Deutsche Bank AG’s increased stake in France Telecom SA could signal a merger of the French phone operator with Deutsche Telekom AG, according to the CFE-CGC/UNSA labor union federation, Reuters reported, citing the union.

Google is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple, according to people familiar with the matter.

Billionaire Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications Ltd. ended talks to sell some assets to GTL Infrastructure Ltd. after both sides failed to agree on a deal to create India’s second-largest operator of mobile-phone towers.

China’s mobile Internet users may more than double within five years as smartphones that can browse the Web and download music become more affordable, Lee Kai-fu, the former head of Google Inc.’s China division, said.

Foxconn Technology Group Chairman Terry Gou cut his long-term growth target for the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics by 50 percent as demand for Apple Inc. iPhones and iPads fails to offset slowing computer sales.

Elpida Memory Inc. surged the most in more than a year in Tokyo after Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. rated the world’s third-biggest maker of computer-memory chips as “strong outperform” in new coverage.

Samsung Electronics Co. is considering investing 30 trillion won next year to expand into new businesses, the Korea Economic Daily reported, citing Chief Executive Officer Choi Gee Sung. The amount compares with 20 trillion won of investment made this year, the Korean- language newspaper said.

Foxconn Technology Group Chairman Terry Gou cut his long-term growth target for the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics by 50 percent as demand for Apple Inc. iPhones and iPads fails to offset slowing computer sales.

Recent greentech IPOs have had mixed and less than stellar results. Here are some wild prognostications of ten potential greentech IPOs coming in late 2010 through 2012. These companies have real products, serious revenue and the prospect of profits in high-growth markets.

Tattooing, an aggressive and intimidating mixture of endurance and art, is as old as warfare itself. But each generation, and each war, yields its own warrior body art. In Afghanistan, America's longest war, troop tats have matured alongside the culture's growing acceptance of ink.

Take heed, tech giants of today. Some of your companies or services aren’t much older than the Edison Trust Studios was when it collapsed. How much of your current business strategy is based on offering new and original products, and how much of it is based on laws, courts, and the fact that you got there first?

Telekomunikacja Polska SA said a court ruling that orders Poland’s largest phone company to pay about 2.9 billion kroner ($502 million) to DPTG I/S will have a negative impact on its earnings this year.

While there’s plenty of reasons to keep a critical eye focused on Google, Consumer Watchdog’s ad is a dishonest, factually inaccurate joke that shamefully got plenty of uncritical media attention. In the simplest terms possible, Consumer Watchdog is just wrong.

The “Adult Services” listing on Craiglist was removed late Friday on its U.S.-based sites and replaced with the word 'censored.' The change comes as the service faces growing pressure in the U.S. over sex services advertised on its classifieds network, as well as allegations that it abets in human sex trafficking.

Google Inc.’s YouTube video service lost a Hamburg court ruling over copyrighted material that was posted online without permission for rebroadcast.

Footage from seven ongoing NASA space missions provide hyper-realistic scenery for the 3-D animated film, while the voices of multiple Captain Kirks and Darth Vaders play the parts of space explorers.

When the super-Earth COROT-7b was discovered in 2009, it was heralded as the rockiest, most truly Earth-like exoplanet yet. But a new study suggests it's more like a comet.

Menlo Ventures, the biggest investor in 3Par Inc., is raising capital for a new fund, said two people familiar with the matter. The firm is attempting to bring in $600 million to $800 million, one of the people said.

The presumed-dead videogame makes a splash appearance at Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle.

A first look at iOS 4.1 Gold Master, the latest release of Apple's mobile operating system due out next week. A developer sent me a copy and I have it installed on my iPhone 4. Major new features are the HDR photo mode and Game Center.