AP - VeriSign Inc., whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access Web sites with names ending in “.com” and “.net,” plans to spend more than $300 million over the next decade to upgrade its systems.

PC World - A security researcher has published exploit code for the latest Internet Explorer zero-day flaw on the Web and Microsoft is warning that more attacks against the unpatched vulnerability can be expected in-the-wild. One thing seems to be more apparent with each passing Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability: its time to upgrade the Web browser.

NewsFactor - In a move to shake up the online gaming industry, OnLive has announced PC and Mac versions of its on-demand, instant-play games will roll out in June during the E3 2010 show. Here’s the rub: Gamers don’t have to buy a console, and they can get broadband speeds.

AP - THE INTERNET’S `ENEMIES’: A dozen countries were deemed by Reporters Without Borders to be the most repressive at censorship.

AFP - A top media rights watchdog listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report published Friday on countries that pose a threat of Internet censorship.

AP - Reporters Without Borders issued its annual report on countries least tolerant of Internet freedoms:

AP - Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a study out Thursday.

AFP - Internet giant Google on Thursday joined a top journalists’ rights group in rewarding a collective of Iranian women bloggers for their reporting on last year’s post-election unrest.

PC World - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has added tools to the Broadband.gov Web site to help users measure their broadband speeds or to report that they do not have broadband available.

PC World - As the FCC prepares to release its National Broadband Plan next week, I hope it will address expanding Wi-Fi as part of improving mobile data access. It appears no amount of repurposed radio spectrum is likely to meet the expanding wireless data demand for very long.