AP - The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country, and sophisticated hackers worldwide are banding together in highly efficient crime rings, according to a new report.

AP - Prospective voters eager to learn more about John McCain or to become an Internet 'friend' of Barack Obama now have a new online opportunity. MySpace.com, the popular social networking site, on Sunday launched a section dedicated to the 2008 presidential election.

AP - Emmy Award-winning writer Steven Bochco has become the latest Hollywood leader to embrace the Internet, teaming with a video site to produce a series of confessional short videos on such topics as 'my first time' and 'my weird family.'

Reuters - MTV is extending its series online through a new gaming platform.

Reuters - About 1.1 million additional home foreclosures are expected over the next six years as adjustable-rate mortgages -- which made home buying more affordable to U.S. buyers in recent years -- reset to higher payments, according to a study by research firm First American CoreLogic.

Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Monday it had filed complaints against Qualcomm patents in Germany and the Netherlands.

InfoWorld - Scott Handy started with IBM in 1983 as a systems engineer and did the scenic tour of the company’s sales, marketing, and strategic planning operations. Through the years, he’s covered large accounts, channels, small and midsize business, and IBM solutions for Windows NT, Sun Solaris, and OS/2 Warp.

AP - Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of mobile phones, said Monday that it filed complaints against wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc. in Germany and the Netherlands.

PC World - Free runtime tool lets rich Internet applications run offline.

BusinessWeek Online - Beijing's effort to transform China into a world-class player in next-generation mobile telephony is suffering a new setback. For years the government has been backing the development of a home-grown standard for 3G mobile phones. The hope is that this technology can compete with the two Western-developed ones in terms of network speeds, greater voice capacity, and a range of interactive data features.

InfoWorld - Linux vendor Collax wants use the Web interface it has built for managing small-business servers to manage applications from other vendors too.

InfoWorld - Adobe Systems will give developers a free preview of its forthcoming runtime code-named Apollo on Monday by releasing an alpha version of the technology on its Adobe Labs site.

Macworld.com - Rumors abound that Google Inc. plans to launch a mobile phone, reportedly code-named “Switch,” with the look and feel of a BlackBerry but with better Internet capabilities.

AFP - British supermodel Naomi Campbell began a week of mopping floors at a New York city warehouse Monday as part of a court-ordered community service sentence for throwing a cell phone at her housekeeper.

InfoWorld - Thomson has a quirky idea for a music-playing cordless telephone. It is showing a mock-up of the device on its stand at the CeBIT trade show, alongside other multimedia gadgets for the home, and hopes to have it on the market in the second half of this year.

InfoWorld - Identity thieves are offering a person's credit-card number, date of birth, and other sensitive information for as little as $14 over the Internet, said a new report on online threats released Monday.

Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said on Monday it is evaluating new strategies, including a potential sale, as an investor group seeks control of the publisher best known for its "Grand Theft Auto" video games.

InfoWorld - Google has acquired software and developers to broaden its expertise in the areas of interactive video game advertising and statistics visualization.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Companies which provide television over Internet technology (IPTV) joined forces on Monday to set a single global standard, so that all systems would work together.

NewsFactor - After accurately predicting Apple's iPhone development, the wireless rumor mill is churning once again. This time, it's prophesying a Google-branded mobile phone.

InfoWorld - Fujitsu Computer Systems is fortifying two models in its notebook line by offering the option of solid state drives for rugged applications like health care and aviation, the company said Monday.

PC World - Thomson SA has a quirky idea for a music-playing cordless telephone. It is showing a mock-up of the device on its stand at Cebit, alongside other multimedia gadgets for the home, and hopes to have it on the market in the second half of this year.

PC World - Spring put on its best face this year for the start of the annual Cebit exhibition. Too bad it didn't last.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL are bidding to provide search technology and manage online advertising for Comcast Corp.'s Web site, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

FT.com - Legal wrangling between technology giants Nokia and Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has intensified after the Finnish mobile phone maker filed two suits claiming the US company's patents in Europe had expired.

PC World - Linux vendor Collax GmbH wants use the Web interface it has built for managing small-business servers to manage applications from other vendors too.

PC World - Google Inc. has acquired software and developers to broaden its expertise in the areas of interactive video game advertising and statistics visualization.

InfoWorld - Salesforce.com on Monday joined other corporate software players trying to take the concepts behind the highly successful social networking site MySpace and apply them to the business world.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A prestigious Chinese university has fired one of its deans days after he complained about being sidelined for bold remarks on academic freedom and berated the country's higher education woes on the Internet.

AFP - British supermodel Naomi Campbell began a week of cleaning bathrooms and mopping floors at the New York City Sanitation Department Monday as part of a community service order for throwing a cell phone at her maid last year.

PC World - Analysis: Rumors are in full swing, but a cell phone comes with conflicts and challenges.

Reuters - A prestigious Chinese university has fired one of its deans days after he complained about being sidelined for bold remarks on academic freedom and berated the country's higher education woes on the Internet.

PC World - Salesforce.com Inc. Monday joined other corporate software players trying to take the concepts behind the highly successful social networking site MySpace and apply them to the business world.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Brace yourself, Oscar. Step aside, MTV. Next week, the online video-sharing Web site YouTube will present awards for best user-generated videos of 2006.

ROME (Reuters) - Scientists are developing portable kits for diagnosing bird flu in poultry, something they say could mean much faster action to stop the spread of the virus.

AP - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the troubled video game publisher behind the 'Grand Theft Auto' series, said Monday it is looking into options that could include a sale of the company.

AFP - Hackers are selling fake US-based credit cards on the Internet for as little as one dollar, and a full set of data for a fake identity for as low as 14 dollars, a study by a Web security firm said Monday.

Fashion Wire Daily - Model Naomi Campbell started her five-day community service stint Monday as part of her sentence for throwing a cell phone at a maid's head.

Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said on Monday it is weighing a potential sale of the company and other options, as an investor group seeks control of the video game publisher best known for "Grand Theft Auto."

NewsFactor - A new hacker research project could put businesses that use social-networking sites to advertise their products and services at risk.

AP - The season finale of 'Wildfire,' a show on the ABC Family cable network, will get a second airing right away on the Internet, in an interactive session on Lycos.com that both companies call an experimental exploration of the future of TV.

Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK The most popular blog on The Washington Post Web site is not about politics, local nightlife, or even Redskins football. Its list of regular contributors ranges from Bishop Desmond Tutu to Watergate conspirator Charles Colson, while its moderator is none other than Sally Quinn.

AdWeek.com - Mark Wahlberg, dressed in military fatigues and toting a sniper weapon, is running across a phone screen. After several quick cuts, he's at a table and looking pensively at a computer. Another cut, and he loads a large bullet into a gun and a politician is shot.

InfoWorld - Microsoft is offering small businesses promotions for free software trials and business tools as long as they are willing to ensure that they are running genuine copies of Windows.

AP - In his first trip to this violence-wracked country, Bill Gates said Microsoft Corp. was helping set up computer learning centers in areas where demobilized paramilitary fighters are in dire need of job training.

AFP - Microsoft founder Bill Gates pledged Monday to open Internet community centers in Colombia where demobilized rebel and paramilitary fighters can take correspondence courses.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. has signed deals to supply software to students and government workers in two East African nations, in a bid to put them on the technical footing of more developed countries.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - LG Electronics said on Monday it expects retailers to charge about $60 for equipment that will enable consumers to make the analog-to-digital switch on their televisions.

AFP - Google announced on Monday that it would provide free online communication services such as e-mail and Internet telephone calling to universities in Kenya and Rwanda.

Reuters - Google Inc. has signed deals to supply software to students and government workers in two East African nations, in a bid to put them on the technical footing of more developed countries.

Reuters - Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is nearing a deal to buy a series of aviation businesses from U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group for more than $1.5 billion, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.