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In Mexico, Internet Music Piracy Rising

On Genova Street in downtown Mexico City, illegally copied CDs of music by top U.S. artists sell for 20 pesos, just under $2 a piece, in tiny booths between tables overflowing with batteries, stuffed animals and cheap knockoff sunglasses. That's about one-tenth the price in nearby stores. Complete Story

China Cracks Down on Blogs, Search Engines

China's Internet regulators are stepping up controls on blogs and search engines to block material it considers unlawful or immoral, the government said Friday.

Senate Rejects Regulating Internet Access

A massive effort by Internet users to prohibit telephone and cable companies from providing better service and prices to preferred customers failed to get through a Senate committee on Wednesday.

Vendor Touts Virtual Boxes As Secure Tool

A vendor of security software wants to make the Web safer to browse by creating virtual boxes set off from the rest of your machine.

Internet Providers to Combat Child Porn

Five leading online service providers will jointly build a database of child-pornography images and develop other tools to help network operators and law enforcement better prevent distribution of the images.

Major Web Browsers Getting Facelifts

The major Web browsers are getting facelifts as they increasingly become the focal point for handling business transactions and running programs over the Internet rather than simply displaying Web sites.

Group Seeks Protection From Web Threats

A Russian and Chinese-led bloc of Asian states said Thursday it plans to set up an expert group to boost computer security and help guard against threats to their regimes from the Internet.

Bricklin Updates Collaborative Spreadsheet

A lot of people are eager to see Dan Bricklin's latest product. It's a new piece of software, which means there are features to program and bugs to work out. This isn't an easy task, especially when you work alone, as he does.

Kaplan Steps Down As AdBrite CEO

Philip Kaplan, the bawdy joker behind a profane Web site that skewered casualties of the dot-com bust, found out mocking other executives is easier than trying to run a rapidly expanding company.

Internet Key in Telecommunication Fight

A major wrestling match in Congress over control of the Internet features some strange tag teams — rockers and evangelists vs. phone companies and the Bells' usually biggest adversary, cable TV companies.

Gov't, Firms Discuss Preserving Records

Representatives from law enforcement and the high-tech industry met Friday to discuss ways Internet service providers can better preserve customer records that prosecutors might need to pursue child pornography cases, people familiar with the meeting said.

Woman, Couple Settle Over Abortion Pic

A couple who photographed a woman bleeding after a botched abortion agreed to stop discussing her case to settle a lawsuit over a picture posted on the Internet with her medical records.

Firms Wary About Holding Customer Records

The head of the FBI says Internet companies should retain customer records for two years to help the federal government investigate not only porn but also terrorism.

Survey: Employees Favor Personal Surfing

It should come as no surprise that most Americans with Internet access at work do some personal Web surfing on the job. A new survey finds that half of them would rather give up their morning coffee than forgo that ability.

Official: Africa Charges More for Net Use

African Internet users pay on average 90 times what Americans pay, crippling efforts by the world's poorest continent to become competitive, a senior Kenyan official said.

Justice Snuffs $2.5B Online Gambling Gig

The government dismantled a $2.5 billion offshore Internet gambling operation, the Justice Department said Wednesday, charging two fugitives and their companies with laundering gambling proceeds from Internet casino games and sporting events.

Internet Agency Rejects '.xxx' Domain Name

Faced with opposition from conservative groups and some pornography Web sites, the Internet's key oversight agency voted Wednesday to reject a proposal to create a red-light district on the Internet.

MySpace.com Founders Among Webby Winners

The founders of the popular social networking site MySpace.com are among the winners of this year's Webby online achievement awards.

Judges Challenge Internet Wiretap Rules

A U.S. appeals panel sharply challenged the Bush administration Friday over new rules making it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone calls. A judge said the government's courtroom arguments were "gobbledygook."

Group Sues NY Over Internet Tobacco Sales

A group of cigarette distributors and sellers sued New York Wednesday seeking to overturn a law banning Internet, telephone and mail order tobacco sales.

Internet2 Network Aims to Boost Capacity

By sending data using different colors of light, operators of the ultrahigh-speed Internet2 network are hoping to boost capacity by as much as 80-fold to enable researchers to connect telescopes around the world and perform other bandwidth-intensive tasks.

Internet Population Hits New High in U.S.

The U.S. online population has hit an all-time high: 73 percent of adults, or 147 million, now use the Internet.

BBC Revamping of Web Site Draws Criticism

The British Broadcasting Corp. is revamping its Web site to incorporate more user-generated content such as blogs and video, features already available through the popular social networking site MySpace. The broadcaster also has long-term plans to create broadband portals in such areas as sports, music, health and science.

Microsoft to Unveil New Internet Explorer

Microsoft Corp. is releasing a new test version of Internet Explorer, the market-leading Web browser that is facing competition from smaller players.

Judge: Web-Surfing Worker Can't Be Fired

Saying surfing the web is equivalent to reading a newspaper or talking on the phone, an administrative law judge has suggested that only a reprimand is appropriate as punishment for a city worker accused of failing to heed warnings to stay off the Internet.

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Senator Stevens on your own personal internet

Source: blog.wired.com

I can't believe this guy is a Senator. He sounds like your average Digg user. Can't even string sentences together and has no understanding whatsoever of "that internet" thingamajiggy.

Op-Ed: Stopping the Big Give Away

Source: freepress.net

Senator John Kerry: I voted against this lousy bill for two reasons: because net neutrality and internet build-out are crucial to building a more modern and fair Information Society, and both were pushed aside by the Republicans.

Net Neutrality, In the Eye of the Beholder

Source: washingtonpost.com

Tech Faceoff: Net Neutrality, In the Eye of the Beholder Stark Contrasts in the Debate Over the Future of the Internet By Kim Hart and Sara Kehaulani Goo Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, July 2, 2006; Page F04

IE7 has better memory management that Firefox?

Source: tgdaily.com

The new IE7 remains a small download, at least by modern standards, and certainly by Microsoft's: under 13 MB, which over broadband connections still takes less than a minute.

Google: Try a bunch of ideas, refine them, and see what survives.

Source: businessweek.com

For outsiders looking in, Google's (GOOG ) flurry of product releases can appear random and a bit confusing.

Excite News - Pa. Man Sues Over Web Site Comments

Source: apnews.excite.com

It's called free speech dude. In order for him to prove defamation on this, he has to prove that they knew the information they posted about him was false and yet still posted it.

Internet Explorer 7 final beta released

Source: blogs.msdn.com

Microsoft has released the final beta (Beta 3) for its new IE7 browser -- and with it comes some minor interface changes. There's still a few more steps before it's released in its final version later this year, but expect only spit-and-polish from here on out.

Xbox 360 for $350

Source: kotaku.com

Xbox 360 for $350 Dell's running a special over on their site right now, offering the Xbox 360 premium box for $360, another $10 off at checkout and free shipping. Sounds like a deal to me.

China Pushes For Blog Standards

Source: thewhir.com

From the page: -- China launched a campaign in February to "purify the environment" of the Internet and mobile communications, as the government continues to research monitoring technology and issue "admittance standards" for blogs, reports Chinese news agency Xinhua. --

Google, Gmail banned in Myanmar: Surfers

Source: tech.monstersandcritics.com

The Myanmar government has blocked the Google search engine and its mail service Gmail, say Internet users here. Users in the country have not been able to access the Google site for more than a week, reported the Mizzima News.

Your Own Personal Internet

Source: blog.wired.com

The Senate Commerce Committee deadlocked 11 to 11 on an amendment inserting some very basic net neutrality provisions into a moving telecommunications bill.

Internet Luring Case Tied to Coshocton, Ohio

Source: coshoctontribune.com

This stuff gets close to home. We can help prevent this kind of abuse by giving it all the publicity we can. We can also work for reforms that will make such problems less prevalent. I personally push for an Internet where everyone is a known quantity and quality.

The Grim Truth: MySpace

MySpace, a place where people young and old can go, post pictures of themselves, or favorite celebrity for that matter. Pass private messages between one another and meet new and interesting people. Overall, not a bad place.

Bug Chasers, Men Who Want to Be HIV+

Source: Rolling Stone

Straight from the article:

Hey, Media buyers! Over here!

Source: thebrandbuilder.blogspot.com

Building a Botnet Empire in Two Days

Source: blog.spywareguide.com

A real world example of how easy it is to persuade people to run an executable file and create your very own Botnet

'Net Neutrality' Unlikely To Affect Google

Source: forbes.com

The prospect of telecom companies creating a tiered pricing system on the Internet based on bandwidth usage will not significantly hurt Google, according to a Friday report by Cowen and Company.

Why Blame only Microsoft for monopolizing?

Source:

Google unviels Paypal killer. Well. Aren't they monopolizing? All you Microsoft bashers.. read this.

Minister Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse and Multiple Child Rapes

Source: BBC News

A married church minister is facing a life sentence after pleading guilty to 35 counts of child abuse, including two charges of raping an 11-year-old boy. The Reverend Simon Thomas, 44, of Hythe, Hampshire, admitted the charges at Southampton Crown Court.

5 ways to start a company (without quitting your day job)

Source: money.cnn.com

Here's a pretty inspiring article about how to start your own company.

Portugal fifth most developed online market in European Union

Source: macauhub.com.mo

Portugal is the fifth country in the European Union to have developed most “sophistication in online services,” over the last two years, according to a report due to be officially published in Brussels Thursday.

Young girls and old pretenders

In the season finale of Close to Home, a reporter was working on a story that would show how easy it is to meet young girls on the internet. Message boards, chatrooms and the social aspects that websites are trying to bring these days make socializing easier than ever.

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