News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWSA) has hired Mark Rosenbaum as the CFO of MySpace. Rosenbaum is a former executive at MGM. “Having led companies at every stage of their development, Mark understands both startup culture and mature businesses, and is well suited to guide MySpace’s financial organization through its next phase of growth,” stated MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta. “We’re thrilled to add someone with his pedigree and experience to the team.”

According to paidContent, News Corporation reorganized Fox Interactive Media into News Corp Digital Media. This group will oversee Fox Audience Network, IGN Entertainment, MySpace, Photobucket, Beliefnet, and Fox Mobile Group.

Rosenbaum also previously worked for Gemstar-TV Guide, a former News Corporation property. He also worked at 20th Century FOX and The Walt Disney Company. Rosenbaum received his MBA from Duke University and has a Biology Bachelor’s degree from UC San Diego.

PopCap Games has raised $22.5 million. PopCap Games makes game applications that are distributed on social networks. PopCap Games created Bejeweled which has been played over a billion times according to VentureBeat. The $22.5 million first round of funding was provided by Meritech Capital Partners. PopCap plans to use the funding for acquisitions and working capital.

PopCap has been profitable since they launched 10 years ago and the company has about 240 employees based in Seattle. PopCap’s games can be played for an hour before payment is required. The games cost $19.99 and Bejeweled has sold over 25 million units thus far. PopCap’s other hits include Zuma, Bookworm, Alchemy, and Plants vs. Zombies. PopCap competitors include Zynga, OnLive, and Playdom. Earlier this year, PopCap acquired Gastronaut Studios.

Other investors in PopCap Games include Larry Bowman and John McCaw. Bowman is a board member in PopCap games and has previously bought stock in the company. The CEO of PopCap is Dave Roberts.

Apple may have decided to reject Google Voice, but Verizon Wireless plans to embrace the application. Google and Verizon have an Android partnership and the results of this deal will appear in the next few weeks. The first two Android powered phones will be available on Verizon later this year.

“You either have an open device or not, and this will be open,” stated Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam in a conference call with journalists today.

“In Verizon, somehow, the leadership has decided to embrace a very different philosophy, which works very, very well with the Internet,” added Google CEO Eric Schmidt on the conference call. Verizon and Google started their partnership discussion about 18 months ago. Verizon was the third telecommunications company to launch a phone on the Android operating system. T-Mobile and Sprint were the first two companies. Verizon is the largest wireless carrier based on the number of subscribers.

The Lexmark T656dne is the first monochrome laser printer to have a touchscreen user interface. Not only is the touchscreen useful for business solutions, but the printer can shoot out 55 pages per minute. The hard drive in the printer is an 80GB HDD. And best of all the company logo can be customized on the touchscreen. The screen size is 7 inches and the printer can store forms that can be printed directly on the paper. The price of the printer and availability is currently unknown, this post will be updated when the details are known.

AT&T has changed their mind about disallowing iPhone VoIP applications. Now VoIP applications will be able to run on AT&T’s 3G network. This includes Vonage and Skype. Before Skype and Vonage were only allowed to operate on WiFi hotspots. This limits where you can use the applications.

One of the reasons why AT&T may have decided to let down their guard is because the FCC is investigating why Google Voice has been rejected multiple times. Will this make it more likely for Google Voice to be approved? Nope.

Apple did not reject Google Voice for VoIP reasons, but because it “appears to alter the iPhone’s distinctive user experience by replacing the iPhone’s core mobile telephone functionality and Apple user interface with its own user interface for telephone calls, text messaging and voicemail.”

Will AT&T end up paying less? Perhaps the telecommunications company will require customers to have minimum contracts to make sure that they don’t lose too much money from allowing VoIP services.

D-Link is now shipping the new DIR-685 Xtreme N Storage all-in-one router. The 685 has a built-in N WiFi module that allows the device to communicate with network attached storage devices and there is a 3.2″ LCD screen that allows it to play streaming video or as a digital photo frame. The screen on the 685 can also display graphs, gauges, weather, and other streaming Internet content.

The NAS feature on the router supports UPnP server functions and BitTorrent downloads. A 1TB 2.5″ SATA drive can be inserted into the side of the router. The router has 2 USB ports and 2 gigabit Ethernet ports. There is also a WiFi Scheduler that can turn off the WiFi radio at a specific time. The N DIR-685 is priced at about $300.

Sesame Street does a very good job of staying current. I remember as I was growing up, Sesame Street attempted to find ways to keep the audience appealed even as they were growing. When I was kid I remember just caring about learning how to count with The Count and how to control greed with Cookie Monster. As I grew up and became more into sports, I noticed that David Robinson was in an episode of Sesame Street and taught Big Bird how to tie his shoe.

Now Sesame Street is taking a page out of Apple’s book by using an iPod-inspired video to encourage people to dance. Apple takes their marketing very seriously so I would not be surprised if this video clip had to clear the company’s legal department.

Jimmy Kimmel made a Sesame Street spoof where Ernie and Cookie Monster explained the Bernie Madoff scheme back in March and it went viral on YouTube, reaching nearly one million views.

Let’s say that you are accelerating way too fast towards a red light and you’re foot is still on the gas, this new Mercedes prototype sends the driver two warning signals to slow down and stop. If the driver is still distracted after the two warnings, the seat belts tighten and the car automatically stops. This is a project being conducted at the Mercedes research and development center in Palo Alto, California. When being interviewed, Mercedes R&D employee Gordon Peredo said that he expects this type of feature to be available in the real world sometime in the next decade.

Smart intersections communicate with the car to indicate when the light is red. In order for the technology to be fully rolled out, every intersection in America would need to upgrade to smart intersection status. And another problem is that the police would make less money too.