Google’s billionaire founders, owners of a Boeing 767 that has been the talk of Silicon Valley, are apparently adding another unusually large private jet to their fleet: a Boeing 757. Read more..

By MIGUEL HELFT - The New York Times

The rise of open-source cellphone software will challenge wireless handset makers and carriers. Read more..

By SAUL HANSELL - The New York Times

Murchison Metals bid as much as 986 million Australian dollars ($882 million) in stock for the Midwest Corporation to secure the right to build a port needed for its iron ore mine. The bid values Midwest at 4.70 Australian dollars a share, 34 perc... Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

How hard is it to get the Opera browser on my Treo? Is it worth it? Read more..

By J. D. BIERSDORFER - The New York Times

Palm creates a new smartphone by shaving a few doodads off the Treo. Read more..

By DAVID POGUE - The New York Times

The suit asserts that the company breached its duty to shareholders by mishandling product safety procedures responsible for three toy recalls during the summer. Read more..

By LOUISE STORY - The New York Times

When the Australian government wanted to create a six-star system to rate the energy efficiency of television sets, it found that most of the big plasma sets wouldn’t meet its minimum requirements. Read more..

By SAUL HANSELL - The New York Times

Retailers appear to be in for a rough fall, as big chain stores today reported bleak September same-store sales. Read more..

By MICHAEL BARBARO - The New York Times

The S.E.C. has been asked to investigate stock sales by Angelo R. Mozilo, Countrywide’s chief executive, before its shares plummeted amid the deepening mortgage crisis. Read more..

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON - The New York Times

David Pogue reviews his own cellphone, the LG8700, offered by Verizon. Read more..

By DAVID POGUE - The New York Times