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Search Wars Heat Up, Microsoft Launches Search Tool

After publicly admitting that it had made a mistake by underestimating the revenue potential of the search engine market, 18 months later, Microsoft has finally launched its new beta search technology to a great deal of industry fanfare.

ICANN Feels The Heat

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is feeling the heat of protest from a group of 75 worldwide registrars angry over the significant increase in registrar fees proposed in ICANN\'s latest budget – fees which could put many registrars out of business, and hinder the globalization of the Internet – which ICANN is mandated to promote.

Online Gambling Feels the Heat

The federal government flexed its legal muscle this week by putting out a warning to U.S. companies that promote offshore gambling websites. The feds are particularly wary of the promotion of Internet casinos and sports betting operations that operate outside of the U.S.

New Spam Law Catches Heat

Not a day after the first anti-spam law was passed by congress, critics of the legislation are already complaining that the terms of the new law could do more harm than good to average email users

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VeriSign Faces the Heat

Optima Technology, a software and services provider, has petitioned the SEC to investigate VeriSign-Network Solutions, and to begin governmental oversight of the troubled registrar

Joanna Posner ·