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