NEW YORK | Garmin International is trying to do for navigation what Apple did for music. The Olathe company on Wednesday introduced a touchscreen wireless phone that combines features of Garmin’s Nuvi portable navigators with those found in cutting-edge smartphones.

Garmin International will sponsor one of professional cycling’s most-promising teams. The Olathe navigation company said Monday it would sponsor Slipstream Sports, likely to be racing in this summer’s Tour de France.

The California company that agreed to buy Lenexa’s Everest last month is selling its mobile phone business to Verizon Wireless.

SEATTLE | Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced several moves it says will help its business customers take advantage of a technology called virtualization.

(Top rating: five stars) www.live-sudoku.com ★★★★ This site touts the healthy-mind potential of playing this numbers game. Get competitive by comparing your time to others who have done the same puzzle. (No cheating; the pause button hides the puzzle but not your hints.) Provides written hints when queried. Kids versions are simple 2×2 grids.

Hey, Mr. Pac-Man, meet Mr. Snowplow. Lenexa and Overland Park residents may soon be able to go to the Internet to watch snow plows wind their way along city streets as they clear snow and ice – much like the iconic 1980s arcade game with the little yellow circle that gobbles up dots.

Olathe-based Garmin International said Monday that it would add Google Local search to its Mobile XT product, a data card that turns smartphones into mobile navigation devices.

Missouri leaders are facing growing questions about whether they are doing enough to bolster Kansas City’s bioscience economy.

The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide plummeted Tuesday after a Web hosting firm that engaged in spam activity was taken offline, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

A leading private equity firm, Bain Capital Ventures, has taken a 40 percent stake in Archer Technologies of Overland Park.