NEW YORK (Reuters) - Intel Corp. said it is developing a new generation of chips that will achieve a significant increase in performance without consuming more power.

AP - Intel Corp., the world's largest computer chip maker, on Wednesday unveiled details of a new lineup of processors slated for production later this year that promise a performance boost and energy savings because of the transition to a new manufacturing technology.

Reuters - Following are the top 20 prime-time programs on broadcast TV for the week ended March 25, as measured in average total audience, according to Nielsen Media Research. (Data include same-day DVR playback.)

TechWeb - After Microsoft Windows and the Apple iPod, CompTIA wants to know, "What's next?"

Reuters - Intel Corp. said it is developing a new generation of chips that will achieve a significant increase in performance without consuming more power.

AP - McClatchy Co., the nation's third largest newspaper publisher, will begin providing international news coverage and commentary to online powerhouse Yahoo Inc. in a partnership that further underscores the media industry's shifting balance of power.

Reuters - Mobile networks giant Ericsson (ERICb.St) expects to make more acquisitions to boost its multimedia arm, the chief executive of the company was quoted as saying on Thursday.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia unveiled on Thursday three new phone models which it expects to start selling in April-June quarter.

Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) unveiled on Thursday three new phone models which it expects to start selling in April-June quarter.

InfoWorld - Yahoo is opening up its Web mail platform to external developers, so that they can create plug-ins, utilities and applications for the popular Yahoo Mail service.

LONDON (Reuters) - Junior sales staff are most likely to be responsible for technological security breaches at work, according to a British survey.

AP - Intel, the world biggest semiconductor company, has started construction on its $1 billion chip assembly and testing plant in Vietnam's southern business hub, a company official said Thursday.

Reuters - ATMI Inc. , which provides specialty materials to the semiconductor industry, on Thursday cut its first-quarter financial outlook, citing problems in its packaging business and operating costs it was taking earlier than it had planned.

USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Intel announced plans Wednesday for a new processor line that could change the way some PCs are made and put the squeeze on rivals. The No. 1 chipmaker's new processors, or computer "brains," may contain two features that are usually separate parts. One is a graphics processor, needed to view high-quality images on a PC screen. The other is a memory controller, which controls the flow of data to and from the processor.

AP - Philips Electronics is introducing a mobile phone with a built-in compartment for an ordinary AAA battery to power the device when the main battery runs low.

PC World - Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) is hoping to expand the types of applications developers can make for its BlackBerry handheld by adding APIs (application programming interfaces) to the BlackBerry Java Development Environment.

PC World - Yahoo Inc. is opening up its Web mail platform to external developers, so that they can create plug-ins, utilities and applications for the popular Yahoo Mail service.

InfoWorld - The already close working relationship between IBM and one of China's largest software vendors, Ufida Software Co., got a bit cozier on Wednesday with the announcement that Ufida has added support for DB2 and IBM middleware to its business application lineup.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. General Services Administration picked AT&T Inc. , Qwest Communications International Inc. and Verizon Communications on Thursday for the largest-ever federal telecommunications contract, potentially worth as much as $48 billion.

PC Magazine - At CTIA 2007, AMD showed off its latest series of Imageon graphics chipsets for cell phones.

Macworld.com - Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) on Thursday took the wraps off their TransDock, a $99.99 device that interfaces the video iPod not only with your car’s stereo, but its video entertainment system too.

PC World - 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 roll-out of citywide IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), people working with the city said Wednesday.

PC World - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. is planning a new version of the PlayStation 3 game console with a higher-capacity hard-disk drive, according to a U.S. regulatory filing made by the company.

PC Magazine - At the CTIA show here, Adobe showed off Adobe Device Central CS3, an integrated software component that works across different applications in their new Creative Suite family, offering both professional and individual web designers an easier way to create WAP sites for cell phones.

AP - On the eve of a key vote Friday, government advisers from around the world are raising concerns about creating a '.xxx' address for pornographic sites.

AFP - SAP said late Wednesday that board member Shai Agassi, lined up to succeed chief executive Henning Kagermann, is quitting the world's leading maker of business software.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. will launch its backseat television service exclusively in several DaimlerChrysler cars and minivans later this year, the companies said on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Verizon Communications Inc. chief operating officer, Dennis Strigl, said on Thursday that a telecommunications carrier using GSM network technology could buy a carrier using CDMA technology.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - TV Azteca, Mexico's No. 2 broadcaster, said on Thursday that it was merging its Iusacell and Unefon cell phone assets and spin off the combined company, valued at about $1.3 billion.

NewsFactor - Production will begin by the end of this year on Intel's next generation of microprocessors, dubbed "Penryn," the company announced Wednesday in San Francisco. These new chips are intended to deliver speeds over 3 GHz.

NewsFactor - Web-based software gained another foothold in the mobile world Thursday, when LG Electronics announced that Google apps would be preinstalled on millions of its mobile phones.

Reuters - TV Azteca, Mexico's No. 2 broadcaster, said on Thursday that it was merging its Iusacell and Unefon cell phone assets and spin off the combined company, valued at about $1.3 billion.

PC World - Mobile phone subscriptions in the European Union outnumber citizens for the first time, the European Commission said Thursday in its 12th annual report on the E.U. telecommunications market.

Reuters - A Verizon Communications Inc. chief operating officer, Dennis Strigl, said on Thursday that a telecommunications carrier using GSM network technology could buy a carrier using CDMA technology.

NewsFactor - On Wednesday, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) released the third discussion draft for version 3 of the most widely used free software license, the GNU General Public License. The latest version addresses the recent patent deal between Microsoft and Novell.

Reuters - Dissident shareholders are expected to win a bid for control of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. on Thursday, forcing change on the besieged maker of the blockbuster "Grand Theft Auto" video game series.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc. is throwing its weight behind the music industry's efforts to protect the album format by allowing fans to buy complete digital albums without having to pay again for songs they already own.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. General Services Administration cast Sprint Nextel Corp. aside and picked AT&T Inc. , Qwest Communications International Inc. and Verizon Communications on Thursday for the largest-ever federal telecommunications contract.

AFP - London-based stand-up comedian Tommy Campbell's iPod is packed with recordings made by a mother-of-one who lives in China's southernmost island of Hainan.

AP - Microsoft Corp. has unveiled an early version of a new Web browser for mobile devices that it said will make browsing full-sized Web pages faster and easier on small smart-phone screens.

PC Magazine - Cell phones exist at the junction between technology and fashion: for millions of people, they're as key to their wardrobes as a sharp suit, little dress or new handbag. At the CTIA trade show this year, geeks took a back seat to the fashion crowd as the industry seemed to decide that what people needed was not new features, but new looks.

AP - Talk about getting your lines crossed.

AP - Episodes of the new Internet drama 'Prom Queen' will make their exclusive debut Sunday on News Corp.'s MySpace social-networking site, the company said Thursday.

InfoWorld - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Thursday advocated an electronic medical records (EMR) law and said blogs could aid the U.S. political process.

NewsFactor - In some future history of the Internet, 2007 will be seen as the year that the mobile Web went "Zoom." Hot on the heels of Microsoft's launch of ZenZui, an innovative interface for mobile surfing, the R&D gurus at Microsoft Live Labs have announced the release of "Deepfish."

InfoWorld - A man from Anderson, Indiana, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for selling more than $700,000 worth of counterfeit computer software on eBay.com, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Reuters - "Prom Queen," a mystery series produced by former Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner, debuts on MySpace this weekend as the social networking site's first stab at satisfying huge demand for video content, a MySpace executive said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. General Services Administration cast Sprint Nextel Corp. aside and picked AT&T Inc. , Qwest Communications International Inc. and Verizon Communications on Thursday for the largest-ever federal telecommunications contract.

AP - Angry shareholders at one of the world's most popular video game publishers are threatening to oust board members and even the CEO Thursday at the company's annual meeting.

Reuters - Smashing antlers coming right at you and deer on the trot are among the sights you'll see, though much of the time the action is limited.

AFP - US software colossus Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a prototype of a mobile Internet browser designed to mirror the ease of going online via a desktop computer.

LOS ANGELES, March 29 (Reuters) - Warm up those thumbs.

AP - Coming soon to a minivan near you: Satellite television. DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group on Thursday announced limited satellite TV service for its 2008 Dodge and Chrysler minivans and several other models, continuing its plan to turn the family cruiser into a living room on wheels.

AP - A hacker or hackers stole data from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards of shoppers at off-price retailers including T.J. Maxx and Marshalls in a case believed to be the largest such breach of consumer information.

Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK On Thursday The Washington Post's Web site will unveil a redesigned homepage, which is aimed at simplifying navigation and increasing the site's emphasis on video and multimedia content.

Investor's Business Daily - The free wireless Internet at the local coffee shop, city park or airport may end up costing an unsuspecting user a lot if they are not careful, according to cyber security experts. Hackers are setting up Internet access points that police call "evil twins" or a "man in the middle" that make the user think they're using a free, safe access point. However these WiFi connections steal information and can plant a virus on the laptop to steal data later. The FBI has been aware of this scam for 5 years, but to date, few, if any, cases are pending with U.S. attorneys for this tricky crime.

InfoWorld - Tough competition appears to be driving profits down for Red Hat, but the company has hung onto one marquee customer, Yahoo, despite recent reports to the contrary.

PC World - From bad bling to phone Zen to Bill Clinton--here's the best and worst of what we saw at this big mobile phone extravaganza.

Reuters - Pop star Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached a settlement in their divorce, People magazine said on Thursday on its Web site.

Reuters - Dissident shareholders won control of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. and ousted Chief Executive Paul Eibeler, the company behind blockbuster "Grand Theft Auto" video game series said on Thursday.

NewsFactor - The people have spoken to Dell, and they have said "Linux." The personal computer giant announced Wednesday on its Web site that it would begin offering Linux on select desktops and laptops.