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Broadband's popularity
NEW YORK -- Two in five Internet users in the United States now have high-speed access at home as telephone companies slash prices to better compete with cable broadband services, a study says.
The Pew Internet and American Life Project placed the adult residential broadband population at 48 million, or one-quarter of all adult Americans. Souped-up phone lines called DSL make up 42 percent of the home broadband market, while cable modems have a market share of 54 percent.
Ford denies authorizingcontroversial Net ad
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Co. is upset by the release of an Internet advertisement that depicts the decapitation of a computer-animated cat by a power moonroof hatch, saying it didn't authorize the clip.
The ad for the Sportka, a hatchback sold in Europe, shows the realistic-looking orange cat climbing on top of the car and poking its head into the open moonroof, The Detroit News reported. The hatch slides closed, and its headless body slides to the ground.
Ford says the clip was conceived without its approval by ad agency Ogilvy & amp; Mather as part of an e-mail marketing campaign. Ogilvy & amp; Mather Worldwide said it also didn't sanction the commercial.
Associated Press