NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc is in active talks with number-two U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Wireless about putting Google applications on phones it offers, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday extending a moratorium on state Internet access taxes for seven years, sending the bill to the president to sign into law.

  PARIS (Reuters) - France Telecom on Tuesday denied being in talks with Google about introducing handsets fitted with the U.S. Web search leader's software systems.

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet media company Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday it is adding media-playing features, large file transfers, new languages and other tools to its instant messaging service.

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Electronics retailer Best Buy Co launched an online service in partnership with video hosting site Mydeo on Tuesday, through which its customers can store and share home movies and videos via the Internet.

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of people visiting U.S. newspaper Web sites rose 3.7 percent during the third quarter, according to an industry group, even as their print editions reported lower advertising sales.

  SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian competition regulator said on Tuesday it would not block the $3.1 billion acquisition by Google Inc of DoubleClick Inc, a U.S. Web advertising supplier.

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dot-com era business magazine The Industry Standard will return as a blog and community Web site in December amid a surge of wealth and investment in technology and the Internet.

  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal computers are likely to be among this holiday season's best-selling gifts as consumers upgrade to higher-performance systems and switch to notebook PCs, but the highest demand is coming from outside the United States.

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Work colleagues who spend their day gossiping, organizing their home lives, or who press "reply all" on e-mails are among the biggest nuisances in the office, according to a survey released on Monday.