AOL acquires sports fantasy football site

Fleaflicker adds fantasy football to AOL's sports portal.

Saudi blogger freed

"Godfather" of Saudi blogging, who'd been held without charge since mid-December, was warned about his activist bent before the Saudi government arrested him.

Is the Microhoo wedding off or just postponed?

The tech world, at least the those fascinated by the mating rituals of tribes bickering over the size of the dowry, is still waiting for word from Microsoft or Yahoo on their wedding plans.

MySQL closes $10 million deal

Sun-owned open-source database maker snags a deal that's big--even by Oracle standards. Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz says he's as "pleased as punch."

O'Reilly posts Jonathan Schwartz Twitter questions and answers

The head of O'Reilly Media followed up his keynote address with the Sun CEO by posing questions sent in by the audience members on his blog.

Mexican official accused of lifting White House BlackBerrys

Aide to Mexico's president loses his job in diplomatic flap over whether he stole the devices or--as he claims--took them to return them to their proper owners.

PC makers find ways to extend XP's life

There will be big-name XP computers sold after June 30. Technically, they won't actually be XP machines. They'll be "pre-downgraded" Vista machines.