Tribune Co. shareholders approve buyout of U.S. media conglomerate
The deal, led by the billionaire Sam Zell, still needs approval from U.S. regulators and financing.

RealNetworks and MTV Networks to merge online music services
The combined service, to be called Rhapsody America, will help the partners to compete against Apple's iTunes in the growing online music market.

BRIEFING
Batteries to cost Nokia about $5 million in India. Also, Bolloré increases stake in advertising group and Bebo gets Microsoft IM.

Vogue's fashion experience gets online makeover
ShopVogue.TV will offer the products featured in the magazine's print ads for sale, while simultaneously showing videos of runway shows, fashion ad campaigns and serial shows created by Vogue.

Greeting cards employ topical humor to compete with e-mail offerings
Greeting card companies hope to promote the idea that cards can be sent anytime, not just on holidays and special occasions.

Hewlett-Packard Web service to make document printing mobile
Cloudprint, developed over a period of several months by a small group of HP Labs researchers, makes it possible to share, store and print documents using a mobile phone.

Skype explains 2-day outage
A two-day outage that left millions of Skype users unable to use the popular Internet phone service was caused by a high number of restarts after people had downloaded a Windows security update.

Tilera unveils 64-core microchip
The company's use of a switch to avoid bottlenecks that plague other processors has enabled the firm to position its chip to be used in the advanced networking and digital multimedia space.

Online 'hooligans' casting a dark cloud over the blogosphere
Blogs are still generating news scoops, particularly in the United States. And marketers are trying to figure out how to include blogs in their ad campaigns. But blogs are also attracting attention because of the spread of "cyberbullying."

Fighting antisocial behavior on social networking sites
With social networking sites exploding in growth, most young users are well aware of the risks and the seamy side of the territory. But according to new surveys, many children and teens still cannot resist meeting strangers they have befriended online.

At 25, compact disc faces retirement
An engineering marvel in August 1982, the compact disc turns 25 years old Friday. In an age of iPods and MP3 players, however, its future is increasingly in doubt.

Batteries to cost Nokia about $5 million in India

Nokia, which announced a voluntary worldwide recall of as many as 46 million mobile phone batteries earlier this month, said Tuesday that it would replace about 300,000 units in India after irate users thronged outlets following news that some batteries had overheated.

Nokia received almost six million complaints in India, of which about 5 percent will require battery replacements, said Devinder Kishore, the Nokia India marketing director. At 700 rupees apiece, about 210 million rupees, or $5.1 million, will be spent to replace the BL-5C batteries made by Matsushita Electric Industrial.

Separately, Nokia introduced its new high-speed 6555 clamshell phone with a screen designed for viewing photos and videos. Its estimated retail price is €200, or $270, the company said.

Bolloré increases stake in advertising group

The French billionaire Vincent Bolloré bought 1.68 million shares in Havas earlier this month, lifting his direct and indirect stake in the French advertising group to about 31 percent.

Under French law, an investor whose stake exceeds 33.3 percent has to offer to buy all outstanding shares, unless given a regulatory exemption.

Bebo gets Microsoft IM

Bebo, the social-networking site, said it would offer a Microsoft-powered instant-messaging program this fall.

Bebo users will be able to click a link to start an IM session with any other Bebo member, even if neither has a Windows Live ID.

They will also be able to exchange messages with Bebo friends who are not logged on, but who are using the regular Windows Live Messenger program. But Bebo users will not be able to send instant messages to Windows Live Messenger users who do not have Bebo accounts.

ESPN, the sports network owned by Walt Disney, said it had bought Scrum.com, a leading rugby news Web site, as part of its bid to move beyond American sports.

A Dow Jones vice president, Paul Ingrassia, said he would quit. He is the first top executive to announce he would leave since News Corp. said it would buy the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.