AP - Facebook pushed the boundaries of ad targeting when the online hangout presumed users would want the site to mine their Internet activity.

AP - Google Inc. confirmed its plans to bid for a prized piece of the airwaves in an upcoming government auction, further underscoring the Internet search leader’s determination to shake up the wireless market and plumb more profits from mobile phones.

Reuters - Google Inc said on
Friday that the company would bid on coveted airwaves to launch
a U.S. wireless network, pitting it against established
telecommunications players AT&T and Verizon.

NewsFactor - It's 10:00 p.m. Do you know what your teen is doing online? Hopefully, the answer is not "attracting the unwelcome interest of the FBI for operating an international botnet ring that infected millions of computers and stole approximately $25 million from the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims."

AP - Golf club manufacturers have long placed ads in printed golf magazines. Movie studios tend to run television spots before a weekend rather than after.

AP - Based on the weather reports and restaurant listings you check out online, Yahoo Inc. has a good idea where you live. Based on searches you’ve done, the Web portal might also know where you want to go.

NewsFactor - In its second big announcement this week, Verizon Wireless said that it would develop its fourth generation mobile broadband network using Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. This means that the company, co-owned by Verizon and by European carrier Vodafone, will move to the GSM camp from its current residence in the CDMA crowd.

PC World - Google is asking everyday Web surfers to help with its efforts to stamp out malicious Web sites.

AP - The value of U.K. Internet sales rose 29 percent in 2006 compared with the previous year, accounting for 6.5 percent of all nonfinancial sales, the government reported Friday.

InfoWorld - Google is asking everyday Web surfers to help with its efforts to stamp out malicious Web sites.