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FAST Announces Doubled Profit
Search providers Fast Search And Transfer have announce massive increases in profit Q1 to Q2 this year.

Why ads on the net don't work
Technology consultant Bill Thompson has had enough of the hard sell on the web but is not optimistic about the alternatives to advertising. (from BBC)

French Shut Down Nazi Website
A website run by the group accused of involvement in the assassination attempt of Jaques Chirac has been ordered to be shut down by a French court.

World wide web is the ladder over the wall.
In countries known to the west to be held under authoritarian control, Iran and China being the two we are dealing with here, citizens are annoying their leaders by logging on to the Internet to exchange "forbidden ideas".

Yahoo Deny Free Submit To Commercial Users
Businesses can no longer submit their sites to Yahoo UK via the free submit option.

Google Fixes Security Flaw in Toolbar
Google has fixed a security hole in its Toolbar after the issue was spotted by an Israeli security company.

Al Qaeda's Readers Wives?
American Internet Porn entrepreneur, Jon Messner, claims to have hacked into Al Qaeda's internet forums.

Microsoft Agrees Twenty Years Of FTC Security Audits
Microsoft has agreed a deal with the FTC to allow independent security audits of its Passport system.