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AFP - Yahoo has followed through on a promise to give outside developers access to its software in order to jazz-up the website with fun, hip or functional programmes.

OPTUS has continued to struggle to maintain its 3G mobile data service with customers reporting a lengthy outage in Sydney.

THE next upgrade of Office business software from Microsoft will include a version that edits Word and Excel in a browser.

Reuters - Sony Computer Entertainment America's "LittleBigPlanet" game, released in North America on Tuesday, lets players create characters and scenarios for the PlayStation 3, taking the internet's embrace of community-created sites to video games.

Though fewer servers were sold, the research firm points to the trend in virtualization and consolidation.

Consumers say Apple must lower the phone's $500 price for them to make the move.

HP still rules, Sun is making money again and mainframe sales keep on chugging.

LONDON (Reuters) - Good news for workers addicted to Facebook, Bebo and MySpace -- a British think-tank says bosses should not stop their staff using social networking sites because they could actually benefit their firms.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - LinkedIn, the career-oriented social networking website, on Wednesday will unveil an assortment of applications from big names like Google Inc and Amazon.com Inc in a push to integrate LinkedIn's platform into the daily workings of corporate life.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sony Pictures Entertainment is ready to make Crackle pop.