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• As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten growth
  Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet.
  
  
• No music video needed for YouTube success
  

  Instead of releasing a flashy video for Ludacris’ song “Let’s Stay Together,” producer Chaka Zulu just uploaded the track directly to the site with a just picture of the rapper as accompaniment.

  
  
  
  
• Imdb.com allows free film, TV viewing
  Amazon.com said on Monday that its subsidiary, Internet Movie Database, would allow users to watch feature films and TV shows for no charge on its website, imdb.com.
  
  
• Best Buy to acquire music-sharer Napster
  Napster, the online music community that rose from a dorm room project to became the scourge of the recording industry, is being purchased by Best Buy for nearly $127 million.
  
  
• Wall Street Journal launches social network
  The Wall Street Journal is borrowing elements from popular Internet hangouts like Facebook as it seeks to boost usage.
  
  
• Parental software is aid, not answer
  

  Child-safety experts caution that while parental monitoring and filtering software may help keep kids safer online, the biggest thing they provide may be a false sense of security.

  
  
  
  
• Virginia court strikes down anti-spam law
  The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional Friday and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers.
  
  
• Yahoo's home page to get makeover
  Yahoo Inc. is preparing to tweak several popular sections of its Web site, including its home page, during the next few months to accommodate more material from rival services as the Internet company tries to polish its tarnished franchise.
  
  
• One in five bosses screens applicants' Web lives
  Written references could become old hat for hiring managers with one in five saying they use social networking sites to research job candidates -- and a third of them dismissing the candidate after what they discover.
  
  
• VideoSurf hopes to ride Internet video wave
  There are plenty of places to watch online video, but still no easy way to find a particular clip without suffering through a lot of trial and error.