The Facebook founder finds he wants some privacy
Facebook tried to force the magazine 02138 to remove some unflattering documents about Mark Zuckerberg from its Web site, but a U.S. federal judge denied the request.

VimpelCom makes offer for Golden Networks
The talks indicate that Telenor and Altimo, which own stakes in both Russian telecommunications companies, may be close to reconciling a longstanding dispute over Kyivstar of Ukraine.

AT&T to leave pay phone business
After 129 years, the company that operated the first pay phones is getting out before the business becomes unprofitable.

NBC deal features block of shows in prime time
NBC has made an ambitious deal to buy a two-hour - or perhaps even three-hour - block of prime-time programming from outside producers.

Small merchants gain large presence on Web
Mom-and-pop retailers have helplessly stood by over the last decade as big-box merchants steamrolled over them. Online, though, small merchants are not going down without a fight.

Wikipedia to pay artists for 'key illustrations'
The foundation that runs Wikipedia has finally agreed to pay contributors to the online encyclopedia a modest fee for their work.

AP to reorganize work and accent multimedia
After a decade of watching newspapers and rival wire services shrink, The Associated Press is refitting itself to handle the 24-hour news cycle it helped create.

France leads crackdown to end illegal file sharing
Under a plan proposed in France, Internet service providers have agreed to cooperate with copyright owners in the fight against illegal file sharing.

Privacy is key to new social networking site, Kaioo
Kaioo, a nonprofit organization, boasts some of the strictest data protection regulations in the world. The founders, including Rolf Schmidt-Hol tz, chief executive of Sony BMG, pledge that its mission is to create an international haven from sites like Facebook and MySpace.

Nationality trumps geography in Europe
Eric Pfanner on the vast differences, some of them insulting, in Eurostar ads from France, Belgium and Britain.

In-home cellphone links, or femtocells, could be next revolution
The industry is preparing to try to convince consumers that they need a device for their homes called a femtocell, which provides better indoor coverage by linking a cellphone wirelessly to a fixed-line broadband Internet connection, which has more capacity and is usually faster.