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Reuters – The chief executive of Nokia, the world mobile phone leader, gave credit to new competitors from the computer world on Wednesday, but said his company was set to respond to all challengers.

Reuters – The chief executive of Nokia, the world mobile phone leader, gave credit to new competitors from the computer world on Wednesday, but said his company was set to respond to all challengers.

Reuters – The world’s top mobile phone maker Nokia will launch its free music package on Thursday, which analysts see posing a serious threat to Apple’s dominance in the digital music business.

AFP – Japanese video game giant Nintendo Co. has announced the launch of a new version of its popular DS handheld console with a built-in camera and audio player, the DS-i.

AP – The reliance of restaurant chains and retail stores on outside companies to handle credit-card processing and other information-technology functions is partly to blame for a rash of consumer data breaches over the last few years, according to data sleuths at Verizon Communications Inc.

Reuters – The world’s top mobile phone maker Nokia will launch its free music package on Thursday, which analysts see posing a serious threat to Apple’s dominance in the digital music business.

AFP – Free computer game play that is all the rage in South Korean is taking hold in a US market dominated by videogames sold on packaged disks or by online subscriptions.

CNET – The Senate on Wednesday did what the House of Representatives failed to do on Monday—pass a bailout bill.

CNET – Video game retail chain GameStop announced Wednesday that it has agreed to purchase France-based Micromania for $700 million in cash from a private equity fund.

AFP – Apple said Wednesday that it was dropping a controversial non-disclosure agreement that software developers who wanted to create applications for the iPhone mobile telephone had been forced to sign.