British broadcasters trying to ring more true
British television broadcasters, who have acknowledged recent deceptions involving everything from quiz shows to the Queen, last week reported new examples of misleading programming, with the BBC disclosing that it had played fast and loose with the name of a cat.

For a simpler cellphone system, add software
Vanu Bose is the son of a fabled engineer, but he garnered no mercy when he presented his big idea at a technical conference in 1996.

Bridging the political divide with technology
Mukhles Sowwan, a Palestinian, founded the Nanotechnology Research Laboratory at Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. His mentor is an Israeli physicist at Hebrew University in West Jerusalem.

Lawsuit by Rather says CBS made him a 'scapegoat'
Dan Rather, whose career at CBS News ended last year over his role in a report questioning President George W. Bush's National Guard service, filed a lawsuit against the network for violation of contract.

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