Business news for Mon, 24 Dec 2007 & with words access+internet. 4 news.

SHANDA Interactive Entertainment, Intel Corp and Sichuan Changhong Electric have established an alliance to develop the market of online games on Web-linked TVs, the three sides said yesterday in Shanghai. The companies launched an online table tennis game, available both on computer and TV platforms, to catch the sport game booms ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games next year. According to the agreements, Shanda will provide content including games, Intel will provide related chip and chipset technology, while Changhong - China's second biggest TV maker - will produce TVs with Internet access and built-in hard disk storage, the companies said. "Shanda is proud to become content provider and the three sides will jointly promote the games including the new table tennis game X-Up," said Tom Zhang, Shanda's senior vice president. The project has similarities to Shanda's previous EZ-Center plan, which allowed users to access Internet and games on TV with a

Filtering, etiquette questions arise as Web access comes to planes.

Airlines and service providers ponder what passengers can use and how to keep them from annoying their neighbors.

It's too late to order broadband Internet access in time for Christmas. Too bad, especially for those who'll find a videogame console under the tree tomorrow. If you can't hook it up to the Internet, you're missing at least half the fun.