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News Corp's social network MySpace is developing software which will put responsibility for protecting teenagers in the hands of parents.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The Internet should continue to be overseen by major agencies including ICANN and the ITU, rather than any new "superstructure", the new head of the International Telecommunications Union said on Friday.

Cross-licensing negotiations between Qualcomm and Nokia have broken down to the point that arbitration might be necessary to get the parties together before their current agreement expires in April.

Ultrawideband is to be legalised across Europe within the next six months, ZDNet UK has learned.

The Storage Performance Council (SPC) has issued a second benchmark meant to save customers from vendor spin hell.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. wireless technology firm and chip supplier Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM.O: Quote, Profile , Research) is talking to potential Chinese partners to prepare for the launch of third-generation services, but its chief executive questioned on Tuesday the market prospects for a homegrown standard Beijing is pushing.

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of KSR International v. Teleflex, in which the limits of combination patents and so-called obvious patents are being considered. According to several wire reports, KSR argued that its design for adjustable vehicle accelerator pedals does not violate a patent held by Teleflex for a similar gizmo, because Teleflex did not legitimately invent anything when it combined two existing technologies in an obvious way, and does not, therefore, deserve the patent.