We've known since last year that Microsoft's Mac software team was making a native version of Outlook for Apple computers, shifting away from its Entourage email client, but Boy Genius Report today has the first glimpse of Outlook for Mac, and other Office 2011 programs. They're slated for release later this year.

Apple is working on two new iPhones, including one that would work with Verizon Wireless' CDMA technology, the Wall Street Journal reports, fueling another wave of speculation about the future of the popular device. Engadget says the next-generation iPhone, dubbed the iPhone HD, is slated to be unveiled in June.

This week marks the 15th anniversary of the release of Microsoft Bob, and Technologizer looks back on the milestone with a retrospective on the "legendary software flop." For more on the subject, Monica Harrington wrote a great guest post on the subject on TechFlash last year: Innovation: The lessons of Bob.

PAX East, the Boston version of Seattle's homegrown Penny Arcade Expo video-game event, looks to have been a big success over the weekend -- so much so that organizers are planning to hold it in a bigger venue next year. Don't worry, the Seattle version is still very much in business, scheduled for Sept. 3-5.

A sign of the improving economy? Employee perks are making a comeback at Silicon Valley tech companies, according to this Los Angeles Times story today.

Seattle-based journalist Glenn Fleishman has a great piece today in Ars Technica: The state of 4G: It's all about congestion, not speed.