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U.S. to retain oversight of Web traffic
Jul 1 2005 9:26PM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - A unilateral decision by the United States to indefinitely retain oversight of the Internet's main traffic-directing computers prompted concerns Friday that the global telecommunications network could eventually splinter.
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Belgium Web site helps gov't cut red tape
Jul 1 2005 8:49PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Belgians suffering under a morass of contradictory, complicated or just plain absurd regulations have for two years had a place to make their complaints known: a Web site called Kafka set up by their government.
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Marine in Iraq sees new baby girl on Web
Jul 1 2005 6:40PM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A U.S. Marine in Iraq was able to view doctors displaying his newborn daughter via the Internet soon after her birth Friday at a suburban Detroit hospital.
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Test may measure students' Web wisdom
Jul 1 2005 5:02PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Students apply to college online, e-mail their papers to their professors and, when they want to be cheeky, pass notes in class by text-messaging. But that doesn't necessarily mean they have a high Internet IQ.
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Swedes undeterred by online piracy ban
Jul 1 2005 10:21AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Unless Swedes have suddenly changed their habits, about one in 10 became a criminal on Friday when a ban on sharing copyrighted music and movies over the Internet took effect at midnight.
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Feds target Internet piracy organizations
Jul 1 2005 7:58AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government announced Thursday an 11-nation crackdown on Internet piracy organizations responsible for stealing copies of the latest "Star Wars" film and other movies, games and software programs worth at least $50 million.
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