Information and Communication Technologies

Second-quarter profit at Xerox skidded 19 percent on reorganization charges, but the company matched Wall Street’s forecast.

The F.C.C was set to approve a merger between XM and Sirius and end a nearly 18-month review of a deal that would essentially create a monopoly in satellite radio.

Hackers have released software that exploits a recently disclosed flaw in the Domain Name System software used to route messages between computers on the Internet.

Four of Japan’s biggest comic book or “manga” publishers are coming together to bring digital versions of their magazines to Nintendo’s Wii console.

It failed in its pursuit of Yahoo. It is paying people to use its search engine. Now Microsoft thinks it has found a source of users for its foundering search service: Facebook.

Some customers like the company’s responses to online criticism; others see an eerie version of “Big Brother.”

RadioShack reported higher-than-expected profit on a surprise increase in sales, but the electronics retailer said the economic environment continues to be challenging.

Steve Ballmer said the company was “done,” for now, with pursuing Yahoo. Meanwhile, Microsoft announced that it will provide Web search and search advertising on Facebook pages.

Hasbro, the owner of Scrabble, has sued the creators of Scrabulous, the popular Scrabble-like game on Facebook.

Xerox’s profit fell 19 percent, but matched Wall Street’s forecast, as the office-equipment maker was hurt by restructuring charges.

After seven months of testing, Google rolls out Knol, a service that has been described as a Wikipedia killer. Read about it on Wikipedia.

Sugar Inc., the women’s blog network, has ended its advertising partnership with NBC Universal and taken its ad sales in-house. That leaves a gap in NBC’s women’s blog network.

European venture capital firm Wellington Partners has opened a Silicon Valley office to help its investors and entrepreneurs bridge the cultural divide.

At its annual conference for developers, the company announced Facebook Connect, a way that other Web sites can integrate parts of Facebook’s service.

Venture capitalists surveyed by KPMG don’t expect the I.P.O. drought to ease until 2010 and they expect green technology to lead the turnaround.

Kevin Johnson’s exit comes as Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, is shaking up top-level staff in a bid to improve Microsoft’s Internet search and ad business.

The open season on openness has reached the video game console. Microsoft is now creating a method for almost anyone to write and sell games for its Xbox 360 machines.

After years of false starts, a new industry selling motor fuel made from waste is getting a big push in the U.S., with the first commercial sales possible within months.

F.C.C. approval of the union would end a nearly 18-month government review of a deal that would essentially create a monopoly in satellite radio.

Zimmer Holdings, the nation’s biggest producer of orthopedic devices, says it will suspend sales of an artificial hip component that some doctors have complained was failing at a high rate.