Live 8 Viewing Found Online (AP)AP - In Berlin, Green (Internet advertising)

Live 8 Viewing Found Online (AP)AP - In Berlin, Green (Internet advertising)

Best Live 8 Viewing Found Online (AP)
AP - In Berlin, Green Day proclaimed its majesty with a cover of Queen's"We Are the Champions"as R.E.M. performed"Man on the Moon"in London. And R.E.M. hadn't left the stage before Tim McGraw began singing"Live Like You Were Dying"in Rome. These were just a few thrilling musical moments from Live 8 that you couldn't see on live television. For the ultimate viewing experience, you needed America Online.

Belgium Web Site Helps Gov't Cut Red Tape (AP)
AP - Belgians suffering under a morass of contradictory, complicated or just plain absurd regulations have for two years had a place to make their complaints known: a Web site called Kafka set up by their government.

Moving Beyond Ringtones (washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com - First, there were musical ringtones. Then came"ring-back"tones -- tunes that play while a caller waits for someone to pick up a mobile phone. Now cell phones are offering streaming music, with access to online music stores on the way.

Test Seeks to Measure Students'Web IQ (AP)
AP - Students apply to college online, e-mail their papers to their professors and, when they want to be cheeky, pass notes in class by text-messaging. But that doesn't necessarily mean they have a high Internet IQ.

Sprint, Motorola Partner on WiMax (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Sprint (NYSE: FON) has hooked up with Motorola (NYSE: MOT) to roll out a next-generation wireless broadband service that promises to offer users an array of multimedia options based on the relatively new WiMax networking technology.

Other Countries'Experts Criticize U.S. Internet Decision (TechWeb)
TechWeb - What is being seen as U.S. insistence on controlling the Internet's root servers is drawing fire.

Microsoft purchase of Claria rumored (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Insiders and some industry observers said Thursday a rumored deal between software giant Microsoft and online advertising company Claria is a long shot at best.

U.S. to Retain Oversight of Web Traffic (AP)
AP - A unilateral decision by the United States to indefinitely retain oversight of the Internet's main traffic-directing computers prompted concerns Friday that the global telecommunications network could eventually splinter.