Web promotion - `Father of Internet'returns to roots with new Google job (SiliconValley.com)SiliconValley.com

Web promotion - `Father of Internet'returns to roots with new Google job (SiliconValley.com)SiliconValley.com

`Father of Internet'returns to roots with new Google job (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Adding to its all-star roster of engineering talent, Google has hired Vinton Cerf, often referred to as the ``father of the Internet.''

China Telecom Seeks to Block VoIP (AP)
AP - China Telecom, the nation's largest fixed-line operator, is looking at ways to block phone calls made over the Internet such as the popular service offered by Skype, according to media reports.

Fraud Reveals Workings of Internet Theft (AP)
AP - The illicit haul arrived each day by e-mail, the personal details of computer users tricked by an Internet thief: a victim's name, credit card number, date of birth, Social Security number, mother's maiden name.

Journalist Googles Google With New Book (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is such an influential— and potentially scary— company that it deserves a book as comprehensive as the Internet search engine responsible for its whirlwind success.

Japan Internet CEO Horie fails in election bid (Reuters)
Reuters - Maverick Japanese Internet CEO TakafumiHorie got almost as much coverage as the prime minister andopposition leader in Japan's election campaign, but it wasn'tenough for the political novice to win a seat in parliament.

Apple Launches New iTunes Phone and iPod (AP)

AP - Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduced a long-anticipated music-playing cell phone on Wednesday and surprised the faithful with a new pencil-thin iPod.