With Chrome, Google targets Microsoft
The search giant hopes to loosen Microsoft's grip on Web browsers, which it fears Microsoft could leverage to promote its struggling search and advertising business.
- Chrome goes for extreme minimalism

Once in crisis, Sony is back in the game
Three years after Howard Stringer took over as chief executive, the Japanese company has been remade for the digital age and is emerging as a stronger competitor to Samsung and other industry powers.

Nokia's Ovi is growing with the times
While it is still too soon to say whether Nokia will make a successful transition from manufacturing slick hand-held devices to the world of mobile blogging and mapping, it is taking the task seriously.

Troubled Alcatel-Lucent names new leadership
Alcatel-Lucent moved Tuesday to right its struggling business and smooth its internal conflicts, appointing two veteran European business leaders to its top posts.

Abu Dhabi puts more cash on the line in Hollywood
Abu Dhabi Media, created last year by the government of Abu Dhabi, is starting a new subsidiary that will spend about $1 billion over the next five years making feature-length films in partnership with three American producers.
- Sovereign wealth funds ready to agree voluntary investment principles
- Abu Dhabi's rulers move from falcons to football

The evolution of Spore
The new video game, produced by Electronic Arts, starts with single-cell microbes and follows them through their evolution into intelligent multicellular creatures.

Apple dropping hints about iPods
Apple is expected to unveil new iPod music players - and possibly price cuts - at a media event on Sept. 9.

Don't like your Wikipedia story? Change it
While ethically suspect, the idea that a politician would try to shape her Wikipedia article shouldn't come as a surprise.
- At Democratic convention, bloggers got some respect

Microsoft to slash the price of Xbox 360 game consoles in Japan
Demand for the Xbox 360 has been tepid in Japan, mainly because of a lack of popular games. In contrast, the market-leading Wii is thriving.