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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's largest online travel agent, Ctrip.com, is partnering with software giant Microsoft Corp. to cash in on the country's growing class of young and affluent consumers looking to splash out on travel.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese Internet search leader Baidu won approval to become an online news portal, government and industry sources said on Tuesday, heating up a rivalry in the world's second-largest Web market.

Social networking market leader MySpace has been hit with four lawsuits in the US separately alleging that site users were guilty of sexual assault. The families behind the suits are seeking damages of millions of dollars.

A half-million pound bank robbery is quite a feat, even today. When the heist happens on home computers, as it did with customers of Swedish bank Nordea, it's time to fundamentally review the assumptions on which the banks build our safety.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL co-founder Steve Case launched a health Web site on Monday that will offer free and paid services including social networking tools for sharing information on doctors, insurance and other health topics.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - IBM's Lotus unit will introduce on Monday a set of social networking services that functions like a MySpace for office workers and which analysts say marks a renewed challenge to Microsoft Corp..

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet media company Yahoo Inc. launched on Friday a new Web site to help users manage their personal finances, with tools for building a budget or retirement plan.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox News has rolled out a new service that will let anyone with a cell phone access an audio feed of the cable channel.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alltel Corp. (AT.N: Quote, Profile , Research), the biggest rural U.S. wireless provider, said on Thursday it revamped its cell phone user interface to make it easier for consumers to navigate wireless data applications.

LONDON (Reuters) - Two Scandinavian entrepreneurs behind free online Skype telephone calls on Tuesday launched a new global broadband television service.

More UK mobile operators may soon begin offering push-to-talk services, following RIM's decision to provide the service on its Pearl handset in the US.

LOS GATOS, California (Reuters) - Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc is unveiling its long-awaited online movie delivery service which allows subscribers to watch about 1,000 movies and television shows on their personal computers at no additional charge.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Motorola Inc, the world's No. 2 handset maker, unveiled plans on Monday to improve media services on its cellphones via agreements with Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc and said it is developing set top boxes that can send home television to phones.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. unveiled a slew of deals with mobile phone handset makers and network operators to feature its Web search services on tens of millions of phones worldwide, the company said on Monday.