In the ultimate accolade for the world's mad scientists, spoof Nobel prizes were awarded Thursday. -AFP
A senior official highlighted, and condemned, the abuse of social network websites. -China Daily/ANN
Electronics giant to sign deals with Microsoft, Intel on licensing, OS. -Korea Herald/ANN
Leading scientists said the discovery of sub-atomic particles apparently traveling faster than light could force a major rethink of theories. -Reuters
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O won another round in the patent fight over its "one-click" purchasing system. -Reuters
Visitors to the Fort Meade, Maryland, NSA complex are not allowed to bring outside cellphones into the building. -Reuters
Amazon on Friday invited media to a press conference to be held in New York next Wednesday, declining to provide further details. -Reuters
A founder of the NinjaVideo website that offered downloads of current movies and television shows pleaded guilty to criminal copyright violations. -AFP
Yahoo retained Allen & Co to help it conduct a "strategic review" after it fired CEO Carol Bartz earlier this month. -Reuters
Margo Georgiadis quit for a post as president of the Americas for the California-based Internet giant. -AFP
