The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday launched a broadband test service to help consumers clock the speed of their Internet.

The United States said Thursday that the battle for human rights is increasingly being fought on the Internet as China, Iran and other states try to block access by political activists and others.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top internet companies were mixed at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies rose $.14 or .4 percent, to $31.41. Amazon rose $3.07 or 2.4 percent, to $133.58. eBay fell $.12 or .5 percent, to $25.44. Google rose $4.69 or .8 percent, to $581.14. Yahoo fell $.26 or 1.5 percent, to $16.53.

A security researcher has published exploit code for the latest Internet Explorer zero-day flaw on the Web and Microsoft is warning that more attacks against the unpatched vulnerability can be expected in-the-wild. One thing seems to be more apparent with each passing Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability: its time to upgrade the Web browser.

Reporters Without Borders issued its annual report on countries least tolerant of Internet freedoms:

A top media rights watchdog listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report published Friday on countries that pose a threat of Internet censorship.

If governments react to freedom movements by immediately moving to limit internet access, you can be

California startup OnLive plans a June 17 launch for a service that streams videogames over the Internet, meaning players can avoid buying expensive consoles or packaged software.

Investing in a high-speed Internet network would open up a new global trade route for Britain, boosting economic recovery and creating thousands of jobs, the opposition Conservative party said on Thursday.

A high-speed Internet experiment is fueling some friendly competition in Hamilton County. Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville and Westfield are all trying to land a Google experiment that will bring ultra high-speed Internet to an undisclosed number of communities across the country.