Nokia and Universal Music make digital music download deal
Universal will allow free downloads to special Nokia phones for a year and keep a portion of the revenue from sales of the phone.

Apple wins reversal in German ruling on iPhone
A court in Hamburg said that it had lifted the injunction obtained by Vodafone that stopped T-Mobile from selling the device only with an exclusive contract.

Web and Summer Olympics may keep U.S. ad industry prosperous in 2008
Forecasters believe the continuing strength of ad spending online and the stimulative effects of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, should keep the industry from suffering a recession in 2008.

Mouse innovator building a better trap for spam
Steven Kirsch, an engineer who put an optical sensor into computer mice in 1982, has created Abaca, a company with a new approach in the crowded market for stopping junk electronic mail.

EBay returns to Japan in Yahoo partnership
Following an old adage, eBay is returning to Japan after a five-year absence by teaming up with an old rival, Yahoo Japan.

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.