SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Electronic Inc. and Internet search giant Google Inc. on Wednesday said they would pre-install Google services on LG mobile phones.

Reuters - South Korea's LG Electronic Inc. and Internet search giant Google Inc. on Wednesday said they would pre-install Google services on LG mobile phones.

TechWeb - The company's wireless division demonstrates the emerging technology this week at the CTIA show in Florida.

TechWeb - Apple's iPhone and other Wi-Fi-enabled handsets are expected to hit a sweet spot with consumers, according to ABI Research.

TechWeb - The products range from wireless handsets and mobile phone chargers to advanced base stations and enterprise digital assistants.

TechWeb - Games almost become a secondary feature as Folding@home subscribers are helping fight Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cancer, and other diseases.

TechWeb - Microsoft has admitted that its own support staff was pretexted, or duped with social engineering tricks, into giving hackers access to users' account information.

Reuters - Online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. is exploring a sale and is in talks with Microsoft Corp. and other potential suitors, according to people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site.

LONDON (Reuters) - More research is needed on the potential health and environmental hazards of nanotechnology to ensure public confidence in the fast-growing industry, British experts said on Wednesday.

AFP - Chip giant Intel Corp will help establish a semiconductor training site to support its planned 2.5-billion-dollar wafer plant in the northeast Chinese city of Dalian, state media reported Wednesday.

AFP - Beijing has banned sending pornographic text messages or pictures via mobile phones after busting phone dealers who sold mass-storage devices containing porn, state media reported Wednesday.

Reuters - More research is needed on the potential health and environmental hazards of nanotechnology to ensure public confidence in the fast-growing industry, British experts said on Wednesday.

AFP - A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced to death a man who killed three people after making suicide pacts with them on the Internet.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong dentist Ng Tze-chuen's work is literally out of this world.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mario and Sonic The Hedgehog are teaming up for a video game featuring the Beijing Olympics which is due to hit the shelves by year-end, Nintendo Co Ltd. and Sega Corp. said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Hong Kong dentist Ng Tze-chuen's work is literally out of this world.

Reuters - A Japanese man was sentenced to death on Wednesday for killing three people he met through an Internet site for group suicides in 2005, a local court spokeswoman said.

Reuters - Mario and Sonic The Hedgehog are teaming up for a video game featuring the Beijing Olympics which is due to hit the shelves by year-end, Nintendo Co Ltd. and Sega Corp. said on Wednesday.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are expanding their existing partnership and will sell jointly developed products to telephone companies that serve business clients.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Virgin Mobile USA said on Wednesday it has agreed to make Yahoo Inc.'s mobile services available to more than 4.6 million wireless customers.

InfoWorld - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, is offering companies a way to make chips that are faster, consume less power, and cost less than is possible with 65-nanometer (nm) process technology.

USATODAY.com - Microsoft announces a new Xbox 360 Elite model today with a larger hard drive and upgraded high-definition video outputs. The Xbox 360 Elite ($480), due in stores April 29, will come with a 120-gigabyte hard drive, matching black wireless controller and headset, plus an HDMI cable for connecting to newer high-definition TVs and receivers.

USATODAY.com - Mario the plumber and Sonic the Hedgehog, rivals in the video game world for two decades, will team up for the first time in a game based on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, due in stores this holiday season for Nintendo's Wii console and DS handheld system (prices not yet set), will also include other popular characters such as Luigi and Yoshi (from Nintendo's Mario games), as well as Knuckles and Tails (from the Sonic games), all competing in such summer Olympic events as running, swimming and table tennis.

Reuters - Nortel Networks Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are expanding their existing partnership and will sell jointly developed products to telephone companies that serve business clients.

Reuters - Virgin Mobile USA said on Wednesday it has agreed to make Yahoo Inc.'s mobile services available to more than 4.6 million wireless customers.

InfoWorld - Accenture has established a center in India to build software applications based on the SOA (service-oriented architecture) model using technologies from Sun Microsystems.

BusinessWeek Online - Video game executives have long done business on a rollercoaster cycle, where their inevitable product updates lead to spending on more advanced technologies to eventual sales until it s time for a new round of replacements. But this time around GameStop is looking forward to the growing popularity of computer games as more kinds of customers find new ways to play. The Grapevine (Tex.) retailer sold more video games during recent months and is betting on even better days ahead.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States is falling behind European countries and Singapore in exploiting information technology, according to a report issued on Wednesday.

PC World - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., the world's largest contract chip maker, is producing wireless and WiMax-related chips for Intel Corp., the companies said on Wednesday.

InfoWorld - Asustek Computer plans to launch a PC motherboard in April with an interface that will allow users to watch high definition (HD) movies on either the Blu-ray Disc or HD-DVD formats.

PC World - Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Google Inc. and other tech companies called on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to move forward with a proceeding to make unused television spectrum available for wireless networking technologies.

PC World - LG Electronics Inc. plans to launch at least ten cell phones this year with preinstalled software and services from Google Inc., the two companies said Wednesday.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Wednesday its MTV Networks signed on Intel Corp. and Pepsi-Cola North America as the first advertising sponsors for its programs delivered on cell phones.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sales of AT&T Inc.'s Internet-based video service called U-verse have risen dramatically in the past several weeks, totaling more than 10,000, said Ralph de la Vega, group president of AT&T's regional wireline operations.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are expanding their existing partnership and will sell jointly developed products to telephone companies that serve business clients, the two companies said on Wednesday.

AP - Beijing police are threatening jail and fines for people who transmit pornography via cell phones after merchants were caught selling such movies on phone memory chips, a report said Wednesday.

PC World - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, is offering companies a way to make chips that are faster, consume less power and cost less than is possible with 65-nanometer (nm) process technology.

InfoWorld - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., the world's largest contract chip maker, is producing wireless and WiMax-related chips for Intel Corp., the companies said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Wednesday its MTV Networks signed on Intel Corp. and Pepsi-Cola North America as the first advertising sponsors for its programs delivered on cell phones.

PC World - Asustek Computer Inc. plans to launch a PC motherboard in April with an interface that will allow users to watch high definition (HD) movies on either the Blu-ray Disc or HD-DVD formats.

PC Magazine - Microsoft announced the "Elite" version of the Xbox 360 on Tuesday, an announcement that comes after numerous reports of an expected console revision.

PC Magazine - Although the latest and greatest cell phones are all the rage at this years CTIA show, a new mobile device category emerged that many are calling "nano" or "pico" projectors.

PC Magazine - Many have tried, many have fallen. Count VeryKool amongst the eager new faces trying to break into the cell-phone market.

AP - The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a $100,000 fine against Amp'd Mobile Inc., the wireless phone company aimed at the youth market, for failing to protect consumers' personal calling records from thieves.

InfoWorld - IBM Corp. and Oracle Corp., more often rivals than partners, have joined in creating an industry consortium focused on establishing what it calls "service science" as both a key area for investment by companies and governments and as a full-blown academic discipline.

NEW YORK, March 28 (Reuters) - From tracking stock portfolios and mortgage rates to menstrual cycles and baby due dates, widgets are the latest Web wonder to hit desktops.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Bullies are no longer content to taunt their victims in the playground but are turning to cyberspace, according to Canadian researchers.

PARIS (Reuters) - French-American telecoms equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent said on Wednesday that it had won a one-year contract to expand and enhance the mobile network of Mexican operator Iusacell .

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc. has sold its U-verse video service to more than 10,000 customers after sales rose dramatically in the past several weeks, said Ralph de la Vega, group president of AT&T's regional wireline operations.

AFP - India's Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (HSMC) said on Wednesday it would invest up to 4.5 billion dollars to build two chipmaking facilities in a licensing tie-up with leading German chipmaker Infineon Technologies.

Reuters - A justice of the peace takes a cell phone call just as the bride and groom exchange vows during one ceremony.

PC World - Motorola has launched a durable phone with GPS and Bluetooth for salespeople on the road-- updating the MC50 durable enterprise PDA made by recently-acquired Symbol.

NewsFactor - Another salvo in the heated video game console wars has been launched, with Microsoft's unveiling of a new version of its Xbox 360 console.

NewsFactor - Following a well-established, build-the-buzz playbook, the highly anticipated iPhone made a very brief but tantalizing visit at CTIA Wireless 2007 in Orlando, Florida this week.

PC Magazine - A report released by DRAMeXchange on Tuesday said that contract prices for 4-, 8-, 16-, and 32-Gbyte single-level cell NAND Flash chips increased by roughly 4 – 7 percent this month, the second pricing jump in 2007, according to the market intelligence company.

PC Magazine - With Microsoft's announcement of an Elite version of their Xbox 360 potential Xbox consumers have a third option at retail. So what's Sony's response?

AP - Government advisers deliberated behind closed doors Wednesday but issued no public statement on a plan to give the online back alleys their own home through a voluntary '.xxx' Internet address.

AP - The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a $100,000 fine against Amp'd Mobile Inc., the wireless phone company aimed at the youth market, and two other companies for failing to protect consumers' personal calling records from thieves.

InfoWorld - Ian Murdock says he drew a lot of puzzled looks from his colleagues in the Linux community when he joined Sun Microsystems Inc. in its newly created position of chief operating platforms officer. "What's a Linux guy doing at Sun?" he was asked.

NewsFactor - Google on Tuesday made moves to beef up its Google Pack service. The free collection of software applications now includes antivirus, antimalware, and antispyware tools.

AP - News from the virtual world:

InfoWorld - The city of Harrisonburg, Virginia, will experience a wide variety of new Internet-based services, such as mobile-phone commerce and clear Internet video, with the rollout of citywide IPv6, people working with the city said Wednesday.

AP - Try shopping for a 'Watchman' on Sony's Web site, and all you'll find is music. Though the company kept making the handheld TV for two decades, it never caught on like the Walkman, or, more recently, the iPod.

InfoWorld - RIM is hoping to expand the types of applications developers can make for its BlackBerry handheld by adding APIs to the BlackBerry Java Development Environment.

AP - Watching TV on a cell phone usually involves either downloading short video clips or tuning into a live feed of cable channels that approximates radio more than television, the 'moving picture' stuttering along in fits and starts.

NewsFactor - Two new mobile phones from Sony Ericsson, announced this week at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Orlando, are notable for their speed, their ability to measure distance, and their good looks.

Reuters - From tracking stock portfolios and mortgage rates to menstrual cycles and baby due dates, widgets are the latest Web wonder to hit desktops.

Reuters - Bullies are no longer content to taunt their victims in the playground but are turning to cyberspace, according to Canadian researchers.

Reuters - Jim Hellriegel can't sing and is too old to compete on "American Idol" but his home-grown Web site is attracting hordes of fans who can't wait 24 hours to find out which aspiring pop star is going home each week.

Reuters - A nonprofit software group said on Wednesday it might ban Linux software distributor Novell Inc. from using new versions of its computer code to punish the company for signing a patent deal with Microsoft Corp.

AP - Business software maker SAP AG said Wednesday top executive Shai Agassi, once considered a potential successor to Chief Executive Henning Kagermann, would leave the firm to pursue interests in alternative energy and environmental policy.

AP - Two old rivals in the video game business are teaming up.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - While marketers line up with fistfuls of dollars to display advertisements on mobile phones, the biggest U.S. cellular providers are only starting to build their mobile ad strategies.

InfoWorld - Intel will begin producing its next-generation "Penryn" processors by the end of 2007, using greater power efficiency to push improved Core 2 and Xeon chips to speeds exceeding 3GHz, the company said Wednesday.

Reuters - While marketers line up with fistfuls of dollars to display advertisements on mobile phones, the biggest U.S. cellular providers are only starting to build their mobile ad strategies.

AP - Companies are flocking to market themselves in virtual worlds, game-like and usually three-dimensional online universes, but the long-term shape of this fledgling industry is far from clear.

InfoWorld - AT&T's Cingular mobile division is pushing its Video Share service at the CTIA Wireless trade show primarily as a consumer service, but the live-video-stream technology will also be supported on enterprise phones and has a place in business, company executives said Wednesday.

InfoWorld - Initial reactions to the latest proposed draft of a popular license for FOSS (free and open source software) have been wide-ranging, with the changes winning some kind words from the creator of Linux and a critical bashing from an industry association.

InfoWorld - Microsoft officials at the VSLive conference in San Francisco this week elaborated on where the company is headed with its software development tools, noting the planned Orcas and Rosario releases of Visual Studio, due later this year and a year afterward, respectively.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three-dimensional film technology could transform the movie business, with viewers willing to pay a premium for it, the heads of the top U.S. movie theater chain and largest independent animation studio said on Wednesday.

PC Magazine - News: Intel divulges more details about its 45nm "Penryn" Core architecture chips and unveils some of the first details about the next major architectural advancement, Nehalem.

Reuters - Three-dimensional film technology could transform the movie business, with viewers willing to pay a premium for it, the heads of the top U.S. movie theater chain and largest independent animation studio said on Wednesday.

AdWeek.com - NEW YORK Peter Chernin, president of News Corp., gushed that his company's partnership with NBC Universal to launch a video service for their programming is "one of the most exciting alliances in the history of the Internet." Jeff Zucker, NBC Universal president, said it would be "the largest ad platform on Earth."

InfoWorld - Thanks to requests by its customers, Dell is going to start offering Linux pre-installed on its PCs and notebooks, the company said Wednesday.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Visa USA sees cell phones as the best way to expand electronic payments, Chief Executive John Philip Coghlan said at the CTIA wireless show, where he also revealed ties with several wireless technology companies.

Reuters - Visa USA sees cell phones as the best way to expand electronic payments, Chief Executive John Philip Coghlan said at the CTIA wireless show, where he also revealed ties with several wireless technology companies.

InfoWorld - With the help of one of the world's best-known hackers, a little-known Austin startup hopes to give Internet service providers and enterprises a way to tell if their networking hardware is living up to its promises.