Software flaw shuts down Skype telephone service
The company says it is unclear why an error in its software caused its 220 million customers to be cut off from placing calls through the Internet, and that it cannot guarantee that the problem will not crop up again.
- Skype says some users able to connect again, working to connect others

Nokia files complaint with US trade commission against Qualcomm
Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, on Friday said it has filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission, alleging that chipset maker Qualcomm has engaged in unfair trade practices by infringing on its patents.

Dell says senior management falsified quarterly returns
The senior management of Dell regularly falsified quarterly returns from 2003 through 2006 to create the appearance that the company had met sales targets, the computer maker disclosed.

Sprint to spend $5 billion building high-speed wireless network
Sprint said it wanted to use the WiMax technology to blanket entire cities, enabling wireless Internet access on everything from cellphones and laptops to video game players and cameras.

Chrysler wastes little time touting its reinvented self
The carmaker has launched a "New Chrysler" campaign and hired a Lexus executive as its top marketer.

The record of your life as a digital archive
There are many reasons to digitize one's precious records: to preserve them from aging, to make multiple copies that can be kept in separate places, and to create multimedia slide shows, perhaps to show future generations.

Reporters and family members sue Hewlett-Packard over spying
Five separate lawsuits claiming "illegal and reprehensible conduct" were filed in San Francisco Superior Court against the Palo Alto-based company, its former chairwoman, Patricia Dunn, and Kevin Hunsaker, its former ethics chief over their roles in HP's investigation of unauthorized leaks to the media.

Ecologists and IBM join hands to monitor river
A joint project between the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries and IBM will create a system of sensors to monitor conditions in the 315-mile Hudson River as it flows from the Adirondacks to the Atlantic.

Russian court clears former head of music site in anti-piracy case
A judge ruled Wednesday that the prosecution had not presented persuasive evidence that allofmp3.com had breached copyright law.