Arrests over sex videos fuel Internet debate in Hong Kong
Photos and videos appearing to depict Gillian Chung, Edison Chen and other stars engaging in sex acts are fueling a debate in Hong Kong over free speech and what some see as selective enforcement.

RIM exploring cause of BlackBerry breakdown
The popular e-mail service was down for about three hours across North America on Monday afternoon.

Dumbing down the smartphone
Ordinary people are going home with expensive phones, even if they do not know how or whether to click through to the Web. The simplicity of the software is what will get them there.
- Microsoft to acquire Danger, maker of smartphones
- Blackberry outage in North America

Who were the victors in Hollywood writers' strike?
On points, the Writers Guild of America probably won. On principle, certainly. From a practical perspective, maybe not so much.
- End of writers' strike seen as tonic for actors' negotiations
- Union leaders endorse tentative Hollywood accord
- Elections 2008: With shows like these, forget reruns

Firms cut forecast for global spending growth
A revision by Forrester Research assumes a mild recession in the United States in the first two to three-quarters of 2008.

Tiny cellphone chip aims to reduce background noise
Audience, a Silicon Valley start-up company modeling its product on the human ear, plans to introduce on Monday an integrated circuit intended to improve the sound quality of cellphones.
- Internet service restored in Mideast and Asia
- Chinese cellphone users tune into music

Facebook brings protest to Colombia
Millions demonstrated against the FARC in dozens of Colombian cities and worldwide thanks to the Facebook page of Oscar Morales.