Web becomes a battleground in Russia-Georgia conflict
The Georgian government has accused Russia of disabling Georgian Web sites, including the site for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has begun posting its dispatches on a public blog-hosting site owned by Google.

For retired Olympians, marketing is the game
Even for the alumni, the ability to cash in on one's former fame comes only once every four years, because corporate sponsors prefer to work with athletes when their signature sports are in the news.

AMD issuing new high-speed graphics card
Troubled computer chip company sees latest product as vindication of its merger with ATI Technologies.

Sunday papers in Britain search for mission
Changing habits on Sunday, which has become less of a day of rest and reading and the migration of analytical journalism, once the preserve of the Sunday papers, to dailies has made the Sunday read less distinctive.

Google's foray into content raises some eyebrows
Knol, Google's new site where experts share knowledge on a variety of topics, has rekindled fears among some media companies that Google is edging in on their turf.
- Time Warner sees the future, and it's the past

U.S. store chains going solar
Retailers plan to install solar panels on stores if Congress passes tax incentive. Wal-Mart, for example, has 17 stores and distribution centers with solar panels, and plans to add them soon to five more stores.

For ad agencies, the Asian prize is India
PriceWaterhouseCoopers said it expected the country's media and entertainment business to generate annual spending growth - from advertising and other sources - of 19 percent through 2012, compared with 15 percent in China.
- Detroit adds to publishers' pain

Detroit adds to publishers' pain
Auto industry slump cuts advertising revenue for newspapers and magazines. In the first quarter alone, the auto industry spent $414 million less on advertising than in last year's first quarter.
- Agency pairing heralds "a big idea"
- For ad agencies, the Asian prize is India

Rolling Stone to come in smaller package
With the Oct. 30 issue, Rolling Stone, the biggest music magazine in the U.S., will adopt the smaller format used by all but a few magazines.

U.S. Congress looks into Web privacy problems
Companies are using Web users' search histories to target advertisers. Some in government admit they do not have a clear grasp of what will happen to all that data.