Google's e-mail gets social in Facebook face-off
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook....

AT&T picks Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson for network
NEW YORK (AP) -- AT&T Inc. has selected Alcatel-Lucent and LM Ericsson AB to supply the equipment for a new wireless network that will provide data speeds that are at least ten times faster than today's wireless broadband....

Sprint Nextel slows subscriber loss in 4th quarter
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. managed to slow down the rate of subscriber loss in the fourth quarter, an encouraging sign for a wireless carrier that has lost millions of customers over the past few years....

RealNetworks, MTV to spin off Rhapsody
NEW YORK (AP) -- RealNetworks Inc. and MTV Networks said Tuesday that they plan to spin off Rhapsody America LLC, their digital music service joint venture, into an independent company....

AOL integrates Facebook chat with AIM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- As part of an ongoing effort to improve its user experience, Internet company AOL Inc. is letting users of its AIM instant-messaging service chat with friends on Facebook....

PayPal's India transaction block could last months
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months....

Opera Software announces iPhone browser
OSLO (AP) -- Opera Software ASA announced Wednesday that it will unveil an iPhone version of its Opera Mini mobile phone browser at an international tech conference next week despite not having approached iPhone maker Apple about the move....

Micron to buy Numonyx in $1.3 billion stock deal
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Micron Technology says it plans to buy fellow memory chip maker Numonyx in an all-stock transaction the companies value at $1.27 billion....

Warner CEO sees e-book `fracas' as helping music
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The head of Warner Music Group expressed hope on Tuesday that the recent "fracas" over the price of e-books would help give content creators such as his company more pricing power over device makers....