More arrests, computers seized in FBI piracy (Web promotion) bust (SiliconValley.com)SiliconValley.com -

More arrests, computers seized in FBI piracy (Web promotion) bust (SiliconValley.com)SiliconValley.com -

More arrests, computers seized in FBI piracy bust (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - WASHINGTON - The Justice Department seized hundreds of computers and arrested four people in an international crackdown on Internet pirates illegally distributing copyrighted video games, software and first-run movies, such as the latest episode of ``Star Wars.''

EBay Bidder Pays$351,100 For Lunch With Warren Buffett (TechWeb)
TechWeb - A bidder on EBay Inc. has won a power lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett for$351,100.

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.

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.

Norway's Opera Software signs Motorola phone deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Norwegian Internet browser firm OperaSoftware has agreed with U.S. mobile phone group Motorolato expand an existing contract and license its browserfor Motorola phones for three years, Opera said on Friday.

Test May Measure Students'Web Wisdom (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.

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.

US SEC warns investors on Internet'auto-trading'(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. market regulators warnedinvestors on Friday to be wary of a new type of onlineinvestment vehicle and filed civil fraud charges against asmall Internet investment advisory firm called Terry's TipsInc.

Feds Won't Let Go of Internet DNS (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The U.S. Department of Commerce says the agency will keep final control of the Internet's domain naming system, rather than handing it over to ICANN as previously planned.