Mikael Ricknas

After being in a closed beta, a Swedish-based blog search engine has gone public. The spam-free feature is still not finished, but the CEO hopes it will be in the fourth quarter

Sweden's coalition governement has proposed legislation allowing local authorities to monitor wired Internet traffic. Next week's vote is being opposed by groups hoping to persuade four MPs to defect and kill the bill

A bill that will allow local authorities to monitor all types of wired traffic, including e-mails, fax messages and telephone calls is about to be voted on by the Swedish government. This week, the Swedish Parliamentary Committee on Defence approved the bill, which was published last year.

Major social networking sites are merely replicating their PC services onto handhelds, says Nokia. Meanwhile startups are taking a more mobile approach

WiMAX appears to have gotten a boost with word that a consortium has promised to spend billions to build a new wireless network based on the technology. The deal helps rescue Sprint's plans for a new high-speed service

New deals will mean a significant increase in the availability of iPhones, now sold in only six countries, around the world. The most interesting deal, says one industry analyst, is in Italy

The company hopes to take advantage of Dorman's industry knowledge and his understanding of Motorola,

Company comes up with a new way it says will lower the odds of blogs filled with spam