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Fibre Internet adds more subscribers worldwide than cable: report (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
NEW YORK - For the first time, more people around the world are signing up for fibre-optic broadband service than for cable Internet service, according to a British research firm.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:39:00 GMT

Spitzer call girl drops lawsuit that claimed Girls Gone Wild founder exploited her on Internet (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
MIAMI - The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:31:13 GMT

Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses (AP via Yahoo! News)
This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:57:39 GMT

Jindal signs internet video bill into law (KTBS Shreveport)
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law a bill that would make it illegal to post criminal activities on the web. Violent videos have become all too popular on the internet. Representative Barbara Norton of Shreveport authored the bill that would make it a crime to post fights and

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:53:07 GMT

Deputies nab suspected Internet predator in sting (Kingston Daily Freeman)
KINGSTON - A 28-year-old Ontario, Canada, man suspected of spreading indecent material to children via the Internet has been charged in a six-month sting operation that culminated with a multi-agency stakeout in Buffalo, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:49:25 GMT