Security download must clearly disclose adware, The Register, August 8, 2005

“Advertising.com has settled charges made by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it failed adequately to disclose the bundling of adware with a free security download. The adware was mentioned, but only in a user licence that was east to ignore.”

Full story at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/08/advertising_com_settles_adware_charges/



Yahoo Tests Search for Audio Files, Washington Post, August 5, 2005

"Yahoo Inc. yesterday introduced the test version of a service that lets people search more than 50 million music and other audio files on the Internet. Selections include podcasts, music downloads, speeches and interviews and related information such as music videos and album reviews, Sunnyvale, Calif-based Yahoo said.”

Full story at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080401922.html?nav=rss_technology



Marconi, Huawei “in takeover talks”, SCMP.com, August 8, 2005

“British telecommunications equipment maker Marconi is in talks to be taken over by its Chinese partner, Huawei Technologies, for more than GBP 600 million ($8.29 billion), Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper reports.

Full story at: http://biz.scmp.com/bizmain/ZZZ3YQHRZBE.html



Asia’s online gaming a billion-dollar industry, SCMP.com, August 4, 2005

“Subscription revenues of online gaming firms in the Asia-Pacific region outside Japan rose 30 percent to more than US $1 billion (HK $7.8 billion) last year, an industry monitor said on Thursday.”

Full story at: http://technology.scmp.com/techinternet/ZZZZG4ICYBE.html


Messaging win for mobile bloggers, BBC news, August 5, 2005

“UK mobile operator O2 has backtracked from a change in the way multimedia messages are delivered via e-mail after complaints from mobile bloggers.”

Full story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4748903.stm


MSN Feels “Virtual Earth” Move, InternetNews, August 5, 2005

“Microsoft’s Virtual Earth search beta is causing a virtual quake among Internet map users, as more cartography fans are going digital than ever before. The lauch of its satellite mapping site made MSN Maps and Directions the number one mover in week-over-week unique audience groth during the last week of July, according to Internet media and market research firm Nielsen/NetRatings.”

Full story at: http://www.internetnews.com/stats/article.php/3525666



Piggybacking on Skype, InternetNews, August 5, 2005

“A Cambridge, Mass., startup ahs introduced software to broaden the already considerable reach of Internet phone phenomenon Skype. ISkoot’s software, which is designed to appeal to frequent international callers, allows users to connect their regular cell phones to Skype’s service and buddy lists.”

Full story at: http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3525421



Internet Agency Reassigns Iraq Domain, Yahoo News, August 5, 2005

“The Internet’s key oversight agency has quietly authorized Iraq’s new government to manage its own domain name, allowing for the restoration of Internet addresses ending in “iq”. The suffix had been limbo after the 2002 federal indictment of the Texas-based company that was running it on charges of funnelling money to a member of the Islamic extremist group Hamas.”

Full story at: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cmp/20050806/tc_cmp/167600327