John Cook / TechFlash:
New Verizon ad campaign takes a direct swipe at AT&T’s network  —  A new advertising campaign from Verizon Wireless starting tonight during the big Monday Night Football game will take a direct swipe at AT&T’s network, playing off the successful Apple iPhone commercials.

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Palm: Free Apps For The Web, Free Development For Open Source, And Free Phones!  —  I’m here in San Francisco for a meeting Palm has called to give its newest employees, Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer, who both came over from Mozilla, a chance to talk a bit about the state […]

Simon Avery / Globe and Mail:
Bell, Telus to launch iPhone next month  —  Move will break Rogers’ year-long stranglehold; telcos set to launch next-generation wireless network ahead of schedule  —  BCE Inc.’s BCE-T Bell Canada and Telus Corp. T-T will begin selling the iPhone next month, breaking the stranglehold …

Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
FTC Cracks Down on Blogger Payola, Celebrity Tweets  —  Rules on Endorsements and Testimonials Extended to Social Media  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on blogger payola.  —  The agency, which protects consumers from fraud or deceptive business practices …

Adam D. I. Kramer / Facebook Blog:
How Happy Are We?  —  Every day, through Facebook status updates, people share how they feel with those who matter most in their lives.  These updates are tiny windows into how people are doing.  They’re brief, to the point, and descriptive of what’s going on this week, today […]

Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
The iPhone finally gets Flash apps — but not Flash websites  —  When Adobe announced the latest version of its Flash technology, a bunch of writers (including me) jumped on the fact that Flash 10.1 would eventually work on most major smartphones, except Apple’s iPhone.  Looks like we spoke too soon.

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
AVG launches free antivirus suite as Microsoft crashes its party  —  AVG Technologies has made itself into a familiar name on the Internet by giving users antivirus software at a pretty good price: free.  That’s how it got 85 million users.  Today, the company is announcing that the ninth version … […]

Etan Horowitz / Etan on Tech:
FTC says bloggers must disclose payments and freebies when reviewing products or risk being fined $16,000  —  UPDATE 3:50 P.M.: As Jessica Gottlieb points out in the comments, I neglected to mention in my original post that advertisers could also face fines.

Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Psystar sells Snow Leopard virtualization to third-parties  —  In spite of an ongoing legal dispute with Apple, clone Mac maker Psystar Monday announced plans to license its virtualization technology for Mac OS X to third-party hardware vendors.  —  The new Psystar OEM Licensing Program …

npd.com:
Apple and Windows Computers Living Together Under One Roof, According to New NPD Report  —  Nearly 85 Percent of All Apple Households Also Own a Windows PC