The Seattle Times reports that “

[a] South American trade group gave member states the go-ahead to set their own intellectual property laws on Thursday, letting Peru clear a key hurdle toward implementing a free-trade deal with the United States.  The change gives member states the right to make their own intellectual property laws, allowing Peru to tighten copyright, trademark and patent protections, which the U.S. required it to do before enacting a free-trade deal signed in 2006.”

The New York Times reveals that “T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, according to people briefed on the company’s plans. The phone will be made by HTC, one of the largest makers of mobile phones in the world, and is expected to go on sale in the United States before Christmas, perhaps as early as October.” 

CNetNews.com confirms that “AOL’s People Networks division, formed when the company acquired Bebo, has picked up a new friend: Socialthing, a Boulder, Colo.-based start-up that aggregates social feeds from sites like Digg, Twitter, and Flickr.  The acquisition has not yet been completed, but is close to it.” 

eWeek.com writes that “[a]n Infineon chip could be at the root of complaints from around the world that Apple Inc’s new iPhone drops calls and has unpredictable Internet links, according to a research report from Nomura.  BusinessWeek also reported on its website on Thursday that the iPhone is suffering from faulty software on an Infineon chip, and that Apple plans to fix the problem with a software update.  Representatives for Apple and Infineon declined comment.  One of the key attractions of the latest iPhone, which went on sale in July and sold 1 million in its first weekend, is faster, third-generation (3G) Web connections when compared to the first iPhone that was launched in mid-2007.  However, users have complained on websites and blogs that Internet speeds have been inconsistent and that the phone often reverts to a slower technology known as Edge even in 3G areas.”

MSNBC.com has an interesting article on why “[t]he hot new place to play games isn’t on a console, it’s on sites like Facebook and MySpace.”