The office of Lee Kun-hee was searched on Monday, as well as the homes of his aides, in an attempt to gain more evidence against the company in an ongoing inquiry.

It is not quite clear where the investigation may lead, however. With the South Korean economy so dependent on Samsung's successes, it is likely to only lead to sanctions rather than a breakup of the company.

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Ranging from an Axiotron tablet computer to Parrot's Bluetooth wireless stereo speakers, many of the third-party software and hardware offerings on display at this week's Macworld will support Leopard.

Apple-owned FileMaker, computer tablet maker Axiotron, Bluetooth wireless specialist Parrot, and many other other hardware and software vendors congregating at Macworld San Francisco this week are showing their upgraded products for the new Leopard edition of Mac OS X.

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Jango, the "social jukebox" site which launched in public beta in November, announced today that it has already exceeded the one million user mark.

To continue this growth, the company says, it has made available the Jango jukebox embeddable widget which was promised several months ago. The widget, as seen below, contains a scrolling repertoire of artists and continuous free stream of music in a simple skinnable form. A Facebook version of the jukebox will be released next.

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Taiwanese company E-Ten doesn't have much brand recognition in the US yet, but it received some notice last year for releasing the "world's thinnest pocket PC" with its Glofiish X500. Now it's adding one more for the value tier.

This morning, E-Ten announced it will continue the expansion of its Glofiish line, but this time aiming toward the value-priced end of the spectrum with the new Glofiish X650 (yes, that's with two "i's").

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Can the act of file sharing take place "passively," without the users' direct involvement; and if so, can they no longer be held liable for copyright infringement? That's the question a US district court is preparing to consider.

Next week, an Arizona district court will hear arguments in the ongoing case of the Howell family of Scottsdale, who last August was found to be illegally distributing 2,329 MP3s in violation of copyright. At that time, the judge in the case ruled that the fact that those MP3s appeared in Mr. Howell's shared music folder for his Kazaa program was proof enough that he had intention to share them, and that no evidence needed to be uncovered of actual subsequent file transfers.

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Capping off his Macworld 2008 keynote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs put the rumors to rest by announcing the "world's thinnest notebook" called the MacBook Air.

Jobs began by noting the specs of Sony's Vaio TZ, which weighs 3 pounds and has an 11- or 12-inch screen with smaller keyboard and what he called a "slower processor." The Vaio is also 0.8 to 1.2 inches thick.

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In what it calls a response to the "consumer excitement" for the Zune 80, Microsoft said Tuesday that it will ship a red colored model in time for Valentine's Day.

Along with the debut of the red Zune, Microsoft also has made available 20 different Valentine's Day themed engraving options through its Zune Originals program. The company will also offer special playlists for the holiday through its online store.

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During his Macworld 2008 keynote Tuesday, Steve Jobs announced what everyone knew was coming: iTunes movie rentals. An update to Apple TV was also unveiled.

Jobs touted the success of iTunes, noting that the 4 billionth song was sold last week. 20 million songs were sold on Christmas day alone, which is a new 1-day record for the company.

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In his Macworld 2008 keynote Tuesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told the audience that the company has sold 4 million iPhones in the 200 days since it went on sale.

Apple is shipping an average of 20,000 iPhones each day, and in shipments for the first quarter holds 19.5 percent of the smartphone market in the United States. This puts the device behind on RIM's BlackBerry in terms of market share.

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Opening Macworld 2008 with his annual keynote address, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told the audience "there is clearly something in the air today."

Jobs began his keynote by looking back at 2007. Apple sold five million copies of Leopard in just three months, making it the most successful Mac OS X release ever. 20 percent of the Mac OS X install base has upgraded to Leopard, said Jobs, noting that "We're really thrilled by this."

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The social networking site and the Attorneys General of 49 states plus the District of Columbia have agreed on key principles for the entire industry to build around.

The joint statement sets guidelines for online safety tools, technology, education, and law enforcement. Texas was the lone state to decline to sign the agreement, but so far no reasoning for their abstention has been given.

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Demonstrating it's taking seriously charges that Comcast's "network management" practices for slowing down P2P traffic constitute discrimination, the government agency has asked the public to weigh in.

Comcast no longer denies that it implements certain network management techniques to help regulate its traffic, and it now clearly warns its customers -- albeit in a tucked-away location -- that it has the right to slow down certain classes of traffic. The company has argued that such management is not only within its rights, but that it works within the parameters for "reasonable network management" set forth in the Federal Communications' principles.

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Cable operators have been fighting bandwidth limits to squeeze in more high definition content. A new system aims to assist in that fight without sacrificing quality.

Imagine debuted its new video delivery system on Monday, saying it will help cable operators deliver up to 50 percent more HDTV and SDTV channels without sacrificing video quality.

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The developers of a Web services application environment that leverages the leased computing services of Amazon have reworked their Web functionality to incorporate Adobe's Web language for Flash applications.

In another challenge to the conventional application services model, a nearly five-year-old startup called Coghead, led by former Red Hat executive Paul McNamara, has updated its unique Web application development suite to incorporate Adobe's Flex Web development language.

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The company said at Macworld Monday that it will retool its all-in-one Google application for the iPhone, improving the UI and speeding up loading times.

The new UI is better suited for the touchscreen capabilities of the iPhone, Google claims, and applications such as Gmail and Calendar have been sped up.

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