CNET - As of Wednesday, an exploit code allowing someone to attack the domain name system (DNS) was available in various places on the Internet. -- read full article
AP - Amazon.com Inc. shares leaped 13 percent Thursday after the Internet retailer showed that it doesn't seem to be bothered by the sputtering U.S. economy.
Reuters - A British businessman won a libel case
and 22,000 pounds in damages at London's High Court on Thursday
after false claims about him were posted on the hugely popular
social networking Web site Facebook. -- read full article
AP - Embarq Corp. has revealed more details about its exploration of a program that tracked Internet subscribers' Web-surfing habits for advertising purposes, telling Congress that it performed the test on 26,000 customers in a Kansas town. -- read full article
Reuters - Microsoft Corp Chief
Executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended the company's need
to make steep investments in its Internet business in order to
compete with Google Inc and said such moves could boost its
value in time.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp will announce
plans to expand its relationship with online social network
Facebook to provide web search and search advertising, a source
familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
AP - An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors will be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid during the spring.
AFP - Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most visited websites in the world.
Reuters - Toy maker Hasbro Inc said on Thursday
it filed a suit against the creators of the online game
Scrabulous, saying it infringes on Hasbro's Scrabble
intellectual property rights. -- read full article
Reuters - Google Inc opened its website
Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about
their areas of expertise under their bylines in a twist on
encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows anonymity.
AP - INCREASING RISKS: A new study finds that online banking customers are more vulnerable to fraud when their banks' Web sites have design flaws that teach bad surfing habits. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Any release of Enterprise Linux is given a seven-year lifecycle of support, but the level of support drops back in the fifth year, then is reduced further in the sixth and seventh years. -- read full article
