COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Sony Corp will launch a slimmer, cheaper version of its PlayStation 3 game console next month, hoping to jumpstart sales and win back market share from rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A list of 19 songs by The Beatles including classics “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and “A Hard Day’s Night” for a new “Rock Band” video game were revealed on Tuesday, leaving only one mystery title remaining.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co is considering selling or shutting parts of its outsourcing business to focus on the higher-margin areas of its technology services offering, people familiar with the matter said.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Apple Inc is investigating media reports that one or more of the company’s iPhones have exploded in Europe, a European Commission spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Software developers will be able to start charging for applications downloads to Palm Inc’s high-profile Pre smartphone with the company’s launch of an e-commerce beta program set to start in mid-September.

LONDON (Billboard) - Radiohead offered a new song for free download Monday, “These Are My Twisted Words,” which is available from the band’s official Web site.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Sony Ericsson on Monday entrusted the head of Ericsson’s U.S. technology division with the task of leading the struggling cellphone maker back to profit and reversing a sharp decline in market share.

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc is developing mobile devices for China Mobile Ltd, according to spokesmen for the computer maker, which has long been rumored to have ambitions in the smartphone market.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Heavy subsidies shelled out by telecom operators around the world to lure consumers to buy an Apple iPhone have done nothing to increase profits, and have even dented them in some cases, a research report showed on Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp is looking to the building blocks of our bodies — DNA — to be the structure of next-generation microchips.