Updated Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 at 3:49 p.m. EST A number of popular websites, including Drudge Report, Horoscope.com and Lyrics.com, inadvertently served users malicious banner advertisements crafted to infect users with a trojan downloader recently, according to security firm ScanSafe.“The ...

News sites everywhere--the Times, Politico, CNN et al--are posting instant poll results. But right now on the Drudge Report, ABC News' web site is the only one linked for instant results in Florida, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia, right above Drudge's headline, "LETS COUNT 'EM."

After yesterday's failure, I have now managed to access Tina Brown's (and Barry Diller's) news and comment website, thedailybeast.com. And very good it is too. Loads to read and of a good quality. Pick of the bunch: Ayaan Hirsan Ali's piece on The fire-bombed book; an interview with Jennifer Lopez (yes, it's a fun ...