SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Japanese video game giant Nintendo Co. Ltd. was the top winner at the 2006 People's Choice 1UP Awards hosted by the Ziff Davis Game Group in San Francisco on Wednesday.

TechWeb - The company's Intelligent Application Gateway is based on technology it acquired from Whale Communications in 2006.

TechWeb - The PC maker has a new sponsorship agreement with the AT&T Williams team and will supply the technology for the racing team.

TechWeb - Silicon Valley is on track to regain the 200,000 jobs lost in the Internet bust of the early 2000s but will likely see fields other than the Internet lead the way, the new mayor of the region's biggest city says.

AP - Like thousands of other Web sites, EDN.com relies on Google Inc.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co. is introducing a line of desktop printers and low cost replacement inks on Tuesday, as the photography company takes on a market dominated by Hewlett-Packard .

Reuters - Amazon.com Inc. and TiVo Inc. will begin testing on Wednesday a service that lets users watch videos rented or bought over the Internet directly on televisions, as part of a trend to link personal computers and TVs.

TechWeb - The performance is on par with Intel's Xeon 5100 series dual-core processors but uses fewer watts.

TechWeb - The PC maker begins selling the first of new brands and products recently promised by founder Michael Dell.

TechWeb - The sales spike may have been driven more by tech-savvy early adopters than by everyday consumers.

TechWeb - Riding the wave of demand for mobile communications in developing countries and finding new ways to make money from maturing markets will be preoccupations at the world's top wireless trade show, 3GSM, in Barcelona.

SAN FRANCISCO (Hollywood Reporter) - French video game publisher Ubisoft is entering the CGI entertainment business in a big way, with plans to invest almost $400 million in an expansion of its production center in Montreal with a goal to make movies.

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Mobile phones are being harnessed to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa under a new $10-million scheme announced on Tuesday with the backing of leading companies and the U.S. government.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM says it is developing new circuitry that could triple the data stored on a typical microprocessor, and thereby double the performance of computers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp.'s MySpace said on Wednesday a federal court dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed by the family of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by someone she met on the popular Internet social network.

AFP - It could be the answer to grandma’s prayers: a mobile phone designed specifically for the over-65s that aims to take the fear out of technology and get the elderly connected.

TechWeb - The No. 1 PC maker is in the midst of a major shake up that started when its Chief Executive Kevin Rollins quit in January.

TechWeb - Challenges include figuring out who's going to need a supercomputer in their living rooms.

AP - More than 1,700 state workers recently learned that some of their personal information, including their names and Social Security numbers, had been inadvertently posted on the Internet.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nikon Corp. said on Tuesday it expects double-digit growth in shipments of compact digital cameras next business year, following target sales this year of 6.5 million units.

TechWeb - Dell's Alienware division, Fujitsu Siemens, Systemax, and Voodoo PC are all early adopters.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc. has begun delivering a set of essential business software tools to paying subscribers, in a move to widen its appeal to corporate customers, the company said on Wednesday.

TechWeb - The application also features first aid tips, a symptom checker, short health video news alerts, and drug watches.

AP - A middle school teacher trying to buy pot was arrested after she sent text messages to state trooper instead of a dealer, police said.

TechWeb - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer subtly raises the intellectual-property issue again.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS Corp. will invest in virtual world content developer Electric Sheep Co., the U.S. television broadcaster said on Monday. hoping to expand its reach beyond the living room.

TechWeb - Shoppers have gotten Apple iPods, Microsoft Xboxes, and TiVo Serial 3 DVRs for as much as 46% off.

TechWeb - The proposed purchase should give HP the technology it needs to boost its storage offerings by leveraging its fast-growing blade server business.