AP - Activist groups sued Viacom Inc. on Thursday, claiming the parent of Comedy Central improperly asked the video-sharing site YouTube to remove a parody of the cable network's "The Colbert Report."

AP - For Tony DiCicco, a 19-year-old in Doylestown, Pa., the future of Internet access is close at hand, yet so far away.

Reuters - AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) - Midnight sales under the Eiffel Tower in Paris and at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin will blitz Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 onto the European stage on Friday, but the new games machine faces stiff competition.

AP - I was flipping TV channels the other night when an interview with a famous Microsoft programmer caught my eye. The show's hostess was clearly in awe, and since I write about the company, I wanted to jot down his surname. The problem? She never mentioned it.

AFP - The first gamers outside the United States to get their hands on Sony's PlayStation 3 were thin on the ground on Thursday as the much hyped launch of the new games console got underway.