AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge ? stiffer personal-computer competition ? that threatens to slow its steady growth.

AP - China has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists' names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves.

AP - Intel Corp. cracked the lid Tuesday on a new chip design that is at once a big challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and an admission that AMD nailed a key design feature before it slipped into a severe financial slump.

AFP - Google will be pampering bloggers and tutoring US policy makers at Democratic and Republican national conventions as Internet culture flexes growing political muscle.

AFP - Tech-savvy South Korea now has 45 million mobile phones, equivalent to 91 percent of the total population, the Korea Communications Commission said Wednesday.

Reuters - Apple Inc has issued a software update for the latest iPhone to help fix connection problems that led to a flurry of online complaints from customers, a European mobile service provider said on Tuesday as Credit Suisse reported strong U.S. sales of the device.

USATODAY.com - The Nintendo Wii remains the hottest selling next generation video game system, outpacing competing consoles for the 10th straight month.