Intel and BMW are seeking a common industry standard to make it easier to use laptops, telephones, and portable MP3 players in cars. The standard would be the result of a broader cooperation between Intel and BMW, according to recent reports by the chipmaker. The two firms will be working together in both the motorsport

Two men were charged in Singapore with distributing illegal digital music files on the Internet, including songs by popular international, Indonesian and Malaysian artists. Mohd Faizal Osman, 21, and Mohamad Azry Zainol, 22, allegedly put hundreds of songs on a popular relay channel for others to download since 2002, according to The Straits Times. The

The finance ministry issued a strongly worded denial on Thursday of news reports saying the Finance Minister Michalis Sarris had been in meetings with senior managers of Helios Airways over collaboration with EuroCypria. The government recently decided to buy EuroCypria, the profitable 100% subsidiary of the troubled national carrier, Cyprus Airways. Since both Helios and

The Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Cyprus are in a joint effort to raise public support for the euro, after the leader of the main coalition partner, AKEL, said that he would prefer a one-year delay. Five months before the parliamentary elections, communist party AKEL Demetris Christofias said earlier this week that