Denise Howell / Lawgarithms:
Microsoft’s Bing playing fast and loose with fair use?  —  Beet.TV’s Andy Plesser asks: is Microsoft’s Bing search playing fast and loose with fair use?  Specifically, Andy points out that Bing displays “live,” or perhaps more accurately “dynamic,” thumbnails in its video search results …

Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
PS3 Motion Controller May Be Best Game Motion Capture Yet  —  After Xbox 360’s Project Natal, Sony is also adding their own motion controller to the PS3, aptly named The PlayStation Motion Controller.  It’s the best motion control demo that we have ever seen, but it may be arriving a little […]

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Jason Calacanis Tries Turning Mahalo Into a Wikipedia That Pays  —  Jason Calacanis’ Mahalo is getting a two-part makeover.  —  There’s a visual overhaul for the search engine, which involves cramming a lot more stuff on each results page.  This is becoming standard operating practice on the Web …

Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
PC Touch Screens Move Ahead  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The computer industry has a lot riding on your fingers.  —  For years, companies have dabbled with the touch-screen technology that lets people poke icons on a display to accomplish tasks like picking a seat at an airport check-in […]

Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
PlayStation Motion Controller May Be Best Game Motion Capture Ever  —  And here it comes: After Xbox 360’s Project Natal, Sony is also adding their own motion controller to the PS3, aptly named The PlayStation Motion Controller.  It’s the best motion control demo that we have ever seen, but it may […]

Chris Preimesberger / eWeek:
Ellison Says Oracle Will Continue to Invest Heavily in Java  —  Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Sun Chairman Scott McNealy at the JavaOne conference choose not to discuss the future of Sun’s hardware businesses, which include processors, servers, storage arrays, network switches and thin-client terminals.

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
YouTube XL Brings The World’s Most Popular Video Portal To Your TV  —  This morning YouTube invited a small group of press to unveil the latest evolution of the site’s viewing experience.  It’s called YouTube XL, and it’s going to bring the vast majority of YouTube’s content to your TV or […]

Corynne / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Apple Rejects EFF Updates App, Claims Parody Content Is Objectionable  —  Last month, EFF got an email from software developer Duane Fields of Exact Magic, asking if he could use our logo on an iPhone application that exclusively displays content from EFF’s RSS feed.

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Chrome For Mac “Coming Along Fine”  —  There have been a bunch of Google events recently, covering a range of products, but the same question seems to rise above all others at each of them: When is Chrome coming for the Mac?  Even Sergey Brin is asking it.  Google has committed […]

Jeff Bakalar / CNET News:
Nintendo announces New Super Mario Bros. for Wii  —  At the Nintendo E3 2009 press conference, the company has just announced a brand-new Mario title, New Super Mario Bros. for the Niintendo Wii.  The 2D side-scrolling game will feature four-player co-op along with new gameplay features and power-ups.