cbscorporation.com:
Quincy Smith Named Chief Executive Officer and Neil Ashe Named President of CBS Interactive  —  CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of CNET Networks, Inc. and merged its operations into a newly expanded CBS Interactive division.

Kevin Rose / Digg the Blog:
Recommendation Engine rolling out this week!  —  We’re launching the Digg Recommendation Engine beginning this week.  The feature will be in beta and presented to registered Digg users first, based on a random sampling of logged-in users.  Look for the red beta flag on your Upcoming tab …

Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
AT&T memos detail iPhone 3G unbricking tool, crowd planning, more…  A recent series of internal memos from AT&T to its Mobility staffers reveal a variety of preparatory measures ahead of next month’s iPhone launch, including the deployment of an iPhone 3G unbricking tool, ongoing 3G network optimizations …

Ryan Kim / The Technology Chronicles:
PS3 firmware update ratchets up competition with Xbox 360  —  Now you can collect trophies and compare your accomplishments against your friends  —  Bit by bit, the PlayStation 3 is catching up to the Xbox 360, its biggest rival.  —  The Xbox 360, with its one year head start […]

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Smartphone battle royale: The land grab is good for buyers  —  Research in Motion misses its first quarter earnings target and cuts its outlook slightly.  Palm has a hit with the Centro, but continues to disappoint.  And Sony Ericsson sees a rough second quarter on “moderating demand of mid […]

RealNetworks.com:
RHAPSODY LAUNCHES “MUSIC WITHOUT LIMITS” INITIATIVE ACROSS WEB, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND MOBILE  —  New Rhapsody MP3 Store Opens Virtual Doors with 100,000 Album Giveaway  —  Rhapsody to Power Full-Song Playback and MP3 Sales for iLike, MTV Networks’ Music Group Sites and Yahoo!

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
AOL’s Platform A: We’ll pay Bebo, Facebook developers top pennies  —  AOL’s Platform A said Monday that it will offer Bebo and Facebook application developers “a guaranteed CPM” for U.S. traffic and says the ad rate is one of the highest in the industry.  —  However, there are a […]

Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
‘Unprecedented Pent-Up Demand’ For Apple iPhone 3G, RBC Says  —  More good news for Apple (AAPL) ahead of the 3G iPhone launch, scheduled for next Friday, July 11.  Consumers have “unprecedented” demand for Apple’s phone, according to new data from RBC’s Technology Adoption Panel.

Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Asustek to launch new Eee PCs with bigger keyboards  —  Asustek Computer is planning to launch new Eee PC models, the 904 and 905, which have an 8.9-inch panel but use a similar chassis and keyboard as the company’s 10.2-inch models, according to sources at channel vendors.

Charles Arthur / Guardian Unlimited:
No, Mr Kelly, I’m afraid the internet is not as clever as a single (human) brain  —  Kevin Kelly, one of the people behind Wired magazine, has come up with a stonking idea to follow up from Chris Anderson’s (to be honest rather wonky) suggestion that “science is dead because […]