Around the Web 6.11.08: Googler in space and Colbert on Hulu

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-- Cyber-crime pays. But selling counterfeit drugs apparently pays better. LAT

-- Google co-founder Sergey Brin put down a $5-million deposit for a space flight. The money also got him a piece of a space tourism company. NYT

-- Funny or Die, the Will Ferrell-backed comedy website behind The Landlord (warning: mildly offensive language uttered by a tiny tot), landed an investment from HBO and is teaming up with the cable network on programming. Variety

-- Now playing on Hulu.com: ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘Colbert Report.’ TechCrunch

-- European Union: Use open source, not Microsoft. IHT

-- If you have as much trouble waking up as we did this morning, check out these innovative alarm clocks. TrendHunter

-- The iPhone upgrades make the device a serious BlackBerry competitor for the first time, USA Today reports. But its new activation policies make life difficult for unlockers, who want to use the iPhone disconnected from the AT&T network, according to the SF Chronicle. GigaOm says VCs are digging the potential for iPhone start-ups.

-- Barack Obama fights the Internet rumormongers. Web Scout

-- Anyone else facing social networking fatigue? Mercury News

-- Chris Gaither

Image courtesy of Funny or Die