Internet advertising - Name On Its Way Out In Consumer Market (TechWeb)TechWeb -

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RSS Name On Its Way Out In Consumer Market (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft looks to drop the RSS name, a sign that the acronym used to described technology for distributing content on the web is on its way out.

US has until April 2006 to respect Internet gambling ruling: WTO (AFP)

AFP - The United States has until April 2006 to comply with a ruling about US restrictions on cross-border gaming on the Internet, the World Trade Organization announced.

Microsoft demos RSS features in IE 7 (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - SAN FRANCISCO -- Whether the content streams are eventually called RSS, Web feeds, or some other name, a key design goal of the forthcoming Internet Explorer 7 is to let users easily subscribe to blogs and Web sites via RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Attendees at the Blog Business Summit here on Friday got a sneak peek of this functionality in IE 7 running on Windows Vista.

Yahoo Confirms Pricing for Low-Cost Music Service (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Internet portal Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) on Thursday officially confirmed that its music-subscription service for consumers in the U.S. would be priced at the industry low of US$4.99 per month for annual subscriptions. A multimedia advertising campaign promoting Yahoo Music Unlimited will kick off Aug. 28.

Japan Internet CEO to run as de facto LDP candidate (Reuters)

Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumitapped a maverick Internet CEO as a de facto candidate onFriday, the latest celebrity to run against party rebels in anelection being cast as a referendum on reform.

Google Has Your Data: Should You Be Afraid? - Part Two (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As Part One of this story discussed, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is bent on monetizing users through keeping a careful watch on every Web page users access and every file users open on local machines, a strategy that has begun to raise red flags among privacy advocates.

Yahoo Beefs Up Local-Search Service (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) has added new features to its local-search service, bringing user reviews and interactive maps into the mix.