Robert Hernreich - onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/10/01/final_glance_internet_companies'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/10/01/final_glance_internet_companies">Final Glance: Internet companies

Shares of some top internet companies were mixed at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $.32 or 1.8 percent, to $17.12. Robert Hernreich

Global mobile phone leader Nokia said on Tuesday it signed a deal to buy Canadian instant messaging provider OZ Communications in an effort to improve its internet services offering. Robert Hernreich

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Policymakers and researchers will soon have a lot more detail about how wired the United States is after the Senate approved a bill Tuesday bolstering the amount of data collected on the country's Internet connections. Robert Hernreich

Henry Tucker, Computing , Thursday 2 October 2008 at 01:30:00 The simple act of moving house reveals weaknesses in our broadband infrastructure, writes Henry Tucker Having moved house and disconnected my broadband, I feel as if I have entered the internet stone age as I have to use the dreaded dial-up again.... Robert Hernreich