AP - A group of media and electronics companies will soon start testing a system that will let you watch the movies you buy wherever you are, regardless of formats and other technical hurdles. Like ATMs, your account would follow you, no matter what brand of machine you use.

AP - For decades, Motorola Inc.'s products told the story of the march of electronics into the hands of consumers: car radios in the 1930s, TVs in the 1940s and cell phones starting the 1980s.

AP - Uncertainty about the stability of world markets is clouding encouraging signs about the health of the technology sector.

 Ben Patterson - With its upcoming reboot of the old Windows Mobile OS, Microsoft has wisely swept up the thicket of menus, checkboxes and other teeny, tiny interface elements that cluttered its outdated mobile platform and chucked them into the trash bin.

 Christopher Null - Remember the iPhone 4 scandal? No, not the one about how it loses reception when hold it a certain way. The scandal before that one. The one about the prototype iPhone “lost” in a Silicon Valley bar, sold to gadget blog Gizmodo, and revealed online months before its official release.

 Macworld.com - The iPhone may fit and your pocket, and the iPad may not be much larger than a hardcover book, but FileMaker thinks it can squeeze an entire database application on both devices.

AP - Texas Instruments Inc.'s second-quarter income and revenue jumped as demand continued to recover after the recession, yet investors had wanted even better results after seeing strong reports recently from other technology companies.

AFP - Smartphone makers Blackberry, Samsung and HTC on Tuesday rejected claims by Apple chief Steve Jobs that other smartphones have antenna problems similar to those reported with the latest iPhone model.

AFP - South Korean cellphone manufacturer Samsung Electronics Tuesday dismissed claims by iPhone maker Apple that all smartphones suffer dropped signals when held in a certain way.