Blinkx flies on Google and Newscorp bid talk
Shares of video search engine firm Blinkx surged 50 percent to a seven-month high on Friday, on talk that Internet giant Google and media conglomerate NewsCorp may bid for the firm.

Paper is passe for tech-savvy South Koreans
SEOUL(Reuters) - Young, tech-savvy South Koreans are making coupon clipping a thing of the past and turning to their mobile phones instead.

Microsoft frees rival slate from Yahoo commitment
Microsoft has released the nominees on its rival slate from their commitment to stand for election to Yahoo board in the event of a proxy fight, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.

Google founders have grown up
It's official: the guys who founded Google are grown up.

Google sees YouTube products soon
Google expects to launch new products for its YouTube Web video service in the next few months and sees reason for closer cooperation with Yahoo, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Thursday.

Extremists hone Internet skills
Al Qaeda and other radical groups have dramatically increased their use of the Internet in recent years to lure and train recruits worldwide, a U.S. Senate report warned on Thursday.

Free software takes on Microsoft Office
Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does not believe in paying for software.

Facebook, 49 U.S. states, agree on Web safety steps
Social networking site Facebook announced an agreement on Thursday with 49 U.S. state attorneys general and the District of Columbia to increase efforts to protect its youngest members from sexual predators.

MySpace's fashionable child launches new designers
Young designers competing to get noticed by fashion labels can now launch their careers online through the fashion world's answer to the social networking Web site MySpace.com.

Swedish court convicts man of file sharing
A Swedish court on Monday handed down a suspended sentence and a 10,000-kronor (1,655-dollar, 1,070-euro) fine to a man found guilty of sharing some 4,500 music files and 30 films on the Internet.