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Google's Nexus One may have gotten off to a rocky start with consumers, but the "superphone" is making fast inroads with wireless carriers. Google this week started selling a Nexus One that will run on AT&T's 3G network, and has also inked a deal with Sprint Nextel. Google previously struck deals with T-Mobile, Vodafone and Verizon Wireless.

Sprint hasn't announced pricing or the availability date, but the carrier is already priming the competitive pump with marketing messages that proclaim its network has twice the coverage of AT&T and 10 times the coverage of T-Mobile.

Just days after finalizing its search and advertising agreement with Microsoft, Yahoo on Monday rolled out a beta version of a new consumer tool it hopes will appease growing concerns from privacy advocates. Dubbed Ad Interest Manager, Yahoo said the tool takes online advertising transparency to a new level to build user trust.

Essentially, Ad Interest Manager is a hub where Yahoo visitors can view a summary of their online activity at Yahoo and decide how much exposure they want to online advertising served via the Yahoo Ad Network.

By Aditya Dev Sood

By Aditya Dev Sood

By Aditya Dev Sood

By Aditya Dev Sood

By Aditya Dev Sood

By Aditya Dev Sood

Despite a down economy, The Walt Disney Company is getting a jump-start on the back to school shopping season with a line of products aimed at high-tech kiddies aged six to 12.

On Wednesday, Disney announced a partnership with ASUSTeK Computer to develop the Disney Netpal, a netbook computer for children designed to be Web-safe and user-friendly. ASUS makes the Eee PC netbook and leveraged its industry experience to help Disney develop the Netpal with parents and kids in mind. The netbook will list for $350 at retailers like Toys "R" Us and Amazon.com and will be available in late July.

At a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Internet subcommittee Thursday, Congress began the tricky business of trying to understand Internet privacy issues and launched another round of debates about legislation regulating the collection and handling of personal data online.