InfoWorld - Last Friday, we FedEx’d the Save Windows XP petition to Steve Ballmer.

AP - To Celeste Tyler and her teenage friends, text-messaging is as effortless as tying their shoes.

Reuters - Shares in Vodafone rose after
the UK mobile operator announced a deal with News Corp’s
(NWSa.N) MySpace under which footage from Vodafone-sponsored
music events will be made available to users of the social
networking website.

AP - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don’t want to be forced into using XP’s successor, Vista.

AFP - Russia will be able to create its first Internet addresses using the Cyrillic alphabet next year, communications ministry official Vladimir Vassiliev told Interfax news agency on Sunday.

AFP - The United States and European Union are close to an agreement to share private data of their citizens, including credit card information, travel history and internet browsing information, The New York Times said Saturday.

PC World - The leading database vendor retained strong market share in 2007, but faces increasing competition from low-cost, open source alternatives.

CNET - Web search giant Google has enlisted Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane to create an original animated series that it will distribute on the Web via its AdSense advertising system, according to a report in the New York Times .

AP - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don’t want to be forced into using XP’s successor, Vista.

AFP - Russia will be able to create its first Internet addresses using the Cyrillic alphabet next year, communications ministry official Vladimir Vassiliev told Interfax news agency on Sunday.