NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cingular Wireless, a venture of AT&T Inc. T.N and BellSouth Corp. BLS.N, said on Monday it would start charging customers with older phones an extra $4.99 monthly fee as early as September unless they upgrade their phones as it moves toward using a single network technology.

LONDON (Reuters) - Apple AAPL.O is teaming up with Coca-Cola KO.N in Europe to give away about 70 million songs on its market-leading iTunes Music Store -- more than a third of the total number of songs it has sold there to date.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. has extended a multi-year deal with RealNetworks Inc. to promote Google software across Real's entertainment and multimedia products, the companies said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O on Thursday said it has teamed up with three major automakers to link its popular iPod music player with car stereos, laying down a new challenge to a fragmented radio industry.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some of the world's biggest record labels sued the makers of the file-sharing program LimeWire on Friday, saying the software allows users to download music without paying for it.

AP - Electronic passports being introduced in the U.S. and other countries have a major vulnerability that could allow criminals to clone embedded secret code and enter countries illegally, an expert warned.

Reuters - Google has enlisted Viacom's MTV Networks in an ambitious expansion of the Internet giant's advertising network and video portal, the companies said Sunday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alltel Corp. AT.N the No. 5 U.S. cellphone provider, said on Tuesday it will provide a service to download audio clips from the Internet to cellphones in a bid to expand its business beyond voice services.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rockstar, the maker of best-selling video game series 'Grant Theft Auto' said on Wednesday it would launch in October 'Bully,' a game with themes of school fighting that has anti-violence critics up in arms.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - 'The Sopranos' is poised to become the first TV series to be released on high-definition video discs.

LONDON (Reuters) - The battle between two hyped formats for high-definition DVD will confuse shoppers and turn many of them off the whole technology, a London-based research firm predicted on Friday.

TechWeb - Security providers offer a few tips for travelers flying with electronic devices.

AP - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has announced that an ambitious project to provide low-cost laptop computers to all of Thailand's millions of elementary school students will begin in October.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Monday will announce the availability of software tools aimed at encouraging independent and hobbyist video game makers to create titles for its new Xbox 360 console.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 14 - Google Inc. GOOG.O will offer printable discount coupons to local shoppers, in a promotional bid that aims to drive U.S. online shoppers using its Google Maps service to visit stores, the company said on Monday.

AP - Google Inc. on Wednesday plans to offer free, high-speed Internet access to everyone in its Silicon Valley home town — a hospitable gesture that the online search leader hopes to see spread to other parts of the country.

Reuters - IMesh is set to unveil Thursday (August 17) the latest version of BearShare, its recently acquired fellow peer-to-peer network.

AP - Dell Inc.'s announcement that it will expand its use of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. microprocessors is another win for the smaller chip maker against larger rival Intel Corp.

TechWeb - Increased airport security is pushing some IT managers to rethink whether road warriors really need to have laptops in tow. And if it saves money and airport hassles, these plans could go into effect sooner than later.

Reuters - So much for the Internet hype. 'Snakes on a Plane,' a camp thriller that generated an unprecedented tsunami of online hysteria during the past year, crawled into the No. 1 slot at the North American weekend box office with estimated ticket sales of just $15.3 million, its distributor said on Sunday.

FT.com - Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China Mobile, has little time for those who say the country's dominant wireless telephone operator should be seen as a utility whose high-growth days are expiring.

Reuters - The Internet buzz surrounding 'Snakes on a Plane' didn't translate to much bite at the weekend box office.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook and Microsoft Corp MSFT.O on Wednesday said the world's largest software maker will become the exclusive provider of banner advertising and sponsored links on the social networking Web site as part of a strategic alliance.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Sony Corp. 6758.T fell more than 3 percent by early afternoon on Thursday after a Japanese brokerage cut its rating on the electronics maker and its shipment target for the upcoming PlayStation 3 game console.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese microchip maker NEC Electronics Corp. 6723.T began sales of image detection processors for cars on Friday, saying it aims for a 40 percent share of the global market by 2015.

AP - A man was sentenced to three years in prison Friday for launching a computer attack that hit tens of thousands of computers, including some belonging to the Department of Defense, a Seattle hospital and a California school district.

AFP - Creative Technology may have lost to Apple Computer in the battle for global MP3 player dominance, but it could gain new markets for its speakers and headphones under a settlement deal, analysts said.

USATODAY.com - British phone giant Cable & Wireless, the dominant provider in much of the Caribbean for more than a century, had no competition and little incentive to change. Enter Digicel, which launched service in Jamaica in 2001. To attract customers, the carrier offered prices less than half of what Cable & Wireless was charging.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Intel Corp. INTC.O is addressing a weak spot in its product line by introducing a high-end chip that targets an area that has been a stronghold for rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD.N, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

AP - A media advocacy group on Wednesday urged Apple Computer Inc. to intervene in a dispute over alleged labor abuses by an iPod manufacturer in China.

AFP - God's army will begin battling the Antichrist and his minions in a video game version of post-apocalyptic New York City to be released on Friday.