Sun: Java ubiquity an advantage in RIA battle (InfoWorld) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems is counting on the ubiquitous nature of Java to help its JavaFX technology compete in the rich Internet application (RIA) space against rivals Adobe Systems and Microsoft.

Tech tools bring big success for small businesses (USATODAY.com) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 09 May 2008 11:12:28 GMT USATODAY.com - Millions of U.S. small-business owners are geeking out in the digital bazaar. As online commerce grows and technology gets cheaper and easier to use, small firms - especially mom-and-pop shops that had shied away from technology - are using tech tools more than ever to sell goods, market themselves and run their operations.

Gates: Microsoft shifts focus after Yahoo deal collapses (AP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 09 May 2008 10:47:00 GMT Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speaks with The Associated Press Friday May 9, 2008, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Gates Foundation has donated US$3 million for emergency relief efforts in Myanmar and will provide software to help reunite family members separated in the cyclone, Gates said Friday. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)

You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT InfoWorld - We started the week with Microsoft calling off the Yahoo deal (or maybe not). Then Grand Theft Auto stole the spotlight with its record-breaking sales. Along the way, we have the Webby Awards, big settlements for movie piracy, and candidates seeking to save us from the evils of Second Life. We cover it all in this week's quiz. Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Ready to test your news know-how? Then begin.

Facebook sets new safeguards (AFP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 09 May 2008 08:38:43 GMT The logo of social networking website Facebook. Top US state attorneys announced Thursday that Facebook has agreed to get tougher on keeping its young website users safe from bullies, porn, pedophiles and other online hazards.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)

Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards (AP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 09 May 2008 06:52:32 GMT Connecticut state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announces an agreement with Facebook to make changes to better protect children from predators and inappropriate content and to participate in a task force on implementation of age and identity software during a news conference in his office in Hartfdord, Conn., Thursday, May 8, 2008. The agreement was reached with 49 states and the District of Columbia. (AP Photo/Bob Child)

Google execs hope for long-term ad deal with Yahoo (AP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 09 May 2008 06:48:49 GMT A Google worker rides a company bike in front of Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., during its annual shareholders meeting Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Free Wi-Fi Expands with AT&T, Cablevision (PC World) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:00 GMT PC World - Two giant offers for free Wi-Fi extended, one from AT&T to iPhone users, and another from Cablevision for its millions of home territory broadband subscribers.

Google sees YouTube products soon; warm on Yahoo (Reuters) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 08 May 2008 23:57:15 GMT People ride their bikes past Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2008. (Kimberly White/Reuters)

MySpace lets users take profile data outside site's walls (AFP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 08 May 2008 23:23:31 GMT MySpace announced Thursday it is opening the gates of its popular online community by letting users automatically transfer profile information to other social-networking websites.(AFP/File)