Thursday, August 18, 2005

Worm (Web promotion) Hits TV Networks, N.Y. Times (washingtonpost.com)washingtonpost.com - A new


Worm Hits TV Networks, N.Y. Times (washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com - A new Internet worm infected and disrupted computers and networks at CNN, ABC and the New York Times yesterday.

Pay to Peer: A New Spin on Music Sharing (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - When is it okay to share copyrighted music files online?

Study Indicates Consumers Want Personalization (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Consumers want more personalization from the Web sites they visit, but site operators first must earn consumers'trust by demonstrating that they have robust security in place and clearly articulated policies for safeguarding consumer information, according to survey results ChoiceStream released yesterday.

Internet body postpones decision on sex domain (Reuters)

"TheReuters - 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.




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."

AOL Worker Who Stole E-Mail List Sentenced (AP)

"JasonAP - A 25-year-old former America Online employee who admitted he became a cyberspace "outlaw" when he sold all 92 million screen names and e-mail addresses to spammers was sentenced Wednesday to a year and three months in prison.




HBO Uses Firefox As Marketing Tool (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Cable channel HBO's Internet-marketing campaign for its upcoming series"Rome"includes offering a downloadable"skin"for the Firefox web browser.

Google Has Your Data: Should You Be Afraid? - Part One (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has become a corporate media conglomerate focused on generating revenue by incessantly pushing advertisements at its users. Now, corporate Google is bent on monetizing every user through keeping a careful watch on every Web page users access and every file users open on local machines.

EU moves to open up online music licensing (Reuters)
Reuters - A commitment by author royaltycollectors in Belgium and the Netherlands to end restrictionsto consumer choice could serve as an example for others toavoid legal action, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

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