AFP - Brazil, India and South Africa have lodged an appeal against a decision to grant international standard recognition to Microsoft's Office software package, a standards agency overseeing the case said Friday.

AFP - Two Internet sites were banned Friday by a French court from taking online bets in France on matches at the ongoing Roland-Garros tennis championship in Paris.

AP - For years, Sony Corp. has been scrambling to regain its position at the leading edge of music players. Now, that scrambling has produced an egg — a $399 dancing egg that flashes, rolls and flaps its plastic flippers to the beat.

AP - When Tina Meier's 13-year-old daughter committed suicide after being bullied on the Internet, her grief was so encompassing she felt at times she couldn't breathe. She had trouble being around loved ones who reminded her of her child. Even today, recollections of those first holidays after Megan's death are foggy at best.

AFP - An Internet fantasy universe teeming with faux worlds devoted to socializing and video games is expanding to include virtual classrooms and universities.

AP - Japanese scientists say they have used cutting-edge technology to create a noodle bowl so small it can be seen only through a microscope.