House Web site overwhelmed as bailout bill fails (AP)
AP - The House Web site was overwhelmed Monday as millions of computer users sought information about the financial bailout bill rejected by the House.
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NPR boosts online offerings, seeks larger audience (AP)
AP - National Public Radio, already strong online with free downloads from many of its shows, is boosting its digital ambitions with Monday’s introduction of social-networking features akin to Facebook.
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Transpacific undersea cable completed (CNET)
CNET - A crucial undersea fiber-optic cable that will provide more Internet capacity between the U.S. and China was completed Monday, according to news reports.
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Full encryption stops Amazon Web video leak: Adobe (Reuters)
Reuters - Amazon.com has fixed a glitch in its video streaming service by adopting Adobe Systems Inc’s encryption on all television shows and movies found on its site, software maker Adobe said on Monday.
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Congress poised to pass Internet radio legislation (AP)
AP - Congress is close to passing legislation that would buy extra time to finalize an agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates.
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Apple makes iTunes more accessible for the blind (AP)
AP - Most teens listen to their music on digital players, but Cory Cadlik, who is blind, had to ask for help when he wanted to buy songs for his iPod from the online music store iTunes.
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Stars tune-in to Web video, advertisers still shy (Reuters)
Reuters - The fall television season kicked off this past week, but viewers looking for their favorite actors returning to airwaves may not find them on TV as new Web-based shows increasingly draw stars online.
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Presidential debate’s Internet debut a forum for political trash talk (AFP)
AFP - The first-ever online streaming of a US presidential debate provided a platform for hordes of amateur political pundits to exchange real-time critiques of Barack Obama and John McCain.
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Japan’s online social scene isn’t so social (AP)
AP - Like a lot of 20-year-olds, Kae Takahashi has a page on U.S.-based MySpace, and there is no mistaking it for anyone else’s.
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Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloads (Reuters)
Reuters - A security hole in Adobe Systems Inc software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com Inc’s video streaming service.
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