San Bruno, Calif. - Google's YouTube on Monday announced winners of its first YouTube Video Awards, where the site's community of users voted the online comedy "Ask a Ninja" the Best Series on YouTube. [more..]

San Antonio, Texas - AT&T announced on Monday that it has signed a deal with Napster to offer its wireless and broadband customers one free year of the digital music provider's Napster To Go portable service. [more..]

Palo Alto, Calif. - More than 42,000 PlayStation 3 owners have signed up so far for Folding@Home, a distributed computing project from Stanford University that will use the consoles' Cell processors to crunch research data on diseases like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and cancer. [more..]

Washington - A 27-year-old Hawaiian man has been sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty to charges he distributed Xbox video game consoles he had modified so they could play pirated games. [more..]

Los Angeles - Video game developer and publisher Electronic Arts announced on Monday that it has partnered with Canadian record label Nettwerk (Barenaked Ladies, Sum 41) on a joint venture label, Artwerk, that will sign and develop new and established artists for physical and digital distribution. [more..]

Taipei, Taiwan - Cite Publishers, a unit of Chinese Internet firm Tom Online, announced that it will invest $3.25 million to acquire a majority stake in Pixnet Digital Media, which operates the Pixnet blogging community in Taiwan, DigiTimes reported. [more..]

Orlando, Fla. - AdMob, a developer of mobile advertising technology, announced on Monday that it has raised $15 million in its second round of venture capital financing, led by Accel Partners. [more..]

Los Angeles - I3media, a new company in Spain that will focus on new media research and development, has received about $46.4 million in initial backing from telcos Telefonica and Alcatel-Lucent, and production house Mediapro, Variety.com reported. [more..]

San Francisco - Publisher IDG announced on Monday that it will shutter the print edition of its 29-year-old InfoWorld technology business magazine, opting instead for an online-only version. The magazine's last issue will be mailed to subscribers and arrive on newsstands next week. "We're not going anywhere. We are merely embracing a more efficient delivery mechanism -- the Web -- at InfoWorld.com," said editor-in-chief Steve Fox. "You can still get all the news coverage, reviews, analysis, opinion, and commentary that InfoWorld is known for. You'll just have to access it in a browser (or RSS reader) -- something more than a million of you already do every month." The company added that it will also maintain its events division. [more..]

Orlando, Fla. - Texas Instruments announced on Monday that it will demonstrate its new DLP "pico-projector," a tiny video projector that can potentially be integrated into cell phones, digital cameras and portable media players, at the 2007 CTIA Wireless convention this week in Orlando. "Over the next few years, we envision a large opportunity for the convergence of projection technology and mobile devices, like cell phones," said Frank J. Moizio, worldwide strategic marketing and business development manager, TI DLP Front Projection. [more..]

San Diego - Wireless technology developer Qualcomm on Monday introduced a new, low-cost mobile broadband chip that it says will help foster user-generated content on cell phones. The company said its QSC6085 will deliver more than ten times the speed of its existing EV-DO technology, or up to 1.8 Mbps on the reverse link and 3.1 Mbps on the forward link. Qualcomm added that network operator China Unicom and handset maker Sanyo have announced support for the technology. "By utilizing the fastest CDMA2000 data speeds available today on both the forward and reverse links, the QSC6085 will help drive the fundamental shift of content being generated by the user," said Reiner Klement, senior director of product management for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. [more..]

San Antonio, Texas - AT&T announced on Monday that it will offer "three-screen" coverage of the 2007 Masters golf tournament, across the mobile phone, television and the PC. Online coverage will be available through AT&T's Blue Room broadband site, while TV coverage will be offered on its U-verse digital TV service, and mobile coverage through Cingular. The company will produce exclusive player interviews, live online coverage from "Amen Corner," and feeds from the practice range and Green Jack ceremony. [more..]

Orlando, Fla. - WiderThan, a unit of RealNetworks that delivers mobile entertainment services, announced on Monday that it has signed new deals to power mobile music services for Helio and Rogers Wireless. WiderThan's Music-on-Demand platform will allow Helio Music members to download full tracks and ringback tones over-the-air to their phones. The platform will also be used by Canada's Rogers Wireless to power the company's MusicStore, which offers both a la carte and subscription-based downloads. [more..]

Hudson Valley, N.Y. - Pump Audio, a provider of licensed independent music for use in commercial productions, said on Monday that it has partnered with Snocap, which operates a digital music registry and powers download stores for artists on sites like MySpace. Under the deal, Snocap will promote the Pump Audio service to artists who register their songs with Snocap. New York-based Pump Audio has supplied music for clients including CBS, the BBC, MTV, NBC and Comedy Central. [more..]

Palo Alto, Calif. - Mozes, a provider of technology that lets anyone create mobile marketing campaigns, announced on Monday its official launch. The company also said that Universal Motown Records Group will use its service to launch mobile promotions for over 60 artists, including Hinder and Bad Boy Da Prince. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Mozes said its permission-based and spam-free service will be offered free to consumers. [more..]

Rochester, N.Y. - Online entertainment site eBaum's World said on Monday that it has partnered with the website for Dennis Publishing's Maxim magazine, and will provide videos on Maxim's website while Maxim will provide daily photo content on eBaum's World. [more..]

London - Japanese video game publisher Namco Bandai has signed a deal with Sony to use the Cell processor found in the PlayStation 3 to power an arcade game title, GamesIndustry.biz reported, citing an article in The Mainichi Daily News. The first arcade game to feature the Cell will be Namco Bandai's "Tekken 6," scheduled for release later this year. The company has previously used PlayStation 2 technology in older arcade machines. [more..]

New York - Mobile game publisher Gameloft plans to expand into publishing games for BlackBerry mobile devices, The New York Times reported on Monday. Research in Motion, which manufactures the BlackBerry, counts about 8 million subscribers. Gameloft titles for the Blackberry will include a version of its "Asphalt: Urban GT 2" racing game, "Pro Golf 2007 feat. Vijay Singh," and games based on the TV shows "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost." [more..]