A panel on Internet names voted Wednesday to defer long-simmering questions on whether names, phone numbers and other private information on domain name owners should remain public in open, searchable databases called Whois.

  Some academics cringe when students turn to Wikipedia as a reference for term papers.

  Linux, the free operating system that's a perpetual underdog in the desktop market, is showing up in computers in Wal-Mart stores this week for the first time.

  In a new online striptease, the buxom, beautiful blonde who promises to remove her slinky scraps of lingerie doesn't want your money. She's interested in your brain. Really.

  A panel on Internet names voted Wednesday to conduct further studies on the databases containing names, phone numbers and other private information on domain name owners, deferring long-simmering questions over whether such details should remain public.

  With a big selection of legal tunes and music videos available to download for free, SpiralFrog sounds like a music junkie's dream.

  Navigation device maker Garmin Ltd. said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit rose 57 percent, beating Wall Street estimates as sales soared in all sectors, especially automotive.

  Alcatel-Lucent SA, struggling since the deal that formed the company, disclosed plans Wednesday to slash another 4,000 jobs and shake up top management as the telecom equipment maker reported a third straight quarterly loss.

  Linux, the free operating system that's a perpetual underdog in the desktop market, will get another chance this holiday season at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

  Garmin Ltd., the world's largest maker of personal navigation devices, unveiled an unsolicited $3.3 billion offer for Dutch digital mapmaker Tele Atlas NV on Wednesday, topping an offer by rival TomTom NV by 15 percent.

  Cisco Systems Inc. and Indian software company Wipro Ltd. agreed Wednesday to develop information technology in an alliance that could fetch $1 billion in new business annually for the two companies.

  The federal agency that fights Internet scams and spam is caught in the middle of an effort to fool e-mail recipients.

  Zipcar is acquiring rival car-sharing service Flexcar in a bid to head off emerging competition from traditional rental car firms that have been adding outlets in urban neighborhoods.

  Computer chip maker Intel Corp.'s chairman, Craig Barrett, launched a "digital inclusion project"Wednesday in Nigeria that aims to train 150,000 teachers, provide 3,000 computers to schools and pilot an electronic means for hospitals to care for children in remote areas.