Reuters - Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, has emerged as the lead suitor for a stake in Time Warner Inc.'s Internet unit America Online (AOL), according to a report by The New York Times.

Reuters - Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. are set to roll out new wireless services, taking advantage of advanced networks and cellphones to provide features similar to those available on computers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. , the world's largest software maker, launched on Sunday its corporate database software program aimed at taking market share from Oracle Corp. .

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O, the world's largest software maker, launched on Sunday its corporate database software program aimed at taking market share from Oracle Corp. ORCL.O.

TOKYO (Reuters) - NTT DoCoMo Inc. 9437.T, Japan's largest mobile operator, and Tower Records Japan Inc. reached an agreement under which DoCoMo will become the main shareholder in the music retail chain, DoCoMo sources said on Monday.

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Reuters - Yahoo and TiVo plan to announce a deal today that will connect Yahoo's online service to TiVo's set-top boxes, which, in addition to recording television programs, have a largely unused capability to connect to the Internet, the New York Times said on Monday.

Reuters - NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.T), Japan's largest mobile operator, has agreed with Tower Records Japan Inc. to become the main shareholder in the privately held music retail chain, the two companies said on Monday.

Reuters - A Hong Kong court sentenced a local man to three months in jail on Monday for trying to illegally distribute movies using BitTorrent software.

PC World - The new G5 IMac gets built-in webcam, snazzy new apps.

AP - Microsoft Corp. will release a new version of its popular software for helping companies house large amounts of data, one of the first in a series of product launches that the company is hoping will bolster its competitive edge.

AFP - Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo announced a tie-up with Tower Records Japan to allow subscribers to use access music news and use e-money services in its stores.

Reuters - TiVo Inc. and Yahoo Inc. said on Monday they would collaborate to allow TiVo users to program their digital video recorders remotely using Yahoo's TV programming information sites.

AP - Here you are, one of the millions of Americans who like to play casual games on the Internet, ready to log on for some fun.

AP - A Hong Kong man on Monday was sentenced to three months in prison in what local officials say is the world's first successful prosecution of copyright violation using the popular file-sharing software BitTorrent.

Reuters - Wireless telecommunications company Qualcomm Inc. on Monday said its board of directors approved a $2.5 billion share buyback program.

InfoWorld - Microsoft took a high-profile baby step in the direction of software as a service, with the expected launch last week of its Live Software strategy. A substantial change in how the company does business, however, is still years off, analysts said.

InfoWorld - Microsoft created quite a stir at its Professional Developers Conference and Business Summit back in September, when it lifted the veil on ambitious plans for stitching together a stupefying array of client, middleware, and server technologies into a seemingly all-encompassing back-office blitz.

PC World - Thinner-than-thin-client bc1500 units will run on low-power Athlon 64 instead of Transmeta CPU.

PC World - Senate picks 2009, House voted for sooner transition, but a decision may occur soon.

AFP - Although struggling with worsening urban violence, President Jacques Chirac's ruling conservative party found the time to make sure it came out on top in Internet searches on the rioting.

Reuters - Wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc. has filed a lawsuit against mobile giant Nokia (NOK1V.HE) accusing it of infringing a dozen patents related to the most widespread cell phone standard.

Reuters - Canadian software developer Geac Computer Corp. will be sold to private equity firm Golden Gate Capital for about $1 billion in cash, Geac said in a statement on Monday.

Macworld.com - Google Inc. on Monday began offering a downloadable application that extends its Google Local service to some mobile phone users.

PC World - Chip wars move to courtroom as AMD attorney discusses the antitrust suit against Intel.

USATODAY.com - Internet search giant Google introduces its first downloadable cellphone application on Monday, bringing its acclaimed map technology to phones. With Google Local for mobile devices, users can get colorful, overhead views of a neighborhood and even check a hotel listing to see how close it is to the beach.

AP - Wireless technology giant Qualcomm Inc. said Monday it is suing Nokia Corp., one of the world's largest cell phone makers, for alleged patent infringement.

Reuters - Business software developer Computer Associates International Inc. on Monday said it would divest a majority stake in its Ingres open-source database unit to focus on growth areas.

Macworld.com - Shoe company Lugz has issued a cease and desist letter to Apple Computer and the company’s longtime advertising agency TBWA/Chiat/Day, demanding that Apple’s latest iPod ad featuring Eminem be taken off the air. Lugz claims the ad is too similar to its own ad campaign, which was launched in 2002.

NEW YORK/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc. said on Monday it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nokia, less than two weeks after Nokia and five other companies complained about Qualcomm's competitive practices to the European Commission.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O, the world's largest software maker, launched on Sunday its corporate database software program aimed at taking market share from Oracle Corp. ORCL.O.

PC World - Good Technology devises security administration set to track, manage corporate handhelds.

AP - ESPN reached an agreement Monday with the NHL for fans to see highlights on cell phones and games replayed on the network's Classic channel.

Reuters - Canadian software developer Geac Computer Corp. said on Monday it will be sold to a private U.S. equity firm for about $1 billion in cash, making good on a promise to buy or be bought.

NEW YORK/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc. QCOM.O said on Monday it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nokia NOK1V.HE, less than two weeks after Nokia and five other companies complained about Qualcomm's competitive practices to the European Commission.

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AP - Google Inc. is introducing software Monday designed to make its local search and mapping service easier to navigate on mobile phones, continuing the Internet search engine leader's effort to extend its reach beyond personal computers.

AP - A group of investors and researchers is pledging to watch the action of technology companies doing business in countries with less than stellar human rights reputations, and is asking the company to proclaim their commitment to freedom of expression.

Reuters - File-sharing service Grokster will stop distributing software that allows users to copy songs without permission as part of a settlement with the recording industry, an industry group said on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO.O is on track to report solid quarterly revenue on Wednesday, but also is trying to inject life back into its stock, which investors increasingly see as a reliable yet staid portion of their portfolios.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new 'chip' can test for 11 different influenza strains, including avian flu, in less than a quarter of the time it now takes to diagnose flu in patients, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roughly 750,000 of the estimated 2.5 million Internet telephone customers may have service turned off because providers cannot offer enhanced 911 service, according to a survey on Monday by Voice On the Net Coalition.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - NetEase.com Inc. NTES.O on Monday said quarterly profit rose 137 percent, but shares fell 14 percent as results for China's second-largest gaming software company fell short of investor hopes amid growing competition.

NewsFactor - Fujitsu Computer Systems has unveiled new servers powered by dual-core AMD (NYSE: AMD) Opteron processors: the Primergy BX630 blade server and the Primergy RX220 rack server.

NewsFactor - Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is delivering its popular mapping and driving-directions service to the wireless realm with the beta launch of Google Local for mobile. The search giant is offering the new service as a free download that gives users the ability to locate addresses or businesses in the U.S. from a mobile phone.

AP - In a Nov. 6 story about Google Inc.'s new mapping software for mobile phones, The Associated Press quoted a company executive saying that users won't have to type in their location to get directions on phones equipped with Global Positioning System technology. The story should have made clear that the GPS function isn't available yet.

AP - Grokster Ltd., which lost a Supreme Court fight over file-sharing software used for stealing songs and movies online, agreed Monday to shut down and pay $50 million to settle piracy complaints by Hollywood and the music industry.

AP - Qualcomm Inc. is suing Nokia Corp. for alleged patent infringement, firing back quickly in a widening dispute over next-generation wireless technologies one week after Nokia and five other companies filed an antitrust complaint against Qualcomm in Europe.

AP - An alliance of investors and researchers is pledging to monitor technology companies that do business in countries with shaky human rights reputations, and is asking the companies to proclaim their commitment to freedom of expression.

NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is poised to deliver its latest customer-relationship management software, CRM 3.0, a few months ahead of schedule.

AFP - Digital video recording pioneer TiVo has teamed up with Yahoo to enable customers to record television shows via the US Internet search giant's website, company officials announced.

AFP - Grokster, the music-swapping website that became a flashpoint in the legal battle over copyright protection on the Internet, will shut down its service under a settlement with the US music industry, it was announced.

InfoWorld - Netgear, a maker of wireless LAN products, announced Monday it will soon ship what the company says is among the fastest wireless LAN [WLAN] routers.

InfoWorld - SAN FRANCISCO -- While Microsoft executives and customers lauded the company's new products at a launch event on Monday, Microsoft officials acknowledged no software release is perfect and that some developers still yearn for changes.

MacCentral - Lawyers representing users of a class action lawsuit filed in the United States that purchased iPod nanos have now filed suits on behalf of users in the United Kingdom and Mexico. The suit representing users in those two countries was filed last Friday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

PC World - TiVo Series2 owners can schedule recordings over the Internet using use Yahoo TV.

Reuters - Internet telephone providers do not have to cut off U.S. subscribers even if they are not provided enhanced 911 emergency service which gives dispatchers their location and phone number, U.S. communications regulators said on Monday.

Investor's Business Daily - As Yahoo and Google fight for more customers, they're moving the battle from the Internet to cell phones and television sets.