Little but trouble in Georgia for News Corp.
The Georgian government's allegations that a News Corp.-controlled TV station had been involved in a coup plot serve as a reminder of the risks Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate runs in pursuit of new markets.

Vote on a Web standard too close to call
Microsoft's pursuit of a global industry standard for its open-document format, is set to conclude this week after a final round of voting.

Shake-up at Thomson as company warns on sales outlook
Thomson, the French media and technology company, said Sunday that Frank Dangeard, its chairman and chief executive, was stepping down, and it warned that first-quarter sales would decline from a year earlier.

Alice Rawsthorn: Navigating a badly informed world of information
For every shining example of good information design, there are many more bad ones. We're all familiar with them, often painfully so. Confusing maps. Misleading signs. Dysfunctional Web sites. Over-complicated forms.

Buy or build technology? The pros and cons
Corporations have promoted alliances with rivals and pushed the concept of "open innovation" to get more big brains working on core problems.

Watching video almost anywhere you want
Digital projectors were once bulky, but pint-size versions are in the works, which will let people beam video from hand-held devices onto nearly any smooth surface.