The co-founder of Hotmail has joined the rush to move office applications from the desktop to the web…

“The co-founder of Hotmail, the web-based e-mail service bought by Microsoft for $US400 million ($459 million) a decade ago, is challenging the American software giant’s core $US20 billion office desktop business…”

The purchase of Ingenio will help advertisers generate phone leads and manage their ad platforms…

“In a bid to bolster its directory and local search business, AT&T announced it was acquiring San Francisco’s Ingenio, a pay-per-call company.”

AT&T agreed, Monday, to acquire pay-per-call search provider Ingenio for an undisclosed sum, a move that bolsters its directory service and local search advertising offerings.

Amazon’s method for delivering e-books to its Kindle readers may present a new use for mobile data networks…

New York -- Amazon.com, the world’s largest Web retailer, said on Monday it will begin selling an electronic book reader with wireless access, the latest attempt to build consumer interest in portable reading devices.

“Amazon.com is not the first company to sell an electronic book reader with an easy-on-the-eyes E-Ink display, but its method for delivering those books may have opened up a whole new use for mobile data networks…”

Pictures having an Olympian view of millions of photos the world’s photographers and camera-phone users have produced over the last day…

“Yahoo’s popular photo-sharing site Flickr will release on Monday the two new geography-related features introduced a month ago: Flickr Places and a new world map…”

San Francisco -- Yahoo Inc.’s online photo-sharing site, said on Sunday the company plans to offer this week, by introducing a set of mapping features that makes it easier to find photos based on their location.

Tata, the tea-to-cars conglomerate comes in at number four in the supercomputing league as America’s dominance fades…

“A computer system designed in India has made it into a top ten of the world’s fastest supercomputers…”

Washington -- India has broken into the top tier of supercomputing race after a new machine built by Tata, the country’s largest industrial conglomerate, was listed as the fourth fastest in the world, marking a giant leap in its push towards becoming a global IT power.

San Francisco -- In a direct attack on the dominant Apple iTunes music store, web retailer Amazon.com Inc., on Tuesday launched its much-anticipated digital music store dubbed “Amazon MP3,” with nearly ‘2.3 million’ high quality songs, none of them protected against copying and, costs lower than Apple.

“Amazon’s online music catalogue lists more than 2 million songs from more than 180,000 artists and represented by over 20,000 major and independent labels, including EMI Music and Universal Music Group.”

Government cites threat to “national security” in clips accusing former prime minister of plotting September 2006 coup…

“It has not been long since YouTube and Thailand kissed and made up, but Thailand’s already upset again. The government is seeking a court order to block two video clips currently on YouTube.”

Bangkok -- Thailand is seeking to block clips on video-sharing Web site YouTube that accuse the chief royal adviser of masterminding last year’s bloodless coup, a top Justice Ministry official said on Friday.

New York -- Viacom Inc.’s MTV has launched a new social networking site called “Think.MTV.com,” and the site is focused on encouraging young people to become involved in youth activism, sponsored by foundations operated by the founders of Microsoft and AOL.

“The site, Think.MTV.com, is designed to be a resource for social and political issues, aiming to inform as well as let users connect with other like-minded people on issues from the environment to sexual health and discrimination.”

MySpace is tapping into its rich universe of content -- that is, its users’ profiles -- to bulk up its advertising platform…

Los Angeles -- News Corp.’s MySpace social networking site is using personal details contained on users’ profile pages and blogs to sell highly targeted advertising, the company said Tuesday.

By matching ads to data on users’ personal pages, MySpace is ready to bring down Facebook’s rising star, according to Peter Levinsohn, president of Fox Interactive Media, the News Corp. unit that owns MySpace.

With Lotus Symphony, IBM beefs up its collaboration software portfolio…

“The week is not off to a great start for Microsoft. On Monday, a European court upheld almost $1 billion in antitrust penalties against the software maker.”

A day later, Big Blue took a swipe at Microsoft Office by announcing it will make available a suite of free productivity software suite called “Lotus Symphony” that contains a word processor, spreadsheet program and a presentation application.

Finding the closest pizza parlor may now be as easy as asking your mobile phone…

“Sprint customers are getting expanded search capabilities on their mobile phones via new services from Microsoft…”

Redmond, Wash., -- As part of the strategic alliance between Sprint Nextel Corp. and Microsoft Corp., the two companies are providing Sprint customers to search for Internet content on their mobile phones, including using GPS devices to deliver local Web information to users.

Market-leading phone maker Nokia on Sept. 17 moved to bolster its mobile advertising front by agreeing to acquire Enpocket for an undisclosed sum…

The Espoo, Finland-based No. 1 handset maker Nokia Corp. announced Monday it will acquire Enpocket, a Boston-based company that offers consumer analytics technologies to flesh out Nokia’s mobile ad strategy in a hot market.

Verizon Lawsuit Muddies Spectrum Auction Plan…

“Just when it looked like the FCC's upcoming auction of 700 MHz spectrum might inject some degree of openness into the U.S. wireless industry, Verizon Wireless struck back with this lawsuit.”

“Have you ever wondered standing in an electronics store whether that flat-screen TV might be cheaper someplace else? Customers can compare products and buy on the spot…”

New York -- Sprint Nextel Corp. customers can now use mobile phones to compare a price and shop for everything from shoes to televisions at a few dozen retail stores with a new service the No. 3 U.S. wireless company has launched to boost revenue.

New range of handsets, subscriber music service, and new offerings from Nokia intended to compete with upcoming launch of iPhone…

London -- Vodafone Group PLC, the world’s largest mobile service provider, Monday said it would launch 15 new ‘third-generation’ (3G) Internet phones and give U.K. customers access to an unlimited and exclusive music download service in Britain as they prepare to take on the Apple iPhone.

“MusicStation, Vodafone’s new all-you-can-eat mobile music service for £1.99 a week actually sounds pretty good.”

Apple might build its own wireless network for the iPhone, cutting AT&T out of the picture…

“Google may have dominated much of the speculation so far regarding the FCC’s upcoming auction of 700 MHz wireless spectrum -- but on Monday the possibility emerged that Apple may be making its own bidding plans.”

With the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set to auction off the so-called 700-MHz band this coming January, two unnamed sources told BusinessWeek that Jobs and company have “studied the implications” of a bid, to let iPhone owners download videos and music at faster speeds.

Skype users are under attack from a new worm that spreads through Skype’s chat feature, and infects PCs with malware…

“Skype’s troubles seem to accumulate lately: after last month’s worldwide outage, a new worm that spreads through the Web-application’s IM feature threatens the integrity of PCs, using a bogus chat message.”

Skype is cautioning its Skype for Windows users of a worm called “W32/Ramex.A” that is spreading fast within the service’s instant chat application as a link in an instant message.

India’s telecommunications agency places order for equipment and services with Ericsson, says another contract is going to Nokia…

“Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson solidified its dominance of the key Indian mobile market Friday with a US$1.3 billion deal to provide equipment and services to the country’s largest wireless carrier.”

CapGemini teams with Google to provide big companies with service, support for the Web-based office suite…

CapGemini have joined Google Inc. to become the first global consultancy to offer major corporate clients the search company’s web-based office software, “Google Apps Premier Edition,” as an alternative to Microsoft’s Office technology.

Major Performance Gains and Innovative Features Anchor Upcoming Release…

“Adobe Systems on Thursday unveiled features planned for the upcoming Adobe Flash Media Server 3 releases.”

“Adobe is making a whole bunch of announcements at IBC, including a partnership with Cisco to embed Flash Media Server 3 in the Cisco content delivery system, as well as support for the upcoming Adobe Media Player.”