Web promotion - News Corp to buy Internet firm: WSJ (Reuters)Reuters - News

Web promotion - News Corp to buy Internet firm: WSJ (Reuters)Reuters - News

News Corp to buy Internet firm: WSJ (Reuters)

Reuters - News Corp. has agreed to pay $650million to acquire IGN Entertainment Inc., an Internet videogame company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

News Corp expands Web grasp (Reuters)

Reuters - News Corp. said on Thursday it would buyIGN Entertainment Inc., a Web network for video game fans, forabout $650 million as part of a rapid-fire strategy to expandits online entertainment and media.

News Corp. expands Internet portfolio with IGN Entertainment (AFP)

AFP - Media-entertainment giant News Corp. announced plans to acquire IGN Entertainment, a privately held San Francisco Internet games and entertainment company, for 650 million dollars.

Costs hold up EU accord on telecoms anti-terror measures (AFP)

AFP - EU interior and justice ministers struggled to nail down a controversial accord to improve police access to telephone and Internet data amid concerns about the costs.

McAfee Releases Internet Security Suite 2006 (PC World)
PC World - Software is designed to protect consumers from viruses, spyware, phishing scams, and identity theft.

USA Today's Top 25 U.S. Bestsellers (Reuters)
Reuters - The top 25 U.S.bestsellers, based on sales through Sunday, September 4, asreported by USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com).

Flooded Firms Start to Regain Their Land Legs (washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com - Some Gulf Coast businesses flooded out of their home bases by Hurricane Katrina are resuming work in ad hoc fashion, setting up remote offices or using e-mail and Web sites to notify employees and clients of new addresses and phone numbers.

A first look at the iPod nano and Rokr iTunes mobile phone (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Before I begin my first tech review column on Apple Computer's new iPod nano and the Motorola Rokr iTunes mobile phone, let's begin by acknowledging the obvious: I'm no Mike Langberg.