed starting in 2012, an executive said Tuesday.

5. Phantom of Opera sequel opens amid "phan" disquiet (Reuters)

Reuters - The sequel to "Phantom of the Opera", one of the biggest musicals of all time, opens in London on Tuesday amid disquiet among die-hard "phans" who have been posting opinions online since previews began two weeks ago.

6. Chinese Companies Plan Tablet PCs Amid Apple IPad Hype (PC World)

PC World - Several Chinese companies have jumped on the tablet PC bandwagon as buyers await the sale of Apple's iPad, possibly presaging wide imitation of the Apple device in China.

7. Opera to Patch Browser Vulnerability Soon (PC World)

PC World - Opera Software will soon patch a vulnerability in its Web browser that could allow an attacker to run malicious software on a Windows computer.

8. IBM Will Research Mobile Access for the Aged and Illiterate (PC World)

PC World - IBM is teaming with researchers in academic institutions in Japan and India to explore an open, common user interface for mobile devices that will make them easier for aged or illiterate people around the world to use.

9. The Soundtrack to My First Semester (BusinessWeek)

BusinessWeek - A first semester in business school is probably best summed up through some sort of interpretive dance.Refusing to be confined to words only, I am supplementing this entry with music."My B-school Playlist" (downloadable here) is a song

10. Bigpoint to unveil platform for MMO games on Mac, iPhone (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - Perhaps you’ve seen that recent Microsoft demo where a game could save and load progress from Xbox 360, Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 Series devices. My first thought upon seeing that was “So, why doesn’t Microsoft have somethin

11. Charts, productivity tools highlight FileMaker 11 update (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - FileMaker took the wraps off the latest version of its flagship database application Tuesday, rolling out a major update to FileMaker Pro highlighted by new charting, reporting, and sharing tools.

12. Pink Floyd battles EMI in online royalties case (Reuters)

Reuters - Pink Floyd on Tuesday launched legal action against record label EMI in a case that centres around royalty payments and how music is sold in the digital age.

13. iCalShare relaunched with even more calendars (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - Remember iCalShare? The calendar-sharing site—once touted by Steve Jobs during a Macworld Expo keynote—seemed to have vanished for a while, but it’s now back, and even easier to use. iCalShare now provides more than 3,500 free c

14. Google welcomes chance to export to Iran, Cuba (AP)

AP - A senior Google executive welcomed on Tuesday a U.S. decision to relax restrictions on exporting Internet communications services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba.

15. AP hires NY Times exec to boost digital revenue (AP)

AP - An executive who helped run The New York Times' Web site has been hired to guide The Associated Press' effort to sell consumer applications for the Apple iPad and other digital devices, the news cooperative said Tuesday.

16. U.S. considers some free wireless broadband service (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday.

17. Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week (AP)

AP - Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week, inaugurating what TV makers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room.

18. Google Testing Personalized Search for TV Programs (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - As Internet and television continue to converge, Google is actively testing a new television-programming search service with Dish Network, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The service reportedly runs on TV set-top boxes

19. Britain could force owners to microchip their dogs (AP)

AP - British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines.

20. Cisco introduces faster router (Reuters)

Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc, the world's top maker of network equipment, introduced a router that it says can handle 12 times the Internet traffic of the nearest competing product.

21. Pink Floyd goes to court in royalty row with EMI (AP)

AP - Pink Floyd has begun legal action against music label EMI Group Ltd. over the way royalty payments are calculated in the digital era.

22. Cisco to introduce new heavy-duty Internet router (AP)

AP - Cisco is upgrading one of its biggest pieces of networking hardware, an router that's used to power the most trafficked parts of the Internet backbone.

23. China tries microblogging top political event (AP)

AP - So this is how you get through China's biggest political event of the year: "Sit still, stare toward the front, pretend like you're looking but you're really not, pretend like you're listening but you're really not ... make your brain blank."

24. Spigit Adds App to Manage Idea-generating Competitions (PC World)

PC World - Spigit, an enterprise collaboration software vendor focused on idea generation and management, has developed a product for automating contests and competitions involving a company's customers.

25. Panda Discovers Malware on HTC Magic Phone (PC World)

PC World - A Panda Security employee discovered three malware programs on a recently purchased HTC Magic phone when it was plugged it into a Windows computer.

26. NFL signs mobile phone deal with Verizon Wireless (Reuters)

Reuters - The NFL has signed a four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to show live games and highlights on mobile phones in a deal U.S. media reported was worth $720 million.

27. EFF publishes iPhone developer agreement (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - If you’ve followed the news of App Store rejections over the past couple years, you may have wondered what exactly is engraved upon the stone tablets that govern the terms of Apple's App Store and developing for the iPhone.

28. Elgato releases smaller EyeTV Hybrid, adds PC support (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - Over the last few years, TV tuners have made it increasingly easy to watch and record television on your computer. Devices like Elgato’s EyeTV Hybrid allow you to plug in a coaxial cable or antenna, and voilà—all your favorite pr

29. Sony, Samsung Join Campaign To Push 3-D TV Sets (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - On the heels of the big 3-D television presence at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Sony and Samsung are joining Panasonic, LG Electronics, and others in promoting the new technology. On Tuesday, Sony said it is aiming for 10 pe

30. The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes (AP)

AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending March 8, 2010:

31. Rackspace Hires to Align With MySQL Offshoot (PC World)

PC World - A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote

32. Office updates patch Excel security flaw (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - Microsoft rolled out minor updates to the 2004 and 2008 editions of its Office suite of productivity tools on Tuesday that patch a security vulnerability in the Excel spreadsheet application.

33. Globecomm gets $34.2M contract extension (AP)

AP - Globecomm Systems has been notified of a contract extention worth $34.2 million, the sattelite communications company said Tuesday.

34. On latest guitar game, players strum real strings (AP)

AP - A new musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.

35. Texas co. gets contract for food service software (AP)

AP - The West Virginia Department of Education has awarded a contract to a Texas company to improve its food service operations at schools across the state.

36. `Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer (AP)

AP - A Microsoft researcher has won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer.

37. Parallels Desktop update adds support for Chrome OS (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - Parallels, whose Desktop offering lets you run a variety of operating systems without ever having to leave Mac OS X, has updated Parallels Desktop 5.0 to include support for Google’s Chrome OS.

38. Maine gov cool to cell phone health warnings bill (AP)

AP - As a proposal to require health warnings on cellular phones got a fresh legislative review Tuesday, Gov. John Baldacci made clear his opposition but stopped short of threatening a veto.

39. Cisco Unveils Much Faster CRS-3 Router for Net Growth (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - The wait is over. Cisco Systems on Tuesday finally took the lid off its hype machine to reveal ... a new router. Cisco is positioning its CRS-3 Carrier Routing System as the foundation of the next-generation Internet that will pave the w

40. Sony Signs Major HD Deals for PlayStation Network (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine - In the ongoing battle for content, Sony said Tuesday that it had locked in the five top studios to supply HD content to the PlayStation Network.

41. HP Touts Flash as Killer App Against Apple's iPad (PC World)

PC World - What will HP's Slate Tablet have that Apple's iPad won't? It's Adobe Flash, a key Internet technology that HP is touting as the key difference between the two platforms. And, HP is right, though how Flash support will translate into sales

42. Excel, Movie Maker Flaws Fixed by Microsoft (PC World)

PC World - In a relatively light Patch Tuesday, Microsoft closed holes that could allow a poisoned Excel or Movie Maker file to install malware on a vulnerable PC. However, a new flaw involving VBScript and Windows Help files that can be targeted th

43. Hackers target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole (AFP)

AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.

44. As Ballmer Praises Apple, EFF Cites Stiff App Store Rules (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - With the stakes high in Microsoft's bid to add its search engine to the iPhone, a few words of praise by the software giant's CEO have drawn a considerable amount of attention.

45. Booksellers fighting Amazon's Canadian bid (Reuters)

Reuters - Fearing an apparent assault by Amazon.com on Canadian culture, the Canadian Booksellers Association is urging the federal government to block the U.S. Internet retailer from establishing a physical presence north of the border.

46. Apple's IPad Hype Machine Rolls Into Action at the Oscars (PC World)

PC World - Apple chose the Oscars on the ABC television network to air its first iPad commercial on Sunday night in the U.S.

47. IBM looks to pair security technologies for software development (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - Honing in on the need for more security in application development, IBM Rational is planning an enterprise-level  product that features two separately acquired technologies for security testing and code scanning.

48. Appcelerator releases Titanium cross-platform app dev technology (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - Appcelerator will release on Monday version 1.0 of Titanium, its cross-platform system for building native mobile and desktop applications.

49. Four in five believe Web access a fundamental right (Reuters)

Reuters - Four in five adults believe access to the Internet is a fundamental right -- with those feelings particularly strong in South Korea and China -- and half believe it should never be regulated, according to a global survey.

50. iPhone App Purge: Are Template-Based Apps Next? (PC World)

PC World - Apple's campaign to get tough on iPhone applications is reportedly continuing with a new target: template-based iPhone applications. You can find services that build these so-called cookie cutter applications all over the Web, and they ha