Blogs seen as powerful new tool (Web promotion) in U.S. court fight

Blogs seen as powerful new tool (Web promotion) in U.S. court fight

Blogs seen as powerful new tool in U.S. court fight (Reuters)
Reuters - Political groups preparing to battleover the first U.S. Supreme Court nomination in 11 years have apowerful new tool -- Internet blogs -- to spread informationquickly and influence decision makers without relying ontraditional media.

Space Collision Draws Millions to NASA Portal (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Millions of Internet rubberneckers spent Monday morning watching a cosmic collision, as NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft collided with comet Tempel 1.

Amateurs Get in on Newsgathering Domain (AP)
AP - Among the more striking photos appearing online after Thursday's coordinated London explosions was one of a double-decker bus, its front intact but its sides and top ripped open. The image, on the BBC's Web site, came not from a staff photographer but from an amateur who happened on the scene with a digital camera.

Google Wins'Typosquatting'Dispute (AP)
AP - An Internet arbitrator has awarded Google Inc. the rights to several Web site addresses that relied on typographical errors to exploit the online search engine's popularity so computer viruses and other malicious software could be unleashed on unsuspecting visitors.

Probe of Online Investigation Firms Sought (AP)
AP - A privacy rights advocacy group has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Web sites advertising investigative services capable of digging up personal information such as phone call records are violating federal laws.

Media Honchos Consider Online Strategies (AP)
AP - As they work to come to grips with the Internet, entertainment moguls have a very clear goal: don't let what happened to the music industry happen to the rest of the entertainment industry.

Yahoo Cozies Up to Mobile Users with New Search Tools (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) has launched a short-message service (SMS) technology designed to let mobile-phone users send remote queries to the search engine and get relevant results back to their mobile devices by way of text message.