Web promotion - EU seeks pan-European license for online music use (Reuters)Reuters -

Web promotion - EU seeks pan-European license for online music use (Reuters)Reuters -

EU seeks pan-European license for online music use (Reuters)
Reuters - The European Commission will push formeasures to establish a pan-European copyright license foronline music use by October to allow EU industry to competebetter with the United States, it said on Thursday.

Broadband in U.S. jumps 34 percent, FCC says (Reuters)
Reuters - The number of U.S. consumers andbusinesses that subscribe to high-speed Internet service, orbroadband, jumped 34 percent in 2004 to almost 38 millionlines, according to new statistics released on Thursday.

Yahoo announces text message mobile Web search (Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo Inc. is rollingout a service that lets users in the United States tap theInternet media giant's Web search using text messaging,matching a service now offered by rival Google Inc.

Intel Makes Move into Film Business (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has hooked up with independent film studio Revelations Entertainment to create an online movie distribution company, dubbed ClickStar, that promises to deliver first-run movies and boost demand for Internet-based multimedia content.

Yahoo Expands Mobile Search with Text Messaging (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Building on its search options offered through mobile browsers, Yahoo adds the ability to retrieve selected results through SMS.

Web users flock to UK sites for London blast news (Reuters)
Reuters - Record numbers of visitors delugedBritish Web sites on Thursday as people around the world soughtnews of the blasts that rocked London's public transport.

Internet Users Get Wise to Spyware Pandemic (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - According to a new survey, over 90 percent of Internet users have made some adjustment in their online behavior as a result of the threat of spyware and viruses.

High-Speed Internet Use Rises 34 Percent (AP)
AP - High-speed Internet use by U.S. businesses and households rose 34 percent in 2004 to 37.9 million lines, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday.

Prosecution urges probation for Sasser author (Reuters)
Reuters - Prosecutors have asked for a two-yearsuspended jail sentence for the man who wrote the SasserInternet worm that wreaked havoc in big businesses and homesworldwide last year, a German court said on Thursday.