AFP – US communications regulators on Monday began unveiling details of a plan designed to vault the United States into the ranks of world leaders in high-speed Internet access over the next decade.

AFP – Saudi Arabia warned its citizens on Monday to be wary of Internet and cellphone scams involving bogus charities that could be aimed at funding terror activities.

AFP – Internet music veteran David Hyman on Monday unveiled a service that promises low-cost “all-you-can-eat” on-demand songs for users of Apple iPhones and Android smartphones.

Reuters – The use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by militant and hate groups grew by almost 20 percent in the past year, a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center found on Monday.

Macworld.com – Real’s Rhapsody iPhone app has had mixed reviews since its initial release last September. The companion app to the $15 monthly service requires a 3G or Wi-Fi signal to listen to any of the music, frustrating some users. Rhapsody’s development team has been hard at work on an offline play option to help remedy these woes, and now it looks as if the feature might finally be ready.

Macworld.com – The only thing worse than being lost is being lost while stuck in traffic. Come to think of it, being stuck in traffic is pretty bad to begin with. Thankfully, TomTom USA 1.3 adds support for traffic updates, helping you avoid congestion and trouble places, as well as bringing a handful of other new features.

Macworld.com – The MacBundles has put a new spin on the now well established software bundling promotion. In addition to offering the usual “batch of a dozen software titles for $50,” the MacBundles has created a BYOB (Build Your Own Bundle) option that lets you customize the package.

AP – Communications regulators are unveiling a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy. Their aim: to bring affordable, high-speed Internet connections to all Americans and make access much faster for people who already have broadband.

PC World – When Fable III lead designer Peter Molyneux talks, gamers listen, especially when it’s about the upcoming motion control craze. Calling it ‘upcoming’ isn’t fair to Nintendo’s four-year-old Wii, but when Sony and Microsoft release their respective dual-wand and controller-free console add-ons this holiday, change is in the offing. Question is, who’s the real change-maker?

AP – Getting people to pay for news online at this point would be “like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons,” a new consumer survey suggests.

AP – Pegasystems said Monday it will buy Chordiant Software for $161.5 million.

PC World – Security vendor Trusteer’s latest product will allow banks to remotely investigate their customers’ computers if it is suspected the PC has been hacked.

AP – Kristie McNealy blogs from her suburban Denver home about raising four children and health issues. Her husband, Rob, a floor installer, runs another Web site offering product reviews and advice on hardwood floors.

AP – A Venezuelan Web site that was accused by President Hugo Chavez of spreading false reports of killings said Sunday the government is trying to restrict criticism, but announced it had banned the visitors who posted the inaccurate rumors.

AP – Motion controls and social gaming were the hot topics at this week’s Game Developers Conference, the annual convention of game designers, programmers and executives.

AP – DVD-by-mail service Netflix Inc. has canceled a sequel to a $1 million movie-recommendation contest, avoiding a potential courtroom drama over the privacy rights of its subscribers.

PC World – $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn’t last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.

AP – The pay package for IBM Corp.’s CEO notched slightly higher in 2009, according to calculations by The Associated Press, as he was rewarded for a year in which the technology company wrung out big profit gains despite a rocky market that clipped sales.

Reuters – The Internet was built on freedom of expression. Society wants someone held accountable when that freedom is abused. And major Internet companies like Google and Facebook are finding themselves caught between those ideals.

AP – After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.

AP – Toyota, dogged by millions of recalls and claims that it still has not fixed its safety problems, took its strongest step yet Monday to silence critics who blame faulty electronics for runaway cars and trucks.

Reuters – U.S. officials said they were allowing U.S. technology companies to export chat and social media software to Iran, Sudan and Cuba, with the hope it will help their citizens communicate with the outside world.

AFP – 2K Games on Monday announced a deal with Playboy to use some the iconic magazine’s vintage covers and centerfold photos to set the mood in its “Mafia II’ videogame.