Sony, Matsushita, Toshiba results mixed (AP)
AP - Three major Japanese electronics makers — Sony, Matsushita and Toshiba — reported mixed results Tuesday for their fiscal first quarters, with Matsushita the only one to increase earnings in a period marked by a stronger yen and dropping gadget prices.
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Oracle expands theft allegations against rival SAP (AP)
AP - Escalating its rancor with rival SAP AG, business software maker Oracle Corp. accused SAP on Monday of knowingly buying and then embracing an illegal operation set up to steal Oracle's products and customers.
Online threats materializing faster, study shows (AP)
AP - The bad guys on the Internet are narrowing the time frame they need to unleash computer attacks that take advantage of publicly disclosed security holes, new research shows.
Virgin Galactic shows off mothership aircraft (AP)
AP - The space tourism race marked a milestone Monday as British mogul Sir Richard Branson and American aerospace designer Burt Rutan waved to a crowd from inside the cabin of an exotic jet that will carry a passenger spaceship to launch altitude.
'New car smell' becoming less toxic, report says (CNET)
CNET - Car interiors and car seats are becoming less toxic, although "new car smell" continues to carry poisons linked to allergies and cancer, according to a report last week by the Ecology Center.
U.S. to pilot Internet travel authorization scheme (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States will launch a pilot scheme on Friday which will require travelers covered by its visa waiver programme to get prior Internet authorization before boarding flights to America.
India Developing US$10 Laptop (PC World)
PC World - India is developing a laptop that will cost US$10, for use in higher education.
Sony profit down on mobiles, Matsushita up (Reuters)
Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) posted a bigger-than-expected 47 percent fall in quarterly profit and cut its outlook, hurt by its struggling mobile phone joint venture with Sweden's Ericsson (ERICb.ST), while rival Matsushita (6752.T) nearly doubled its profit on rising flat TV sales.
Facebook Hires Mozilla Engineering VP Mike Schroepfer (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Schroepfer brings with him years of experience as CTO of Sun's data center automation business, not to mention his role overseeing the launches of Firefox 1.5, 2, and 3.
Oracle touts proof SAP stole software (AFP)
AFP - Business software giant Oracle claimed Monday that it has new proof that its German rival SAP looted its software libraries for competitive advantage.
Oracle Issues Warning Over Dangerous WebLogic Flaw (PC World)
PC World - Oracle is scrambling to create an emergency patch for a severe vulnerability in the company's WebLogic server, as exploit code...
Animals attack in 'Hail to the Chimp' (AP)
AP - The video-game universe is bursting with cuddly animals. Characters like Sonic the Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot, Ratchet, Daxter, Sly Cooper and the entire Pokemon family have built solid careers on a mix of athleticism and adorability. And they're all much cuter than their real-life counterparts.
HP, Intel, Yahoo join forces on cloud computing research (CNET)
CNET - This post was updated at 10:00 a.m. to include further comments from the companies.
Facebook Scrambles Scrabulous in U.S. and Canada (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In response to demands from game publisher Hasbro, Facebook has disabled the Scrabble-like game Scrabulous on its U.S. and Canadian Web sites.
Mobile Phones and the Digital Divide (PC World)
PC World - Whether you're building an application for the 3G iPhone in the United States or trying to figure out how to deliver health...
Mobile computing now an open source driver (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Mobile computing has become a dominant focus in the open source arena, a theme on prominent display at a major open source technology convention last week.
Siemens, private investor in joint venture (AP)
AP - Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG is forming a joint venture with U.S.-based private investor the Gores Group involving business software and services, Siemens said Tuesday.,
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