Canadian woman vows fight after benefits cut over Facebook photos

Montreal -- A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression said Monday she would fight an insurance company's decision to cut her benefits after her agent found photos on Facebook of her vacationing, at a bar and at a party. - 11/23/2009

South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week

SEOUL, South Korea -- Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets. - 11/23/2009

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Google's shiny new Chrome OS is on track for 2010

Internet giant Google says it's a year away from releasing its forthcoming Chrome computer operating system, but it released what's been done so far to the open source community for wider development at a press conference Thursday. - 11/19/2009

Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go

Mario, the pot-bellied Italian plumber with a penchant for rescuing princesses, collecting golden coins and gobbling magic mushrooms, has been around for nearly three decades. And even though he hasn't changed much, the latest game he stars in, the newly released "The New Super Mario Bros. Wii" is one of the holiday season's top titles. - 11/19/2009

AOL offers buyouts to 2,500, a third of work force

New York -- AOL LLC, an Internet company struggling to adapt to an advertising-driven economy, is looking to shed more than a third of its work force as it prepares to spin off from Time Warner Inc. next month. - 11/19/2009

Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search

San Francisco -- Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently. - 11/19/2009

'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations

New York -- "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday. - 11/18/2009

Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook

Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook. Both systems are integrating the social network this week. - 11/18/2009

U.K. police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests

London -- British police have made the first European arrests connected to the spread of a data-thieving virus thought to have infected tens of thousands of computers worldwide, Scotland Yard said Wednesday. - 11/18/2009

China censors anti-censor pitch

Beijing -- President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao finished their first round of meetings in Beijing today with both leaders saying their talks focused on areas of cooperation. - 11/17/2009

• Commentary: China's rise doesn't mean Michigan's demise
• Commentary: Debt with China hamstrings Obama
• Obama, Hu stress cooperation

T-Mobile resumes sale of Sidekicks after data loss

New York -- T-Mobile USA is selling Sidekick phones again, more than a month after a server meltdown caused contact numbers, pictures and other personal information to disappear from many of the phones. - 11/17/2009

Soaring skyward in 140 characters

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Monday: About 100 of NASA's geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets. - 11/16/2009

Twitter to scrap controversial suggested user list

Putrajaya, Malaysia -- Social-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of "suggested users" to follow after controversy erupted over the selection of people on the list, a company executive said Monday. - 11/16/2009

CMU physicist develops panorama of sky

MOUNT PLEASANT -- A scientist has finished a two-year, 26,000-mile mission to assemble a panoramic photo image of the night sky. - 11/16/2009