Web promotion - Yahoo Raises Portable Music Pricing (Ziff Davis)Ziff Davis - The

Web promotion - Yahoo Raises Portable Music Pricing (Ziff Davis)Ziff Davis - The

Yahoo Raises Portable Music Pricing (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The portal player plans to hike music download subscription prices for users who transfer their files onto mobile devices. The company cited rising costs in the music industry as a catalyst for the increase.

Possible cover-up a focus in CIA leak case: lawyers (Reuters)

Reuters - Prosecutors investigating the outingof a covert CIA operative opened a Web site on Friday to postpossible indictments next week and were said by lawyers in thecase to be focusing on whether top White House aides tried toconceal their actions from investigators.

Google shares fly on bullish earnings report (Reuters)
Reuters - Shares of Google Inc. rose more than13 percent before the opening bell on Friday as itsbetter-than-expected quarterly results proved a catalyst forthe Web search company and its rivals.

Google library faces new suit (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Google's book scanning project drew its second legal challenge Wednesday when the Association of American Publishers sued the search company, claiming its ambitious plans would violate copyright laws.

Google exec touts communities, content over APIs (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - BURLINGAME, CALIF. -- Power in computing has shifted from proprietary, Microsoft APIs to URLs on the Web and content provision, Google Vice President Adam Bosworth said during the Zend/PHP Conference& Expo on Friday.

Internet TV Provokes Changes in Telecom Laws (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Cable TV providers square up against telcos as new technology brings on an evolution in regulation.

Interior Wants Computer Shutdown Reprieve (AP)
AP - The Interior Department won a reprieve Friday from a judge's order to disconnect from the Internet all computer systems with access to accounts it manages for thousands of American Indians.

Major Disruption In Level 3 Network Slows Internet Traffic (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Problems on Level 3's -- and the smaller NTT network -- slowed Internet response, a monitoring firm says

Lawmakers back U.S. control of Internet (Reuters)
Reuters - Three lawmakers in the U.S. House ofRepresentatives called on Friday for the Internet's coreinfrastructure to remain under U.S. control, echoing similarlanguage introduced in the Senate earlier this week.

Google's"sea-change"sets stock sailing (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc. shares rocketed to anall-time high on Friday as an impressive round of quarterlyresults appeared to win over skeptics worried that the Websearch company was more bark than bite.