Web promotion - Many Internet users lagging on lingo (SiliconValley.com)SiliconValley.com - Most Internet

Web promotion - Many Internet users lagging on lingo (SiliconValley.com)SiliconValley.com - Most Internet

Many Internet users lagging on lingo (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Most Internet users know the difference between Internet spam and the popular canned ham. But the vast majority don't know the terms ``phishing,''``podcasting''and ``RSS feeds,''according to a recently released study.

News Briefs (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Netli accelerates Web servicesNetli rolled out a service designed to speed the delivery of Web services traffic over the Internet. NetLightning for Web Services is an application-specific optimization service that uses specialized protocols to avoid network latency and stop performance degradation of machine-to-machine communications. The Netli protocols include techniques for bandwidth management and loss and congestion control.

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.

AOL's Case finds Lime twist in Wisdom (Reuters)
Reuters - The man who packaged theInternet to the masses is trying his hand at television, butfor a more discriminating audience.

WebSphere Commerce soups up search spidering (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - IBM next month will ship new versions of its WebSphere Commerce and Commerce Express servers aimed at both large and smaller businesses. The products will contain a search engine optimization capability that enables spidering technology within search engines such as Google and Yahoo.

Professors Make Password Protection Product (AP)
AP - The increase in identity theft has prompted two Stanford University professors to develop software that protects computer passwords from Internet thieves.

GoingOn aims to be social'network of networks'(SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Two well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneurs unveiled plans Thursday for an ambitious new open online media company that will mix social networking and blogging.

MSN new stage for'Rock Star'(Reuters)
Reuters - MSN and producer MarkBurnett have flicked the virtual switch to open the online homefor CBS'low-rated reality TV show"Rock Star: INXS."

The World on Your Desktop (PC World)
PC World - Google Earth, MSN Virtual Earth combine satellite images with local search information.