TechWeb - Animal rights groups chide the European event held for one of Sony's most popular video games for the PlayStation 2.

TechWeb - The new products are built for places with many workstations, such as design shops and trading offices.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc. , responding to criticism from environmental groups, unveiled plans on Wednesday that Chief Executive Steve Jobs claimed would make the company greener than most of its competitors.

TechWeb - An advanced 45-nanometer manufacturing process, quad-core designs code-named Penryn and Nehalem, and a platform aimed at mobile Internet devices are a few of the items up the chipmakers's sleeve.

NewsFactor - It's a story straight out of Hollywood legend: one moment, you're a lonely little hexadecimal string of numbers with nothing but a bit part in the latest high-tech thriller ("HD-DVD v. Blu-ray," in home theaters now). Then, before you know it, you're a star! Your name in lights! Paparazzi are tracking your every move!

AFP - Popular news-ranking website Digg has sparked a fierce rebellion in the world of citizen journalism by trying to stop the spread of software code for hacking high-definition movie discs.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Comcast Corp., the leading U.S. cable operator, said on Monday it will integrate its e-mail and voice messaging services in a new Web-based communications center called SmartZone.

LAS VEGAS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - MySpace, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., has reached a preliminary deal to acquire Photobucket, the world's top photo-sharing site, for around $250 million in cash, a source familiar with the deal said on Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. is set to launch new hardware for laptop computers that the world's biggest chipmaker hopes will keep it at the top of the fastest-growing segment of the personal computer market.

TechWeb - The latest version of the processor chipset package includes the addition of 802.11n, as well as Intel's vPro and Active Management technologies.

TechWeb - Intel Capital invests in the startup, which claims it has 2 million users of its existing service.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. expects the launch of its upcoming 'Halo 3' video game to surpass that of 'Halo 2', which pulled down $125 million in sales in its first 24 hours, an executive said on Friday.

TechWeb - At its annual JavaOne show, Sun introduced a "preview" version of a new scripting language, JavaFX, aimed at Web content creators.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - E-commerce is moving 'full steam ahead' and is years away from saturation, with double-digit growth expected for several years, according to an online retail industry report published on Sunday.

TechWeb - Analysis: There's a race to market as well as a design battle between AMD and Intel over which company has the best quad-core desktop and server processors.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it will release its 'Halo 3' video game on September 25, a hugely anticipated event that the software giant hopes will help drive sales of its Xbox 360 gaming console.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. , which forecast a six-fold surge in group profit this year, expects its PlayStation game unit will remain in the red as it faces tough competition from Nintendo and Microsoft .

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. detailed on Thursday plans for its first-ever chip platform designed specifically for notebook personal computers, in a bid to regain ground lost to rival Intel Corp. .

TechWeb - The next Turion processor is expected to take on Intel's Centrino in high-end notebooks in mid-2008.

AP - The chilling sounds of gunfire on the Virginia Tech campus; the hateful taunts from Saddam Hussein's execution; the racist tirade of comedian Michael Richards.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. phone company AT&T Inc. said it will step up its rebranding campaign at Cingular wireless stores, seeking to raise AT&T's profile ahead of the launch of Apple Inc.'s iPhone.

PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - The art of trend-spotting is set to take a more scientific turn as Google Inc., the world's top Web search company, on Tuesday unveils a service to track the fastest-rising search queries.

TechWeb - The chipmaker said its "green" processors would start with its next-generation Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, and Xeon products slated for the second half of this year.

TechWeb - Gartner and IDC both said server sales grew just under 5% to more than $12 billion in the first quarter of the year.

TechWeb - While the technology is likely to support Microsoft's Zune portable media player, the patent indicates that the dock also would support third party devices.

TechWeb - Investment baker Piper Jaffray predicts several hardware announcements may come from Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference.

AFP - A Chinese Internet watchdog has accused 12 dating websites in Beijing of being a cover for prostitution and has ordered them to clean up their act, state media said Sunday.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Britain's Carphone Warehouse has started sales of a black fashion phone model from the world's top cellphone maker Nokia which has not yet been unveiled by the Finnish company.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp. said it would buy microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. , ending its exclusive ties with Intel Corp. for the supply of the brains that run computers, and sending its shares higher.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. will unveil a coffee-table-shaped 'surface computer' on Wednesday in a major step towards co-founder Bill Gates's view of a future where the mouse and keyboard are replaced by more natural interaction using voice, pen and touch.

TechWeb - The Foleo is a Linux-based, large-screen companion device to the Treo that lets users create e-mails and edit documents using a 10-inch display and a full-sized keyboard.