NBC Universal to offer downloads of TV shows
The service, which is set to start in November, comes less than three weeks after NBC Universal said it was pulling its programs out of the iTunes service of Apple because of a dispute over pricing and piracy.

Sony delays rollout of an online community for PlayStation 3
In another setback in its video game battle with Microsoft and Nintendo, Sony said Thursday that it would postpone the introduction of the "Home" virtual community service for its PlayStation 3 game console until early next year.

The End User: Tough week for Microsoft vs. competition
A day after the company lost its appeal of the European antitrust ruling, IBM rolled out its free office software on the World Wide Web.
- Microsoft ruling may bode ill for other companies
- EU court rejects Microsoft appeal
- Key dates in EU antitrust action
- Excerpts from the ruling
- Microsoft rejected in antitrust appeal

What's the setting for a snowy beach at dusk?
The computing power inside even the cheapest digital cameras allows a photographer to get even better pictures — if they can decipher the myriad shooting modes built into the devices.

Beware the tapeless camcorder
Tapeless camcorders have arrived, but be aware of price, capacity and picture quality.

MySpace mines data to tailor advertising
MySpace says that after experimenting with technology it can tailor ads to the information that its 110 million active users leave on their profile pages.

The iPhone hits Europe
Apple has announced plans to introduce the iPhone to the United Kingdom, and similar deals are expected for Germany and France. But the company faces obstacles there that it does not have in the United States.
- Roaming iPhone fees can be a huge shock
- Unlocking iPhone may open up legal issues
- AT&T to reduce size of iPhone bills

Kroes lashes out at U.S. official over Microsoft
The European competition commissioner called remarks by the Justice Department's top antitrust lawyer criticizing a ruling against Microsoft "totally unacceptable."

Google adds widgets to its advertising drive
The online giant was scheduled to announce Wednesday a Gadget Ads program that will provide tools for advertisers to run widget ads - small online tools that function like mini-Web sites - in Google's AdSense network.

IHT and Times to stop charging for parts of their Web sites
The move comes two years to the day after the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times began the subscription program, TimesSelect.