Internet advertising - Warn of Hurricane Rita Cyber-Scams (Ziff Davis)Ziff Davis - Hurricane

Internet advertising - Warn of Hurricane Rita Cyber-Scams (Ziff Davis)Ziff Davis - Hurricane

Groups Warn of Hurricane Rita Cyber-Scams (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Hurricane Rita is heading onshore, and Internet criminals around the globe are already rigging up fake charity sites. However, several teams of security watchdogs are readying countermeasures to ward off the"cyber-looters."

Political Bloggers Demand Speech Freedoms (AP)

AP - Political bloggers who offer diverse views on Republicans and Democrats, war and peace argued on Thursday that they should be free of government regulation.

Web Metrics Firm Caught In Microsoft Controversy (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Web metrics firm Keynote Systems Inc. has come under fire for not releasing search-engine rankings, reportedly at the request of a very large software company.

Study Gauges Local Penetration of Top Newspaper Sites (Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK A new report by Internet media and market research firm Nielsen//NetRatings finds that the country's major metropolitan newspaper Web sites have built up a loyal following in their local markets.

VoIP Industry Considers Adoption Issues (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The central question at this week's VON Fall 2005 Conference is how to increase adoption of Voice over IP, the technology that lets users make phone calls over the Internet.

EBay Gains Partner, Another Branches Out (AP)
AP - EBay Inc. has been very, very good to San Francisco-based SquareTrade, which verifies the reliability of sellers on the online auction site— 60,000 of them since launching five years ago, according to CEO Steve Abernethy.

Ask Jeeves To Retire Mascot (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The smiling butler that has welcomed visitors to search engine Ask Jeeves for nearly 10 years will soon be laid off.

Bloggers'handbook released to help dissidents (AFP)

AFP - A bloggers' handbook aimed at helping dissidents in repressive countries avoid detection when they publish on the Internet was released in Paris with the support of the French government.