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Coalition wants US privacy law revamped for Internet Age (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Internet giants including Microsoft and Google have joined US privacy groups and academics in a campaign to get outdated US privacy laws revamped for the Internet Age.
Internet connects deepest Nepal to 'telemedics' (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Patients in rural Nepal will soon be able to consult specialist doctors over the Internet as part of an innovative scheme to improve health care in remote areas of the Himalayan country.
Why Internet connections are fastest in South Korea (CNN)
People in the United States basically invented the Internet. So U.S. connections must be the fastest and cheapest in the world, right?
Final Glance: Internet companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top internet companies were mixed at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $.19 or .6 percent, to $31.42. Amazon fell $.81 or .6 percent, to $135.77. eBay fell $.17 or .6 percent, to $26.97. Google rose $.41 or .1 percent, to $567.12. Yahoo fell $.08 or .5 percent, to $16.53.
The very latest amazing cool thing on the Internet is the Owl Box (tinyurl.com/... (San Francisco Chronicle)
The very latest amazing cool thing on the Internet is the Owl Box (tinyurl.com/ycu6h2n), which is live streaming video of Molly, a wild barn owl, and her eggs, later chicks, and the stuff they do all day - which isn't much, really, but is somehow hypnotically...
Internet's not special, says communications minister (Brisbane Times)
Web experts recoiled today at communications minister Stephen Conroy's assertion that the internet is "not special" and should be censored like books, films and newspapers.
Midday Glance: Internet companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top internet companies are mixed at noon: Akamai Technologies fell $.03 or .1 percent, to $31.58. Amazon fell $.67 or .5 percent, to $135.91. eBay fell $.04 or .1 percent, to $27.10. Google rose $.81 or .1 percent, to $567.52. Yahoo fell $.12 or .7 percent, to $16.49.
Accused internet groomer remanded in custody (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
A Frankston man accused of using the internet to groom teenagers for sex has faced the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
San Jose-based Internet provider Covad to merge with MegaPath (San Jose Mercury News)
Covad Communications, a San Jose provider of high-speed Internet service, is combining with MegaPath, a Costa Mesa company that sells Internet data, voice and security services, Covad announced Wednesday.
Early Glance: Internet companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top internet companies are down at 10 a.m.: Akamai Technologies fell $.18 or .6 percent, to $31.43. Amazon fell $1.57 or 1.1 percent, to $135.01. eBay fell $.18 or .7 percent, to $26.96. Google fell $3.21 or .6 percent, to $563.50. Yahoo fell $.16 or 1.0 percent, to $16.45.