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Hit with heavy traffic following the U.S. terrorism attacks, popular news site CNN.com was scrambling to boost its server capacity and lighten up its site Tuesday in order to stay up and accessible, a spokeswoman said.

When it comes to building a Web site, never mind the bells and whistles, the rich media and the wireless handset delivery. Instead, concentrate on your customers' need for speed, said a report released Monday by technology researcher Jupiter Media Metrix Inc.

Employees' cavalier use of the Internet and email has become a serious security risk for companies as confidential information threatens to leak through their systems, according to a study from market researcher NFO InDepth Interactive, a division of NFO WorldGroup Inc.

Just a week out of the gates, Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) 6 Web browser has already scooped up market share, surpassing AOL Time Warner Inc.'s rival Netscape 6 browser, according to information released this week by WebSideStory Inc., an outsourced e-business information provider.

Having faced widespread criticism in the past for lacking transparency, representatives of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) fielded questions and concerns with reporters Friday on proposals the group made in a recent draft report concerning the election of certain ICANN board members.

A U.S. grand jury indicted previously jailed Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov and his employer Tuesday on charges of trafficking and conspiring to traffic a copyright circumvention device, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

Spanish and Portuguese-language Internet portal StarMedia Network Inc., once considered the child prodigy of Latin American Internet, has recently seen its bright and shiny star tumble down to earth, leaving analysts and industry watchers speculating over the future of the once-plucky company.

Showing a desire to speed up the litigation process in the U.S. government's landmark antitrust suit against Microsoft Corp., the District Court judge who was recently selected for the case ordered that all parties involved appear for a status conference on Friday, Sept. 21.