TechWeb - Numonyx will absorb the tech companies' money-losing businesses for memory devices found in portable media players, smartphones, and other handheld computers.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Motorola Inc said on Wednesday it will stop making mobile phones in Singapore by the end of the year, a move that will result in the loss of 700 jobs.

PC World - Intel unveiled an updated version of its Classmate PC laptop, but changes made to the device are largely cosmetic--at least for now.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, launched its N-Gage gaming service on Thursday, hoping to energize an ailing market for mobile gaming.

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities appeared to have lifted a block on the English-language version of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, but politically sensitive topics such as Tibet and Tiananmen Square are still off limits.

AFP - South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor said Sunday it has developed what it calls the fastest data-processing one-gigabit memory chip for cellphones and other mobile applications.

AP - Yahoo Inc. believes it's poised to revolutionize online advertising after years of being outmaneuvered by rival Google Inc.

AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s plans to jettison 10 percent of its work force are the latest sign that the seesaw battle between semiconductor rivals Intel Corp. and AMD has taken its toll on both companies.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Horror writer Stephen King has criticized plans by a U.S. state to ban violent video games, saying such a move would be undemocratic and it was up to parents to monitor their children's entertainment.

TechWeb - The chipmaker also said that Hewlett-Packard is shipping ProLiant G5 servers powered by the quad-core Barcelona processor.

TechWeb - FilesX's software provides continuous data protection for applications and servers as well as supporting business users in remote offices.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Australian government has called for bids for a A$9.4 billion ($8.8 billion) high-speed broadband network that will help the country catch up in competitiveness with its peers.

TechWeb - We look at World of Warcraft, Desktop Tower Defense, Orange Box, Wii Sports, Civilization IV, and other top video games to see why video gamers of all ages are getting hooked.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's AOL landed one of its biggest advertising deals since the division's restructuring as the sole representative of telephone company Verizon Communications Inc's online advertising inventory.

TechWeb - The MiLeap H Series will run Windows XP Home and will sell for 17,000 Indian rupees, or about $425.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Jaxtr, a Silicon Valley startup that lets users bypass a carrier's international phone charges via the Web, said on Wednesday it is offering free mobile phone text messages between 38 countries.

TechWeb - The software integrates contact lists for packetized voice, IM communications, and other Web 2.0 sites.

AP - Bracing for more bad news from Advanced Micro Devices Inc., investors were relieved the slumping chip maker posted a first-quarter loss no worse than what Wall Street expected.

TechWeb - Sales were sparked by the recent launch of the hit game Super Smash Bros. Brawl -- a Wii exclusive.

TechWeb - Open source database VP Marten Mickos enjoys 'honeymoon' as release date slips.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. phone company AT&T Inc and network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc said on Monday that they will start selling a top-end video conferencing system together later this year, aiming to boost sales to multinational corporate clients.

PC World - The latest and final handset in Samsung's Ultra edition range of cell phones goes on sale in the U.K., France and Germany this...

TechWeb - The price cuts add pressure on rival Advanced Micro Devices, which isn't scheduled to start shipping 45-nm processors in volume until the second half of the year.

TechWeb - The card's 'hybrid graphics technology' makes it possible to run the graphics processor in conjunction the chipset to give PC performance an added jolt.

TechWeb - The software is initially downloadable for BlackBerry phones and is scheduled to roll out on future Helio devices.

TechWeb - Mobile phone suppliers shipped a total of 291.5 million units during the first quarter, up 14.3% from a year ago.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd aims to raise global sales of flat-panel TVs to 11 million units in the year to end-March 2009, up more than 40 percent on a year earlier, a business daily said on Sunday.

SAN DIEGO (Hollywood Reporter) - While there's little doubt about the power of this week's launch of 'Grand Theft Auto IV,' there is some question about the video game's legs.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 'Grand Theft Auto 4' went on sale early on Tuesday, with fans lining up at midnight to get the first copies of the criminal action video game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to films like 'The Godfather.'

AP - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chip maker by revenue, reported better-than-expected first-quarter net profit as its margins improved.