NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Norwegian company that supplies search technology to business users is looking to help newspaper publishers make more money from online advertising without sharing it with big Internet services.

Reuters - A Norwegian company that supplies search technology to business users is looking to help newspaper publishers make more money from online advertising without sharing it with big Internet services.

Reuters - Malaysian tycoon Ananda Krishnan plans to buy out the country's largest mobile operator, Maxis Communications , the firm said on Monday, in a deal that could be worth at least $5 billion.

AP - The Internet search company hopes to eventually persuade federal agencies to employ the same tools — an effort that excites advocates of open government but worries some consumer privacy experts.

FT.com - Ananda Krishnan, one of Malaysia's richest men, has surprised the market by proposing to take private Maxis Communications, the nation's largest mobile operator and a company that he founded.

FT.com - London equities moved into positive territory on Monday, led by strong gains for Cable & Wireless on the back of break-up reports.

Reuters - As the summer movie schedule kicks off Friday with "Spider-Man 3," the sleeper hit of the season could be the latest Bruce Willis "Die Hard" movie if buzz in the blogosphere is any measure of success.

InfoWorld - May is a month of rebirth and new beginnings. It's a time when flowers are blooming, trees are flowering, and young bucks lock horns in battle over the privilege of choosing a mate.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Corporate brands face multi-pronged assaults from fraudulent online attackers, according to a report published on Monday that quantifies the scope of the most common threats.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. is to buy the rest of Right Media Inc. for about $680 million, in a move to boost the reach of Yahoo's advertising to social network sites, which marketers have struggled to reach.

Reuters - Corporate brands face multi-pronged assaults from fraudulent online attackers, according to a report published on Monday that quantifies the scope of the most common threats.

AP - Verizon Communications Inc.'s first-quarter earnings fell 8.4 percent to $1.5 billion as the telephone company's divestiture of certain operations offset another strong showing by its fast-growing wireless business.

InfoWorld - Less than two weeks after unveiling a road map for its enterprise content management (ECM) software, Oracle released the first of the revamped products laid out in that strategy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned a ruling that Microsoft Corp. should be held liable for patent infringement on copies of the Windows operating system sold overseas.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Corporate brands face multi-pronged assaults from fraudulent online attackers, according to a report published on Monday that quantifies the scope of the most common threats.

InfoWorld - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, celebrated 20 years in business on Monday with a new growth forecast for the global chip industry.

PC World - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, celebrated 20 years in business on Monday with a new growth forecast for the global chip industry.

AP - The Supreme Court sided with Microsoft Corp. on Monday in a case that restricts the reach of U.S. patents overseas.

Reuters - Corporate brands face multi-pronged assaults from fraudulent online attackers, according to a report published on Monday that quantifies the scope of the most common threats.

Reuters - Yahoo Inc. is to buy the rest of Right Media Inc. for about $680 million, in a move to boost the reach of Yahoo's advertising to social network sites, which marketers have struggled to reach.

NewsFactor - In a move to compete with Google's ever-expanding advertising empire, Yahoo announced a $680 million deal of its own on Monday. The acquisition of Right Media is Yahoo's partial answer to Google's string of recent wins in online advertising.

Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc. reported on Monday strong growth in wireless and Internet subscribers in the first quarter, though net profit fell from the sale of a directories unit and South American businesses.

Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned a ruling that Microsoft Corp. should be held liable for patent infringement on copies of the Windows operating system sold overseas.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday overturned a ruling that Microsoft Corp. should be held liable for patent infringement on copies of the Windows operating system sold overseas.

NewsFactor - A changing of the guard of sorts is taking place in the videogame industry as the father of the PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi, plans to retire from Sony and Nintendo gains momentum in the battle for console dominance.

PC World - BT researchers have produced a device that makes it easier for disabled people or those working in cramped conditions to control laptop computers without the need for a mouse or keyboard.

AP - The Supreme Court sided with Microsoft Corp. on Monday in a case that restricts the reach of U.S. patents overseas.

Reuters - Internet-based phone calls represented a quarter of total fixed-line calls in France by the end of last year and volumes more than doubled in 2006, the country's telecoms regulator Arcep said on Monday.

Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc. said on Monday that growth in its nascent FiOS video and Internet service accelerated in the first quarter, while its wireless venture also gained subscribers.

InfoWorld - Improvements to the open-source Spring Java framework and a companion Web technology being unveiled Monday focus on annotations, scripting, and Java (Java Platform Standard Edition) 6, developers of the framework said.

Reuters - The Supreme Court on Monday overturned a ruling that Microsoft Corp. should be held liable for patent infringement on copies of the Windows operating system sold overseas.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, released on Monday a test version of its new Silverlight online media platform, a rival to Adobe Systems Inc.'s dominant Flash player.

InfoWorld - IBM hopes to get more users interested in its midmarket family of products with the expansion of its Express Advantage program outside of North America and the addition of new server, storage, and software offerings.

AP - Yahoo Inc. added another weapon in its high-stakes duel with its richer Internet rival Google Inc. Monday by snapping up online advertising exchange Right Media Inc. for $680 million.

AP - Verizon Communications Inc.'s first-quarter earnings fell 8.4 percent to $1.5 billion as strong showings in the cell phone business and the crucial FiOS Internet and TV initiative were offset by the loss of income from assets the company sold over the past year.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc. has expanded beyond a one-size-fits-all view of Web search to tie together its efforts to offer personalized Web searches under the iGoogle brand, officials said on Monday.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, said on Monday it plans to offer a streaming video service that stores and hosts video for its new Silverlight online media platform.

PC World - IBM Corp. hopes to get more users interested in its midmarket family of products with the expansion of its Express Advantage program outside of North America and the addition of new server, storage and software offerings.

InfoWorld - Microsoft is integrating the .Net framework into its new Silverlight browser technology for running multimedia applications on the Web, the company revealed Monday. The move is part of an expanded effort to build a significant developer base so Microsoft can catch up to Adobe in providing a revenue-generating business in the RIA (rich Internet application) market.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Corp. on Monday issued an apology for using a freshly slaughtered goat as a prop at its 'God of War II' video game launch party in Athens, a publicity stunt that has outraged animal rights activists.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with software and technology companies in two major patent rulings that could leave them less vulnerable to infringement lawsuits.

Macworld.com - Goozex, a video game trading Web site, has recently opened its doors to Mac users. Goozex already offers trading services for PC and video game console users, available throughout North America.

AP - Already synonymous with looking things up on the Internet, Google Inc. is creating a new name for stamping a personal touch on its Web site — iGoogle.

NewsFactor - The Xbox 360 has gone Elite, as Microsoft launched yesterday the high-end version of its videogame console. With a larger storage capacity, a sleek matte-black look and a high-definition video port, the Xbox 360 Elite will retail for $479.

AP - Verizon Communications Inc.'s first-quarter earnings fell 8.4 percent to $1.5 billion as strong showings in the cell phone business and the crucial FiOS Internet and TV initiative were offset by the loss of income from assets the company sold over the past year.

Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) on Monday issued an apology for using a freshly slaughtered goat as a prop at its "God of War II" video game launch party in Athens, a publicity stunt that has outraged animal rights activists.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. plans to roll out a 'very, very large' number of services to allow smaller Web developers to tap into its well-financed data centers, the backbone for its online strategy, the company's top software executive said on Monday.

Reuters - Viacom Inc.'s copyright infringement suit against Google Inc. and its YouTube video-sharing unit strikes at the heart of how the Internet works, Google argued on Monday in a U.S. federal court filing.

PC World - Microsoft Corp. Monday broadened the developer base and programming capabilities for Silverlight by adding dynamic language support to an alpha version of the browser plug-in technology.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. plans to roll out a "very, very large" number of services to allow smaller Web developers to tap into its well-financed data centers, the backbone for its online strategy, the company's top software executive said on Monday.

AFP - Google on Tuesday will add a bit of style to home pages customized by users of its globally popular Internet search engine.

Reuters - Business software maker Oracle Corp. on Monday asked a U.S. court to make SAP AG preserve evidence on its computers, saying it was concerned its German rival might destroy electronic information at the heart of a corporate theft lawsuit.