As western communities such as Wellington and The Acreage swell with new residents, Palm Beach County is setting its sights on bulking up services in the region, with everything from a new $42 million government complex to parks and libraries.

Amazon.com Inc. is scaling back A9, its general-purpose Web search system, removing search-recall and mapping services that were among its most distinctive features, the company confirmed on Tuesday.

CTIA—The Wireless Association has announced that data-service revenues for the first half of 2006 were $6.5 billion, representing a 70% increase over the first half of 2005. Wireless data revenues now total almost 11% of all wireless service revenue...