PC World - The Internet telephone innovator announces Skype 2 software with video calling and other improvements.

AFP - More than 200 gaming fans braved a wet night on London's streets as US computer giant Microsoft launched its Xbox 360 games console in Britain.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cingular Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile phone service, plans on Monday to introduce a walkie-talkie feature aimed at stealing customers from Sprint Nextel Corp. S.N, currently the leader in that market.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's NEC Electronics Corp. has developed a technology to make advanced microchips with circuitry width of 55-nanometres, or billionths of a meter, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun business daily said on Sunday.

Reuters - Digital media company RealNetworks Inc on Monday said it would launch a free, Web-based version of its Rhapsody digital music subscription service.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O on Monday introduced the long-awaited update to its sales and marketing business software that the company said would help it push into the market for large enterprises now dominated by Oracle and SAP.

AP - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday that his company plans to add 3,000 jobs in India over the next three to four years.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Software piracy is rampant and hampering economic growth, and it is increasingly in the hands of organized groups which are regarded as legitimate businesses in some countries, a survey said on Thursday.

TOKYO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. begins selling its new Xbox 360 video game console in Japan on Saturday, launching its attack on the industry's third-biggest market and the home turf of market leader Sony Corp.

AFP - US software giant Microsoft went on the offensive on the home turf of its Japanese rivals Saturday, launching its sleek new Xbox 360 console ahead of the holiday season in a tough battle for business.

AFP - Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia that is the product of collaboration of its users, has become a major force on the Internet, but faces a crisis after a false biography raised questions about its credibility.

Reuters - Yahoo Inc. and Six Apart Ltd., creator of Movable Type -- the most popular software used to create professional blogs -- said on Sunday Yahoo will be the preferred supplier of Movable Type for small businesses.

AP - Microsoft Corp. and MCI Inc. said Monday they'll soon offer a service that lets customers place calls from their personal computers to regular phones.

AFP - Japan's leading cellphone company NTT DoCoMo plans to acquire a roughly 10 percent stake in South Korea's second-largest mobile carrier KTF as part of a business alliance, a report said.

AP - Online search engine leader Google Inc. will begin giving some musical artists the star treatment by spotlighting links to their songs, lyrics and other related material at the top of the results page.

Investor's Business Daily - Fresh from its acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems on Thursday beat Wall Street's earnings forecast for the fourth quarter and posted sales on the high side of its guidance.

AP - A federal judge ordered both sides in the bitter BlackBerry battle to file court briefs by Feb. 1, setting the stage for a possible injunction if the case can't be settled.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Digital video recording pioneer ReplayTV plans to announce on Monday it will start selling software to allow personal computers to tune in and record live television next year in a deal with Hauppauge Digital's HAUP.O Hauppauge Computer Works.

PC Magazine - Print your important business documents while on-the-go.

Reuters - A child porn offender in Germany turned himself in to the police after mistaking an email he received from a computer worm for an official warning that he was under investigation, authorities said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Lenovo Group Ltd. , the world's No. 3 personal computer maker, has snared a top executive from rival Dell Inc. to serve as chief executive in a latest challenge to the dominance of the top PC seller.

Investor's Business Daily - America Online's tighter alliance with Google shifts the online ad landscape.

Reuters - Florida's attorney general has spearheaded an aggressive campaign against unsolicited e-mails, or spam. But as a candidate for governor, he appears to be generating some unwanted Internet clutter himself.

Reuters - Shopping online from the comfort of your sofa may be convenient, but it can lead to hassles after the holiday purchases are delivered.

AFP - South African mobile phone providers are looking back on a bright year, having left a large footprint on the African continent as cellphones become the communication tool of choice for millions from Cape Town to Cairo.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 005930.KS said on Monday it may sell NAND flash memory chips to Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp. 6758.T and others, underpinning expectations for surging demand for the chips.

USATODAY.com - In a quick rewind of 2005 on the home viewing beat, USA TODAY's Mike Snider and Thomas K. Arnold offer some trends they cheer and others they jeer.

Reuters - Ads mentioning real estate tycoon Donald Trump and those hawking 'Penis Patch' body enhancements were among the top 10 junk e-mails in 2005, according to America Online.

AP - Remember this scam? In the 1990s, e-mail hoaxers commonly claimed to be passing along a method for getting easy money from Bill Gates. While that particular fraud has faded, the spam-fighting team at America Online says celebrity-based variations continue, even as spammers get more sophisticated.

Reuters - Capt. Jack Sparrow has captured the regatta again.

Reuters - Investors may remember 2005 as the year technology stocks heated up again as shares of Google Inc. and Apple Computer Inc. soared. But those stocks may mask a maturing of an industry once notorious for boom-and-bust cycles, analysts said.