TechWeb - IBM introduces a free tool to help businesses replace Red Hat's open source JBoss application server with IBM's WebSphere Community Edition application server.

TechWeb - Privately-held SpansLogic designs semiconductors to increase network packet processing speeds; it will be Cisco's Datacenter Business Unit.

TechWeb - With the ability to produce four cores on a single chip, Intel is hoping to regain sales that it lost to AMD in 2006.

AP - Two Chinese cell phone makers are looking to crack the U.S. market, both stressing fashion to make their statement but pursuing divergent strategies to make their mark.

NewsFactor - Dell says the people have spoken, and they want their Linux. The personal computer giant announced on its Web site this week that it will soon begin offering Linux on select desktop and laptop PCs. The decision comes after a month-long Dell online survey in which more than 70% of the respondents said they would use a Dell system with the Linux OS for both home and office use.

TechWeb - The Xenium NRG phone was built in partnership with Energizer Holdings and Techtium, a chipmaker specializing in power management.

TechWeb - Apple continues to caution iPod and iTunes users about other Windows Vista-related problems.

AP - A feisty shareholder revolt at Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. this week offed nearly as many executives as virtual characters in the video game company's violent titles.

AP - Brazil's government said it will provide free Internet access to native Indian tribes in the Amazon in an effort to help protect the world's biggest rain forest.

AFP - India has delayed the approval of British telecom giant Vodafone's multi-billion-dollar deal to buy Hutchison Essar while it decides whether the Indian cellular company's shareholding structure meets foreign investment rules.

LONDON (Reuters) - Thinking of sending your band's demo CD to a music label in the hope of landing a deal? Don't try SonyBMG, who want to sample your music online instead.

PC Magazine - Is sending gut punches and kicks to cell phones with TouchBak's new service a good idea?

InfoWorld - With online criminals exploiting an unpatched flaw in Windows, security vendor eEye Digital Security has come forward with an unofficial fix for the problem.

USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - The tech industry largely avoided a daylight-saving time disaster this month, but a few new glitches might pop up this weekend. Daylight-saving time began three weeks early this year, causing a problem for thousands of older PCs, cellphones and other electronic devices. They were programmed to automatically switch the time on the traditional daylight time start date, this Sunday.

InfoWorld - Red Hat's latest financial results prove the company can withstand new competitive challenges, according to Matthew Szulik, the company's chairman and CEO.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Better known for its rich farming and universities, the central Argentine province of Cordoba is styling itself as the country's own Silicon Valley, and more than 250 technology firms already call it home.

(Reuters) - NTN Buzztime Inc. said it sold the assets of its NTN Wireless Communications Inc. subsidiary to HM Electronics Inc. and expects to receive $2 million in net proceeds from the deal.

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish telecommunications company TPSA's new mobile phone chief said on Friday she wants to add 1 million customers before the end of 2007 despite the launch of a fourth network earlier this month.

InfoWorld - South Korean memory chip maker Hynix Semiconductor appointed a former government official as its new chairman and CEO, Kim Jong-kap.

Reuters - Polish telecommunications company TPSA's new mobile phone chief said on Friday she wants to add 1 million customers before the end of 2007 despite the launch of a fourth network earlier this month.

PC World - With online criminals exploiting an unpatched flaw in Windows, security vendor eEye Digital Security Inc. has come forward with an unofficial fix for the problem.

Reuters - NTN Buzztime Inc. said it sold the assets of its NTN Wireless Communications Inc. subsidiary to HM Electronics Inc. and expects to receive $2 million in net proceeds from the deal.

AP - Cell phone text messaging will be blocked during this weekend's local elections in Cambodia, where the government is imposing a two-day 'tranquility period' to keep voters from being inundated with campaign messages.

AP - The U.S. has failed to change its ban on Internet betting to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling that said the legislation unfairly targets offshore casinos, the global trade body said Friday.

Reuters - The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday confirmed its ruling the United States had done nothing to abide by an earlier verdict that labeled some U.S. Internet gambling restrictions as illegal.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican cell phone operator America Movil said on Friday it has bought 100 percent of Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico, a leading telecommunications services provider on the island.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Wireless technology is taking aim at Japan's lawbreakers.

NewsFactor - "You can even run Windows software." That's the provocative promise that Apple has been making ever since June 2005, when it shocked its diehard supporters with the news that future Macs would run on Intel processors.

Reuters - Mexican cell phone operator America Movil said on Friday it has bought 100 percent of Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico, a leading telecommunications services provider on the island.

PC Magazine - Microsoft Research has released "Deepfish," a prototype browser for Windows Mobile 5+ phones that users can sign up for and try out.

PC Magazine - Analyst firm iSuppli released new figures for the portable media player (PMP) industry yesterday, saying that it expects the market to double—in terms of units shipped—from 2005 to 2011.

AP - Taiwan's Acer Inc. wants to be known as the Ferrari of personal computers.

NewsFactor - AMD, Intel's archrival, might be hearing an ominous "tick-tocking" these days around every corner. The "tick-tock" is Intel's announced strategy of having enhanced chip performance one year, followed by a new microarchitecture the next year.

InfoWorld - There's more entertainment than ever on cell phones, but oddly enough, some of the flash was gone from the CTIA Wireless trade show this year.

PC Magazine - DVD jukebox company Kaleidescape has prevailed in its court case against the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA).

AP - A key Internet oversight agency put the brakes on plans to construct an online red-light district, rejecting for a third time a proposal to create a voluntary '.xxx' address for pornographic Web sites.

Reuters - Internet services company AOL said on Friday its Advertising.com unit would help serve and manage advertising on a new online video venture being built by News Corp. and NBC Universal.

FT.com - A divisive philosophical battle in an arcane corner of the software business could lead to some unexpected consequences for consumer electronics makers and other technology companies, according to industry lawyers and analysts.

AP - The shareholder uprising that threw out nearly the entire board of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. was a victory for investors who are fighting for new leadership at troubled companies, corporate governance experts said Friday.

AFP - Oh Yeon-Ho firmly believes in the slogan that hangs over the door of his office: "Every citizen is a reporter."

InfoWorld - The newest version of Minimo, the Mozilla mobile browser, became available this week in the midst of changes within the Minimo project that make its future uncertain.

InfoWorld - Enhanced software development capabilities and system availability are key focuses in an improved version of BEA Systems' WebLogic Server application server, which is available on Monday.

PC World - There's more entertainment than ever on cell phones, but oddly enough, some of the flash was gone from the CTIA Wireless trade show this year. No rappers at the keynote sessions. Even the barely relevant sports stars that CTIA President and CEO (and ex-football star) Steve Largent used to bring in were absent. AT&T Inc.'s Cingular unit didn't bring in a live rock band for its annual press luncheon, as it did last year to unveil a partnership with MySpace. ...

AP - Hackers stepped up attacks Friday on computers running some versions of Windows, a day after Microsoft disclosed a hole related to the mouse cursor.

PC World - The overseer of the Internet's addressing system rejected for the second time the creation of a ".xxx" top-level domain, supported by some as a way to isolate adult content on the Internet.