Google gets into video games — with ads (AP) AP - Google Inc., the leader in online search and advertising, is muscling in on video game territory — though it won't exactly be in the form of a shoot 'em up game.
Fabless future: Struggling AMD spins off factories (AP) AP - For years, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s scrappy image was best summed up by an insult that founder Jerry Sanders lobbed against rivals: "Real men have fabs."
YouTube flips switch on new sales channel (AP) AP - Online video leader YouTube has opened up its version of a home shopping network in its latest effort to wring more revenue from its massive audience and justify the $1.76 billion that Google Inc. paid for the site two years ago.
`Mail Goggles' might prevent e-mail regrets (AP) AP - Here's the scenario: It's Friday night, and what began as an innocent happy-hour margarita morphed into a few pitchers. After all, those tacos were salty.
Click-to-buy links for songs, games added to YouTube (CNET) CNET - Love that song in the latest "Where the hell is Matt?" video but have no idea what the hell it is? Wonder no more. Now YouTube will make it easier to identify songs and buy them instantly.
YouTube links to online stores in money-making move (AFP)

YouTube on Tuesday added links to online stores in a move crafted to pump more money from the hot video-sharing website Google bought nearly two years ago in a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - YouTube on Tuesday added links to online stores in a move crafted to pump more money from the hot video-sharing website Google bought nearly two years ago in a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal.
BlackBerry Storm has touch screen you can feel (AP)

This photo provided by Research in Motion Ltd., shows the company's new touch-screen phone, the Storm. With the new model being announced Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2008 the Storm, RIM is for the first time giving up the physical keypad in favor of a large screen, just like the one on Apple's iPhone. (AP Photo/Research in Motion Ltd.)AP - Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry, is taking on Apple Inc. with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology.
Analysts cut 2009 cell phone growth estimates (Reuters)

A woman poses next to cell phones at the 'Internationale Funkausstellung' (IFA) 2006 consumer electronics fair in Berlin, September 1, 2006. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)Reuters - The global cell phone market should grow at much slower-than-expected rates next year as consumers put off buying new devices due to deepening economic concerns, according to forecasts from analysts.
Mono 2.0 Boosts Cross-Platform App Development (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - The Mono project has just released Version 2.0 of its open-source implementation of Microsoft's .NET framework. Mono is both a runtime environment for applications and a kit for developers writing applications with C, as well as other Common Language Infrastructure languages developed by the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA).
Microsoft touts Touchless SDK (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Microsoft Office Labs released Tuesday its Touchless SDK for developers to experiment with multi-touch technology.
MySpace-HP picture alliance (AFP)

A woman looks at the MySpace website. MySpace and Hewlett Packard on Tuesday announced an alliance aimed at getting people to print out more of the billions of pictures digitally stored at the world's leading social networking website.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - MySpace and Hewlett Packard on Tuesday announced an alliance aimed at getting people to print out more of the billions of pictures digitally stored at the world's leading social networking website.
YouTube to sell music, games in revenue push (Reuters) Reuters - YouTube, the world's most popular video-sharing site, will start to sell music and video games and experiment with new advertising formats to grow revenue, executives said on Tuesday.