Deutsche Telekom agrees to buy 20 percent stake in Hellenic Telecom
The German company took a step Monday toward gaining control of the former state-owned Greek telecommunications firm.

As Wikipedia grows, scrutiny intensifies
Since Jimmy Wales helped create Wikipedia in 2001, the online encyclopedia has become one of the top 10 most visited Web sites. But with that success, questions have been raised about his spending and his relationship with a venture capitalist.

Siemens shocks investors with profit warning
The German engineering giant, which has been trying to put a huge corruption scandal behind it, disclosed that delays and canceled orders in its far-flung operations would cut its earnings by €900 million, or $1.4 billion.

Collectibles overtake Europe's newsstands
Besides a hodgepodge of DVD's, CD's, encyclopedias, books, postcards, toys, newspapers and magazines, a new publication has cropped up at newsstands in Italy and elsewhere in Europe: the partwork.

Companies see red over rights to the color magenta or use of stripes
The IT company, Compello, is locked in a legal struggle with the German giant, Deutsche Telekom over the color magenta while Adidas is pursuing ways to keep garment makers from decorating clothing with two stripes.

U.S. Supreme Court turns down Microsoft appeal of Novell lawsuit
In its antitrust suit, Novell alleged that Microsoft targeted Novell's WordPerfect and QuattroPro programs to protect its Windows operating system.
- Microsoft-Yahoo deal is probable, analysts say

Online 'casual' games for kids offer media firms new programming options
One of the big lures in casual games is the opportunity to attract advertising, including advertising from food companies that have gradually agreed to limit the nature and volume of television advertisements for children.

In new ad campaign, ING tries to make retirement less intimidating
The large Dutch financial services company known for quirky orange logos has introduced a TV and print ad campaign designed to try to make retirement more accessible to the average American.

Publications discover treasure in archives
As magazines and newspapers hunt for the new thing they need to be to thrive in the Internet era, some find that part of the answer lies in the old thing they used to be.

Barry Diller conquered; now he tries to divide
IAC/InteractiveCorp, which is Barry Diller's collection of Internet-focused companies including Ticketmaster and Expedia, is floundering.

Soothing the Middle East divide with music
Amid another flare-up in Israeli-Palestinian violence, there are plenty of raised, partisan voices on either side. A new ad campaign suggests a different way to address the divide: speak, or even sing, to both sides at once.

Rising use of Internet challenges its capacity
While there has there has been a rising chorus of alarm about the surging growth in online traffic, the surge does not necessarily represent an impending catastrophe.

Electronic Arts bid for Take-Two turns hostile
Electronic Arts made a tender offer Tuesday for the rival video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software at $26 a share, indicating that its $2 billion bid was turning hostile.

AMI helps companies keep track technology equipment
If millions of people have trouble keeping track of the technology equipment they have accumulated over the years, companies large and small find the task so daunting that many do not even try.

A cellphone with no flips, no folds - just a very low price
Spice Ltd., which is based in Noida, India, has unveiled "the People's Phone." The number keys are big and bold. It is chunky and has no color screen - in fact, it has no screen at all.

Wireless security flaw is detected in defibrillator-pacemaker
Hacking into the device in a laboratory, researchers said they had reprogrammed it to shut down and to deliver potentially fatal jolts of electricity.

The End User: Virtual college fairs
A U.S. company has blended social networking into the process of searching for a university.

Technology laggards play pivotal role in keeping the beat of innovation
In the age of Facebook and micro-blogging services like Twitter, firms need to understand and address the concerns of holdouts as they bet their fortunes on their ability to market new products and upgrades.