INTO TECH

LONDON (Reuters) - Telecoms and media watchdog, Ofcom, has
delayed a decision on whether to auction off a prime range of
radio wave spectrum which could by used by mobile phone firms
for mobile Internet services, media reports said on Monday.

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s leading Roman Catholic newspaper
lashed out at bloggers on Saturday for spreading “slander” by
posting a BBC documentary that alleged a Church cover-up of
child sexual abuse.

LONDON (Reuters) - A Web site set up to help find missing
four-year-old Madeleine McCann has received more than 50
million hits, its operator said on Friday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A $6 billion (3 billion pounds)
purchase of Web advertising agency aQuantive Inc. may distract
Microsoft Corp. from any potential merger with Yahoo Inc., but
it does not derail the logic of such a deal, analysts said on
Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - A judge who said he didn’t really
understand the term “Web site” is fully computer literate and
was merely trying to clarify complex evidence for the benefit
of the court, the judiciary said on Friday.

TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonian officials reeling from three
weeks of cyber attacks on government and private Internet sites
are looking at ways to shore up the Baltic state’s
infrastructure against future onslaughts.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday defended a
decision to block popular Web sites including YouTube and
MySpace on U.S. military computers, saying it needed to keep
its network clear for operations.

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s bitter political wrangling has
spread to Second Life with supporters of socialist and
conservative parties trying to burn down each others’ party
offices in the virtual world.

PARIS (Reuters) - Electronic Arts, the video games giant
that created the “Need for Speed” series is finding the race
for entertainment will determine how the battle for gamers on
consoles, computers and mobile phones is won and lost.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc. said on
Wednesday it is combining its different Web search services
into one “Universal Search” service that will present Web
sites, news, video and other results on one page.