Nokia profit soars as market share nears 40%
With demand for low-cost cellphones rising in India and Asia, the market leader is setting its sights higher.

Networks start to offer TV on the Web
The TV networks have begun to put programs on the Web. The selections are crisp, clear, legal and free. But there aren't many choices, and they don't stay on the Web long enough.

Plan would ease limits on media owners
An FCC proposal would relax decades-old rules, including one that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a broadcast station in the same city.

Sony to sell video game 'Cell' chip to Toshiba
Sony is selling its advanced computer chip operations to Toshiba, both companies said Thursday, in the latest sign that Sony is raising cash and shedding operations to focus on its core electronics sector.

The End User: Hewlett-Packard shifts strategy on printers
When we think about printing, we normally call to mind printers. Vyomesh Joshi, head of HP's printer division, has a vision that has more to do with lifestyle than beige boxes.

Apple to open iPhone programming to outsiders
Responding to frustration from customers and software makers, Apple has changed its policies to encourage independent developers to build programs for the iPhone.

Navigating with feedback from fellow drivers
The Dash Express not only receives location data from the satellites of the Global Positioning System, but it also broadcasts information about its travels back to the Dash network.

British spy agency to embed ads in video games in search for recruits
GCHQ, or Government Communications Headquarters, said it hoped the campaign would "capture the imagination of people with a particular interest in IT."

Internet Explorer Goes à la Carte
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Dolans refuse to raise offer to take Cablevision private
Opposition from institutional shareholders threatened to scuttle the $10.6 billion bid the family that controls the cable company.

Viacom, Walt Disney, Microsoft and other media companies agreed to a set of guidelines to protect copyrights online, but Google, owner of the Web's biggest video site, YouTube, was absent from the pact.

"These principles offer a road map for unlocking the enormous potential of online video and user-generated content," said Disney's chief executive, Robert Iger.

The group also included News Corp.'s Fox and MySpace units, CBS, NBC Universal and online video services like Veoh Networks and Dailymotion.

They agreed to use technology to eliminate copyright-infringing content uploaded by Web users and to block any pirated material before it is publicly accessible.

Analysts said Google would probably have to adhere to the guidelines if they became standard industry procedure.

Sony is selling its advanced computer chip operations to Toshiba, both companies said, in the latest sign Sony is raising cash and shedding operations to focus on its core electronics business.

Toshiba, which already had a collaboration with Sony in developing and making the "Cell" chip used in Sony's PlayStation 3, will continue to produce chips for Sony's video game unit, Toshiba said.

The Nikkei, the Japanese financial newspaper, reported that the value of the deal was estimated at ¥100 billion, or $858 million.

STMicroelectronics, the largest European semiconductor maker, introduced a new chip with embedded GPS technology. The processor, called Cartesio, could be used for portable navigation devices, vehicle tracking systems, electronic fee collection and advanced car radios, the company said.

YOUTUBE has introduced a version of the video-sharing site in Taiwan in its latest push to expand into foreign markets. The site features locally produced content, including some from YouTube's four Taiwan media partners.

Baidu.com, operator of the most-used search Web site in China, plans to start an online auction service to challenge Alibaba.com. The company said it had set up a department to develop technology for the service.