AFP - The first-ever online streaming of a US presidential debate provided a platform for hordes of amateur political pundits to exchange real-time critiques of Barack Obama and John McCain.

AP - MySpace's new music service managed to bring major record labels together, but a group that licenses song rights for thousands of independent labels feels left out and angry, partly because indie musicians were a big reason the social networking site rose to prominence in the first place.

AP - After immersing myself in the colorful world of THQ's "de Blob" for many hours, I was quickly able to come to two conclusions about this new Wii platform game.

AFP - When Merlin Mann is on the go and needs to access his computer information he steps into the cloud. Mann, a 41-year-old technology blogger, is one of thousands of Americans who are shunning packaged software in favor of programs served up as services available on the Internet.

AP - Bob Dylan's new album shall be released one week early as a free online stream on National Public Radio's Web site.