Around the Web 5.20.08

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The Supreme Court upheld a controversial child-pornography law, saying people who send messages over the computer offering or seeking sexual images of children can be sent to prison, David Savage writes.

Shoppers are trying to find deals amid soaring food prices by finding recipes for quick, easy and inexpensive meals online, Leslie Earnest reports.

Netflix launched its set-top box, which lets subscribers kick back in front of their TVs and watch movies streamed from their computers. Wired gave the $100 gadget, made by Roku, a 7-out-of-10 review.

The latest in the Yahoo saga: Microsoft is interested in buying Yahoo’s search business but talks haven’t progressed far, the WSJ and Reuters say. Silicon Alley Insider calculates that Carl Icahn has already made $120 million through his proxy fight for Yahoo. The NYT’s Andrew Ross Sorkin recounts his dinner with the billionaire investor and says Icahn doesn’t really want to win board seats -- he just wants Yahoo and Microsoft to make a deal. Meanwhile, Microsoft again reshuffles management in its MSN online division, GigaOm says.

Bit Player explores the possibilities and ironies of Napster selling music downloads.

NBC accidentally blocked some users of Microsoft’s Vista Media Center from recording two shows, ‘American Gladiators’ and ‘Medium,’ CNET says.

America.com could fetch a record price during a domain-name auction this week, according to the Boston Globe.

Al Gore’s CurrentTV cable network is heading the wrong direction before its scheduled initial public offering: First-quarter revenue was up, but the company posted a wider loss, PaidContent.org reports.

-- Chris Gaither