AP - Vonage Holdings Corp.’s subscriber growth nearly ground to a halt in the second quarter, as the Internet telephone company said Thursday it gained just 2,000 lines in the period.

Reuters - Two U.S. lawmakers have urged the
U.S. Justice Department to suspend its investigation of
European Internet gambling companies for possible criminal
violations that occurred before Congress passed a law in 2006
to crack down on online gambling.

Reuters - It may be about time to dig out that
old library card. Hoping to draw back readers, libraries have
vastly expanded their lists of digital books, music, and movies
that can be downloaded by their patrons to a computer or MP3
player — and it doesn’t cost a cent, unlike, say, media from
Apple Inc’s iTunes or Amazon.com Inc .

CNET - LAS VEGAS–Speaking before a packed audience, researcher Dan Kaminsky explained the urgency in having everyone patch their systems: virtually everything we do on the Internet involves a Domain Name System request and therefore is vulnerable.

Reuters - An eccentric British millionaire has put
his entire life up for sale on the Internet — including his
title of Lord of the Manor of Warleigh — in the hope of
converting his assets into cash.

Reuters - Federal prosecutors in New York have
closed an investigation into the fatal prescription drug
overdose of actor Heath Ledger without bringing charges, People
magazine reported on its Web site on Wednesday.

AP - Text of a statement by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang in response to President Bush’s speech, posted on the ministry’s Web site Thursday and translated from Chinese by The Associated Press:

PC Magazine - After all the back and forth over whether Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick would be anti-competitive or an invasion of our privacy, the search engine giant on Thursday released new details about how the online advertising company will be integrated into Google.

AP - Google Inc. said Wednesday that it has launched a music search service in China that allows users to access music legally online in a forum backed by some record labels and supported by advertising revenue.

CNET - SAN FRANCISCO–As you might expect, search engine marketers aren’t crazy about how the Google-Yahoo-Microsoft power struggle has played out.