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The ranks of video start-ups were supposed to have been trimmed by now. Is the predicted thinning of the herd just tardy or is there really gold in the sector?

Now more than ever, big trade shows like the wireless industry's taking place next week in Las Vegas, are places where companies can push for a more positive corporate storyline.

China Mobile will launch trials of a 3G (third-generation) mobile service in eight Chinese cities next month, Chinese media reported Friday.

A Malaysian Web site has published specifications and pictures of a laptop unveiled this week by a local computer maker that evidence suggests could be a new version of Intel's Classmate PC for education markets.

Internet providers should identify customers running afoul of copyright law out of their own self-interest, the Motion Picture Association of America suggests.

Tom Young, Computing, Friday 28 March 2008 at 00:00:00 But almost nine out of 10 were evicted from their domains in 2007 A record number of cybersquatters - people who buy web sites with the names of famous trademarks - were evicted in 2007.... > Read the full article

Shaun Nichols in California, vnunet.com, Friday 28 March 2008 at 00:00:00 19 year-old gets three years for 911 prank A Washington man has been sentenced to three years in prison for an elaborate prank which lead to a Swat team raiding an innocent family's home.... > Read the full article

Shaun Nichols in California, vnunet.com, Friday 28 March 2008 at 00:00:00 Companies sign truce on bandwidth use Cable provider Comcast has reached an agreement to end its practice of limiting BitTorrent traffic. The two firms announced a partnership in which both sides will work to solve the... > Read the full article

Big Brother is watching. EMC has launched a set of services that it claimed would enable companies to improve on-site security by combining user authentication, backup and content management capabilities with IP video surveillance.

Pre-programmed 'Google dorks' linked to 75 percent of hacked sites. Three-quarters of phishing sites are built on hacked servers that have been tracked down using pre-programmed Google search terms, according to research from brand-protection firm MarkMonitor.