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Wi-Fi reaches out to gadgets

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Suited executives, grungy teens and even some savvy grannies are already using Wi-Fi to wirelessly link their laptops to the Internet. It may not be long before the short-range high-speed technology is just as popular for those looking to connect music players, phones, cameras, game consoles and more.

Seven in 10 Dutch homes have broadband: survey

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Seven in 10 homes in the Netherlands had a broadband Internet connection at the end of the third quarter, with the total number of connected households topping 5.43 million, a survey found on Friday.

Sony to sell auto programs to PS3 users via Web

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said it plans to sell auto-related programs such as the BBC's Top Gear series to users of its PlayStation 3 via the Internet, strengthening the game machine's appeal as a gateway to the Web.

Facebook alters notifications after privacy furor

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Confronted with mounting privacy protests, Facebook.com has scaled back a Web monitoring feature that notifies one's friends when the Facebook user visits affiliated Web sites, the company said on Thursday.

NZ police question teenager over global cyber crime

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand police are questioning a man alleged to be the leader of a cyber crime network that infiltrated computers worldwide and brought down the system at a US university.

Media CEOs are Facebook and BlackBerry users

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook is good for keeping up with high-flying buddies, MySpace is for teenage offspring and the BlackBerry is a full-time addiction, according to top media executives who were quizzed on their personal media habits at this week's Reuters Media Summit.

U.S. slump casts pall over media, entertainment

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A US economic recession could hammer those media and entertainment companies that rely heavily on advertising next year, curtailing experimentation when the industry needs it most.

Google to bid for U.S. mobile airwaves

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Friday that the company would bid on coveted airwaves to launch a US wireless network, pitting it against established telecommunications players AT&T and Verizon.

Blog site that is popular in Russia is sold

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - LiveJournal, the personal Web publishing service that jump-started blogging in Russia, has been sold by its US owner to a Russian business partner, which will operate it independently, the companies said on Sunday.

Fake Games merchandise swamping China Internet: report

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing is battling to stamp out illegal sales of 2008 Olympic merchandise on dozens of unauthorized Web sites seeking to cash in on the Chinese public's Games fervor, local media reported on Monday.