Icahn buys more shares of Yahoo
In a move likely to fuel speculation over Yahoo's search for a new chief executive, the activist investor Carl Icahn has bought up close to 7 million additional shares of the Internet company.

Online shoppers wooed with coupons and discounts
Shoppers seeking bargains share intelligence on dozens of sites like RetailMeNot.com, FatWallet.com and the Budget Fashionista.

Blogs feed information frenzy on Mumbai attacks
Bloggers across Mumbai fed live updates of the action after gunmen attacked the heart of the city, highlighting the emergence of citizen journalists in news coverage.

U.S. woman convicted in MySpace suicide case
The conviction was highly significant, computer fraud experts said, because it was the first time that a federal statute designed to combat computer crimes was used to prosecute what were essentially abuses of a user agreement on a social-networking site.

A smartphone that isn't too swift
By changing the keyboard and botching the e-mail function, Research in Motion obscures the very good features of its new handheld.

Smile? It's got you covered
Also: an iPhone case that also charges, from Incase, and a new film camera from Fuji.

Protecting photos from snoops
How can I let my friends download photos from my Flickr page? When they try to right-click and save an image, they get an empty file.

Nokia will sell only luxury cellphones in Japan
More sophisticated Japanese devices and the quirks of the mobile phone market in Japan have prevented foreign companies, including Nokia's rivals like Samsung Electronics and LG, from being successful in Japan.

Sharp plans joint solar venture with Enel
The Japanese electronic manufacturer and the Italian power company plan to invest more than $2.6 billion in solar power production in Italy.

U.S. radio companies continue to weaken
Radio broadcasters are loaded with debt. Advertisers are heading to television or the Web - and the companies that have continued to advertise on radio are pulling back.

Hard times help online networking sites
Professional networks like LinkedIn and Xing are seeing a spike in membership as people concerned about losing jobs tap into new resources.