News Corp. raises bid for Aussie portal (Reuters)Reuters - Rupert (Web promotion)

News Corp. raises bid for Aussie portal (Reuters)Reuters - Rupert (Web promotion)

News Corp. raises bid for Aussie portal (Reuters)
Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. on Tuesdayraised its cash bid for Australian online property-listingssite realestate.com.au Ltd. to A$151 million from A$121million.

Music lives, through Paul McCartney (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - At concert dates and online through musiclives.org, Paul McCartney is raising money by selling$40 pewter bracelets engraved with his signature. The entire$40 goes to children, McCartney says, in many cases covering the entire cost of putting getting children musical instruments.

VeriSign acquires Moreover Technologies for$30 mln (Reuters)
Reuters - VeriSign Inc. said onMonday it has acquired Moreover Technologies, a Web-baseddistributor of news and online material such as Web logs, in along-anticipated deal valued at about$30 million in cash.

Vista To Include Antispyware Software (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Following the release on Monday of the latest beta of Windows Vista, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has confirmed that it plans to integrate its antispyware software into the operating system. The move could set Microsoft in a pitched battle against Internet security vendors and potentially government antitrust regulators as the company prepares for the 2006 release of Windows Vista.

HP, Dell Ride Next Wave of TV (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Updated: Internet access and high-definition screens are part of the future of TV, according to several companies better known as PC makers.