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...Shawn Carpenter, mid-level analyst, but as Spiderman--the apt nickname his military-intelligence handlers gave him--tirelessly pursuing a group of suspected Chinese cyberspies all over the world. Inside the machines, on a mission he believed the U.S. government supported, he clung unseen to the walls of their chat rooms and servers, secretly recording every move the snoopers made, passing the information to the Army and later...
When the Google Talk system was released last week, it set tongues wagging. Not that there was a great deal to say about the product, a free, feature-meager instant-messaging and voice-over-Internet chat system. But Google, without a clearly stated long-term strategy, sets off buzz and speculation with every move it makes--especially since it announced plans to sell more than 14 million shares in a new stock offering that could raise $4 billion...
...recalls John Paul's trips before his health began to fail. But the departed Pope was on the press corps' mind even before we took off from Rome's Ciampino airport this morning. Would the new Pontiff follow his predecessor's footsteps to the back of the plane to chat with the 50 or so reporters on board? Yes, was the answer, but briefly. After saying he was "moved" and counting on young people "as a force for peace," his spokesman cut off our questions even though Benedict appeared ready to take more. But there are certain decisions that only...
...hateful in ways they would never be off-line." Aftab recalls meeting a New Jersey 13-year-old with a preppie-perfect appearance--khakis, button-down shirt, penny loafers complete with pennies--and a creepy hobby of making online death threats against strangers. He would gather information from chat rooms or people's websites, then threaten them as if he knew them. Says Aftab: "He said to me, 'I would never do anything in real life. I'm a good kid. But I can do it online because it doesn't matter...
...soar by almost 20% this year. Not surprisingly, old-media firms are feeling the pinch. News Corporation chief executive Rupert Murdoch last week paid out $580 million for Los Angeles-based Intermix Media, the company behind the burgeoning social network at MySpace.com. The two-year-old service hosts music, chat rooms and blogs, as well as personal and classified ads. But not all online companies are created equal. Google and Yahoo! are squeezing the online ad market share of smaller search engines or general content firms, insists Kessler: "Not everyone is going to be a winner." To investors, that should...