AFP - Pope Benedict XVI took a new hi-tech road to spreading his message Tuesday, sending a mobile phone text to pilgrims attending World Youth Day celebrations in Australia, organisers said.

Reuters - Telecoms group BT plans to invest 1.5 billion pounds to roll out super-fast broadband to up to 10 million homes by 2012, it said on Tuesday.

AP - EBay Inc. scored an important victory in court Monday, as a federal judge said companies such as jeweler Tiffany & Co. are responsible for policing their trademarks online, not auction platforms like eBay.

AP - Apple Inc. said Monday it sold 1 million iPhones in the first three days its newest model was on the market.

AP - Apparently abandoning hopes for a truce with Yahoo Inc., investor Carl Icahn sharpened his focus on replacing the Internet company's board Monday after his attempt to negotiate a deal with Microsoft Corp. was angrily rejected.

Reuters - The cost of sending a text message from the bar or the beach when mobile phone users are outside their home state in the European Union will be cut by 70 percent from next year under new plans, an EU source said.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Monday its Xbox 360 console will sell better than Sony Corp's (6758.T) rival PlayStation 3 over the lifetime of the machines.

Reuters - A long-rumored tie-up between online movie rental company Netflix Inc and Microsoft Corp to let Netflix subscribers watch streamed movies and TV shows on Xbox 360 game consoles will become a reality this fall, the companies said on Monday.