AP - IBM Corp. is throwing its considerable weight behind an idea that seemed to have faded: broadband Internet access delivered over ordinary power lines.

Reuters - Adam Sandler and his wife have become parents for a second time, with the arrival of another daughter, the actor said on his Web site on Tuesday.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp is moving closer to an agreement with Verizon Wireless to become the default search provider on the wireless carrier's cellphones, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the discussions.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp is moving closer to an agreement with Verizon Wireless to become the default search provider on the wireless carrier's cell phones, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the discussions.

AFP - Videogame maker Activision teamed with retail chain GameStop to debut 'World at War' by letting COD fans using XBox 360 consoles play the new release online against real soldiers.

PC Magazine - Despite a faltering economy, now is the perfect time to talk your significant other into letting you upgrade your TV.

CNET - If YouTube and Hulu are to become Web movie houses, will they be the online equivalents of those gleaming multiplexes where all the latest releases appear? Or will they be the revival houses that screen only outdated flicks?

CNET - Living in San Francisco, we take technology for granted. We have YouTube and iPhones and online maps. We get annoyed when a Web page downloads too slow or our phone call drops.

AFP - Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc., chasing a share of the world's fastest growing mobile telephone market, said Wednesday it would pay 2.7 billion dollars for a 26 percent stake in India's Tata Teleservices Ltd.

AP - Worldwide technology spending will slow significantly in 2009 because of the financial turmoil that has rattled global markets since September, research firm IDC said Wednesday.

AP - Dell Inc. and office-supply vendor Staples Inc. are working together to offer free recycling for Dell computers, printers and other products.

Reuters - Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? Yes: on iTunes, Hulu and YouTube.

NewsFactor - Microsoft on Tuesday patched four vulnerabilities in two security updates for Windows and Microsoft Office. Compared to recent Patch Tuesdays, November is a light month and Microsoft did some housecleaning by fixing a critical bug disclosed nearly two years ago.

AFP - Top video game maker Activision Blizzard on Thursday launches a new extension of its record-breaking 'World of Warcraft' which already has a claimed 11 million players worldwide.

NewsFactor - IBM has been tapped by International Broadband Electric Communications to bring broadband access to rural areas. In a deal worth nearly $10 million, Big Blue will team up with IBEC to install Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) networks at electric cooperatives throughout the Eastern United States, the companies said Wednesday. Electric co-ops are private, independent electric utilities owned by the members they serve.

AFP - Microsoft Corp. is close to a deal with Verizon Wireless to become the default search provider on the wireless carrier's cellphones, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems is partnering with cloud services provider Joyent to give Bebo developers one year of free Web hosting for their applications.

AP - Three Asian electronics firms have agreed to plead guilty and pay $585 million in fines for conspiring to drive up the prices of LCD screens used in computers, TVs, cell phones and other electronic devices.

AP - YouTube is trying to make more money by letting advertisers bid for the right to have commercials shown alongside the search results at the Internet's most popular video site.

AP - Anyone using Google's Street View map feature to scan one downtown Pittsburgh street is bound to do a double-take.

Reuters - YouTube, the popular online video sharing site owned by Google, said on Wednesday it will roll out a new sponsored videos format, the latest step in its drive to grow revenues through advertising.

AP - WHAT IT IS: The $800 Xperia X1 smart phone from Sony Ericsson.

AP - What kind of smart phone can $800 buy? The luxe Xperia X1 from Sony Ericsson. At this price, it probably appeals only to recession-resistant gadget lovers, but it says something about what some gadget makers think the rest of us would want if money were no object.

PC Magazine - The DS and PSP are outdated and the iPhone is the 'future of gameplay,' according to Apple's vice president of iPod marketing Greg Joswiak.

PC Magazine - The NPD Group's new report Portable Devices lends some statistical support to the growing attention being given to iPhone games.

AP - Intel Corp. sharply cut its fourth-quarter sales projection Wednesday, indicating just how severely technology spending is being slammed to a halt in the economic turmoil.

CNET - SAN BRUNO, Calif.--YouTube on Wednesday said it's rolling out a new ad platform called Sponsored Videos.

AP - The Bush administration has issued a final rule aimed at banning Internet gambling.

NewsFactor - AT&T Wireless Services has fired up a new 3G smartphone from HTC that combines a slide-out QWERTY-style keypad with a 2.8-inch touch-sensitive screen and intuitive one-touch access to selected functions. The HTC Fuze will let users navigate from one place to the next by touching, holding and sliding screen tabs.

AP - Intel Corp. whacked more than $1 billion from its fourth-quarter revenue forecast and ratcheted down its profit expectations because a clampdown on spending is reducing demand for its chips.

PC Magazine - LG Display, Sharp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes have agreed to plead guilty and pay $585 million in fines for their role in an LCD panel price-fixing scheme, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Products affected included LCD TVs, Dell PCs, the Motorola Razr phone, and the Apple iPod.

NewsFactor - Cisco on Tuesday announced a new router that pushes the envelope of networking technology in the 'zettabyte era.'

Reuters - The rejection of gay marriage by California voters has unleashed a hurricane of protest on the Internet, with some supporters venting their anger and others planning national demonstrations.

AFP - US wireless technology titan Qualcomm on Wednesday said it is unleashing technology that will let people in poor countries connect to the Internet without personal computers.

InfoWorld - Sonatype is moving forward with commercial products augmenting the open-source Apache Maven build manager for Java, readying a repository manager and a product linking Maven to the Eclipse IDE.

Reuters - Mexico's competition watchdog has ruled that the local unit of cell phone giant America Movil could be subject to more regulation to prevent abuse of power over consumers.