CNET - Google's Rich Miner had nothing new to share Thursday with Mobilize attendees regarding the company's Android software for mobile phones, except that it will be really, really cool.

Reuters - Japan's Hitachi Ltd (6501.T) said it will shrink production of plasma panels and buy them from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co (6752.T) in a bid to cut losses on its flat TVs in a market dominated by rival LCD technology.

Reuters - Mobile phone makers and operators risk losing thousands of their most profitable customers as financial havoc whacks the global banking industry.

AP - A $5.85 billion bid by Samsung Electronics Co. to take over SanDisk Corp., a wounded competitor that also serves as a partner, reflects the turbulence in the market for flash memory, a key ingredient in digital cameras, music players and other devices.

Reuters - The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into Hillcrest Laboratories' allegations that Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) infringed Hillcrest's patents in making its popular Wii video game, the ITC said on Wednesday.

Reuters - The first mobile phone to use Google Inc's Android mobile operating software will cost $199, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Wednesday.

Reuters - Japan's Hitachi Ltd (6501.T) said it will buy core plasma TV parts from Panasonic-maker Matsushita Electric Industrial Co (6752.T), as it restructures its loss-making flat TV business in a market dominated by rival LCD technology.