US high (Web promotion) court rejects Blodget class action appeal (Reuters)Reuters -

US high (Web promotion) court rejects Blodget class action appeal (Reuters)Reuters -

US high court rejects Blodget class action appeal (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesdayturned aside an attempt to reinstate a class action lawsuitagainst Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc. and former star Internetanalyst Henry Blodget for wrongfully hyping stocks.

AT&T solves VoIP's 911 issue (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - AT&T says it's solved a problem that has dogged Internet-based phone service: how to provide emergency 911 to people who use VoIP - short for Voice over Internet Protocol - on the road. AT&T's nomadic solution, called Heartbeat, uses its Internet network to track the location of users.

Yahoo expands news searches to include blogs (Reuters)

Reuters - Yahoo Inc. said on Monday it willbegin featuring the work of self-published Web bloggersside-by-side with the work of professional journalists,leveling distinctions between the two.

Yahoo is betting podcasts will sizzle (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - A year ago, few Internet users had ever heard the word ``podcast,''let alone listened to one.

Yahoo to put blogs on equal footing with other news media (AFP)

AFP - Internet giant Yahoo announced plans to include "blogs" on all its news searches, giving a major boost to the personal journals that aim to compete with traditional journalism.

NTT DoCoMo, Rakuten to tie up in online auction business (AFP)

AFP - Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo and Internet commerce giant Rakuten said they have formed an alliance in online auctions to challenge domestic industry leader Yahoo.