AFP – Apple’s iconic chief executive Steve Jobs has returned to work after a five-month medical leave of absence during which he underwent a liver transplant. Source:Apple CEO Jobs back at work (AFP)

PC World – Only after the thrill of picking out your new smart phone is over–after youâ??ve marveled at all the stylish new gadgetry and features, signed a service contract and finally laid your money down–do you finally get a feel for the speed and reliability of the wireless service that connects your new phone. [...]

for Mac 2TB features a brushed aluminum arctic silver finish that is a perfect match for the current iMac Desktop. With a FireWire 800/400 connection, the FreeAgent Desk for Mac 2TB is now available for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of Source:Seagate Intros New FreeAgent For Mac

is considering developing a cellphone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple Incs highly popular iPod and iPhone, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday Source:Sony eyes cellphone/game gear hybrid – Nikkei

Doom saga’ but effectively based on the Doom 3 game, is now live on the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch. The game consists of eight levels, six of which are Martian in theme and two that place you in Hell. Happy eh? Of course, you don’t Source:Doom Resurrection shoots for high quality high [...]

A week after promising to accelerate the growth of its early access program for webOS development, Palm reports its webOS developer community doubled in size overnight after the device maker sent out its first batch of invitations requesting programmers Source:Palm doubles size of webOS developer community

AFP – The New York Times worked with Wikipedia to keep news of the kidnapping of one of its reporters in Afghanistan off the online user-edited encyclopedia, the newspaper reported on Monday. Source:Cat-and-mouse at Wikipedia over NYTimes kidnapping (AFP)

NewsFactor – The beta version of Microsoft’s security software is a hit. The software giant announced Wednesday on its Web site that it had reached the U.S. limit on downloads for Microsoft Security Essentials — which was only made available Tuesday. Source:Microsoft Security Beta 'Sells Out' Within 24 Hours (NewsFactor)

Atlanta – Innovative French company and European 2D mobile barcode leader, Mobile Tag, announces today that its Datamatrix embedded software application mobiletag, that allows mobile phones to read 2D barcodes simply by using the phone’s camera to Source:Mobile Tag's solution now downloadable for GPhones and BlackBerry

Michael Jacksons music dominates Apples iTunes sales in record fashion iPodDaily – Where iPod news comes first Go to MacDaily MacDaily Poll 5 Day Most Commented (115) (70) Michael Jackson albums quickly ascend iTunes ‘s Top Albums hits #1 (63) No more Source:Michael Jackson's music dominates Apple's iTunes Store sales in record fashion

Extract not available. Source:New PSP To Include Phone Capabilities, Taking Aim At iPhone

Comcast announced on Monday it is introducing a wireless service that will allow subscribers to access the Web beyond their homes anywhere in the U.S., Reuters reported. The company said the new fourth-generation (4G) wireless service is its first joint Source:Comcast To Unveil New Wireless Web Service On 4G Network

Macworld.com – Savvy billionaire super-investor Warren Buffett is the latest to chime in on Steve Jobsâ??s â??secretâ? liver transplant. (Coincidentally, my band, Secret Liver Transplant, is playing tonight in Bostonâ??you should all drop by). Source:Buffett says Jobs's transplant is 'material fact' (Macworld.com)

AP – Verizon and Alltel have agreed to refund an estimated $30 million to Florida cell phone customers billed for unwanted third-party services including ringtones, music and horoscopes. Source:Verizon, Alltel to refund mystery charges in Fla. (AP)

Free shipping. ? 17-inch MacBook Pro: From $2499. Free shipping. ? Mac mini: From $599. Free shipping. ? iMac 20-inch: From $1199. Free shipping. ? iMac 24-inch: From $1499. Free shipping. ? Mac Pro: From $2499. Free shipping. ? iPod touch: Source:Methodist University Hospital confirms Apple CEO Steve Jobs received liver transplant

colleague Alun Cairns, a South West Wales AM, claimed a total of 398 in office costs for an iPod each. They later reimbursed the assembly and donated money to charity. Mr Bourne, who represents Mid and West Wales, said although the claims were within the Source:AMs' expenses claims to go online

Its a well-known fact that the iPhone does not support Flash. Adobe is working on a version that Apple may allow on to the device, but I wont hold my breath. In the meantime one developer is Source:Developer creates Flash for iPhone, but will it make it to the App Store?

Owners of the latest iPhone can look forward to using it with other carriers and installing their own software–but not yet. Dev-Team has a new crack completed, but intends to hold onto it until the right moment. ‘We can jailbreak the 3GS right now,’ Source:Dev-Team has iPhone 3GS jailbreak–but the wait continues