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Virgin Media taps Yahoo for mobile Internet search (AFP via Yahoo! News) British telecommunications titan Virgin Media announced on Monday that it will use Yahoo oneSearch to power Internet exploration for its mobile service customers. us.rd.yahoo.com
Zappallas Gains After Internet Content Maker Raises Forecast (Bloomberg) Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Zappallas Inc. rose to a six-week high in Tokyo trading after the Japanese maker of Internet content for mobile phones increased its profit forecast and dividend. us.rd.yahoo.com
Fortunetelling big Internet business in Japan (MSNBC) An Internet firm specializing in crystal balls, tarot readings, I-ching and horoscopes is raking in business as Japanese seek reassurance about the future in the midst of a global financial crisis. us.rd.yahoo.com
Final Glance: Internet companies (Boston Globe) Shares of some top internet companies were down at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $1.02 or 8.3 percent, to $11.25. us.rd.yahoo.com
FCC Floating a Free Wireless Internet Plan As Part of New Auction (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance) Kevin Martin, the outgoing FCC chairman, has pushing for a controversial free wireless internet plan, as part of the agency's plan for the next slate of spectrum auction, reports WSJ. us.rd.yahoo.com
Cheating Scandals Raise New Questions about Honesty, Security of Internet Gambling (Washington Post) Whenever Todd Witteles signed on to an Internet poker site, the first thing he did was look around for inexperienced players. One day in August 2007, the Las Vegas poker pro thought he had found an easy mark on AbsolutePoker.com. us.rd.yahoo.com
YouTube launches its own symphony, with players auditioned via the Internet (San Jose Mercury News) A new YouTube Symphony Orchestra project promises to set classical music on a far larger stage than before: YouTube's global video platform. The plan is to create, via the Internet, a new orchestra with 100 members from around the world. us.rd.yahoo.com
Free, Slow, Censored Internet: A Bad Idea (CircleID) The FCC is looking for an organization to provide free, slow, and censored Internet access. The censorship apparently would include email as well as websites. us.rd.yahoo.com
Juror in Internet suicide case didn't feel defendant expected teen's death (San Jose Mercury News) NEW YORK — The jury forewoman in the Internet suicide trial said she didn't feel the defendant expected the teenage victim would harm herself after being subjected to an online hoax. us.rd.yahoo.com
FAU officials ignore their own advice on Internet gossip (The Palm Beach Post) Florida Atlantic University officials didn't take their own advice in dealing with Internet gossip when President Frank Brogan was recently targeted on the Web site JuicyCampus.com. us.rd.yahoo.com
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