CNET - Newly reauthorized legislation will ask U.S. universities to deter students from illegal file-sharing, a controversial provision that has drawn concern from educators and praise from copyright holders. -- read full article
AP - A congressional committee wants the nation's largest telecommunications and Internet companies to explain whether they target online advertising based on consumers' search queries and Web surfing habits. -- read full article
AP - A divided Federal Communications Commission has ruled that Comcast Corp. violated federal policy when it blocked Internet traffic for some subscribers and has ordered the cable giant to change the way it manages its network.
AP - Yahoo Inc.'s board emerged largely unscathed from the Internet company's annual meeting Friday as a subdued crowd of shareholders raised few questions about the directors' rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. said Friday it is expanding its stock buyback program by $1 billion, an indication that the server maker believes its slumping shares are undervalued. -- read full article
PC World - Mozilla developers are edging closer to releasing a new version of Firefox that could drive the use of open-source software to... -- read full article
Macworld.com - Ambrosia Software has announced the release of Dragster 1.0.6, an update to its file transfer utility for Mac OS X. A free update for registered users, Dragster 1.0.6 costs $19. -- read full article
Reuters - Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock says there was
never any doubt about the position of Yahoo board about its
openness to doing a deal with Microsoft.
CNET - SAN JOSE, Calif.--The Yahoo shareholders meeting has commenced. We're expecting CEO Jerry Yang to get an earful about the company's share price and its handling of Microsoft's attempted acquisition. -- read full article
AP - Union contracts covering about 65,000 workers at Verizon Communications Inc. expire Saturday night, but the threat of a strike appears small. -- read full article
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc.'s profit plunged 73 percent in the most recent quarter as slumping sales to big U.S. companies and restructuring charges weighed on the server and software maker.
AP - Yahoo shareholders are getting their chance to challenge the company's management over its handling of a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp.
AP - A divided Federal Communications Commission has ruled that Comcast Corp. violated federal policy when it blocked Internet traffic for some subscribers and has ordered the cable giant to change the way it manages its network.
