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Security firm spots Chrome 'SaveAs' flaw (CNET)
CNET - It's been only a few days since Google released its Chrome browser, and security researchers are still digging into the software in search of the first few flaws.

Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old (AP)

In this Aug. 19, 2004 file photo, a photographer photographs the board at the Nasdaq Marketsite  in New York shortly after shares of the Internet search engine giant started trading.  When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, file)AP - When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.




Napster faces challenges within and without (Reuters)

Screengrab of the Napster program used for downloading music from the Internet. (file/Reuters)Reuters - When Napster reported its fiscal first-quarter results in August, it tried to paint a positive picture to investors who were growing increasingly nervous about the company's future.




Start-up launches spectrum marketplace (CNET)
CNET - A Web site for matching buyers and sellers of wireless spectrum went live on Friday.

Online TV Viewing Approaches the Mainstream (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Nearly 20 percent of American households are tuning into TV over the Internet. That's twice the number from 2006, according to new research from The Conference Board Consumer Research Center and market-research firm TNS. The most popular destinations for online broadcasts? The official TV channel home page and YouTube.com.

Report: Samsung working to acquire SanDisk (AP)
AP - Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday.

App Stores: Microsoft, Google Follow Apple (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - When Apple opened its iTunes App Store in July, the idea of a mass-market Web site that sells downloadable games, tools, and other applications for cell phones was a rarity. Handset owners could buy apps from their carriers or the occasional niche site. But these days, the app store concept is becoming commonplace. The question is, does the world need a warren of wireless app stores?

Comcast Challenges FCC's Authority To Order Neutrality (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Comcast fired back at the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday in its long-running duel with the agency. The cable-TV and Internet service provider filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.

Summary box: Google still feeling lucky at 10 (AP)
AP - HUMBLE START: Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated Google on Sept. 7, 1998, after unsuccessfully trying to sell their search engine for a couple of million dollars. They set up shop in their Stanford dorm rooms with just four computers before moving their headquarters to a garage owned by Brin's future sister-in-law.

China's Hu and Wen get own "fan" website (Reuters)

Chinese President Hu Jintao waves upon his arrival at a military airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul, August 25, 2008. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)Reuters - Does Chinese President Hu Jintao give you goosebumps? Got the hots for Premier Wen Jiabao? Then Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily has the answer -- join their online fan club.