Google sets off Internet browser war (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Google sets off Internet browser war (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Google on Tuesday launches its own internet browser, Google Chrome, in a new challenge to Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Mike North to bring sports talk to Internet (Chicago Tribune)
Teams with Lettuce Entertain You restaurants Three months after walking away from CBS Radio's WSCR-AM 670 and with three months remaining until he's free to take a broadcast job elsewhere, sports talker Mike North said Monday that he is going to do a live, two-hour weekday show on the Internet site of Lettuce Entertain You's Wildfire restaurants for at least four months, beginning Monday. ...

Google Browser 'Chrome' Challenges Internet Explorer, Firefox (Hartford Courant)
The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers.

Meyer scraps new book after Internet leak (UPI)
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. author Stephenie Meyer says she has stopped work on her book "Midnight Sun" because a draft was posted on the Internet without her permission.

Comcast moves to slow service to heaviest Internet users (Rocky Mountain News)
Comcast Corp. plans to slow Internet service to its heaviest users during periods of congestion, after regulators ordered the company to devise a new method for managing its Web traffic.

Gustav brings down cell, Internet service (San Francisco Chronicle)
Power outages caused by Hurricane Gustav brought down cellular and Internet service in parts of Louisiana, but its impact was much milder than that of Katrina. AT&T Inc., the main landline phone company in the state, said it had 2,000 employees working to...

Final Glance: Internet companies (Boston Globe)
Shares of some top internet companies were mixed at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $1.07 or 4.7 percent, to $21.83.

Gustav brings down cell, Internet service (AP via Yahoo! News)
Power outages caused by Hurricane Gustav brought down cellular and Internet service in parts of Louisiana, but its impact was much milder than that of Katrina.