Reports are that the company that wants to be all things Internet to all people, Google, is nearing launch of a music service. The service, called Google Music (or some have theorized, Google Audio), would undoubtedly be a major threat even to the 800-pound gorilla in the corner of the room: iTunes.

Research in Motion (RIM) has officially announced that the new Blackberry 9700 will be coming to "carriers around the world" starting in November. T-Mobile and AT&T are both rumored to be carriers for the new Bold 9700. The Blackberry Bold 9700 has frequently been call the "Onyx" through much of 2009 and is now ready to make its entrance.

In a September 11th post on his blog Cinematech.blogspot.com, Scott Kirsner (@ScottKirsner on Twitter) provided notes that he had taken at the lunch panel “The Digital Chiefs” organized by the Hollywood Radio & Television Society.

Verizon's recent Droid ad slammed the iPhone, but was coy about a Droid release date, saying only November. However, a little decoding seems to indicate that's conservative.

CNBC just revealed the new IMAC computer from Apple. The computer is a very much new and improved version of the IMAC that was overdue for an upgrade. The great news is that this new improved IMAC will retail for only $1199 - $1999, depending on the size of the monitor you choose and features you select.

Barnes & Noble opened (or rather, re-opened) an e-book store earlier this year. The expectation was that B&N would, as they announced, support the Plastic Logic e-book reader (Que) next year, but recent rumors have pointed to their own e-book reader. Leaks indicate that this device, the Barnes and Noble Nook, will be announced today.

According to the article “Early Tremors: Is It Time for Another Social Network Shakeout?” published in the October 14th Knowledge@Wharton, experts at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania believe that recent acquisition and restructuring actions by social networking sites “may be the first hints of a shakeout in the social networking market.”

Over the past few weeks, Verizon has been slamming the iPhone with ads such as "there's a map for that," which points out the well-publicized issues with the iPhone and AT&T's network. They've also been announcing a series of Google Android phones, and their latest spot (nicknamed iDroid or simply the Droid commercial), about the Verizon Droid device, hits the iPhone right where it iCan.

Symantec, maker of Norton computer security software, has issued a warning that tens of millions of computer users have unknowingly downloaded “security software” that in fact is endangering the security of their computers.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web, has expressed regret at the inclusion of the double slashes after http: in the URLs that we use in Internet addresses, as in http://www.w3.org or indeed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL

T-Mobile's Project Dark unlimited affordable cell phone plans rumors are just in time ahead of Walmart's Straight Talk that will kick off this Sunday nationwide.