AP - Verizon Communications Inc. is boosting the speed of its FiOS fiber-optic Internet service in 10 states.

Reuters - Chief technology officers of top U.S. phone companies say dealing with growing Internet traffic is a key challenge, as they work on preventing services like video downloading from bogging down the network.

AFP - Yahoo on Thursday is tripling the size of its globally-popular free online email service by adding two new domains as options to "@yahoo.com" addresses.

AP - Yahoo Inc. is offering free e-mail accounts under two new designations in an effort to attract Web surfers unhappy with their current addresses.

Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc said on Wednesday it expects the New York Public Service Commission to approve its FiOS video service next month.

Reuters - Global entertainment and media revenue is forecast rising by an average of 6.6 percent a year to $2.2 trillion by 2012, boosted by advertising-supported digital and mobile media and an explosion in the adoption of broadband.

Reuters - AOL will distribute video clips from Scripps Networks' HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network and Fine Living Network, the companies said Wednesday.

AFP - Ministers and officials from leading industrial nations agreed Wednesday to make the Internet safer and more accessible, to strengthen its role as a driving force in the global economy.