Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era (AP)

Software engineer Rex Jameson, wearing a robotic soldier suit being made for the U.S. Army by Raytheon, poses next to a mockup statue of a future soldier on Monday, April 14, 2008, in Salt Lake City. The suit can multiply its wearer's strength and endurance as many as 20 times, with relatively little loss of agility, by sensing and almost instantly amplifying every movement the wearer makes. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)AP - Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds — that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times.



Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked (AP)
AP - Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated Press.
Reversing trend, cable modems win over DSL (AP)
AP - Cable companies attracted more Internet subscribers than phone companies did in the first quarter, reversing a 3 1/2-year trend, according to a research report Thursday.
CBS in $1.8B deal for online news, info site CNet (AP)

CNet Networks workers at CNet headquarters in San Francisco, May 15, 2008. Media and entertainment company CBS Corp. is buying CNet Networks Inc., an online news and information provider, for $1.8 billion in cash in its latest bid to expand its reach on the Internet, the companies announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Media and entertainment company CBS Corp. is buying CNet Networks Inc., an online news and information provider, for $1.8 billion in cash in its latest bid to expand its reach on the Internet, the companies announced Thursday.



Ask.com acquires Dictionary.com, other references (AP)
AP - Ask.com has bought a stable of Internet reference sites that includes Dictionary.com in its latest effort to distinguish itself from online search leader Google Inc. and other much larger rivals.
PurchasePro founder convicted in stock fraud scheme (AP)
AP - A one-time dot-com billionaire has been convicted of stock fraud and obstruction of justice after a finding that he deceived investors in his Las Vegas software company.
Deutsche Telekom says iPhone meeting expectations (AP)
AP - Deutsche Telekom chief executive Rene Obermann said Thursday the company has so far sold more than 100,000 of Apple Inc.'s iPhones since the device's November debut in Germany.
Consumers ditching land-line phones (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Traditional land-line phones, once the bedrock of communications in the USA, are quickly going the way of eight-track tapes as consumers go wireless or choose Internet-based phone calling.
Moonlight release puts Silverlight on Linux (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The first public release of Moonlight, which provides a Linux client implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application (RIA) technology, was made available this week.
EBay Seller Pleads Guilty to Software Piracy Charges (PC World)
PC World - A 23-year-old Oregon man has pleaded guilty to charges that he used identity theft to set up bogus accounts on eBay, where he...