Reuters - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday the company had agreed to keep talking with the U.S. Justice Department about its proposed online advertising deal with Yahoo Inc.

AFP - Two of the main Internet sites used by Al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups have been blocked for the past six weeks, one totally unoperational the other pointing readers to the joker.com website.

Reuters - Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc posted a third-quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates, but cut its current-quarter subscriber outlook because of the slowing economy, sending its shares lower in after-hours trading.

Reuters - A man accused of placing songs on the Internet from an unreleased album by the rock band Guns N' Roses pleaded innocent on Monday in federal court.

AP - Netflix Inc.'s third-quarter profit surged 30 percent despite slowing subscriber growth, which is turning into a bigger problem for the online DVD rental leader as the rapidly unraveling economy prods more consumers to clamp down on entertainment expenses.

Reuters - EBay Inc will institute a global ban on the sale of all types of ivory products by January 1, 2009, after a conservation group investigation found more than 4,000 elephant ivory listings on the online auction site.

Reuters - A British motorcyclist who posted footage of himself performing dangerous stunts and speeding at up to 130 mph (209 kph) on YouTube was given a 12-week jail term on Monday.

AFP - Yahoo plans to announce significant cost cuts, including layoffs, possibly as early as Tuesday when the troubled Internet firm announces its third-quarter results, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.