Microsoft MSN Leads (Web promotion) Gain In Search Market (TechWeb)TechWeb - But

Microsoft MSN Leads (Web promotion) Gain In Search Market (TechWeb)TechWeb - But

Microsoft MSN Leads Gain In Search Market (TechWeb)
TechWeb - But it's too soon to say whether the third-place portal is catching up.

File-Sharing Continues at Colleges (AP)
AP - As a college freshman, Will Mount feasted on the free but mostly illegal music available through online file-sharing software such as Kazaa. Now a senior, Mount has seen his free music fix become legal, thanks to an initiative by American University in Washington, D.C., to dissuade students from using its computer network to illegally swap music online.

China tries to wipe Internet icon from Web (Reuters)

Reuters - Floozie or role model, attention mongeror free spirit? For months, China has been debating what tomake of its latest Internet-born star, a young woman knownnationwide as Furong Jiejie, aka Sister Furong.

'Killbit'Workaround for Zero-Day IE Flaw Available (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The SANS Internet Storm Center has released a free utility to help thwart zero-day Internet Explorer attacks.

Internet tycoon to face Japan PM's nemesis in poll, but as independent (AFP)

AFP - A Japanese Internet tycoon courted by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said he would run as an independent candidate in next month's polls to face the premier's top nemesis and advance his reforms.

Launch Of'Mid-Air'Video Display'Hits'Website (TechWeb)
TechWeb - IO2 Technology launched a display which projects video images onto thin air, earlier this week. Overwhelming demand for information took the company's website off the Internet.

Amazon.com Starts Selling Digital'Shorts'(AP)
AP - Amazon.com Inc. started selling new works of short literature and nonfiction Friday from authors who write them exclusively for the Internet retailer.