Whole Foods executive had secret online alter ego
Using the pseudonym, John Mackey posted more than 1,100 entries on a Yahoo bulletin board over a seven-year period, championing Whole Foods Market's stock and occasionally blasting a rival, Wild Oats Markets.

Motorola names new chief for its struggling cellphone division
Stu Reed, the executive vice president of Motorola's integrated supply chain group, was named president of its mobile devices division, the company's largest business.

Hollywood executives urge end to residual payments
Several of Hollywood's highest-ranking executives have called for the end of the entertainment industry's decades-old system of payments to writers, actors and directors for the reuse of movie and television programs.

JPMorgan analysts send mixed signals on iPhone plans
The banking group's research seemed to contradict itself about whether Apple planned a less expensive "nano" version of the hot smartphone, and a company spokesman scrambled to clarify the company line.

Listen to an iPod during a storm and you may get more than electrifying
A Canadian jogger suffered wishbone-shaped chest and neck burns, ruptured eardrums and a broken jaw when lightning traveled through hismusic player's wires.

Motorola sales and profits fall
Motorola's troubles have worsened with the company announcing that sales and profits would fall considerably short of earlier projections.

Olympus wins test of camera brawn
But if image quality is more important than price and size, you might consider the Sanyo E1. The surprise is that even though it's supposed to be a camcorder, it shoots better-looking stills than either of the still cameras.

The End User: Byte-sized e-books
At www.dailylit.com, you can sign up for e-mailed installments of out-of-copyright books, sent at time intervals of your choosing.

The gadget that gauges power
The Polar CS 600 With Power relies on sensors that capture slight differences in chain vibration as well as chain speed to calculate power output.

Top French court rules against gambling monopoly
The move adds to pressure from the European Commission for an end to the French state monopoly.

Microsoft to cut price of Xbox 360 to compete with Wii game console
The company needs to lower the price of the Xbox, which retails from $299 to $479, to increase sales and lure customers who are not interested in traditional combat and racing video games, Microsoft said.

Former employee says teen chat site is owned by online pornographer
A former vice president of Stickam, which allows its 600,000 mostly youthful registered users to participate in live video chats, says the service is owned by a Japanese businessman who also runs a network of video pornography sites.nb

Media companies ask EU regulators to reject proposal on music royalties
RTL Group, Deutsche Telekom, Liberty Global and two dozen competitors have asked regulators to reject the settlement, which they claim would lead to a "costly, inefficient and fragmented licensing system for music rights."

In Conrad Black case, jury unable to reach verdict but keeps trying
The jury deciding the criminal case against Conrad Black, the former chairman of the newspaper empire Hollinger International, told a U.S. judge that it could not reach a verdict on all charges in the case.

KKR picks ex-MCI chief for First Data
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts named Michael Capellas, the former chief executive of MCI, to lead First Data, the largest processor of credit-card payments.