Tiffany and eBay clash over fakes
In a weeklong bench trial in U.S. District Court in New York, lawyers for Tiffany argued that eBay allows the trading of counterfeit Tiffany items.

BlackBerry approved in Russia
After two years of trying, Mobile TeleSystems, the country's top mobile phone operator, won approval from security officials to import the device.

WTO to investigate Chinese restrictions on sales of U.S. media
The investigation into sales of U.S. movies, music and books is Washington's fourth commercial complaint against Beijing in about a year.

Hot spots with a catch: Ads
AnchorFree is one of a handful of companies offering a model in which the advertiser pays but the retailer and the Web-surfer do not.

Telecom Italia names top managers
Franco Bernabe will be chief executive and Gabriele Galateri chairman as the troubled former monopoly tries to revive its business.

Putin appoints Chemezov to oversee technology industries
The appointment is the latest Kremlin effort to overhaul strategic sectors that have foundered since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Roh agrees to an investigaton of Samsung
President Roh Moo Hyun of South Korea agreed Tuesday to an independent investigation of a slush fund and bribery scandal at Samsung Group, including opposition claims that he and his aides may have been bribed by Samsung.

Tracking the media audience, wherever it may be
A French audience survey company will roll out a new system that uses inaudible tones emitted from television broadcasts that can give a richer view of the popularity of shows by demographic group and format.

A group approach to teaching teachers
Curriki.org, a nonprofit group, is trying to apply open-sourcing principles to textbooks and curriculums in a bid to reduce education costs.

The FCC is divided over reining in U.S. cable companies
The U.S. regulator is set to vote Tuesday on a report that would give it expanded powers over the cable industry after finding it had grown too big.

ABC News joins forces with Facebook
The two organizations have formed a partnership - the social networking site's first with a news organization - that allows Facebook members to follow ABC reporters, view reports and video and participate in polls and debates