A few good friends: Facebook, Twitter all the rage as Pentagon reaches out to new generation

FORT MONROE, Va. — You don’t often hear a three-star general using the word “friend” as a verb.

Study indicates consumers user Wikipedia as health resource, suggests doctors write entries

NEW YORK — Researchers are suggesting that doctors could be spending more time writing and editing Wikipedia pages on medical topics.

International Olympic Committee concerned about moves to restrict news coverage of sports

MELBOURNE, Australia — The International Olympic Committee is concerned that moves to restrict media coverage of sports will erode free speech, former IOC vice president Kevan Gosper told an Australian Senate hearing Wednesday.

Cablevision unveils fastest Internet speeds yet for cable, at 101 megabits per second

Cablevision Systems Corp. on Tuesday unveiled the fastest Internet speeds available from any cable or phone company.

Now playing: Hollywood vs. RealNetworks in showdown over legality of software that “rips” DVDs

SAN FRANCISCO — Hollywood calls it “rent, rip and return” and contends it’s one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry’s annual $20 billion DVD market — software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.

RadioShack 1st-quarter profit rises as sales climb on switch to all-digital TV signals

CHICAGO — Consumer electronics chain RadioShack Corp. said Thursday that customers buying converter boxes to prepare for the switch to all-digital television signals boosted its first-quarter sales and profit.

NYC mayor, already on television and radio with campaign ads, launches online blitz

NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s campaign ads are already all over television and radio, and now they’ll be popping up online as well.

AT&T to shut down CallVantage Internet phone service, following similar move by Verizon

NEW YORK — AT&T is shutting down its CallVantage Internet-based phone service.

Intel director says high-value info gained in tough questioning of terror suspects

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s top intelligence official privately told employees last week that “high value information” was obtained in interrogations that included harsh techniques approved by former President George W. Bush.

House oversight committee reopens probe of data disclosures on Internet file-sharing services

WASHINGTON — A House committee is reopening its investigation of Internet services that let computer users distribute music and movies online amid reports the same software was exploited to gain unauthorized access to government and private data.