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• Image Gallery: How Tech Tools Are Saving Great Works Of Art
  New labs at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center employ high and low-tech tools from Microsoft Windows and gMail, to specialized lighting, an electron microscope, and a room-sized X-ray machine.
• U.S. Shoppers Search For Last-Minute Holiday Deals
  Sales this past Friday through Sunday fell 5.3% compared with last year's weekend before Christmas, metrics firm ShopperTrak said.
• Fry's Exec Accused Of Massive Kickback Scheme
  The manager with a gambling debt is accused of demanding exorbitant commissions from a handful of Fry's suppliers in return for prominent product placement within the retailer's stores.
• Researchers Boost Brightness Of Energy-Efficient OLED Lighting
  The technology can be used in a wide variety of applications, including television screens, computer displays, advertising signage and mobile phones.
• YouTube Dispute Underscores Music Labels Weak Hand
  In the new battleground of online video, music companies are desperate to avoid past mistakes.
• Facebook, MySpace Could Boost Location-Based Services
  Integrating LBS and tapping into its anticipated $13 billion market is expected to generate a healthy revenue stream for the social networks.
• iPhone Trumps Storm In Customer Satisfaction
  Owners of the iPhone 3G were more satisfied than BlackBerry Storm owners, but RIM is well positioned for the next quarter, according to a report.
• Micron Stock Drops On Wide Losses
  The company makes DRAM, used as memory in computers, and flash memory, known as NAND, which is used in cameras and phones and holds its memory even without power.
• NameMedia, Eyeblaster Latest To Pull IPOs
  Including these two withdrawals, 26 tech companies have canceled their IPO plans this year.
• NORAD Tracking Santa Claus With Google Maps
  The aerospace command is using the Internet to follow Kris Kringle's Christmas Eve progress.
• Mexico's Telmex Launches Short Web-Based Newscast
  UNO TV offers short news items twice each weekday to millions of families across Mexico that subscribe to a high-speed Internet connection service.
• Plane Crash Survivor Twitters Eyewitness Account
  Twitter also was instrumental in getting the news out about the April 2007 Virginia Tech shootings and the October 2007 Southern California wildfires.
• Handango Partners With Mobile Game Publishers
  The mobile application retailer finds that smartphone users are increasingly choosing fun and games over productivity apps.
• Laptop Shipments Exceed Desktops For The First Time
  The impact of the global economic meltdown didn't affect third-quarter shipments in the worldwide PC market, which saw an overall increase of 15.4%.
• Last-Minute Gadgets For Your High-Tech Hiker, Biker Or Skier
  Start with a GPS to find your way to and through a hike, cross-country ski trip or any other adventure, and check out the nine other suggestions.
• EA Offers DRM-Free Option For Spore
  In response to heavy criticism, Electronic Arts is allowing "Spore" fans to play the title on an unlimited number of PCs through the online Steam service.
• Microsoft Confirms New SQL Server Threat
  The vulnerability could leave numerous versions of the database software vulnerable to cyberattack.
• iPhone Gets High-Profile Apps
  HP, NPR, and USA Today are the latest organizations to develop applications for Apple's App Store.
• Three Ways to Improve Retail Bank Web Sites
  Account selection tools, bigger check archives and more self-service functions should be added to banks' Web sites, according to Corporate Insight.
• Windows XP Extensions Reflect Vista's Woes
  Microsoft needs to keep its older operating system on the market in order to appease business customers.
• Windows XP Extensions Reflect Vista's Woes
  Microsoft needs to keep its older operating system on the market in order to appease business customers.
• AT&T, Verizon Finalize Asset Swap
  The swap, which stems from the acquisitions of rural carriers, will improve AT&T's voice and data coverage in several states.
• Device Blocks Teens From Texting While Driving
  The Key2SafeDriving car key wirelessly disables cell phones via a Bluetooth or RFID connection while the car is turned on.
• Troubled Citigroup Sells IT Services Arm To India's Wipro
  The $127 million deal includes a six-year outsourcing contract under which Wipro will provide tech support to the bank.
• RIM's Takeover Bid For Certicom Takes A Hostile Turn
  Research In Motion is vowing to fight Certicom's efforts to block being acquired by the BlackBerry maker.