BOSTON (Reuters) - Facebook's 120 million users are being targeted by a virus dubbed "Koobface" that uses the social network's messaging system to infect PCs, then tries to gather sensitive information such as credit card numbers.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=Cf4ZymcR"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=uSjJOpPN"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=uSjJOpPN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=TjYlcA3T"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=TjYlcA3T" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/wOo3yETYaDU" height="1" width="1"/

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian father who made his 5-year-old son walk 13 km (8 miles) to school every day to discipline him has inspired an appreciation group on social networking site Facebook.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=JmcLAtkR"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=GeFvAh23"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=GeFvAh23" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=hVzjEhVm"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=hVzjEhVm" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/Khk-sr3ygAU" height="1" width="1"/

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned earlier this year over his involvement in a prostitution ring, will write a column for online magazine Slate.com about the economy and financial regulation.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=CS9PIInZ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=qM92cKZt"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=qM92cKZt" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=Z3wPjNrq"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=Z3wPjNrq" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/ebQetm-xzC8" height="1" width="1"/

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp tapped on Thursday a former senior Yahoo Inc executive, Qi Lu, to head its online services group.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=bKczAXOf"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=X7IUVZq4"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=X7IUVZq4" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=AnHYNJ49"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=AnHYNJ49" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/hXkvQDAaAwE" height="1" width="1"/

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Belgian woman and man were arrested Thursday on charges of defrauding couples who believed the woman was willing to be a surrogate mother for their babies.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=j4jFq2fK"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=zvpX6mwZ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=zvpX6mwZ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=RPSXy6bW"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=RPSXy6bW" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/pP45W0miips" height="1" width="1"/

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blockbuster Inc will begin offering 99-cent DVD rentals in January to help customers chase away their post-holiday blues and other economic woes.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=EIYUjMTb"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=Ej9eqRbd"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=Ej9eqRbd" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=TE9N6QgT"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=TE9N6QgT" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/Wtmu71-tF-g" height="1" width="1"/

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple might be unfairly blocking rival software makers who want to sell music for its iPhone, according to some rivals and a technology rights group.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=qt6NBGhW"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=2HVh3JX7"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=2HVh3JX7" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=q5bYYlap"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=q5bYYlap" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/fMukRjMJ2lo" height="1" width="1"/

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Financial services company Citigroup Inc said on Wednesday it had teamed its customer loyalty program with global online retailer Amazon.com Inc in what an executive said was the largest-ever rewards program.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=zuCKRQXZ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=GtiZdZ5i"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=GtiZdZ5i" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=ihf1E3Kb"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=ihf1E3Kb" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/5a2s0vxZ78g" height="1" width="1"/

DENVER (Billboard) - Chalk up another Internet radio casualty of significantly increased royalty fees for airing music online. Yahoo Music, once the top music destination on the Web, is handing over the bulk of its Launchcast Internet radio operations to CBS Radio.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=9hGE2vGR"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=qQkuPung"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=qQkuPung" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=QvaoZjCb"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=QvaoZjCb" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/8O9YubLrX8U" height="1" width="1"/

ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's police officials apologized on Wednesday for detaining a local web activist who had put up posters calling for an anti-government rally, but denied any political motivation for their act.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=mMGr7NOf"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=VJzaKuqW"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=VJzaKuqW" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=0TnE64M7"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=0TnE64M7" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/SNMzHwBW8F8" height="1" width="1"/