IAC/InterActiveCorp, which runs Match.com, Ask.com and other Web sites, said Tuesday that asset sales helped it profit in the third quarter while advertising revenue continued to slump.

  Google Inc. wants to answer your mobile phone calls when you can't or just don't want to talk.

  Headbangers will have a reason to steady their gaze a bit starting Tuesday, when rock band Metallica makes its way onto iPhones with a finger-tapping music app called "Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica."

  Baidu Inc., which runs China's leading Internet search engine, said Monday that its third-quarter profit jumped 42 percent as revenue from online marketing services climbed.

  Singapore-based Flextronics International Ltd., which makes electronic gadgets such as cell phones and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox, said Monday it flipped to a second-quarter profit on better margins and improvements from restructuring.

  Yahoo Mail users reported problems Monday morning, with the service inaccessible for some and spotty for others.

  Facebook has announced that it will be giving friends and family the option to "memorialise" the profiles of members who have died.

  It's not called the electronic baby sitter for nothing.

  Restaurant software maker PAR Technology Corp. said Monday it fell to a third-quarter loss from a year-ago profit as the recession forced its clients to tighten their belts.

  I've had a couple days now with Windows 7 and it is certainly an improvement over both Vista and XP, requiring slightly less resources than either (significantly less than Vista), booting faster, and offering superior usability. Yeah, but why does it cost so much? I know why.

  Could Windows 7 accomplish everything that's expected of it? Probably not, but it makes a damn good attempt. We've tested the gold master, the final version going out on October 22. Upgrade without trepidation, people.

  Uniloc, a California security company, has launched a product that allows computers and smartphones to generate their own security keys based on their hardware and software configuration.

  excerpt:"Following an average drop of 10.6% in the last six months, daily newspaper circulation has fallen to a pre-World War II low of an estimated 39.1 million, according to an analysis of industry data released today.

  Mobile phone users who love their phone number but still want the cool features of Google Voice — including computer translations of voicemail messages — will get their wish Tuesday, as Google announces a light version of its innovative phone service (and a new feature for fu …