Web promotion - Plan Treats All Broadband Providers Alike (PC World)PC World -

Web promotion - Plan Treats All Broadband Providers Alike (PC World)PC World -

Plan Treats All Broadband Providers Alike (PC World)
PC World - House committee floats bill to bring cable, DSL under same regulatory policies.

Search Engine Google's Shares Rise (AP)
AP - Google Inc.'s shares rose slightly Thursday to remain above the$295 price set in the Internet search engine leader's first sale of stock since its closely watched initial public offering last year.

Microsoft, AOL Discuss Online Partnership (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. and Time Warner Inc. have been discussing potential online partnerships that would help the two companies better compete against rivals Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., two people familiar with the talks said Thursday.

Microsoft takes on Google by opening up MSN (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is making some ofthe features on its Internet division site, MSN, available tooutside software developers as it takes on Google Inc. in theWeb-based information and services market.

Times to Charge for Access to Columnists (AP)
AP - The marquee columnists for The New York Times'Op-Ed page— including Thomas L. Friedman, Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich— generate lots of interest and discussion online. Now, the paper is hoping they'll also generate something else: cash.

BSkyB moving toward hybrid Internet platform - COO (Reuters)
Reuters - UK satellite TV company BSkyB isadding a range of new features to its pay-TV service, a topexecutive said, and it may eventually move to a hybrid platformof satellite and broadband delivery.

Internet Oversight Board OKs New Domains (AP)
AP - The Internet's key oversight agency approved a domain name for the Catalan language Thursday while deferring final action on creating a red-light district on the Internet through a".xxx"suffix.

Record labels sue Baidu for copyright infringement (Reuters)

Reuters - The four largest record companies havesued Baidu.com Inc. for copyright infringement, alleging theChinese Internet search engine has been illegally providinglinks to free digital music downloads, according to a tradegroup the represents the music industry.

Google gives spotlight to blogs with new search tool (AFP)

AFP - Internet search powerhouse Google has launched an engine tuned to scouring blog entries for fresh news and views.

Google Shares Down A Bit In Second Stock Offering (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Google Inc. stock finished nearly flat on Thursday, the same day the search engine giant launched its second stock offering since its initial public offering a year ago.