The Canadian Press - BEIJING, China - East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.

AFP - HAVANA (AFP) - Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez said winning the media watchdog IPI prize of World Press Freedom Hero is a "protective shield" that will help her break "the wall of censorship," she told AFP Sunday.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oracle Corp has offered a job to Mark Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co who resigned amid a scandal involving inaccurate expense receipts related to a female contractor, according to a source familiar with the situation.

AFP - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Sally Harrison is developmentally disabled, but on Facebook the 35-year-old woman is just like anyone else.

AFP - SEOUL (AFP) - South Korean telecom operator KT Corp said on Sunday it planned to begin selling Apple's iPhone 4 this week amid growing competition to expand in the potentially lucrative smartphone market.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Online classifieds website Craigslist has blocked US access to its "adult services" listings, replacing the section tab with a "censored" label after criticism it was facilitating prostitution.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - More than one million users joined Apple's new music-focused social network Ping in the 48 hours following its launch, the company said.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - The attorney general of the US state of Texas has opened an inquiry into whether Internet giant Google manipulates search results.

Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Friday it was the target of an investigation by the Texas Attorney General's office into the fairness of its search engine rankings.

AFP - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google has agreed to pay 8.5 million dollars (US) to settle a privacy lawsuit over a Buzz social networking tool added to free email service Gmail in February, according to court documents.

Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc has settled a lawsuit accusing it of privacy violations in connection with its Buzz social networking service, according to a court document filed on Friday.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - More American adults are texting but they are not tapping out nearly as many messages per day on their cellphones as teenagers, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center.

AFP - SARAJEVO (AFP) - Bosnian police on Friday said they had tracked down a Bosnian girl who sparked worldwide outrage when she was seen on video throwing half a dozen puppies into a river.

AFP - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google updated its privacy policy on Friday, a day after a video cartoon featuring the Internet firm's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Japanese electronics maker Toshiba has recalled 41,000 laptop computers worldwide because of a fire risk, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

AFP - VIENNA (AFP) - Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez was named World Press Freedom Hero by media watchdog IPI on Friday, for her defiance of press restrictions and her commitment to free speech in her country.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google-owned videosharing website YouTube is expected to turn a profit this year on revenue of 450 million dollars, The New York Times reported Friday.

The Canadian Press - NEW YORK, N.Y. - The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale.

AFP - SHANGHAI (AFP) - The European Union pressed China on Friday to back up its words with action and do more to stem the flow of Chinese-made counterfeit goods into Europe and around the world.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Twitter has over 145 million registered users and more people are using mobile devices to access the microblogging service, according to co-founder Evan Williams.

Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state's moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai's police chief said.

AFP - KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia has formed a task force to scour the Internet for blog postings deemed harmful to national unity, authorities said on Friday in the latest of a series of actions against new media.

AFP - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A video cartoon featuring Google's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square as a privacy group continued to hound the Internet giant.

The Canadian Press - NEW YORK, N.Y. - Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week.

The Canadian Press - NEW YORK, N.Y. - When he wanted to interview a source in Connecticut for a recent "World News" story on technology, ABC reporter Pierre Thomas didn't even leave the office. ABC's cameras showed him sitting in front of a computer screen, talking to Michael Coppolla through Skype.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co won the bidding war to buy data storage company 3PAR Inc for $2.4 billion, as rival Dell Inc bowed out on Thursday.

The Canadian Press - MUMBAI, India - India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype.

AFP - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Computer networking powerhouse Cisco on Thursday announced it intends to buy smart grid specialty firm Arch Rock.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.

Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics' first tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab, will go on sale in two weeks, it said on Thursday, turning up the heat on Apple Inc's iPad.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc introduced a new version of Apple TV on Wednesday with shows from just two networks, underscoring its struggles to win over a media industry worried about losing control over the pricing of its programs.

AFP - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google released an improved version of Chrome on Thursday as the Internet titan's Web browser turned two years old.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA has landed on the iPad.

AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - US computer giant Dell dropped out of the bidding for 3PAR on Thursday after Hewlett-Packard raised its offer for the data storage company to 33 dollars per share or 2.4 billion dollars.

Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp is aiming to grab a 50 percent share of the European 3D television market this year as demand outstrips expectations and the technology wins converts worldwide, its head of Europe said on Thursday.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hot microblogging service Twitter launched an application for the Apple iPad on Thursday to rave reviews from technology blogs.

AFP - KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A Malaysian journalist was charged Thursday over a satirical blog which made fun of the state power firm Tenaga, and faces a year's jail if convicted.

AFP - SINGAPORE (AFP) - Singapore Airlines (SIA) has directed its flight attendants to avoid discussing work-related matters on Facebook and other social networking websites, company officials said Thursday.

AFP - PARIS (AFP) - Agence France-Presse, one of the world's top news agencies, aims to stream its news direct to web users via hand-held devices and direct-access Internet content, not solely via its media clients, its chief executive Emmanuel Hoog said in comments published Thursday.

AFP - PARIS (AFP) - French computer services and consulting group Capgemini said on Thursday it has agreed to buy a 55-percent stake in Brazilian IT company CPM Braxis for 233 million euros (298 million dollars).

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google will power Internet search across AOL properties and AOL video will appear on YouTube under an agreement reached on Thursday between the Web companies.

AFP - HELSINKI (AFP) - Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, announced Thursday it would discontinue its popular mobile file-sharing service called Ovi Files as of October 1.

The Canadian Press - BERLIN - Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.'s popular iPad.

Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Critics hoping for more from Apple Inc's Web-to-TV plans -- a device, say, that would revolutionize living room entertainment the way the iPad changed tablet computing -- may just need to wait a bit longer.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL Inc said on Thursday it has renewed a search agreement with Google Inc, further cementing a decade-long partnership as AOL tries to turn around its business.