facing search engine (Internet advertising) China quandary (SiliconValley.com)SiliconValley.com - Google has long

facing search engine (Internet advertising) China quandary (SiliconValley.com)SiliconValley.com - Google has long

Google facing search engine China quandary (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Google has long wanted to expand in China. And the question of its Chinese strategy is now becoming more urgent, as one of China's leading search engines, Baidu, gets ready to go public.

USC: Hacker May Have Read Applicant Files (AP)
AP - Officials of the University of Southern California said they will contact everyone who used the school's online application system in the past eight years to warn them that a hacker may have been able to read their files.

Music downloads triple at pay sites: SoundScan (AFP)
AFP - The number of song downloads at authorized websites tripled among US Internet users in the first six months of 2005, compared with the same period a year ago, new data shows.

Group Blasts Video Game Over Sex Content (AP)
AP - A media watchdog group has denounced the maker of the hugely popular video game"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"over graphic sexual content that allegedly exists in the game and can be unlocked with an Internet download.

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.

Sasser Worm Creator's Sentence Suspended (AP)
AP - The teen creator of the"Sasser"Internet worm, which caused millions of dollars in damage worldwide, won't be going to jail despite his conviction Friday on charges including computer sabotage.

German Teen Avoids Jail Time For Sasser Worm (washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com - A German teenager was convicted yesterday of authoring the so-called Sasser computer worm that attacked Internet users around the world last year, but he avoided jail time because of his age.

U.S. Broadband Grows By 34 Percent (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The move by Americans to broadband Internet access accelerated in the second half of last year, the Federal Communications Commission said in its twice-annual report on the state of high-speed connections.