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 - All stops removed for 3G mobile service launch
 Decks were cleared on Wednesday for launching 3G mobile and broadband services in the country, with the government allocating air waves to private operators after making certain amends to the licence terms. The operators are authorised to use the spectrum for a period of 20 years from today, according to the amended licence conditions that allows companies to offer 3G services till the validity of the spectrum even if their telecom licences expire prior to that.
- Keep private life out of lawsuit: Zuckerberg
 Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says a lawsuit by a man who claims to own a huge chunk of the popular social networking website is seeking to uncover unnecessary details about his private life to harass him. Zuckerberg is fighting a civil lawsuit filed by Paul Ceglia, an upstate New York resident who claims an 84 percent stake in the privately held company, believed to be worth several billion dollars.
- Electronic Arts brings 'Madden' to Facebook
 Electronic Arts is bringing its popular Madden football game to Facebook. Madden NFL Superstars launches as a free application Tuesday. The game lets players create fantasy teams featuring more than 1,500 current NFL players from this year's team rosters. The fantasy teams compete with one another on Facebook. Or, they can play against fantasy versions of the season's actual NFL teams.
- Indonesia threatens to ban BlackBerry over porn
 Indonesia has threatened to close BlackBerry service in the country if it refuses to block pornographic content. Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring said Tuesday that he had requested the Canada- based Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry, to block adult content for its service in the country, Xinhua said, citing local media reports.
- Indian wins American science journalism award
 The Perlman Award of AGU, the largest organisation of earth and space scientists, recognises work published with deadline pressure of one week or less.
- Gmail's Priority Inbox to cut through e-mail clutter
 Google Inc. can sift through more than a trillion Web links in a matter of seconds, but can the Internet search leader help people wade through their overflowing e-mailboxes? That's the challenge Google will try to tackle Tuesday with the introduction of a tool called "Priority Inbox" in its Gmail service. The feature relies on formulas devised by Google engineers to automatically figure out and highlight which incoming messages are likely to be the most important to each Gmail user.
- Canada 'pleased' with reprieve for BlackBerry
 BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) Monday refused to comment on concessions it has granted India in getting a 60-day reprieve for ban on its services from Aug 31. But Canadian International Trade Minister Peter Van Loan was "pleased" with the developments between RIM and the Indian government. "We'll let you know when we have any further updates," RIM told IANS in its brief response.
- Indian techies working abroad on choppy waters
 Body shop or chop shop? The Indian presence in the US job market is under the spotlight again. "The emergency border funds will be paid for by assessing fees on foreign companies known as chop shops that outsource good, high-paying American technology jobs to lower wage, temporary immigrant workers from other countries.
- Govt to focus on Skype, Gmail after BlackBerry
 Skype and Gmail may face the heat as the Government will demand access to their data.
- RIM buckles down; will let govt access services
 BlackBerry maker blinks a day before the deadline to suspend services.
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