Paul Festa's article: "Popular search engine Google on Tuesday launched two sites for developing experimental search and browsing technologies."

"A veteran bug hunter has detected a security hole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.5, Outlook and Outlook Express."

In one of the broadest crackdowns ever issued against a domain name holder, a federal judge orders eReferee.com to stop using the word referee in all of its domain names. By Lisa M. Bowman.

A pornographer who has registered hundreds of domain names could lose one of the biggest gems in his collection: Madonna.com.

Toy collector Gus Lopez reopens his Toysrgus Web site despite a threatening letter from Toys R Us, is back in business. By Corey Grice.

Spam hasn't killed enthusiasm for e-mail among U.S. workers, according to a new study on e-mail use in the workplace.

Consumers are increasingly applying the stigma of spam to marketing messages of all stripes, causing headaches for legitimate advertisers on the Web and beyond.

Spammers have co-opted an administration feature in Microsoft's Windows operating systems and are using it to bring up intrusive advertisements on Internet-connected computers.

Gus Lopez is a Star Wars toy collector who thought he had a clever idea for a Web site, but retailing giant Toys 'R' Us disagreed. By Corey Grice.

A Net name dispute between soft drink giant Coca-Cola and a fan site started with a pop but has ended with a fizzle. [News.com]