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5/12/2008    Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts off (AP)

AP - Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience.

5/12/2008    Google joins effort to make more Web sites more sociable (AP)

Exterior view of Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., during its annual shareholders meeting Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - The effort to make it easier for Web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd.
5/12/2008    MIT students show power of open cell phone systems (AP)

In this rendering provided by the Locale team, Locale, an application designed for Google's upcoming Android mobile operating system, is shown. Locale, designed by a team of MIT students, lets users configure their phones to automatically adjust their settings when the devices detect themselves in certain zones. (AP Photo/The Locale Team)AP - What do you want your cell phone to be able to do?
5/12/2008    HP has eye on IBM as it discusses EDS acquisition (AP)

In this , Nov. 12, 2007, file photo, Hewlett Packard Company CEO Mark Hurd smiles during a conference in San Francisco. HP is negotiating to buy information technology services provider Electronic Data Systems Corp. in a deal that could help the world's largest personal computer maker win more consulting contracts with large companies and government agencies. Palo Alto-based HP and Plano, Texas-based EDS confirmed the talks Monday, May 12, 2008, shortly after The Wall Street Journal reported a deal could be reached as early as Tuesday. Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, the Journal said HP will pay $12 billion to $13 billion. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Having seized the lead in personal computer sales worldwide, Hewlett-Packard Co. is stalking the technology services market for its next conquest.
5/12/2008    Chile probes data theft and posting by hacker (AP)

AP - A prosecutor was appointed Monday to investigate how a computer hacker accessed government data for 6 million Chileans and posted it to the Internet.

5/12/2008    Google offers to imbue all websites with social networking (AFP)

A file photo shows the Google logo at a book fair in Frankfurt, Germany. The web giant has set out to enable all websites to be imbued with common social networking features along the lines of MySpace and Facebook(DDP/AFP/File/Martin Oeser)AFP - Google has set out to enable all websites, free of charge, to be imbued with common social networking features as the Internet evolves toward becoming a giant community along the lines of MySpace or Facebook.
5/12/2008    Disney to create lab to test ads for ABC, ESPN (AP)

AP - Will people remember three-second video ads on their mobile phones? Do high-definition commercials on big screens get people's hearts racing more than other pitches? Is the sports ticker crawl distracting or does it add value to the 30-second TV spot?

5/12/2008    Nokia Phone Maps Will Get Webbed Feet (PC World)

PC World - Nokia is extending its mobile navigation system to the Web via its Ovi.com site, where people will be able to save map...

5/12/2008    Sun to Clarify JavaFX Open-source Plan Later This Year (PC World)

PC World - While Sun executives have said that JavaFX, the company's nascent rich Internet application (RIA) development product family...

5/12/2008    Microsoft software gives free tours of space (Reuters)

Reuters - Any Star Trek fan knows that space travel is not always easy, but Microsoft Corp wants to make traveling the "final frontier" as simple as turning on your computer.

5/12/2008    HP in talks to buy EDS to compete with IBM (Reuters)

An employee walks past a Hewlett-Packard logo during the second day of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong December 5, 2006. (Paul Yeung/Reuters)Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co is in talks to buy technology outsourcing company Electronic Data Systems Corp for $12 billion to $13 billion in a deal which would vault it to a close second to IBM in technology services.
5/12/2008    'Boom Blox,' 'Echochrome' offer pure fun (AP)

AP - For hardcore gamers, controlling a video-game character is second nature. You use one joystick to run, use another stick to look around, press the right trigger to shoot and use various buttons to open doors, take cover or talk to other characters.