The Tech Gamble

US says China has ‘nothing to fear’ from Internet (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The United States on Wednesday ramped up pressure on China to live up to Olympic ideals by ending human rights abuses, as President George W. Bush promised "nothing to fear" from Internet freedom.

China censoring Internet access at Olympics (CNN.com)
BEIJING, China (AP) — Olympic organizers are backtracking on another promise about coverage of the Beijing Games, keeping in place blocks on Internet sites in the Main Press Center and venues where reporters will work.

Senator: China orders hotels to help spy on Internet users (CNN.com)
A senior U.S. lawmaker says China is ordering foreign-owned hotels there to install government software and hardware that would let authorities spy on guests’ Internet activities during the Beijing Olympics.

Comcast profit up on phone, Internet gains (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable service provider, posted a higher quarterly profit as it gained market share in telephone and Internet services and controlled expenses, sending shares up 3 percent.

China Curbs Visiting Media’s Internet Access (NPR)
Journalists from around the world are gathering in China for the Beijing Summer Olympics and their access to some Internet sites is being blocked. China had pledged to provide media with unrestricted access to the Internet.

Project to rebuild Internet gets $12M, bandwidth (AP via Yahoo! News)
A massive project to redesign and rebuild the Internet from scratch is inching along with $12 million in government funding and donations of network capacity by two major research organizations.

Internet“tubes” Senator indicted

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Internetcensorship plagues journalists at Olympics

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25InternetStartups That Bombed Miserably

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Internet“tubes” Senator indicted

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China retainsInternetcensorship during the Olympics

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ElysiumInternetCompletes Name and Ticker Change

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JD Powers Survey Shows 28 Percent UseInternetTo Find An Agent

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BVSD/Lifelong Learning Announces”InternetStudies” Online Courses…

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Internet Safety Summit (WKYC Cleveland)
CLEVELAND — The internet have been come a dangerous place for teens and children these days.

State trooper arrested in Internet sting (Rocky Mountain News)
A state trooper was arrested Friday on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a child after Fort Lupton police said he used the Internet to send graphic sexual pictures.

China Tops U.S. in Number of Internet Users (New York Times)
China said the number of Internet users in the country reached about 253 million last month, ahead of the U.S., thanks to a powerful surge in Internet adoption in the last few years.

Artist pipes up for Internet radio (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
WASHINGTON — Like any musician, New Orleans jazz clarinetist Michael White says he would love to collect royalty checks every time an Internet radio station plays one of his recordings.

Terrorism and the Internet (Collinsville Herald)
As the Internet continues to dominate the world over, the nation’s military is considering how to better handle threats posed by attacks through it.

Internet Sting Leads To State Patrolman’s Arrest (CBS4 Denver)
Police say a trooper with the Colorado State Patrol tried to convince what he thought was a girl on the Internet to have a sexual relationship with him.

China says it’s first in world in number of Internet users (International Herald Tribune)
China’s booming Internet population has surpassed the United States, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.

China tops in Internet users (The News & Observer)
China’s booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world’s biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.

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Internet Firm Says It Targeted Ads To Customers’ Web-Surfing Habits (Washington Post)
Regional Internet company Embarq told lawmakers this week that it notified 26,000 high-speed Internet customers in Kansas that it was conducting a targeted advertising test based on their "anonymous" Web-surfing behavior and offered them the ability to opt out.

Fortify Your Internet Security Settings Now (Washington Post)
The Web became a substantially more dangerous place this week, thanks largely to the publication of instructions that show cyber criminals how to exploit a pervasive, critical flaw in the Internet infrastructure. While Internet service providers and corporations can mitigate the danger by updating the software that powers vulnerable components of their networks, data released yesterday indicates …

Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet.

China Tops 250 Million Internet Users (PC World via Yahoo! News)
China reasserted itself as the world’s largest Internet market, with 253 million total users by the end of June.

China says its population of Internet users rises to world No. 1 at 253 million (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
BEIJING - China’s booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world’s biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.

Internet Habits and the Presidency (TechNewsWorld.com)
When it comes to the Internet, Republican presidential candidate John McCain recently said that he’s "an illiterate who has to rely on his wife for any assistance he can get." In an era where the Internet is playing an ever greater role, does such an admission matter, and does it say anything important about the age gap between McCain and Democratic candidate Barack Obama?

Japanese Internet mogul found guilty in appeal (AP via Yahoo! News)
A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie on Friday in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation’s effort to deal with white collar crime at emerging dot-coms.

‘Last Lecture’ Internet sensation Randy Pausch dies (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47.

China: We have more Internet users than any other nation (USA Today)
China’s booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world’s biggest, according to government data.

China says it’s first in world in number of Internet users (International Herald Tribune)
China’s booming Internet population has surpassed the United States, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.

MySQL: Back to Its Roots via Sun

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