AP - A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a decision by the Federal Communications Commission that barred states, including Minnesota, from regulating Internet-based phone services.

AP - Cable television said it offered to match DirecTV's deal for the "Extra Innings" package of out-of-market games, but Major League Baseball claimed the proposal fell short.

Reuters - Apple Inc. made its biggest move yet into the living room on Wednesday by starting shipments of the Apple TV box, a gizmo that lets people take music, photos and video stored on a computer and play them on a television screen.

Reuters - Video games reach more players than retail sales figures suggest, according to a report issued on Wednesday by private research and measurement firm Interpret.

AFP - Hardcore computer game fans queued on Wednesday to be the first in Britain to grab Sony's Playstation 3 when the next-generation console gets its long-awaited European launch.