News to know: Google; Facebook; HP battery recall

Facebook to revamp App Directory, launch "Verified Apps" certification

Crackberry.com: Exclusive: First Look at the BlackBerry Storm 2!!  

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft 'Chelan': A new Windows Embedded platform takes shape

Oliver Marks: Get Me To The Parts Store On Time

• Gmail makes it easy to switch mail accounts: Will it matter?
• Garett Rogers: Google Calendar gets tasks!

Cult of Mac: Exclusive: Steve Jobs' Amazon.com Account Hacked, Hacker Claims 

Silicon Alley Insider: MLB.com Gets Geolocation Patent 

Christopher Dawson: Now this is stimulus

Future-proofing the application infrastructure

Data Center Knowledge: Who Has the Most Web Servers? 

Dana Blankenhorn: Can the enterprise strategy work?

• Where does Obama stand on open source?
• Joe McKendrick: Forrester: Only one percent have negative experience with SOA

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Adult Attention Disorder: The 'Splittering' of Communications

CNET News: Why isn't Zillow dead? 

Engadget: ASUS Eee Keyboard to launch by end of June 

Andrew Nusca: Can Cool-er e-reader undercut Amazon Kindle sales?

• Jennifer Bergen: Too cheap for an iPod touch? Try the Memorex TouchMP
• Gadget Gal's daily deals: MacBook, Samsung HDTV, Canon EOS Rebel T1i
• AT&T: 'Slinging' violates ToS; barred on all devices
• Report: Apple made just $20-45 million from App Store

Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?

Photos: Unveiling the winged submersible (right)

Toshiba ups solid state drive laptop ante for a price

• Larry Dignan: Sony: Too big to be fixed
• Nusca: Sony reports $1 billion annual loss, first in 14 years
• Heather Clancy: Is Green IT a passing fad? Deloitte CIO says NO
• New carbon emissions tracker is focused on professional services organizations

Diaz: 4G wireless makes progress with WiMax, LTE developments

NY Observer: Twitter Culture Wars at The Times: ‘We Need a Zone of Trust,’ Bill Keller Tells Staff 

Google's MySpace payments: just one more year to go

Tom Foremski: I don't need a social media relationship with my hard drive

Robin Harris: The "erotic services" shell game: hypocrisy online

Gadgetell: Sprint says Pre is worth $542.01; hidden in contest rules  

Dana Blankenhorn: The Cheerios Kerfluffle

• Doctor Oz takes a risk
• Harry Fuller: Teflon: is it safe?
• Money, at the root of all roots
• Regicide and some possible greentech solutions

Will Intel face antitrust case in Australia?

The Register: DARPA working on inertial-nav ‘Smart Boot’ tech