... service" attacks. Such attacks against Web sites are not uncommon and are caused when sites are so deluged with Internet traffic that they are effectively taken off-line. Mounting such an attack can be relatively easy and inexpensive, using ...

... imposing "network neutrality" rules that would officially bar broadband providers from prioritizing certain kinds of Internet traffic. Those details aside, this is a crucial moment for supporters of a big government investment in broadband. Much ...

... New wealth gives autocracies a greater ability to control information to monopolize television stations and control Internet traffic, for instance often with the assistance of foreign corporations eager to do business with them. In the long run ...

... picked up somewhere around the second week of February and it is going strong. We've had lots of calls, lots of Internet traffic, lots of property showings and lots of houses going under contract. "Obviously, we anticipate this spring to ...

WASHINGTON-- A fast-spreading, virus-like infection dramatically slowed Internet traffic Saturday, overwhelming the world's digital pipelines and interfering with Web browsing and e-mail delivery. Sites monitoring ...

... Baltimore cast smoke over downtown offices, shut down the Orioles' ballpark and burned fiber-optic cables, slowing Internet traffic across the country. Several city blocks were closed above the tunnel where a train carrying hazardous materials ...

... An unusually powerful electronic attack briefly crippled nine of the 13 computer servers that manage global Internet traffic this week, officials disclosed Tuesday. But most Internet users didn't notice because the attack only lasted ...

... begins transmitting from 157 million miles away. Internet traffic is expected to rival that of the Independence Day ... Propulsion Laboratory. Faster computers should prevent Internet traffic jams that made it difficult to access sites two years ...

... larger share of the corporate networking market. Last year, Dell began selling switches -- devices for handling Internet traffic -- and a spokeswoman now says the Round Rock, Texas, company may also sell other networking gear. The move would ...

... Web sites, including her official site, became the top six most-visited musician Web sites, according to the Internet traffic monitoring service Hitwise. The performer's official site, www.janet-jackson.com, went from a ranking ...