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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - MySpace, the popular online social network owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, could develop a digital music player in the future, pitting it against Apple Inc's hot-selling iPod.

THE federal Government has a strong mandate to introduce individual e-health records for Australians, a new consumer poll has found.

The Bush administration has been skeptical of Net neutrality, unlike President-elect Brack Obama. Fans of more regulation hope to use this support to target wireless as well.

In a relatively inhospitable economy for tech start-ups, the Clean Tech Open and its six $100,000 cash prizes are like an oasis in the desert. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports from the 2008 awards show, which celebrates the best clean and green technology companies.

During a visit Down Under, Microsoft's CEO says he has confidence in the leadership of the U.S. president-elect and hopes to see a "positive psychology loop" return.

But not in the way you think... Blog front pages are now large pages of images and scripts rather than the pared-down text pages of old..

At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, John Battelle, chairman of Federated Media Publishing, talks to Jerry Yang about his job as CEO of Yahoo. Yang discusses his decision to take the position, the challenges he's faced since then, and his vision for building a better advertising and content platform.

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (Reuters) - A Malaysian court freed on Friday a blogger who was detained under the country's draconian security laws and whose arrest in September sparked condemnation from the opposition and rights groups.

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Microsoft's CEO makes it clear a merger is not in the cards for Redmond and Yahoo, sending the internet search pioneer's stock down as much as 16.5 percent.