Doubts remain among operators and analysts about WiMax
But in Japan, nearly 20 companies have raised their hands to be part of what may be the next wireless communications sensation.

Text-messaging profits draw competition - and regulators
Internet companies like Yahoo and Microsoft, as well as small start-ups, are looking to grab a piece of the text-messaging bonanza, even as cellphone operators face the specter of regulation.

Looking for growth, brewers are turning to Latin America
Big brewers like SABMiller, InBev and Anheuser-Busch are looking to developing countries, where they are fine-tuning their marketing with a special campaign for Latin American women.

On the trail of digital secrets
From prominent murder cases to lowly divorce proceedings, the e-mail messages that people send and the Web sites they view can and will be used in court. The people who unearth this data are known as computer forensic specialists.

Cellphone check-ins get a global standard with bar codes
The association representing international airlines aims to shift entirely to bar code boarding passes by 2010.

'Intel inside' ad campaign shifts focus to the Web
Intel has decided that its partners in the cooperative advertising program ought to accelerate their shift of ad dollars to newer media like the Internet.

'Assassin's Creed' video game attracts buzz for holiday season
"Assassin's Creed," an adventure game in which a Crusades-era hit man stalks and kills targets, could be one of the biggest titles this holiday season, analysts say.

Bloggers begin to tell the realities of life in Communist Cuba
Independent bloggers have to build their sites on servers outside Cuba. Only 200,000 of the 11 million in Cuba have access to the World Wide Web, the lowest rate in Latin America.

U.S. students fight copyright law
A growing movement on American university campuses is calling for loosening the restrictions of copyright law so that information can be freely shared online.

EBay begins 'Neighborhoods' social network amid broader reorganization
Building a sense of community should keep buyers and sellers at eBay longer, analysts say.

Blogging from Havana, secretly
A handful of other independent bloggers in Cuba are opening up a crack in the government's tight control over media and information to give the rest of the world a glimpse of life in a one-party, Communist state.