If approved as part of a €200 billion EU stimulus plan, the spending could bring high-speed Internet connections to rural areas of Eastern Europe and northern Italy by the end of 2010.

The Australian government plans to test a national Web filtration system that would require Internet service providers to block access to Web sites with illegal content, sparking censorship concerns.

In its pitch to Congress, the U.S. biotech industry will portray itself as a model of innovation.

The newspaper industry is suffering a hangover from an immense buying spree in 2006 and early 2007, just as the business was about to enter a drastic decline.

The Internet Watch Foundation, which helps Internet providers block access to child pornography and other content that is illegal in Britain, reluctantly lifted its ban on a 1970s album cover image, which had the unintended effect of blocking editing of all Wikipedia sites in Britain.

The Taiwan memory chip maker ProMOS on Tuesday asked for government assistance and Hynix of South Korea was set to secure fresh funds, as the companies seek a lifeline to survive one of the industry's worst downturns.

Electronic Arts has told Wall Street analysts that its full-year sales and profit would be significantly lower than it projected just six weeks ago.

A congressional report charges that the commission has become politicized and failed to carry out some important responsibilities under Kevin Martin's leadership.

The company, which had already announced cost cuts in recent months, blamed the rapid deterioration in the global economic outlook and the strength of the yen for the cuts.

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The attackers used GPS handsets and satellite photos, and communicated with their handlers via hard-to-trace Internet phones.

U.S. government and technology experts urge a move away from passwords and toward more secure devices.

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