Mother Wants Maximum Penalty in Cyberbullying Case. Lori Drew, 49, was convicted on misdemeanor charges of accessing computers without authorization, mounting a hoax that led to the suicide of a 13-year-old girl.

Icahn Raises His Stake in Yahoo to 5.5%. Carl Icahn’s purchase of seven million additional shares is likely to fuel speculation over Yahoo’s search for a new chief executive.

Andrew J. McKelvey, 74, Builder of Monster.com, Dies. Mr. McKelvey jumped into Internet commerce as the executive who built Monster.com into the leading job recruitment Web site.

TV Sales Becoming Litmus Test for U.S. Economy. The television market offers a glimpse of the broader tensions between cautious consumers and desperate retailers.

The Medium: The Thrill of Cognition. Videos of people solving Rubik’s Cubes suggest a distinctively online genre of entertainment.

If You Post It, They Will Pray. Prayer has found a home on the Web with sites that allow anyone to request, for free, that strangers pray for them.

That Digital Divide, Bridged in a Classroom. Computer learning centers are helping more seniors gain the computer skills necessary to return to work.

Ping: Do We Overrate Basic Research?. Amar Bhidé, a professor at the Columbia Business School, says “midlevel innovation” is often overlooked in arguments on technology and research.

Google’s Gatekeepers. Nicole Wong and her colleagues decide what the world can see on YouTube. Are they also determining the limits of free speech?

Citizen Journalists Provided Glimpses of Mumbai Attacks. The attacks in India served as another case study in how technology is transforming people into potential reporters, adding a new dimension to the news media.

Digital Domain: Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It?. Tesla Motors says it cannot move forward on plans to bring out a second-generation electric car without federal funds.

You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?. An emerging field called collective intelligence could create an Orwellian future on a level Big Brother could only dream of.

Drilling Down: Maybe Canadians Have More Friends. Canadian Internet users are far more likely than Americans to use a social networking Web site, according to a new report.

The Caucus: It's Our Party and We'll Blog if We Want To. Add the netroots to the list of those who will be partying at Barack Obama's inauguration next month.

Redstone Sells Majority Stake in Video Game Publisher. Sumner M. Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS, said that he had sold his stake in Midway Games as his family’s holding company looks to get out from under $1.6 billion in debt.

Getting to Carnegie via YouTube. A project that will allow users to audition by uploading videos of themselves performing a composition by Tan Dun was announced on Monday in London and New York.

Breakingviews.com.: Yahoo and MSN Makes Sense. Yahoo should put its money where its mouth is and offer to buy Microsoft’s MSN unit with a public bear hug.

Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web. With Facebook Connect, users can log onto a variety of sites and see their friends’ activities there.

Hoping to Draw Market Share With Touch Screens. Cellphone makers and carriers hope that touch screens will bolster sales this holiday season.

In Deal With Hitachi, Intel Will Expand Its Flash Memory Business. Intel will announce a deal to become the sole supplier of flash memory for a coming Hitachi line of computer drives.

Hawaii Endorses Plan for Electric Cars. The plan, the brainchild of the former Silicon Valley software executive Shai Agassi, is an attempt to overcome the major hurdles to electric cars.

Yahoo’s Stock Jumps on Report of Buyout Interest. Investors bid up shares after reports that Jonathan Miller, AOL’s former chief executive, is attempting a private buyout of Yahoo.