AP - Details emerged Thursday behind the break-in of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's e-mail account, including a first-hand account suggesting it was vulnerable because a hacker was able to impersonate her online to obtain her password.

AP - TV viewers can return to their favorite programs without fear of seeing Bill Gates shaking his tushie now that Microsoft Corp. has retired a bizarre two-week-old ad campaign featuring the software giant's chairman with comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

AP - The Zune has a long way to go to become a threat to the iPod. But it is getting closer.

AP - Investors looking for a sign that big companies are still spending on software found a measure of relief after Oracle reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that beat expectations.

AFP - A regional video game expo opened Thursday here on a positive note despite global financial turmoil, with industry players predicting online titles will generate robust growth in coming years.

Reuters - Mobile operator T-Mobile and Nortel Networks have successfully tested a new high-speed wireless technology designed to make mobile connections as fast as fixed fiber links, T-Mobile said.

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.