Google expects a number of companies
to demonstrate prototype devices using its much anticipated
Android mobile operating system at the world’s biggest wireless
fair next week, a spokesman said on Friday.

Dell said on Friday it had cut
from its Web site most consumer computers with chips from
Advanced Micro Devices and would sell AMD-based PCs mainly in
stores and by phone.

Cell phone makers, telecoms carriers
and Internet groups are squaring up for a fight for dominance
of the mobile Internet, finally ready for market after years of
promises and hundreds of billions in investments.

Internet service in Egypt should be
restored to normal by Monday after repairs to undersea cables
are completed, an official at Egypt’s state-controlled telecoms
firm said on Friday.

Shares of media company CNET
Networks Inc, currently battling dissident shareholders who
want to expand its board, soared more than 7 percent on Friday,
on speculation that Google Inc might be interested in acquiring
a stake in it.

Italian police are investigating an
anti-Semitic blog listing the names of more than 150 “Jewish
university professors”, which was removed from the Internet
after protests from politicians and Jewish leaders.

Facebook.com has introduced a
version of the site for Spanish-language speakers, the first of
several languages beyond English the social network site plans
to offer, the company said on Thursday.

After forcing Europe’s mobile
operators to cut rates for making and receiving phone calls
abroad, the European Union’s top telecoms regulator has set her
sights on prices for downloading and surfing the Web
wirelessly.

Yahoo is set to reject Microsoft
Corp’s unsolicited bid, now worth $42 billion (21.6 billion
pounds), as too low, a source familiar with the situation told
Reuters on Saturday — the first clear signal the board might
be prepared to negotiate and sell the Internet media giant.

When violinist Tasmin Little
announced in January that she would be giving away her “Naked
Violin” album as a free download, she tapped into a growing
trend: classical music artists and retailers utilizing digital
formats and business models.