On Monday September 11th program Ken and Andy talked about Largest tech buyout near, data on 2.6 million credit card holders binned, online game world suffers data breach, AOL to stream NBC shows, NBC aims at surge in digital activities, Telecoms, Cable Pummel Each Other in Bruising TV Ads, Nokia, Motorola to cooperate on mobile video, more televisions, laptops make shift to wider screens, cellphone makers fight resales, and 12 arrested for prostitution ads on Web.

Freescale Semiconductor is close to a deal to be taken private in a $16 billion leveraged buyout, which would be the largest ever in the nation's technology sector, according to a published report. 

RJR Nabisco    10/98    $25.1
HCA            07/06    $21   (Hospital Corporation of America)
BAA            03/06    $17.7
Kinder Morgan    05/06    $13.5
Univision Comm    06/06    $12.2    

Chase Card Services mistakenly tossed out computer tapes with the personal information of Circuit City card holders.    

Second Life, the fast-growing online site where hundreds of thousands of people play out fantasy lives online, has suffered a computer security breach that exposed the real-world personal data of its users.    

Time Warner's AOL on Monday plans to announce that it will offer two new NBC programs on its Web site a week before their broadcast TV premiere.   

Police in Bucks County have charged 12 women after an investigation into prostitutes who allegedly have been advertising on the website Craigslist.   

Televisions and laptops with wide screens are quickly becoming the standard - making standard-format screens seem awfully square. Researcher IDC predicts that almost 100% of new laptops will be widescreen by 2008.