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  1. Google Technology Director Craig Silverstein, who was Google's first employee, sits on his beanbag chair in his office at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
    Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old AP - Fri Sep 5, 12:07 PM ET

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.

  2. Windows Vista logo decorates downtown Bucharest January 31, 2007. (Mihai Barbu/Reuters)
    Microsoft kicks off $300 million Windows marketing push Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 9:33 PM ET

    SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp kicked off a $300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back at Apple Inc's "Mac vs. PC" ads.

  3. A recalled Sony Vaio laptop is seen in an undated handout photo. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission/Handout/Reuters)
    Sony recalls 438,000 laptops on burn concern Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 1:06 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp (6758.T) has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause the machines to overheat or possibly burn a user.

  4. A Dell laptop computer is seen in New York August 26, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
    Dell outsourcing plan may be tough to execute Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 9:13 PM ET

    NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Dell Inc plans to make fewer computers itself and rely on contract manufacturers to cut costs, but the company could find it hard to get rid of its North American factories at a good price.

  5. Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps AP - Fri Sep 5, 2:46 PM ET

    NEW YORK — As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases.

  6. App Stores: Microsoft, Google Follow Apple NewsFactor - Fri Sep 5, 4:06 PM ET

    When Apple opened its iTunes App Store in July, the idea of a mass-market Web site that sells downloadable games, tools, and other applications for cell phones was a rarity. Handset owners could buy apps from their carriers or the occasional niche site. But these days, the app store concept is becoming commonplace. The question is, does the world need a warren of wireless app stores?

  7. Game designer Will Wright speaks about his latest game SPORE at a promotion event in Singapore August 13, 2008. (Tim Chong/Reuters)
    EA's Spore aims to create new worlds, businesses Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 6:21 PM ET

    RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc's creature-building game "Spore" offers players a chance to develop new worlds -- and maybe even new lines of business for the video game maker.

  8. Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and managing director for Grameen Bank, speaks at the 'Business Innovations That Are Changing The World' panel at the 2008 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California April 29, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)
    Nobel prize winner may sue Norway's Telenor: report Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 6:24 PM ET

    OSLO (Reuters) - 2006 Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus may take legal action against Norwegian telecom group Telenor , in a bid to gain full control over Bangladesh operator Grameenphone, news agency NTB reported on Thursday.

  9. Customers queue to buy Apple's new 3G iPhone in Tokyo in July 2008. China Mobile, the country's largest handset operator, is in the final stages of talks with Apple to launch the iPhone in China, the world's largest mobile phone market, state media have reported.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
    Russia's MTS to sell Apple iPhone AP - Fri Sep 5, 9:32 AM ET

    MOSCOW - Russia's number one cell operator MTS said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in Russia.

  10. Screengrab of the Napster program used for downloading music from the Internet. (file/Reuters)
    Napster faces challenges within and without Reuters - 37 minutes ago

    DENVER (Billboard) - When Napster reported its fiscal first-quarter results in August, it tried to paint a positive picture to investors who were growing increasingly nervous about the company's future.

  11. You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz InfoWorld - Fri Sep 5, 6:00 AM ET

    San Francisco - Everyone has their limits, as this week's quiz amply demonstrates.

  12. Sony recalls laptops for possible overheating AP - Thu Sep 4, 4:51 PM ET

    TOKYO - Sony Corp. is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of a wiring flaw that could cause overheating.

  13. Tech firms fare better than most in jobs slump AP - Fri Sep 5, 4:21 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Technology appears to be one of the least hard-hit sectors in an economy beset by unemployment at a five-year high.

  14. A screen shows Internet services available through an broadband-connected TiVo digital video recorder at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2006. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)
    Ruling in TiVo, EchoStar case could be delayed Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 10:01 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Thursday delayed ruling until as late as November on whether EchoStar Corp owes TiVo Inc more damages for infringing on its "Time Warp" digital video recorder, or DVR, technology.

  15. Comcast Challenges FCC's Authority To Order Neutrality NewsFactor - Fri Sep 5, 12:59 PM ET

    Comcast fired back at the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday in its long-running duel with the agency. The cable-TV and Internet service provider filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.

  16. In what is heralded as the seeds of an Internet-age emergency broadcast system, MySpace has teamed with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spread news on hurricanes through users of the online social network.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)
    MySpace links users to US hurricane emergency alerts AFP - Fri Sep 5, 12:18 AM ET

    NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - In what is heralded as the seeds of an Internet-age emergency broadcast system, MySpace has teamed with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spread news on hurricanes through users of the online social network.

  17. Wireless HDMI Finally Makes It to Products PC Magazine - Fri Sep 5, 12:41 PM ET

    The 2008 CEDIA Expo proved to be fertile ground for previewing consumer wireless HDMI products - some of which are expected to arrive on store shelves before year's end.

  18. Green news harvest: Stolen solar panels, hydrogen at home CNET - Fri Sep 5, 10:24 AM ET

    A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary.

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