[September 05, 2008]

AP Technology NewsBrief at 10:16 a.m. EDT

(AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nokia warns 3Q market share will fall; shares diveHELSINKI, Finland (AP) _ Nokia Corp. warned Friday its third-quarter global market share will decline from second-quarter levels, sending its U.S. shares tumbling more than 10 percent. In July the company, the world's top cell phone maker, had predicted that its market share would about the same in the two quarters _ about 40 percent.

Russia's MTS to sell Apple iPhoneMOSCOW (AP) _ Russia's number one cell operator MTS said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in Russia. MTS, which becomes the last of the country's "big three" providers to announce a distribution agreement for the handsets, did not provide immediate details of the deal.

New music site gives fans a cut of tune salesNEW YORK (AP) _ Being a trendsetter can be pricey. As any fashionista or gadget hound knows, the latest frocks and tech toys don't pay for themselves. But a new Web site is trying to make it profitable for music lovers to stay ahead of the curve _ by paying them when other people purchase MP3s they've bought. Berkeley, Calif.-based Popcuts, which publicly launched its Web site in early August, charges users 99 cents per song. Thereafter, whenever someone else buys the same song, those who have already bought it get paid in credit that can be redeemed for more Popcuts music. The earlier you buy a song, the larger your cut of future sales.

New eBay site has social, environmental aimNEW YORK (AP) _ Most consumers probably associate eBay Inc. more with vintage lunch boxes and low-priced electronics than with laptop bags made from recycled plastic by women in New Delhi. The online auction operator is trying to change that perception with WorldofGood.com, a Web site due to launch Wednesday to sell goods produced with social and environmental goals in mind.

Internet traffic grows 53 percent from mid-2007NEW YORK (AP) _ International Internet traffic kept growing in the last year, but at a slower rate than before, and carriers more than kept pace by adding more capacity, a research firm said Wednesday. The findings by TeleGeography Research are important because some U.S. Internet service providers say they are struggling with the expansion of online traffic, and are imposing monthly download limits on heavy users. The figures from TeleGeography don't exactly correlate to average Internet usage by U.S. households, but give an indication of wider trends.

Review: Google Chrome lacks polish under the hoodNEW YORK (AP) _ Google Inc.'s new Web browser, called Chrome, does much of what a browser needs to do these days: It presents a sleek appearance, groups pages into easy-to-manage "tabs" and offers several ways for people to control their Internet privacy settings. Yet my initial tests reveal that this "beta," or preliminary release, falls short of Google's goals, and is outdone in an important measure by the latest version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer.

CEO of embattled Web-tracking firm NebuAd leavesNEW YORK (AP) _ The chief executive of NebuAd Inc., whose Web tracking technology raised a privacy backlash, has left the company to be chief financial officer at Verifone Holdings Inc., a maker of payment processing equipment. Verifone said late Tuesday that Robert Dykes will become senior vice president, effective immediately. He will become CFO after the company files its financial report for the latest quarter.

Sony recalls laptops for possible overheatingTOKYO (AP) _ Sony Corp. is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of a wiring flaw that could cause overheating. Sony said Thursday the recall involves 19 models in the Vaio TZ series manufactured between May 2007 and July 2008.

New home door locks can be controlled onlineDENVER (AP) _ What if locking the front door of your home while you're away were as easy as hopping on the Internet? At the CEDIA Expo in Denver this week, Ingersoll-Rand Co.'s Schlage unit is showing off door locks that can be wirelessly set or opened via the Internet, from a mobile phone or a computer.

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