San Francisco  - Responding to widespread concerns among users and privacy advocates, internet portal Yahoo announced on Wednesday that it would make users' internet search data anonymous within 90 days, except when there are fraud or security concerns.

The move comes amid growing concerns about the way search engines keep track of what customers look for on the web, and Yahoo said its new policy set a new standard for the internet industry.

San Francisco - Shares of Apple were down some 7 per cent in early trading Wednesday amid investor concerns that undisclosed health problems were the behind iconic chief executive Steve Jobs' decision not to address the MacWorld Expo next month.

Jobs, 53, has given the keynote address at the past 11 Macworlds, but the company announced Tuesday that it would end its participation after the January 6 expo in San Francisco and that Apple's keynote speech there would be made not by Jobs but by Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing.

New York- Mobile phone maker Motorola said Wednesday it would permanently freeze contributions to its employee pension fund as part of a bid to sharply reduce costs.

The Schaumburg, Illinois-based firm said it would no longer contribute to the fund, but would maintain the benefits of those already vested in the programme.

It will also suspend its matching contributions to workers' 401(k) retirement accounts and not give pay raises to some employees next year.

Wikipedia, one of the most popular destinations on the internet has rolled out a dedicated mobile version of its site to address the needs of the ever growing mobile subscribers.

According to sources, the site has been designed with a 14 language support.

Also the site involves no graphics except the Wikipedia logo.

Loading of data is quick and the site appears to be optimized for even the most basic of phones that have a WAP browser.

Toshiba, world’s fifth major personal computer manufacturer has announced the introduction of its 4 new Dynabook Qosmio-series notebooks christened G50, F50, GX and FX for the Japanese market.

According to sources, the Qosmio G50 and F50 are multimedia notebooks, whereas the Qosmio GX and FX are designed for gaming freaks.

With 570GB of hard drive space and SpursEngine Graphic card, the Qosmio G50 notbook comes loaded with 4GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics card and dual-core 2.4GHz Intel CPU .

The new high tech Samsung M8800 Pixon would definitely win hearts of most of the Americans who have been waiting for better 8 Megapixel camera phones since they have first started appearing. The latest Pixon, would absolutely be an instant hit among the users as it's a highly advanced mobile phone including a fantastic digital camera.

Since Samsung has placed the best touchscreen interface ever on a mobile, the new M8800 Pixon with its smashing looks is already being considered a tough competitor for the iPhone 3G.