PC World - Google announced an experimental application for its Android mobile operating system, which allows you to search your phone using written gestures. Instead of bringing up the keyboard, users of the newer Android phones can just draw letters on the screen to search through contacts, music or apps.

AFP - Australians are more likely to pay for music and movies online than to hand over money to read newspapers on the Internet, a survey released Thursday said.

PC World - TigerDirect is sweetening its offer of a refurbished Zune 4GB with an FM transmitter and charger, a dashboard grip pad, and a leather carrying case--all for $50 (you can find the new MP3 player by itself at Amazon for over $100).

NewsFactor - TiVo on Tuesday set out to reinvent itself with DVRs that blend television and Internet viewing experiences. The TiVo Premiere and TV Premiere XL combine access to cable programming, movies, web videos, and music.

AP - Thumbplay Inc., a company that provides content such as music and games for cell phones, said Monday it has named Apple Inc.'s Pablo Calamera its first chief technology officer.

Reuters - As the music business continues to watch traditional revenue streams slow or even evaporate, a good deal of faith often has been placed in what's hailed as a panacea for the industry's ills: online streaming.

Reuters - There are unending reasons why genius will forever be attached to Jimi Hendrix -- not the least of which is the voluminous amount of first-rate material that's been released in the 40 years since the guitar legend's death. Valleys of Neptune, an hour-plus of unreleased material that marks the first foray in Experience Hendrix's Jimi Hendrix Catalog Project with Sony Legacy, is one of the most satisfying and illuminating of these posthumous exercises.

PC World - Apple's iTunes Store reached a major milestone this week when it delivered its 10 billionth song, an event that highlights the great success of Cupertino's digital-download service.

AP - Tiger Woods may not know it, but he is singing a new tune.

AP - Country music singer Sara Evans has filed a temporary restraining order against her ex-husband, Craig Schelske.