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Missouri governor signs Internet harassment bill (The Charlotte Observer)
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt signed a bill Monday outlawing cyberbullying, just miles from where a 13-year-old girl committed suicide nearly two years ago after being harassed on the Internet. The bill updates state laws against harassment by removing the requirement that the communication be written or over the telephone. Supporters say the bill now covers harassment from computers, text messages …
Mo. Internet harassment bill passed after MySpace suicide (USA Today)
O’Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt signed a bill Monday outlawing cyberbullying, just miles from where a 13-year-old girl committed suicide nearly two years ago after being harassed on the Internet.
Closing Glance: Internet software, services stocks (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Internet software and services stocks finished mostly lower Monday, while the overall market ended mixed after oil reached a new record of $143 a barrel and then pulled back to close at $140 a barrel.
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Kenya: Young Investors Taking to the Internet for Trading Lessons (AllAfrica.com)
Kenya’s first online investment game is now in full operation. Smart Youth Investment is an Internet-based learning portal for students and other young people, which imitates a stock market and all its activities. The aim is to teach students how to invest in the bourse and demystify its workings.
Russia to create Internet addresses in Cyrillic (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Russia will be able to create its first Internet addresses using the Cyrillic alphabet next year, communications ministry official Vladimir Vassiliev told Interfax news agency on Sunday.
Gas prices lead to Internet spam, expert says (The Washington Times)
As if filling up at nearly $4 per gallon isn’t bad enough "The high gasoline prices are luring even the most savvy Internet users to click on spam," a publicist in the computer security field writes. "With the Memorial Day…
Online Ads’ Global Share To Break 10 Percent Mark In ‘08; Internet Ads To Rise 26.7 Percent: Zenith (CBS News)
ZenithOptimedia’s optimistic predictions for online is holding steady. The Publicis Groupe media buyer’s latest forecast expects global internet ad spend to grow 26.7 percent and break through the 10 percent share barrier this yeara year earlier than Zenith predicted just three months ago . By 2010 Zenith predicts online will attract 13.6 percent of all advertising, well ahead of the company’s …
The SocialDNS Project and Why DNS is Not the Phone Book of the Internet (CircleID)
In this article I will explain the motivations behind the SocialDNS Project. I will justify why the DNS system is NOT the phone book of the Internet. More concretely, DNS is not a public directory nor enables search mechanisms over meta-information related to domains. In this line, I will present the advantages of SocialDNS, a naming and directory system that aims to become the phone book of …
Create MP3 files from Internet radio stations with MP3videoraptor 3.0 (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
I’m not sure what relationship RapidSolution’s MP3videoraptor 3.0 has to a bird of prey or a dinosaur, but this intriguingly-named software allows you to download audio from Internet radio stations and save it in MP3 format, for playing at any time on your computer or portable music player.
Sector Glance: Internet software, services stocks (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Internet software and services stocks traded mostly lower Monday morning, following the overall market’s decline as oil prices rose above $143 a barrel.
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Botswana: Orange Launches ‘Livebox’ Internet Facility (AllAfrica.com)
Mobile phone operator, Orange, on Tuesday launched Livebox, a high speed broadband internet service.
Better protection seen for internet banking users (NZPA via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Better protection for users of internet banking services is expected under revisions to the banking industry’s Code of Banking Practice.
Internet advertising is start-up company s recipe for success (Fort Worth Business Press)
Spurred by a love of music and audio recoding, two friends became business partners with the launch of their all-in-one media production business, which they hope to grow as companies increasingly look to the Internet as an advertising tool.
Buyers demand data from Internet, Realtors (Austin American-Statesman)
Why wouldn’t real estate agents want their prospective clients and customers to turn to the Internet for information about houses?
Internet domain overhaul (TVNZ)
A complete overhaul of the way in which people navigate the internet worldwide has been given the go-ahead in Paris. Until now only about 200 various words like .nz, .au or .com have been allowed at the end of a web address, but the rules are changing to allow domain names that end in any word.
Gas prices lead to Internet spam, expert says (The Washington Times)
As if filling up at nearly $4 per gallon isn’t bad enough "The high gasoline prices are luring even the most savvy Internet users to click on spam," a publicist in the computer security field writes. "With the Memorial Day…
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Russia to create Internet addresses in Cyrillic (TODAYonline)
A man uses a computer at an Internet cafe in Moscow. Russia will be able to create its first Internet addresses using the Cyrillic alphabet next year, communications ministry official Vladimir Vassiliev told Interfax news agency on Sunday.
Iran accepting foreigners’ visas applications on Internet (Payvand Iran News)
Head of Immigration Police and Foreign Nationals said on Saturday the visa will be issued on the Internet for foreign visitors.
SMK Kota Marudu to be model school on Internet (The Borneo Post)
KOTA MARUDU: SMK Kota Marudu will become a model school to improve the Internet structure for the school level.
Russia to create Internet addresses in Cyrillic (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Russia will be able to create its first Internet addresses using the Cyrillic alphabet next year, communications ministry official Vladimir Vassiliev told Interfax news agency on Sunday.
Political lone wolves shape dialogue with cheap Internet videos (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
CULVER CITY, Calif. - The video blasted across the Internet, drawing political blood from Sen. John S. McCain 3rd within a matter of days.
Better protection for internet bankers (TVNZ)
Internet banking customers are better protected as of on Monday. Changes to the Code of Banking have been made after consultation with Consumer and InternetNZ.
Bill Gates: PC Genius, Internet Fool (Time Magazine)
On the day he retires from Microsoft, Josh Quittner examines the legacy of the man who made Windows, but missed the web
New Tennessee sex offender law eyes Internet (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
On Tuesday, Tennessee will be even less friendly to sex offenders as new legislation heightens oversight of offenders Internet activity.
Better protection seen for internet banking users (NZPA via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Better protection for users of internet banking services is expected under revisions to the banking industry’s Code of Banking Practice.
Local Vermont Experts Warn Of Internet Dangers (KTHV Little Rock)
Police are piecing together the online correspondence that prompted a 12-year-old Vermont girl to arrange a meeting with an apparent stranger. At the same time, experts are warning parents to keep tabs on their kids’ Internet use.
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Police arrest man on Internet stalking charge (NWAnews.com)
A Springdale man was arrested Friday for allegedly stalking a child on the Internet. (Northwest Arkansas Times)
‘300 internet death threats’ after Tokyo killing spree (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
As many as 300 internet warnings of mass murder and other death threats have been posted online in Japan, after a knifing rampage in Tokyo left seven people dead, media said.
Hackers Hijack Critical Internet Organizations (New York Times)
Turkish hackers on Thursday defaced the official sites of the international organizations that oversee the Internet?s critical routing infrastructure and regulate domain names.
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LA Internet suicide case may be put off (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A Missouri woman charged in connection with an Internet hoax that allegedly led a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide may have her Los Angeles trial postponed.
Police Arrest One In Internet Sting (The Morning News)
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office arrested Thomas Conley Smith, 21, of Springdale in connection with Internet stalking of a child.
300 Internet death threats since Tokyo killing spree (TODAYonline)
An undated recent picture shows Tomohiro Kato. As many as 300 Internet warnings of mass murder and other death threats have been posted online in Japan after a knifing rampage in Tokyo left seven people dead.
Hackers Hijack Critical Internet Organizations (New York Times)
Turkish hackers on Thursday defaced the official sites of the international organizations that oversee the Internet?s critical routing infrastructure and regulate domain names.
Coming next year: Hundreds of new Internet domain names (The Pantagraph)
NEW YORK — The Internet’s key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".com," making the first sweeping changes in the network’s 25-year-old addressing system.
B.C. woman hopes to exchange kidney on internet (CBC)
An B.C. woman has turned to the internet in the hope of arranging a kidney swap to aid her ailing husband.
Site keeps kids away from Internet riffraff (The Record)
The Internet is a vast playground where children are likely to spend as much time this summer as at an actual park filled with swings and slides. Yet parents fear children will stumble upon the Web’s seamier side when they aren’t looking.
Taming Internet Explorer Browser Plug-Ins (Washington Post)
Security Fix has often lamented the lack of decent point-and-click software tools to help Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser users kill insecure "ActiveX controls," plug-ins for IE that have traditionally been among the biggest avenues of attack from spyware and adware. That’s why I’m pleased to call attention to a free new tool called "AxBan," which helps neuter insecure ActiveX plug-ins …
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