<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Internet</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/technology/specials/internet?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><description>Internet</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Poll Lampoon Has Orange Seeing Red]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38211-2005May5.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38211-2005May5.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Readers of the DCist, a Web site about local culture and politics, were treated last week to an amusing lampoon of the "Orange Poll," the 10-item questionnaire Council member    Vincent B. Orange Sr.  (D-Ward 5) has been circulating since December to help him decide whether to run for mayor.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery  and Henri Cauvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Plus Two Equals What?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27256-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27256-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Peggy and William Schmeltz haven't stayed up nights pondering the larger meaning of the New York Stock Exchange's decision to merge with electronic trader Archipelago Holdings Inc., or the Nasdaq Stock Market's plan to buy online trader Instinet Group Inc.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falling Oil Prices Ease Pressure on Wall Street]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27065-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27065-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Stock markets advanced Friday as oil prices fell below $50 a barrel.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verizon Sits but Still Could Buy MCI]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27071-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27071-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Verizon Communications Inc. yesterday let a deadline pass to increase its bid for MCI Inc., although the New York-based telecommunications giant has other means of raising its offer if it wants to try to block rival Qwest Communications International Inc. from winning the bidding war.]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Extols Value of Private Investment]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27029-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27029-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  President Bush brought his campaign to restructure Social Security to a Fairfax County community gym yesterday, taking the stage to hold conversations with five young local workers who fear that the system will have gone bust by the time they retire.]]></description><author> Peter Whoriskey</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young Eyes On the Prize]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27101-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27101-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Send your parents packing! Win a free weekend for them at a hotel, compliments of Nickelodeon and the maker of Sweethearts candy and gum.]]></description><author> Caroline E. Mayer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building the Pyramid]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16271-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16271-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Limber up your fingers, swab your computer screen and grab a cup of your favorite low-cal beverage. The federal government's new food guide system hands you the blueprints to construct your own detailed food pyramid, but be prepared to spend some time building it  --  if you have access to a computer and the Internet, that is.]]></description><author> Sally Squires</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Audio-Video DualDiscs Get A Promotion From the Boss]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16477-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16477-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Welcome  to the age of the living liner notes. <br>After Bruce Springsteen fans finish listening to the new "Devils &#38; Dust," which hits stores today, they can flip the sucker over and <em>watch</em> it, too. "Devils &#38; Dust" is the first album from a major artist to be released...]]></description><author> Sean Daly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls' Night Logged On]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12654-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12654-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You  match the Nicole Kidman card with the Nicole Kidman card, the Julia Roberts card with the Julia Roberts card, the J.Lo card with the J.Lo card. Simple enough. The game is called Ditto, and it's on the Web site of Ladies' Home Journal, and Karen Heal is, at this very moment, too preoccupied playing the game to talk about it.]]></description><author> Jose Antonio Vargas</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hit 'Send' And the World Laughs With You]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9492-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9492-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The guy's Irish or Scottish or something like that, and he's drunk as a skunk. He staggers down the street, stumbles to his car and starts fumbling to get his key in the lock when two cops walk up, one male, one female.]]></description><author> Peter Carlson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[MCI Calls Qwest's Bid 'Superior' to Verizon's]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11647-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11647-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MCI Inc.'s board of directors embraced a cash-rich offer from Qwest Communications International Inc. after months of saying the company was a financially weaker and strategically less desirable merger partner than Verizon Communications Inc.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Profits Up 477%]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7532-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7532-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Google Inc. yesterday reported that its first-quarter profit grew more than fivefold and revenue nearly doubled because of surging online ad sales. The news sparked a rally in the search engine giant's stock price.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Web Has It Covered]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7731-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7731-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If the Nats aren't on TV, turn on a computer and log onto the Internet, where you can get free, almost-live updates on the progress of games and, for a small price, live video and audio broadcasts too.]]></description><author> Rob Pegoraro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internet Drug Ring Broken]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6180-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6180-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Drug Enforcement Administration has shut down a major Internet drug ring run from Philadelphia by two foreign university students who allegedly sold millions of doses of controlled narcotics, steroids and amphetamines online without prescriptions, officials said yesterday.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Food Pyramid Unveiled]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A693-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A693-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The federal government unveiled a makeover of this well-known icon that emphasizes eating a variety of food, including healthful fat, and underscores physical activity.]]></description><author> Sally Squires</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida Man Registers BenedictXVI.com Name]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3122-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3122-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany is not the only person to value the papal moniker Benedict XVI.]]></description><author> David McGuire</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merger Critics Seek Telecom Regulation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2400-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2400-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The proposed acquisitions of AT&T Corp. by SBC Communications Inc. and MCI Inc. by Verizon Communications Inc. raise questions about how smaller players will be able to compete, critics told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</ B></FONT></b>]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yahoo, Intel Post Strong 1st-Quarter Earnings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2490-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2490-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Yahoo Inc. and Intel Corp. both reported strong first quarter earnings, as increases in the money and time that consumers are spending on the Internet and mobile computing fueled solid growth in the technology sector.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</ B></FONT></b>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[BenedictXVI.com Registered by Fla. Man]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2061-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2061-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By the time Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany assumed his new papal moniker on Tuesday, it was already too late for the Vatican to buy the corresponding dot-com Web address.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT></b>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Every Story, An Online Epilogue]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61803-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61803-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/internet</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 4:05:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The growing tide of personal attacks by bloggers and e-mailers "can make you really paranoid," says New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney.]]></description><author> Howard Kurtz</author></item></channel></rss>