Nokia deal aimed at opening up mobile software
By acquiring the part of Symbian it does not already own, Nokia is hoping to counter inroads into cellphone software made by Google, Microsoft and Apple.

"Grand Theft Auto" settlement dwarfed by plaintiffs' legal bill
Claims in the civil case over embedded sex scenes that were visible only with the use of outside software will cost less than $30,000 to settle. The plaintiffs' lawyers want $1.3 million in fees.

Acceptance, not dominance, for Google News
While news organizations worry about what Google is doing to their business, the company is far from achieving the kind of dominant position in news that it has in other areas.

Technology companies join forces to create online ID cards
Microsoft, Google and PayPal, a unit of eBay, are among the founders of an industry organization that is hoping to solve the problem of password overload among computer users.

Bollywood does Tinseltown
Reliance Entertainment, part of an Indian conglomerate controlled by the telecommunications and finance mogul Anil Ambani, is in talks to finance Steven Spielberg and David Geffen in a new venture.

What's obscene? Google could have an answer
The defense in an obscenity trial in Florida plans to use Google search data to demonstrate that that sexually explicit material does not violate community standards.

NYT and IHT study Web merger
Top executives of both newspapers said Monday that they intended to create a "co-branded international homepage" that would replace iht.com, while also announcing a series of management changes.

An unlikely promoter drives Nokia's push in Hollywood
While once formidable competitors like Motorola struggle to deliver their phones on time, Nokia wants to transform itself into a next-generation entertainment company.

Once an Internet giant, Infospace dismantles itself
The company's share of the search industry does not even reach 1 percent, and its name joins the scrap heap of fallen Internet brands, like AltaVista.

Thomson Reuters braces for showdown with Bloomberg
Thomson Reuters is going hard after Bloomberg, which has long been the marquee name on Wall Street for financial information.