Danger’s Sidekick Puts Phone, Net, Camera in One for $199 [WSJ]

Enter the Dragon
China will soon be the biggest PC market in the world, and everyone wants a piece of it.
One problem: A homegrown powerhouse called Legend. [Wired]

Microsoft Settles With Federal Regulators Over Privacy Charges. Microsoft Corp has agreed to settle charges by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that its Passport Internet identification service violates users’ privacy. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology]

Microsoft, FTC reach privacy settlement. The software giant settles with the Federal Trade Commission over complaints that its Passport identification service violates people’s privacy and security. [CNET News.com]

.Net name ties Microsoft in knots. Microsoft’s ambitious .Net initiative faces a problem that has nothing to do with the technology itself: explaining it. [CNET News.com]

A bit of proof that Microsoft doesn’t have great marketing.

Intel bucks options trend. The chipmaker says it won’t treat stock option grants as an expense in its financial reports because there’s “no good” way to value them. [CNET News.com]

RIAA Says Webcasting Royalties Are Too Low [Slashdot]

Wanted: Professional Hermit for Cave-Dwelling Duty

Israeli Arab probably helped avert suicide bombing

RealNetworks to Cut 10 Percent of Staff. RealNetworks Inc. said it would cut more than 10 percent of its work force and take a restructuring charge of up to $6 million as it moved to cut costs in response to slack corporate spending. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology]