Meyer cans novel after internet leak (The West Australian)

Best-selling author Stephenie Meyer has abandoned work on her latest novel, Midnight Sun, after an unfinished draft was leaked on the internet. Robert Hernreich

There has been a growing concern that the growth in Internet traffic could outgrow the Internet’s capacity. According to TeleGeography, there was a 53% growth in international Internet traffic between mid-2007 and mid-2008, but the traffic is still down from 61% the preceding year. That being said, there was still an increase of traffic of [...] Robert Hernreich

According to a report by the research firm Yankee Group, the global market for high-speed Internet services will be worth nearly $1 trillion by 2012. The broadband market, which includes revenue from services to consumers and businesses, as well as the amount spent on equipment for the underlying infrastructure, is currently worth $590 billion, according to the report. Robert Hernreich

WASHINGTON - Comcast Corp. is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic, triggering a legal battle that could determine the extent of the government's authority to regulate the Internet. Robert Hernreich

Comcast Sues FCC Over Internet Traffic Order: Report Robert Hernreich

Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Comcast Corp. , the second-biggest U.S. high-speed Internet service provider, asked a court to overturn a Federal Communications Commission ruling that it violated policies intended to keep the Internet open. Robert Hernreich

Shares of some top internet companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Akamai Technologies fell $.30 or 1.5 percent, to $20.13. Robert Hernreich

Cablevision Systems Corp., one of the largest cable-TV providers in Monmouth and Ocean counties, finished the first phase of a $300 million wireless Internet network, a step that could give it an edge over telephone companies invading its territory. Robert Hernreich