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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet services company AOL said on Friday its Advertising.com unit would help serve and manage advertising on a new online video venture being built by News Corp. and NBC Universal.

LISBON (Reuters) - The U.S.-based Internet governing body rejected a proposal on Friday to create an adults-only zone on the internet, or a .XXX domain.

SEOUL (Reuters) - LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd. (034220.KS: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's No.2 maker of large-size LCD panels, said on Sunday that its flat screen assembly plant in Poland had started mass production and was planning to produce 11 million modules annually by 2011 to meet booming demand for flat TVs in Europe.

The multicore era is upon us.

Exclusive Apple and Google have abandoned their individual mobile phone projects for a joint venture, The Register has learned.

China is developing impressive high-tech military capabilities, according to analysis given to an American congressional commission. And, unsportingly, the inscrutable communists refuse to tell anyone what they're up to.

Exclusive When it comes to bot-infested PCs that spew spam, most of us assume the owners are newbie users too naive or careless to follow basic security measures. Think again. There's a good chance that the penis enlargement email that just landed in your inbox is from a network maintained by Oracle, Hewlett-Packard or some other Fortune 1000 company.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. is exploring a sale and is in talks with Microsoft Corp. and other potential suitors, according to people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site.

Looking to up interest in its processor business, Sun Microsystems has formed a separate microelectronics unit.

In a clash between two of the world's biggest computer companies, HP is suing Acer for patent infringement.

LONDON (Reuters) - More research is needed on the potential health and environmental hazards of nanotechnology to ensure public confidence in the fast-growing industry, British experts said on Wednesday.

PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) - STMicrolectronics (STM.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) was one of the best-performing CAC 40 (.FCHI: Quote, Profile, Research) stocks on Tuesday after it proposed a forecast-beating dividend, which analysts said was a sign the company's reorganisation had finally reduced its cash needs. 

MUMBAI, March 27 (Reuters) - Vodafone Group Plc's (VOD.L: Quote, Profile, Research) deal to buy control of India's Hutchison Essar could be delayed as the government investigates the structure of Hutchison Telecommunication's (2332.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) stake, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday. 

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - AT&T Inc. (T.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it had taken a step toward the long-promised notion of phones replacing credit cards, checks and cash by signing agreements with Wachovia Corp. (WB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and several other banks.