Washington - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee has written a letter urging the Justice Department to continue to monitor the proposed advertising deal between Google and Yahoo, the Associated Press reports. [more..]

New York - Apple has denied a report posted on CNN's iReport citizen journalism site that said its chief executive, Steve Jobs, had suffered "a major heart attack" and was rushed to an emergency room, Reuters reported. [more..]

Leipzig, Germany - Worldwide use of peer-to-peer applications has fallen as a percentage of overall Web traffic, as the total amount of Web traffic has grown, Ars Technica reported, citing preliminary results of a new study from deep-packet inspection firm Ipoque.
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Los Angeles - A German court has ruled that free file-hosting service RapidShare must work proactively to remove copyrighted material uploaded to its servers, Ars Technica reported. [more..]

Culver City, Calif. - Sony announced this week that it has signed agreements with three Hollywood movie studios to help support the rollout of Sony digital cinema projection systems in movie theaters. [more..]

New York - Gawker Media, the online publisher of blogs including Gawker, Valleywag, Defamer, Gizmodo and Kotaku, has laid off 19 of 133 staffers across its stable of sites, Silicon Alley Insider reported. [more..]

New York - Buoyed significantly by the Beijing Olympics and the kick-off of football season, online sports destinations saw a 26% increase in unique visitors at work during August, according to New York-based Nielsen Online. [more..]

The Webcaster Settlement Act makes it easy for settlements to go into effect - now we need to see if the hard part - actually entering into those settlements - will occur, blogs David Oxenford. [more..]

Seattle - RealNetworks announced on Friday that longtime digital holdout Kid Rock has made his albums available for streaming and download for the first time through its Rhapsody service. [more..]

Los Angeles - Time Warner's Warner Bros. Digital Distribution unit plans to try to curb piracy of its films in South Korea by making them available on video-on-demand systems two weeks before they are released on DVD in the country, Variety reports. [more..]

San Francisco - Online social network Friendster announced this week that it will now support applications developed for the rival Facebook Platform as part of its own developer program. [more..]

San Diego - Sony this week announced plans to ship the third-generation edition of its Reader Digital Book device next month. [more..]