AP – A Georgia man who posted a video of himself on the Internet holding a sign that said “Elton John must die” has been arrested for making terroristic threats.

AP – VeriSign Inc., whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access Web sites with names ending in “.com” and “.net,” plans to spend more than $300 million over the next decade to upgrade its systems.

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

AP – Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a study out Thursday.

Networking equipment vendor Cisco this week revealed what it described as the foundation for the next generation of Internet with its new CRS-3 router, reportedly capable of managing data transfer speeds of up to 322Tbps. In a live web conference, the company claimed that the carrier-grade router is three times faster than its current model, the CRS-1, and 12 times quicker than any technology from industry rivals such as Juniper Networks and Huawei. The CRS-3 is due to go on sale later this for a price of $90,000