New York - Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who has been away on a medical leave of absence since January, is on track to return at the end of this month, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with Apple. [more..]

Washington - President Barack Obama this week urged Americans to prepare themselves for the transition to all-digital television broadcasting that is set to happen next week on June 12. [more..]

Los Angeles - The NFL Players Association has agreed to pay $26.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by retired NFL players, who alleged the union had excluded them from various marketing deals, including the use of their names and likenesses in Electronic Arts' popular "Madden NFL" video games, the Associated Press reported. [more..]

Washington - A bill that would counter the Performance Rights Act, which aims to establish payments for record labels and musicians for radio airplay in the U.S., "now has the backing of 220 members of the House, giving the anti-performance-royalties resolution majority support," Radio Ink Magazine reports. [more..]

St. Louis - Tony La Russa, manager of Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals, this week filed suit against Twitter over a fake account that posted false messages and allegedly damaged his trademark rights and caused emotional distress, the Associated Press reports. [more..]

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital civil liberties advocacy group, has launched a news Web tool that tracks changes to the "Terms of Service" policies of major companies, which govern how they use personal information. [more..]

Reston, Va. - U.S. Internet users viewed 16.8 billion online videos during April, up 16% from the prior month, according to new figures from comScore, a provider of Internet audience measurement services. [more..]

Wheeling, W.Va. - HighSchoolSports.net, a West Virginia-based division of newspaper publisher Gannett that publishes high school sports information and schedules on the Web, said that it has formed a new industry alliance aimed at standardizing the technology used to produce and distribute high school sports video. [more..]

Los Angeles - For the first time in the franchise, virtual characters of the same sex in Electronic Arts' "The Sims 3" will be able to marry one another, AfterElton.com reports. [more..]

Santa Monica, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision said this week that it will release a special branded edition of its forthcoming "DJ Hero" turntable-based music game featuring hip-hop artists Jay-Z and Eminem, who performed together onstage at an Activision party this week at E3 in Los Angeles. [more..]

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo on Friday added new features to its online services like Yahoo Mail, My Yahoo, Yahoo Connected TV and Zimbra that let users access third-party applications such as YouTube, PayPal, Picnik, Mint.com and WordPress. [more..]

Novato, Calif. - Sonic Solutions, a provider of digital media software, said on Friday that its Roxio CinemaNow video-on-demand service will be available on select devices sold at retail store chain Best Buy. [more..]

New York - Game publisher Take-Two Interactive's 2K Sports label said on Friday that it has signed 11-time NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers to be the cover athlete for its "NBA 2K10" game. [more..]