TechWeb - The embedded chipset works with the AMD Turion 64, the Turion 64 X2 Dual Core, and the mobile Sempron processors.

TechWeb - About 150 participants used their LG enV Qwerty keyboard mobile phones Saturday in the competition at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood.

TechWeb - Startup Sonopia will rent network space from Verizon and provide cell phones, billing and a Web site for clients.

AP - The city's new mayor said he hopes to offer high-speed wireless Internet to all 8.7 million residents of this sprawling metropolis, even as it struggles to supply basic services such as water and electricity.

TechWeb - A January survey of more than 1,100 youths from ages 8 to 18 found that addicted gamers receive lower grades in school than their peers, Harris Interactive says.

AFP - All of Mexico City will be one free, wireless Internet hotspot by 2008, Mayor Marcelo Ebrard announced Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) - A British computer expert accused by Washington of the 'biggest military hack of all time' lost an appeal on Tuesday against plans to extradite him to the United States to stand trial.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc. said on Tuesday it had filed two new lawsuits in the United States against Nokia , the world's largest mobile phone maker, alleging infringement of five patents.

Reuters - Qualcomm Inc. said on Tuesday it had filed two new lawsuits in the United States against Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's largest mobile phone maker, alleging infringement of five patents.

InfoWorld - The owner of a blog dedicated to software patches has posted online more than 100 fixes he said are expected to be included in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), Microsoft Corp.'s first major update to its latest Windows client OS.

PC World - Microsoft Corp. has filed nine lawsuits against companies for allegedly reselling software that was originally sold under discounted educational licenses for schools in Jordan.

LONDON (Reuters) - EMI is taking a risk in becoming the first music major to ditch anti-piracy software on its digital music, but its larger rivals could be better placed to ultimately reap any rewards.

Reuters - A British computer expert accused by Washington of the "biggest military hack of all time" lost an appeal on Tuesday against plans to extradite him to the United States to stand trial.

AFP - Tens of thousands of bird lovers are homing in on a nest on top of a chimney in western Poland thanks to a webcam giving an online glimpse of the trials and tribulations of two pairs of storks.

Reuters - EMI is taking a risk in becoming the first music major to ditch anti-piracy software on its digital music, but its larger rivals could be better placed to ultimately reap any rewards.

PC World - A new version of the XenSource Inc. virtualization hypervisor, released Monday, now works on servers running the Windows 2000 operating system from Microsoft Corp.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Major record companies are forcing Apple to curtail access to iTunes online stores across borders, leading to higher prices and less choice, the European Commission said on Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Computer Entertainment America said on Tuesday it will cut the price of its handheld PlayStation Portable game device 15 percent, or $30, to about $170 as it battles Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s rival DS handheld.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Harris Corp. and LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday they have teamed up to develop a wireless technology to broadcast local digitaltelevision programming to mobile devices such as cell phones, car media players or handheld televisions or DVD players.

Reuters - Harris Corp. and LG Electronics Inc. (066570.KS) said on Tuesday they have teamed up to develop a wireless technology to broadcast local digitaltelevision programming to mobile devices such as cell phones, car media players or handheld televisions or DVD players.

InfoWorld - Qualcomm Inc. filed two lawsuits against Nokia Corp. in U.S. District Courts on Monday, alleging that Nokia has infringed on five Qualcomm mobile phone patents. The two companies' existing patent licensing agreement will expire on April 9, and as the deadline approaches, the firms are increasingly conducting their negotiations through the courts.

Reuters - Sony Computer Entertainment America said on Tuesday it will cut the price of its handheld PlayStation Portable game device 15 percent, or $30, to about $170 as it battles Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s (7974.OS) rival DS handheld.

Reuters - The World Bank has approved financing worth $164.5 million for Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar for high-speed internet connections, the bank said on Tuesday.

InfoWorld - IBM Corp. will donate 10,000 copies of its speech translation software to the U.S. government for use in humanitarian settings in Iraq, the company announced.

PC World - IBM Corp. will donate 10,000 copies of its speech translation software to the U.S. government for use in humanitarian settings in Iraq, the company announced.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. said on Tuesday it is launching a new communications system aimed specifically at smaller businesses, after years of focusing on big companies.

AP - The deals Apple Inc. struck with record labels to stock its European iTunes stores may violate EU competition rules, regulators said Tuesday.

AP - Microsoft Corp. has filed five new lawsuits against U.S. companies and individuals it claims sold deeply discounted Windows and Office software intended for students.

Reuters - Google Inc. may be famous for instant searches, but it took a bit longer to find a 3-foot (one meter) python that escaped in its massive Manhattan offices.

PC World - With attackers finding more ways to exploit a new Windows problem, Microsoft today published an emergency software patch, fixing a critical flaw in its operating system.

NewsFactor - Two new enterprise data center licenses from Microsoft may now offer greater flexibility for remotely accessing the Vista operating system. The licenses, announced Monday by Microsoft, both apply to customers using Windows Vista Enterprise Edition.

PC Magazine - On Monday, Gigabyte released a new family of motherboards—the GA-MA69 series—all of which are based on Advanced Micro Devices' 690 chipset.

InfoWorld - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has ended a proceeding that would have allowed mobile phone calls on airplanes, for now ending the possibility of phone conversations during flights.

AP - The Federal Communications Commission has officially grounded the idea of allowing airline passengers to use cellular telephones while in flight.

InfoWorld - With attackers finding more ways to exploit a critical flaw in its Windows operating system, Microsoft has published an emergency software patch.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Influential research firm Carmel Group argued against a planned merger between Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. in a report sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters.

Reuters - The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday that it has terminated a proceeding that considered the use of cellular phones on airplanes.

AP - Microsoft Corp. released an emergency security patch Tuesday to plug a hole in several versions of Windows — including Vista, which the software maker has touted as its most secure operating system ever.

Reuters - FBI investigators have visited Second Life's Internet casinos at the invitation of the virtual world's creator Linden Lab, but the U.S. government has not decided on the legality of virtual gambling.

AP - Q: Does my cell-phone charger consume electricity if I leave it plugged in to the wall when it's not charging the phone?

PC World - Microsoft Corp. unfairly labeled PCs "Windows Vista Capable" even when the computers could only run the most basic form of the operating system, according to a lawsuit filed against the software giant on Thursday.

InfoWorld - Sun is licensing its multithreaded 10GB Ethernet networking technology to Marvell Technology Group in Sun's first deal since the creation of a separate Microelectronics group within the company one week ago.

InfoWorld - Intel launched two quad-core processors for embedded applications on Tuesday, offering more power than the Woodcrest dual-core Xeon for designers of telecommunications infrastructure, network storage systems, and medical imaging equipment.

PC World - Intel Corp. launched two quad-core processors for embedded applications on Tuesday, offering more power than the Woodcrest dual-core Xeon for designers of telecommunications infrastructure, network storage systems and medical imaging equipment.

AdWeek.com - SAN FRANCISCO While females make up a slight majority of the total U.S. online audience--97 million females to 90 million males--according to a report released by eMarketers last week, two recent studies suggest that men engage with online videos more than women.

InfoWorld - Cisco is modifying the channel strategy for its Linksys consumer and small-business brand as the enterprise networking giant moves deeper into its subsidiary's traditional territory.

AFP - Microsoft said Tuesday that it fired a legal salvo against traffickers of its software discounted for students overseas.