PARIS (Reuters) - Mikael Hed is unrepentant about the 200 million minutes per day that people around the world fritter away playing Angry Birds, the iPhone game created by the company he heads.

TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - A new mobile application allows less-savvy wine consumers to scan bottle bar codes to get instant tasting notes, scores and food pairings.

TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - A new mobile application allows less-savvy wine consumers to scan bottle bar codes to get instant tasting notes, scores and food pairings.

Rovio's "Angry Birds" is landing on Chrome in the first version of the addictively popular smartphone and tablet game tailored for play on a computer Web browser.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers considering new privacy laws scolded Google and Apple on Tuesday for not doing enough to guard mobile device users' location data, despite executives' assertions that they do not abuse the information.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc and magazine publisher Conde Nast reached a deal to offer the New Yorker on the iPad device in the latest sign that relationships are improving between the technology company and content owners.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Rovio, the developer of the "Angry Birds" mobile game eyes an initial public offering in three to four years, its chief marketing officer was quoting as saying in a Finnish business daily on Monday.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Rovio, the developer of the "Angry Birds" mobile game eyes an initial public offering in three to four years, its chief marketing officer was quoting as saying in a Finnish business daily on Monday.

Torquey TDI a fine drive - as is Ford's big SUV. VW Touareg Diesel Rocks (and we take a second look at the new Ford Explorer) By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com High gas prices may make you want to think about a hybrid as a way to save some fuel, but there's another way to do it: Go diesel. Diesels have had a reputation for being stinky and slow, but that was then and this is now. According to Sergio Stiberman, CEO and founder of LeaseTrader.com, "The diesel cars of today are clearly not your father's diesel." Stiberman, whose company matches shoppers with "shoppees" who want to get out of their auto leases, says "More people today are searching for diesels because of the improved mileage they can get." Diesel engine technology has been popular in Europe, and in Canada somewhat as well, for years but it's only recently gaining ground in the U.S. outside of its traditional niche of big trucks, buses, and the like. Modern diesels burn cleanly and ? even if diesel prices are higher than those of

LONDON (Reuters) - Digital technology company Yudu launched a service on Thursday to help magazine publishers evade the 30 percent commission that Apple charges to deliver content to iPhones and iPads through its App Store.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Justin Bieber on Tuesday scored his first Webby Award, which celebrates the best of the Internet.

Angry Birds has picked up a Webby Award to go with its millions of addicted fans.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The wildly popular mobile game Angry Birds will be available soon on Research In Motion's PlayBook tablet, the company said on Tuesday.

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Google is the new darling of software wizards out to cash-in on the world's love for customizing smartphones with fun, hip or functional applications.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Professional football player Michael Vick has joined with the Humane Society to condemn a new cell phone application featuring fighting dogs.

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - In what has become a too-familiar experience in Tokyo, a crowded subway train screeches to a sudden halt. From around the car, mobile phones start to ring.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Charlie Sheen now has his own mobile app.

LONDON (Reuters) - Mobile-phone users across the globe will be able to take a virtual walk up the aisle of Westminster Abbey ahead of Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group representing individual video game developers has accused Amazon.com Inc of setting pricing terms that could harm them in the long run and of trying to win a near monopoly selling games made on Android software.