AP - If the National Security Agency is indeed amassing a colossal database of Americans' phone records, one way to use all that information is in "social network analysis," a data-mining method that aims to expose previously invisible connections among people.
PC World - But Microsoft CEO admits his company wants to replace Google as top Internet ad revenue recipient.
AP - President Bush welcomed to the White House three human rights activists from China, including one whose Internet blog was blocked by Chinese authorities after it was nominated for two top international awards.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday he has a five-year target to gain a bigger slice of the lucrative online advertising market dominated by Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
AP - The parents of a 13-year-old Chinese boy who they say jumped to his death from a tall building after playing one of the popular "Warcraft" online games for 36 hours straight are suing its Chinese distributor, a news report said Friday.
AP - With gas prices above $3 a gallon, software engineer Daniel Fry has been commuting to work over the Brooklyn Bridge in a car pool of sorts. It's actually more like a convoy — of motor scooters.
PC World - If you have a huge monitor, love games, and have money to burn, you'll probably want nVidia's latest and greatest--but be sure your PC maker knows what it's doing.
TechWeb - AT&T Inc.'s Enterprise Hosting Services appointed a team of employees who cater to online gamers.
TechWeb - CEO Steve Ballmer said Linux has been outselling Microsoft in areas such as file services, e-mail security and e-science, and that demonstrates Microsoft needs to innovate.
AFP - Global music broadcaster MTV wants to expand its presence in China by venturing into Internet and mobile value-added services, a press report said.
AP - The City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a plan to blanket the city's 135 square miles with a high-speed wireless Internet connection, a measure the mayor is expected to sign soon.
Motorola, the US-based mobile phone and electronics group, will launch an initiative, dubbed Motodev, designed to make it easier and more rewarding for software developers to innovate with Motorola, its products and technologies.
The threat of EU legislation has spurred Vodafone into slashing the cost of using a mobile phone abroad as the world's largest mobile phone operator confirmed that it planned to reduce roaming charges by 40 per cent.
Customers who have signed up for Vonage Holdings' broadband VoIP service will be offered the chance to buy shares in the company when it floats its stock.
Roaming charges for using mobile phones across the European Union are set to be outlawed despite a promise by two leading companies to slash the fees.
AT&T, the US telecommunications group, plans to deploy satellite and new broadband wireless technologies to extend the reach of its broadband 'footprint' and enable it to offer IPTV and other advanced services to its customers.
NTL confirmed that it plans to cut 6,000 jobs following its merger with rival cable operator Telewest as it seeks to reduce costs.
Mobile phone subscribers in the Philippines are increasing in numbers again after dropping in the second half of 2005, raising hopes that wireless services, the growth driver for the country's profitable phone companies, still have room to expand.
Cablevision has offered further evidence of the popularity of bundled video, telephony and internet services with subscriber growth in the first quarter the strongest since 2000.
The initial public offering of Italtel, the Italian telecoms network company, is likely to be delayed until next month as regulators concentrate on spacing out new offerings on the market.
Sales of new products such as IP telephony, WiFi and storage equipment, along with solid growth in its core switching and routing businesses, lifted revenues at Cisco Systems during the latest quarter above Wall Street estimates.
A solution to the bitter dispute between Telenor, the Norwegian telecoms operator, and Altimo of Russia over their shared ownerships in Russian and Ukrainian mobile phone assets could come as soon as this month.
Warner Music Group has agreed to set up a joint venture with a South Korean recording company to sell music files through mobile phones and MP3 players.
Leading US cable television operators including Time Warner Cable and Comcast are considering a joint bid with Sprint Nextel, the third largest mobile carrier, for wireless spectrum in a high stakes auction set to attract bids from a wide swathe of media and telecoms companies.
Deutsche Telekom said it would be "handicapped" from stemming the loss of traditional fixed-line clients as long as T-Online shareholders blocked the integration of its internet unit.
