International Business News - Internet http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A federal grand jury has indicted a Lake Havasu City, Ariz. couple who ran a company that allegedly imported Indian-made knockoffs of popular prescription drugs and sold them as U.S. versions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/feds-accuse-ariz-couple-in-indian-drug-case.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:29:59 EDT Internet software and services stocks finished mostly lower Wednesday, following the overall market's decline as crude oil rose to a new record above $144 a barrel. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/closing-glance-internet-software-services-stocks.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:31:22 EDT For the first time, more people around the world are signing up for fiber-optic broadband service than for cable Internet service, according to a British research firm. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/report-fiber-internet-growth-overtakes-cable.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:31:28 EDT Major Internet stocks mostly declined Wednesday, though Yahoo Inc. shares jumped as The Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft Corp. has spoken with other media companies about working together in a deal that would essentially lead to Yahoo's breakup. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/sector-snap-most-major-web-stocks-dip.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:19:49 EDT Most Internet software and services stocks dipped Wednesday morning, though Yahoo Inc.'s shares jumped as The Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft has spoken with other media companies about teaming up to purchase Yahoo's search business. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/opening-glance-internet-software-services-stocks.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:25:03 EDT Chinese online gaming stocks declined Tuesday, with Giant Interactive Group Inc. falling after the company said it will pay $51 million for a 25 percent stake in Chinese online social networking service company Five One Network Development Co. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/sector-wrap-most-chinese-online-gaming-stocks-dip.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:46:27 EDT 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. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/closing-glance-internet-software-services-stocks.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:34:07 EDT The Wisconsin Department of Justice has settled a lawsuit against a California company accused of fraudulently charging businesses for Internet services. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/wis-justice-department-settles-web-fraud-lawsuit.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:38:58 EDT Most online travel stocks fell Monday after an analyst lowered his price targets for Expedia Inc., Orbitz Worldwide Inc. and Priceline.com Inc., citing weakening European leisure travel trends and rising search ad competition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/sector-snap-online-travel-stocks-mostly-fall.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:40:20 EDT Unidentified hackers broke into several hundred Lithuanian Web sites over the weekend, plastering them with communist symbols, government officials said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/hackers-post-soviet-symbols-on-lithuanian-sites.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:11 EDT Internet software and services stocks traded mostly lower Monday morning, following the overall market's decline as oil prices rose above $143 a barrel. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/sector-glance-internet-software-services-stocks.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:10:06 EDT 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. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/la-internet-suicide-case-may-be-put-off.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:57:24 EDT California's Hispanics and low-income residents are lagging far behind other groups in Internet access, according to a survey. The survey released Wednesday conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California found that only 40 percent of Hispanics had Internet access at home--and about a third had broadband connections--at a time when more Californians reported going online for vital information. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/survey-internet-access-lags-among-calif-hispanics.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:09:18 EDT Chrysler LLC said Thursday that people who buy its vehicles next year will have the option of turning their cars and trucks into wireless Internet hotspots. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/chrysler-to-turn-vehicles-into-wireless-hotspots.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:30:01 EDT 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 address system. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/80128-france-new-internet-names.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/internet-org-paves-way-for-hundreds-domains.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/internet-org-paves-way-for-hundreds-domains.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:01:41 EDT Lawmakers failed Wednesday to agree on setting a clear definition of illegal Internet gambling to go along with a ban on online betting passed in 2006. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/lawmakers-disagree-over-defining-online-gambling.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:12:45 EDT Lawmakers failed Wednesday to agree on setting a clear definition of illegal Internet gambling to go along with a ban on online betting passed in 2006. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/lawmakers-disagree-over-defining-online-gambling.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:43:48 EDT The Internet's key oversight agency is considering the first sweeping changes in the network's addressing system since its creation 25 years ago. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, closing weeklong meetings in Paris, was scheduled Thursday to consider proposals for streamlining new domain name suffixes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/internet-panel-explores-sweeping-new-domain-rules.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:41:14 EDT Internet software and services stocks finished higher on Wednesday, following the overall market as the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/closing-glance-internet-software-services-stocks.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:14:50 EDT People who buy Chrysler LLC vehicles next year will have the option of turning their cars and trucks into wireless Internet hotspots. The company plans to announce Thursday that the feature will be available as part of its "uconnect" system that will debut in most 2009 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep models. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/chrysler-to-turn-vehicles-into-wireless-hotspots.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:41:13 EDT