wmpoweruser.com:
Steve Ballmer confirms Zune software coming to Windows Mobile  —  CIO editor Martin Veitch interviewed Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO at Microsoft’s London conference “Technologies to Change Your Business: How Customers Are Implementing Tomorrow’s Strategies Today”.

Dan Moren / Macworld:
Apple misses September deadline for iPhone notifications  —  Apple’s had issues meeting many of its self-imposed deadlines in the last couple years.  Some of the delays, such as Leopard, have been big; others, like the iPhone SDK, somewhat smaller.  As we watched the calendar tick …

Obama’08:
Obama ‘08: The Official iPhone Application  —  Obama ‘08 is your official, comprehensive connection to the heart of Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s campaign, giving you the tools you need to make an impact and stay in the know.  —  Making a difference takes only moments using the Call a Friend feature.

Martin Veitch / CIO UK Magazine:
INTERVIEW: Steve Ballmer on the Cloud, Google, data centres and the cult of Apple  —  Microsoft will out-cloud Google  —  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered the keynote speech at his company’s London conference “Technologies to Change Your Business: How Customers Are Implementing Tomorrow’s Strategies Today”.

Forbes:
IPhone Steals Lead Over Kindle  —  It’s official: The iPhone is more popular than Amazon.com’s Kindle.  And not just in the obvious categories like listening to music, browsing the Web or the other applications where Kindle barely competes.  Now, the iPhone is also muscling into Amazon’s home turf: reading books.

Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Royalty rate doesn’t change for Apple, music retailers  —  The Copyright Royalty Board on Thursday froze the rate that digital-music stores, such as iTunes and RealNetworks’ Rhapsody, must pay music publishers.  —  On Thursday, the three-member board that sets statutory copyright licenses e-mailed …

Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yes, Yahoo Cuts Coming.  How Many?  (YHOO)  —  Now that even the most stubbornly optimistic Yahoos have had time to digest Jerry Yang’s “shape up” memo, layoff rumors are in full swing.  The most pessimistic prediction we’ve heard so far, from an anonymous tipster: 3,500 heads will roll.  Plausible?

John Mahoney / Gizmodo:
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic: Hands-on With Nokia’s First S60 Touch Phone  —  The 5800 XpressMusic (aka Tube) is the first touchscreen Symbian S60 phone from Nokia—a surprising fact considering how prominent touchscreens have quickly become over the last few years.

John Biggs / CrunchGear:
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic aka the Tube released plus first hands-on  —  Click here to open the post in your browser to see the gallery.  —  Here are some initial shots of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic aka the Tube aka the first Symbian S60 touchscreen phone.  —  The Tube is here, folks […]

John Biggs / CrunchGear:
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic aka the Tube released plus first hands  —  This SimpleViewer gallery requires Macromedia Flash.  Please open this post in your browser or get Macromedia Flash here.  —  This is a WPSimpleViewerGallery  —  Here are some initial shots of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic aka …