to add Yahoo Web services to mobile (Reuters)Reuters - Motorola (Internet advertising)

to add Yahoo Web services to mobile (Reuters)Reuters - Motorola (Internet advertising)

Motorola to add Yahoo Web services to mobile (Reuters)
Reuters - Motorola Inc. will putYahoo Inc. Web services such as search, instantmessaging, e-mail and news on its handheld products in a newalliance to take advantage of increasingly powerful mobiledevices, the companies said on Tuesday.

Computer security threats rise; iTunes, RealPlayer among targets (AFP)
AFP - More than 400 new computer security threats emerged in the second quarter of 2005, including attempts by hackers to exploit weaknesses in popular programs like Apple iTunes and RealPlayer, a report said.

Microsoft enters Internet map service fray with Virtual Earth (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft has weighed into the Internet mapping competition with"Virtual Earth,"which enables people to view homes and businesses in any US neighborhood from the air, the company said.

Yahoo Buys Maker of'Widget'Applications (AP)
AP - Hoping to pave a new path to its popular Web site, Yahoo Inc. has acquired Konfabulator, a tiny software maker that provides a computer platform for monitoring the weather, stock prices and a wealth of other customized information without opening a Web browser.

Earthlink 2Q Profit Slides 12 Percent (AP)
AP - Internet-service provider EarthLink Inc. on Tuesday posted a 12 percent drop in second-quarter profit, hurt by falling revenue as subscribers moved away from its premium dial-up service.

Phony Purple Heart Taken Off Film Web Site (AP)
AP - Following complaints from a congressman, the producers of"Wedding Crashers"on Monday yanked from the movie's Web site a printable Purple Heart advertised as a gimmick to pick up women and get free drinks.

Yahoo Buys Pixoria, Launches Widget Service (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Yahoo launches a website that offers consumers mini desktop applications for accessing weather, stock prices and other data available on the portal's network.

FCC chief pushes for easing rules on DSL broadband (Reuters)
Reuters - Federal Communications CommissionChairman Kevin Martin on Tuesday pushed his colleagues to movequickly to ease regulations on high-speed Internet serviceoffered by U.S. telephone companies.

Vietnam orders clampdown on"hostile"forces misusing the Internet (AFP)
AFP - Vietnam's communist party has issued a directive to check what it called"reactionary and hostile forces"from abusing the Internet, a party official said.