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Internet upgraded to foil cyber crooks (AFP)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:03:04 PDT

AFP - The Internet has undergone a key upgrade that promises to stop cyber criminals from using fake websites that dupe people into downloading viruses or revealing personal data.

Actual broadband speeds rarely as fast as advertised (Christopher Null)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:02:50 PDT

Christopher Null - How do you know how fast your Internet connection is? You probably just trust that your ISP is giving you the bandwidth you’re paying for and go on your merry way.

Summary Box: Hulu Plus is TV for the iPhone, iPad (AP)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:27:38 PDT

AP - HULU PLUS: Hulu, the website with shows from ABC, Fox and NBC, is now available as an app for iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads and Samsung Internet-connected TVs. High-definition shows look great even on big TVs, and the iPhone version works over the cellular network.

WikiLeaks: We don’t know source of leaked data (AP)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:22:34 PDT

AP - WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief claims his organization doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents, telling journalists that the Web site was set up to hide the source of its data from those who receive it.

What’s Jay-Z’s state of mind over spoof? (AP)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:44:12 PDT

AP - An online parody of a Jay-Z hit that swaps New York's metropolis for a modest Welsh port town has won hundreds of thousands of fans, the director of the spoof said Wednesday.

Out-of-stock Kindle may mean new version coming (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:56:07 PDT

Reuters - Amazon.com said its best-selling Kindle device was currently out of stock, leading one Internet analyst to surmise the online retailer was poised to launch a new version.

CBS TV looks to social media for next big hits (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:35:43 PDT

Reuters - CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler said on Wednesday the top-rated TV network was "restless, motivated and paranoid" about developing new shows and looking increasingly to social networking and the Internet for its next big hits.

Hackers post fascist slogans on Nazi camp website (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:29:00 PDT

Reuters - Hackers replaced a "Book of the Dead" with neo-Nazi slogans and symbols on World War Two concentration camp Buchenwald's website (www.buchenwald.de) on Wednesday and completely erased the Mittelbau Dora camp website.

Growth in search, Match contributes to IAC revenue (AP)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:28:10 PDT

AP - IAC/InterActiveCorp reported stronger second-quarter revenue Wednesday, citing growth in its search and Match online dating businesses. Net income fell, however, because the comparison quarter a year ago included a bump from the sale of its Match Europe operations.

Could Facebook Be the Next AOL? (PC World)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:20:00 PDT

PC World - Last week, Facebook announced that it had amassed 500 million users, a formable portion of the global Internet audience. But even as Mark Zuckerberg and company celebrates, others are busy trying to uproot Facebook's popularity by establishing a set of open standards to share Facebook-like features across the Internet.