Internet advertising - A New Chapter in the History of Radio (NewsFactor)NewsFactor -

Internet advertising - A New Chapter in the History of Radio (NewsFactor)NewsFactor -

Podcasting: A New Chapter in the History of Radio (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple's launch of its Podcasting Directory for iTunes on Tuesday marks more than the unveiling of yet another add-on technology. It represents a bet by one of Silicon Valley's most visionary companies that the history of audio distribution just started another chapter.

Google Shares Mapping Technology (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is throwing the doors open on the technology used to power the search engine's mapping service, allowing developers to create Web sites and software applications that merge Google's mapping information with data elsewhere.

Nextel Tests High-Speed Wireless Internet (washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com - Nextel Communications Inc. of Reston said yesterday it would test a new high-speed wireless technology in the Washington area. The trial, which is scheduled to begin in the fall, will take place in the District, Arlington, Alexandria, Reston and Bethesda, but the service will not be commercially available.

Startup Blinkx Searches Podcasts, Video Blogs (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Blinkx, a startup company trying to build a name with video search, adds to its online service the ability to search podcasts and video blogs.

U.S. Won't Cede Control of Net Computers (AP)
AP - The U.S. government will indefinitely retain oversight of the main computers that control traffic on the Internet, ignoring calls by some countries to turn the function over to an international body, a senior official said Thursday.

T-Online acquires Albura for 61.5 million euros (AFP)
AFP - T-Online, Europe's leading Internet services provider and a unit of Deutsche Telekom, said it had acquired Spanish network operator Albura from energy group Red Electrica for 61.5 million euros (74.4 million dollars) including debt.

FBI Cracks Down on Movie, Music, Software Piracy Sites (PC World)
PC World - Raid makes dent in what Feds call an organized online piracy underground.

Ethiopia to launch internet coffee auction (Reuters)
Reuters - Ethiopia, Africa's biggest coffeeproducer, was to launch its first internet auction of thecommodity on Thursday, offering 26 top grades, an officialsaid.