InternetGoogle launches rival to Wikipedia (AFP)

AFP - Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most visited websites in the world.

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most visited websites in the world. The Internet search powerhouse went live late Wednesday with a free service dubbed "Knol," to indicate a unit of knowledge. While Wikipedia lets any visitors make changes to its online pages, trusting that people with accurate information will correct errors and misleading entries, Google lets folks author their own articles. "Every knol will have an author, or group of authors, who put their name behind their content," Google product manager Cedric Dupont and software engineer Michael McNally said in a posting on the Google website. "It's their knol, their voice, their opinion. An enormous... [ Read more on www.yahoo.com ]

InternetMicrosoft CEO backs Web spending, "done" with Yahoo (Reuters)

Reuters - Chief Executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended Microsoft Corp's need to make heavy investments in its Internet businesses but said the company was "done," for now, with pursuing Yahoo Inc.

InternetHackers get hold of critical Internet flaw (AFP)

AFP - Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet.