Have your rooftop solar panels disappeared? Check the Internet
Solar power, with its promise of emissions-free renewable energy, boasts a growing number of fans. Some of them, it turns out, are thieves.

Cisco moves out of the data center and into the office
One of the giant companies at the core of the Internet is peddling e-mail software, video conferencing systems and cable TV boxes as it tries to get its products in front of ordinary office workers.

With Google phone, HTC gains fame
For much of the past decade, the Taiwanese manufacturer operated in relative obscurity as a contract manufacturer for many carriers, but that is set to change Tuesday.

Latest twist in Société Générale saga: A graphic novel
The publishers of a work of fiction about Jérôme Kerviel hope their take on the world's biggest trading scandal will add a laugh or two to the mix and earn them some cash.

Nvidia turns from games to industrial imaging
Nvidia, which dominates the market for stand-alone graphics processors, has a lead over competitors to provide industrial data-crunching hardware, thanks to a risky bet the company made several years ago.

RTL buys into Greek television market
The network is buying two-thirds of Alpha Media Group for €125.7 million.

Google in shift on 'abortion' as keyword
After a lawsuit from a Christian anti-abortion group, Google is now allowing religious organizations to take out ads using the keyword "abortion."

Taking the next step to rein in European mobile phone industry
This week, the EU's telcommunications chief, will ask the European Parliament to extend roaming caps to mobile data and text messaging.
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Sponsors feeling credit squeeze
Manchester United's suddenly closer link to the U.S. government is not the only potentially awkward marketing situation to arise from the financial turmoil.
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Trash that talks
In Italy, a system allows garbage bins to 'tell' trucks whether to stop.

A new kind of venture capitalist makes small bets on young firms
Union Square Ventures focuses on services that use the Web to change a market rather than simply make it more efficient.

Why the Google-Yahoo ad deal is nothing to fear
Google does not set the prices of the search advertising market; its advertisers do. With auction pricing, even a major player can't control the market.

Technology doesn't dumb us down
Over the course of human history, writing, printing, computing and Googling have only made it easier to think and communicate.