Apple and EMI fix a hole in their relationship
Relations between Apple and EMI, once foes over trademark rights to the Apple moniker - the name of the record label of the Beatles - are getting better all the time.

Siemens scandal growing deeper
The company's main labor union plans to accuse it of breaking the law by trying to influence its work force through bribes.

Boot camp for techies
In the first program of its kind, telecom experts with the UN World Food Program, who deploy the technology needed to organize food distribution in war zones and disaster areas, learn to dodge sniper fire, scale walls and avoid land mines.

Cellphone myths, and little-known facts
A web of mythology has grown up about cellphones, but owners also ignore many little-known features.

A graying audience discovers video games
Retirement homes and cruise ships are installing video game consoles, catching up with the baby boomers and their parents who are playing video games in ever greater numbers.

Adult Web site suffix rejected by regulator
A longstanding proposal to create a specialized .xxx suffix for adult entertainment Web sites received a final rejection Friday by the agency governing the Internet address system.

U.S. still in the wrong with Web gambling ban, WTO says
The World Trade Organization opened the door to possible commercial sanctions unless Washington changes its rules governing online betting.

Web music: On the threshold of a stream
To date, Last.fm has "scrobbled" 65 million tracks by 8 million artists, in over 200 different countries.

Intel says it's on track to deliver next-generation chip
Intel says that it is on track or ahead of schedule to deliver the Penryn family of processors, which would achieve a significant increase in performance without consuming more power.

WPP chief settles suit with Italians over libel
Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the WPP Group, has accepted £120,000, or $235,415, to settle a lawsuit over libel complaints.

Yahoo to offer e-mail storage without end
Yahoo plans to offer unlimited e-mail storage to its roughly quarter of a billion users, starting in May.

Universal Music is said to offer new concessions to EU in BMG merger
The company proposed selling its large Rondor catalogue of songs, sources familiar with the case said.

U.S. falls from first to seventh place in global information technology ranking
The World Economic Forum ranked Denmark as No. 1 in the report, released Wednesday.

Microsoft bringing out a new Xbox
The new version of the Xbox 360 game console will come with a bigger hard drive and a higher price.

Technology companies tap into research to improve service sector
The Service Research and Innovation Initiative, an new organization to support research into technology that can increase service sector productivity, is the brainchild of technology companies and universities.