CBC.ca Jobs Jabs At Google, Google Jabs BackInformationWeekDuring Wednesday's Apple press conference, CEO Steve Jobs took a not-too-subtle shot at Google and its Android platform. Google responded. By Eric Zeman Most Apple press conferences start off with some statistics and state-of-the-company...

Globe and Mail Ping on iTunes: Not So HotPC WorldApple's big overhaul of iTunes, announced Wednesday, turns the media management software into a fledgling social network thanks to a newly introduced feature called Ping. I would have expected more from Apple with this first attempt at building...

Boston Globe Apple iPod Touch, the best gets betterCNETAs a portable media player/gaming device/mini-tablet computer, Apple's iPod Touch has been blowing us away since 2007. The only thing really to say about the fourth-generation model unveiled Wednesday is that it is predictably more …Apple...

Ars Technica Hands-on photos, observations of new iPods, Apple TVArs TechnicaAs you've likely already seen, Apple unveiled all manner of shiny new products at Wednesday's media event. The iPod touch gained cameras and FaceTime, the iPod nano went touchscreen-only, …Apple Shows Off New...

PC World Apple sends out invitations for Sept. 1 'special event'Apple InsiderBy AppleInsider Staff Apple on Wednesday invited members of the media to its annual media-centric keynote, where it is expected to introduce new iPods and an updated Apple TV, set for Sept. 1 in San Francisco, Calif....

Erictric Facebook Unveils a Service to Announce Where Users AreNew York TimesPALO ALTO, Calif. —Facebook introduced a long-anticipated service called Places on Wednesday that could help the company tap local and small business advertisers and sharpen its competition with Google. …Facebook...

Telegraph.co.uk Crafty quit note on boss' FarmVille habit? NopeCNETEditors' note, Wednesday 6:52 am PDT: TheChive.com has fessed up: It's a hoax. "We couldn't have pulled this one off without the help of this adorable young woman," an actress named Elyse Porterfield, the...

CBC.ca Intel agrees to marketing restrictions in FTC dealSan Jose Mercury NewsThe settlement announced Wednesday between Intel and its most formidable antitrust accuser, the US Federal Trade Commission, could greatly benefit consumers and will likely put enormous pressure on the Santa Clara chipmaker...

ZDNet UK Hackers release carrier unlock for Apple's iPhone 4Apple InsiderHackers on Wednesday released a carrier unlock for the iPhone 4, allowing users with "jailbroken" devices to use their handset on carriers not approved by Apple. Dubbed "ultrasn0w," the updated hack now...

TG Daily Microsoft should starve on radical penguin dietRegisterOpen…and Shut When the mouthpiece of American capitalism calls a company a dog, it's time to re-evaluate that company's chances. In Wednesday's Wall Street Journal, columnist Holman Jenkins, Jr asks if "Steve …Microsoft...