Internet body postpones decision on sex domain (Reuters)Reuters - The (Web promotion)

Internet body postpones decision on sex domain (Reuters)Reuters - The (Web promotion)

Internet body postpones decision on sex domain (Reuters)

Reuters - The group that oversees Internetdomain names said on Wednesday it had postponed a decision toset up a special .xxx domain for sex sites that has drawnopposition from conservative activists.

Number of Internet-Phone Consumers Soars (AP)
AP - The number of consumers bypassing the traditional phone network and opting for Internet voice service is soaring beyond expectations.

Ex-AOL employee sentenced to 15 months in spam case (Reuters)

Reuters - A former America Online employee wassentenced to 15 months in prison on Wednesday for stealing 92million e-mail screen names from the Internet company andselling them to a "spammer."

Singapore's Internet Controls Shun Filters (AP)
AP - Singapore maintains some of the world's tightest restrictions on free expression on the Internet, but unlike other regimes, it doesn't do it with technological filters. Instead Singapore controls the Web through an unusual mix of legal pressures and access restrictions, according to a new study from three universities.

Approval of'.xxx'Domain for Porn Delayed (AP)
AP - The Internet's key oversight agency agreed Tuesday to a one-month delay in approving a new".xxx"domain name after the U.S. government cited"unprecedented"opposition to a virtual red-light district.

Huffington Discusses Her'Judy File'Sources and'Plamegate'(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK Sources are at the heart of the Valerie Plame case. Sources are also a big part of Arianna Huffington's series of blog postings -- on HuffingtonPost.com -- about what she sees as New York Times reporter Judith Miller's less-than-heroic role in"Plamegate."