CNetNews.com reports that “

[a]fter ducking questions this year from both Congress and the private sector about its National Cyber Security Initiative, the Department of Homeland Security finally revealed a little more on Monday.  Paul Schneider, deputy secretary for DHS, along with other senior federal officials, offered more information at a forum hosted by the Information Technology Association of America. Plans for the initiative include enhancing the current cyberintrusion detection system, working more closely with the private sector (a longstanding federal mantra), and focusing on foreign threats.”

The New York Times has an interesting article on “Apple’s capricious rules for iPhone apps.”

In a different article on Apple, the NYT writes that “Devotees of the iPhone have a new place to find information about which hot new applications might be on the way.  On Monday, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, the venture capital firm that is investing its $100 million iFund in mobile applications for the iPhone and iPod touch, unveiled iFundVC, a new blog on the iFund.  “The purpose is to share (and hear) perspectives around the iPhone and emerging open mobile ecosystem. We’ve been blown away by the amount of entrepreneurial activity in mobile,” wrote Matt Murphy, the Kleiner partner who oversees the fund. The blog will be a place for a dialogue about trends in mobile technology, and Kleiner partners and executives will contribute to it.”

BusinessWeek asks whether the U.S. is losing “its high-tech edge.”  The publication writes that according to a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the BSA, the U.S. still has the world’s most competitive information technology industry, but its lead is slipping – in particular because R&D support is mediocre compared to such countries as Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.

According to the Los Angeles Times, “[r]oadblocks are mounting on a vital route for Yahoo Inc.’s revival: the company’s advertising partnership with once-rival Google Inc. 
The European Union said Monday that it was reviewing the deal for antitrust implications there, adding to recent public criticism from major U.S. advertisers and a worldwide association of newspapers.  In addition, the U.S. Justice Department is considering a formal challenge to the partnership, through which Google would broker some text ads for Yahoo’s search engine. And attorneys general in at least 11 states, including California, are running investigations to determine whether the deal would hurt competition.”