AFP - Microsoft filed 26 federal lawsuits against companies suspected of dealing in pirated copies of its lucrative Windows and Office computer software, a release said.

AFP - Nortel and Microsoft Corp. have announced a new partnership to sell new combined technologies to facilitate email, instant messaging, telephone calls and more via the Internet.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it was in an alliance with Canada's Nortel Networks Corp. as part of a push to run traditional business telephone systems on PC software.

Reuters - U.S. phone company AT&T Inc. said on Wednesday it began marketing its AT&T Homezone, a long-awaited service that combines high-speed Internet and satellite television in one set-top box.

Reuters - Online movie seller CinemaNow late on Tuesday unveiled a new service that allows customers to download a movie from the Internet and copy it onto a DVD that can be played on any standard DVD player.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it had filed 26 lawsuits that allege computer dealers sold illegal software.

Reuters - Nintendo of America's "New Super Mario Bros" grabbed the No. 1 spot on the U.S. video game sales chart in June for the second month in a row with 453,000 units sold, according to market research firm NPD Group.

AP - Seattle startup Zillow.com said Tuesday it will supply Yahoo Inc.'s online real estate service with a tool to estimate what any home might be worth.

AP - CinemaNow Inc. will begin selling mainstream movies for download that can be transferred to DVD and watched on standalone players, marking a first for Hollywood films bought and distributed over the Internet.

AP - Only about 10 percent of computers, cell phones and other electronic gadgets are recycled, industry analysts say, with the vast majority either collecting dust or leaching toxins into landfills.

Reuters - U.S. phone company AT&T Inc. said on Wednesday it began marketing its AT&T Homezone, a long-awaited service that combines high-speed Internet and satellite television in one set-top box.

AP - Seattle startup Zillow.com said Tuesday it will supply Yahoo Inc.'s online real estate service with a tool to estimate what any home might be worth.

AP - CinemaNow Inc. will begin selling mainstream movies for download that can be transferred to DVD and watched on standalone players, marking a first for Hollywood films bought and distributed over the Internet.

AFP - Fourteen human rights urged Congress Tuesday to pass legislation aimed at preventing US technology companies from cooperating with China or other countries in stifling online free speech.

Reuters - Online movie seller CinemaNow late on Tuesday unveiled a new service that allows customers to download a movie from the Internet and copy it onto a DVD that can be played on any standard DVD player.

AP - An offshore sports-betting operation targeted by U.S. prosecutors shut down its Web site Tuesday night, a day after a federal judge ordered the company to stop letting Americans place wagers.

Reuters - The New York Times Co., which like other newspaper publishers is struggling with lower circulation and weak advertising as readers gravitate to the Internet, said on Tuesday it would reduce the size of its flagship newspaper and consolidate printing operations, resulting in the loss of about 250 jobs.

AP - The brawl between Wal-Mart and its union critics is escalating as groups on both sides, fighting over whether the world's largest retailer is good or bad, launched attack-style Web sites maligning each other's motives and politics.

AP - E-mail is so last millennium. Young people see it as a good way to reach an elder — a parent, teacher or a boss — or to receive an attached file. But increasingly, the former darling of high-tech communication is losing favor to instant and text messaging, and to the chatter generated on blogs and social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.