SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mobile applications seeking to collect personal information will have to forewarn users as part of an agreement reached in California.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A court-appointed receiver says a Utah businessman used a string of shell companies to conceal more than $51 million in assets from federal regulators investigating his internet-based business operations.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greek police say they have arrested an Athens schoolboy and identified two more suspected of a computer hacking attack on the Justice Ministry website this month.

NEW YORK (AP) - Sony is intensifying its push in handheld gaming with a gadget aimed at hardcore players looking for something with a bit more punch than "Angry Birds," ''Words With Friends" and other smartphone pastimes.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Buying ads on Twitter is about to get easier for small businesses as the online messaging service adds a key piece to its moneymaking model.

SAN DIEGO (AP) - California and four other states are considering whether to object to a proposed class-action settlement between Honda and car owners over inflated fuel-efficiency claims on the automaker's hybrid vehicles.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo's negotiations to sell most of its Asian holdings have abruptly broken down in a disagreement over the sales price and the best way to get the complex deal done.

HERRIMAN, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A youth team from Salt Lake City has entered an invention into a global competition and has cracked the top 20 via online voting— with your help, they could continue climbing the charts and win $250,000.

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - An independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started auditing Apple Inc.'s Chinese supplier Foxconn after a request by Apple.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making sweeping changes to its privacy policies next month.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Teenagers in Utah would be prohibited from talking on cell phones while driving under a bill tentatively passed by the state Senate.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Salt Lake City police Detective Josh Ashdown is downplaying any danger to residents after hackers gained access to the department's website that gathers citizen complaints.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Saboteurs have hacked into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous, including in Boston and in Salt Lake City, where police say personal information of confidential informants and tipsters was accessed.

NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook is updating its status from a private to public company. The shift is occurring as the Internet social network filed its long-awaited plans for an initial public offering of stock.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Microsoft took out full-age ads in major newspapers Wednesday, slamming policy changes at search rival Google that allow it to merge user data across its services.

VERNAL, Utah (AP) - A former eastern Utah police chief faces a criminal defamation charge after prosecutors say he posted offensive comments about other law enforcement officers online using another chief's name.

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - A group of Internet hackers says it has attacked the website of Brazil's second largest private sector bank, one day after doing the same with the country's largest private bank.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.

TOKYO (AP) - Nintendo's chief is determined to get right the launch of its next game machine Wii U, set to go on sale at the end of this year in time for holiday shopping.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Privacy advocates are warning that the government's plans to expand computer security protections into critical parts of private industry could threaten Americans' civil liberties.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Wall Street Journal says Facebook could file regulatory papers for its initial public offering of stock as early as next week.

NEW YORK (AP) - Apple is worth $415 billion, putting it neck and neck with Exxon Mobil as the world's most valuable company. But by standard Wall Street measures, its stock is a bargain.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says police must get a search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects.

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 NEWS) - Friday House and Senate leaders announce they’re postponing the Stop Online Piracy Act, dubbed "SOPA," and the Protect IP Act dubbed "PIPA." | Video

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A group of computer hackers protesting the shutdown of a popular file-sharing service have attacked the website for the Utah Chiefs of Police.

LOGAN, Utah (AP) - Northern Utah police are encouraging resident to register their cell phones with area emergency dispatch systems.

DENVER (AP) - Eight states have now signed up in an effort to encourage U.S. automakers to develop affordable vehicles that run on natural gas.

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4News) - A planned blackout by major U.S. websites was held on Wednesday in protest of two controversial bills before Congress. | Video

(AP) - Wikipedia may black out its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google is focusing on the importance of protecting personal information in a new marketing campaign. It's an unusual move for a company that has been blasted for its own online privacy lapses and practices.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Wal-Mart has named an executive from CBS Interactive as its new head of online operations.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - CBS Sports is opening its fantasy sports platform to third-party developers, allowing them to sell league-specific apps that will likely make this year's games a lot more competitive for millions of players.

DETROIT (AP) - A person briefed on the matter says General Motors will ask Volt owners to bring their electric cars into dealers to strengthen the structure around the batteries.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Millions of DVD renters who want to check out Warner Bros' latest movies won't get the chance until nearly two months after the discs are available to buy.

TORONTO (AP) - The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is disputing the assertion that a Canadian man gained entry into the U.S. by only using a scanned photo of his passport on his iPad.

HAVANA (AP) - Cuban media has criticized the social networking site Twitter for facilitating the spread of a rumor that former Cuban leader Fidel Castro had died.

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Microsoft Corp. says the hung jury that came one vote short of finding the software giant violated antitrust law wasn't prepared to award a Utah company any damages.

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - New Facebook feature now available. | Video

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A jury declared themselves deadlocked and a judge dismissed a $1 billion federal case between a Utah-based word processing company and Microsoft. | Video

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A two-month trial is ending in a Utah company's $1 billion antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Closing arguments have begun in a Utah company's $1 billion antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Universities and companies across the U.S. are rushing to buy up some of the new ".xxx" website names - but not because they intend to go into the porn business.

SALT LAKE CITY - The Verizon Wireless 4G network went down early Wednesday evening affecting millions of customers across the nation. | Video

NEW YORK (AP) - Newly unearthed photos from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's private life may come across as a letdown if you were expecting raucous party scenes like the ones in "The Social Network" movie about the company's founding.

App Store Official Charts for the week ending Dec. 5, 2011.

NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon.com, the country's largest online bookseller, will itself be the subject of a book coming out in 2013.

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Animated out-of-town skier is confused by state's liquor laws. | Video

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google's next frontier in digital mapping will span the world's shopping malls and airports.