AP - Driving with one hand on the wheel and the other on a cell phone is no longer an option for Washington state drivers.

AP - Former Intel Corp. Chairman Andy Grove has a knack for sensing when circumstances should force changes at a company or an industry ? and how to respond.

AP - NBC is making more than 2,200 hours of live competition from Beijing available online, giving Olympic junkies more action than they could ever devour in a day.

Reuters - Aerosmith fans can finally get
their chance to step into the shoes of Steven Tyler and Joe
Perry as video game developer Activision Inc released
its Guitar Hero: Aerosmith game on Friday.

TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Mindreef and Iona Technologies are expected to bolster Progress’ portfolio which includes management tools and business process management software.

AP - Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is buying Helio LLC, a struggling cell phone carrier that was founded to bring the advanced features of South Korean phones to the U.S. market.

NewsFactor - Virgin Mobile USA on Friday said it has agreed to acquire Helio, a joint venture between SK Telecom and EarthLink, for $39 million in equity.

AP - On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present.

Reuters - U.S. congressional leaders agreed late
last year to President George W. Bush’s funding request for a
major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at
destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New
Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.

Reuters - A man who put his life up for auction on
eBay found it wasn’t worth quite as much as he thought when he
settled for around A$100,000 ($96,000) less than his target
price.