Web promotion - AOL deal, buyback in focus at Time Warner (Reuters)Reuters -

Web promotion - AOL deal, buyback in focus at Time Warner (Reuters)Reuters -

AOL deal, buyback in focus at Time Warner (Reuters)

Reuters - AOL will take center-stage next weekwhen Time Warner Inc. reports third-quarter financial results,as it aims to fend off corporate raider Carl Icahn and courtsuitors for its online division.

eBay fraudsters jailed in Britain (Reuters)

Reuters - Three Romanian fraudsters were jailed onFriday in London for their part in a worldwide fraud carriedout via Internet auction house eBay, which netted at least300,000 pounds ($533,000).

Internet Use Up, but So Is User Concern (AP)

AP - Computer and Internet use is up, but so are concerns about identity theft and other online dangers. Fifty-five percent of American households had access to the Internet at home in 2003, more than triple the percentage in 1997, according to a report released Thursday by the Census Bureau.

Google, IBM team on deep-research tool (Reuters)

Reuters - IBM and Google Inc. arecollaborating to make it easier for office workers not only tosearch for local documents and personal e-mail but to delvedeep into corporate databases, the companies said on Friday.

Microsoft Writes a New Chapter with Online Book Search (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Not to be outdone by its competitors, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced plans this week to launch its own book search engine. The company's MSN Search, like Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) before it, has joined the Open Content Alliance to make publicly available print materials accessible on the Web.

Microsoft Takes On the Spam Kings (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Faced with a growing number of more sophisticated Internet spammers, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is fighting back. The company is taking on those creating and exploiting"zombie"computers to deliver mass e-mail and launch phishing expeditions against unsuspecting computer users.

Dell to preload Trend Micro software on PCs (Reuters)

Reuters - Japanese security software maker TrendMicro Inc. has teamed with PC maker Dell Inc. to sellInternet security software to consumers, a Trend Microexecutive said on Friday.

Network advance based on silicon (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Engineers at Stanford University have taken a step closer to fashioning silicon chips that could manipulate data at the speed of light, a development that could one day create lightning-fast networks to carry the ever-growing traffic on the Internet.