Intel asks for hearing on EU antitrust claims
The U.S. chip maker wants to respond to claims that it illegally used rebates to wrest away sales from Advanced Micro Devices.

Sony will sell music without copyright protection
Recording company executives who once saw new technology as the enemy seem to now see it as a lifeline.

Violent films may cut real crime, study finds
A new study concludes that violent films prevent violent crime by attracting would-be assailants and keeping them cloistered in alcohol-free environs.

Murdoch returns to German TV market with stake in Premiere
News Corp. bought the 15 percent stake for €287 million from the German cable operator Unitymedia.

CNBC and The New York Times make content deal
Both news organizations are gearing up for a surge of competition from News Corp., which recently purchased Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal.

Battle over high-definition video not over, Toshiba says
Akiyo Ozaka, president of Toshiba America Consumer Products, said at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that HD DVD "has not lost," even though Warner Brothers has backed the rival Blu-ray format.
- PS3 sales give another lift to Blu-ray

Blockbusters to be few at Las Vegas tech show
Despite its size, or perhaps because of it, the annual conference has become a challenging and sometimes ineffectual place to introduce new products.

Rwanda radio soap opera casts a healing spell
"Musekeweya," or "New Dawn," is a drama about a country divided, much like Rwanda 13 years ago, but one in which the stars find a way around the conflict.

Net gives Americans abroad a stronger political voice
Everyone Counts, a company based in San Diego that specializes in online voting, is running the Internet voting for the Democrat primary for overseas residents.

Trend-spotting for 2008
What will marketers focus on this year? Maybe data awareness or how the new green is blue or even "status despair."