InternetStocks Rocket as Greenback Gains

For a day at least, positive inflation signs overcame credit market worries. Research in Motion led the Nasdaq higher.

InternetMalware How-to's Part of Computer Science Class

To make a point about the lack of education in computer security, a university professor offers courses in writing malware. Antivirus vendors don't buy the logic.

InternetSearch-Engine Use Skyrockets, Nears E-Mail Levels (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Search engine use is on the rise, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

InternetBlog: Eye in the Vegas Sky Finds Open Wi-Fi (PC World)

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InternetGoogle Regretting Billion Dollar AOL Investment (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine - Google, it seems, is finally publicly acknowledging what we've all know for some time: AOL just ain't what it used to be. Among the interesting little tidbits in the search giant's recently filed quarterly earning report, the Mountain View company noted that the five-percent of AOL may "be impaired," accountant speak for a drop in value.

InternetFrench reporters booted from US computer security conference (AFP)

AFP - Reporters from an online French magazine were booted from the world's premier computer security conference Thursday after reportedly hacking a press room network and stealing peers' passwords.

InternetFacebook Lawsuit: Righteous Anger or Sour Grapes? (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - When the executives of social-networking Web site Facebook sued a German-based business that had launched a copycat site, it was accepted as a good move -- but was Facebook just sour over an offer gone bad?

InternetWhat If China's Orwellian Olympics Succeeds?

China is employing an unprecedented level of state-of-the-art digital technology to suppress media freedom. For the sake of humanity, let's hope Beijing's Orwellian IT experiment fails.

InternetFacebook Scrambles to Squash Worm

Users invited to view a video that pretended to be hosted on a Google or YouTube Web site.

InternetSome Web sites remain blocked at Beijing Olympics (AP)

AP - Some Web sites remained inaccessible to reporters as competition got under way Saturday at the Beijing Olympics.