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Appolicious – A new Rasmussen Poll says that most Americans are either indifferent to, or against, the Federal Communications Commission regulating the Internet, according to a new story from Mashable.com.

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AFP – US online payment service Paypal has agreed to help set up an international e-commerce hub in southwestern China as more foreign companies cash in on the country’s fast-growing Internet sales market.

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Mashable – Macala Wright Lee is the publisher of FashionablyMarketing.Me. Wright Lee is a retail consultant who’s firm, Fashionably Digital, specializes marketing consulting for fashion, luxury and beauty brands. You can follower her on twitter at @FashMarketing.

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Mashable – Macala Wright Lee is the publisher of FashionablyMarketing.Me. Wright Lee is a retail consultant who’s firm, Fashionably Digital, specializes marketing consulting for fashion, luxury and beauty brands. You can follower her on twitter at @FashMarketing.

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PC World – Have you ever wanted to build, share, and use awesome Flash creations? The Website wonderfl lets you do just that (and unless you speak Japanese, then you may want to check out the fully Google translated version). After a substantially long period of drooling in front of my monitors, I found a couple awesome Flash scripts that you need to check out. If you’re sitting at home bored out of your mind, then Wonderfl is definitely a site to check out.

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PC World – Have you ever wanted to build, share, and use awesome Flash creations? The Website wonderfl lets you do just that (and unless you speak Japanese, then you may want to check out the fully Google translated version). After a substantially long period of drooling in front of my monitors, I found a couple awesome Flash scripts that you need to check out. If you’re sitting at home bored out of your mind, then Wonderfl is definitely a site to check out.

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PC World – Android blog DroidLife has 12 exclusive photos of the HTC Thunderbolt, which will reportedly be the first Verizon 4G LTE smartphone.

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AFP – Reporters Without Borders has issued a joint call with rights groups for Egypt’s president to intervene after an Internet user was sentenced to jail for starting a Facebook group for army recruits.

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AFP – Reporters Without Borders has issued a joint call with rights groups for Egypt’s president to intervene after an Internet user was sentenced to jail for starting a Facebook group for army recruits.

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Reuters – The U.S. securities regulator is looking into trading in privately-held Internet companies including Facebook and Twitter, media reports said, citing people familiar with the inquiry.

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Reuters – The U.S. securities regulator is looking into trading in privately-held Internet companies including Facebook and Twitter, media reports said, citing people familiar with the inquiry.

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Mashable – In a past life, Dana Zemack was a chocolate expert and traveled throughout the country leading chocolate classes, workshops, tastings and parties. These days, she is a public relations pro at tech PR firm LaunchSquad and works with wonderful and innovative tech startups and emerging companies. To find Dana, tweet at @danamarcelle or check out the LaunchSquad blog.

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PC Magazine – EBay’s mobile sales in the U.S. jumped 134 percent during the holiday season to almost $100 million, the online retailer announced Wednesday. Worldwide, mobile sales were up 166 percent to $230 million.

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AFP – If 1999 was the Year of Napster in the history of the Internet then 2010 will go down as the Year of WikiLeaks.

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AFP – Facebook is challenging Google’s supremacy on the Internet with a radically different approach to how people live, work, play and search online.

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Macworld – Eltima Software has released the 2.0 Beta of Folx, its download manager and torrent client for Mac OS X. Beta 2.0 adds iTunes integration, RSS feed downloading options, and more advanced file management abilities to the handy utility.

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PC World – A database of inactive Mozilla usernames and passwords was exposed on the Internet earlier this month, the Mozilla Foundation disclosed on Tuesday.

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Macworld – “‘Twas the week after Christmas and all through the nation, people asked why they paid for so many stations.” MacTVision certainly wants you to ponder the same question, with the company’s release of the eponymous MacTVision streaming video application that aims to be your one-stop shop for all your television needs.

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PC Magazine – Whether it’s a Butterball shortage or a Facebook outage, Internet users love going to Twitter to discuss the latest national disasters. This week’s Northeast blizzard is, of course, no exception.

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AFP – South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that a clause in a telecommunications law that was used to crack down on Internet rumourmongers is unconstitutional.

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PC Magazine – The Michigan law about computer misuse is suppose to protect your online and computer privacy, but has anyone even thought how cookies invade your privacy?

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AFP – The emergence of artificial intelligence is to transform the Internet industry and social networking over the next decade, Russia’s leading web tycoon said in an interview on Tuesday.

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Macworld – 2010 brought us a totally revamped Apple TV, a new crop of iPods, iTunes 10, and much more. Here’s a quick wrap-up of some of the big events of the past 12 months in the world of Apple and entertainment.

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PC Magazine – McAfee on Tuesday released its list of threat predictions for 2011 and it highlighted things like URL shorteners, location-based services, Apple products, and Internet TV.

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PC Magazine – Rumors circulated today that “Epic Mickey” will be released for the PlayStation 3, but the news could just be a joke courtesy of a Spanish blog. December 28 is apparently the Spanish equivalent of April Fool’s Day.

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PC Magazine – Internet hacker and WikiLeaks vigilante 4chan.org is down, apparently due to a denial of service (DDoS) attack.

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PC Magazine – Former Googler Andrew McLaughlin resigned from the White House last week after two nearly two years as one of President Obama’s top Internet policy experts.

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AFP – Yearning for an Internet-linked gadget bigger than a smartphone but smaller than a laptop merged with always-connected lifestyles to make tablet computing a defining trend for 2010.

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NewsFactor – Building out its family of products, Samsung Electronics has confirmed that it will debut a personal media player based on its Galaxy smartphones at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The four-inch touchscreen Samsung Galaxy Player has Wi-Fi, front- and back-facing cameras, and comes with eight, 16 or 32 gigabytes of data storage — much like Apple’s iPod touch — according to a blog that covers Samsung products.

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PC World – Google’s Chrome Web Store might only have been up and running for a few weeks, but it already hosts a stock of high-quality add-in apps.

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Reuters – Shares in online video rental service Netflix Inc have gotten too expensive and are poised to drop amid battles with Hollywood studios over licensing fees, Barron’s said in its latest issue.

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AFP – Online retailer Amazon on Monday said its latest Kindle had become the company’s best-selling product ever.

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Mashable – David Hartstein is a partner at JG Visual, an Internet strategy company that works with organizations to develop and implement their online presence. You can connect with David on the JG Visual Facebook Page.

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AP – Flickering ceiling lights are usually a nuisance, but in city offices in St. Cloud, they will actually be a pathway to the Internet.

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PC Magazine – A satellite intended to boost broadband Internet service in Europe and the Mediterranean region launched successfully on Sunday from the Baïkonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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PC Magazine – New booster is designed to help rural Internet and kill dead zones.

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Appolicious – At this point, we are all pretty familiar with the popular job-hunting web site, Monster.com. This excellent web site is a great way to get your resume out to a lot of desks without doing a lot of legwork. If you’re an iOS user (and, since you’re here, let’s go with: You are) this is a great app to have on the go.

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PC World – A new satellite that promises to bring broadband Internet to homes and businesses across Europe and the Mediterranean was successfully launched on Sunday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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PC World – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted Dec. 21 to create new network neutrality rules for broadband providers.

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PC World – In a historic decision, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted on Dec. 21 to approve network neutrality rules, but that action will not bring an end to a long debate about the need for regulations prohibiting broadband providers from selectively blocking Web traffic.

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PC World – With these 13 terrific Websites and online services, you can make travel arrangements, dig up discounts and unusual gifts, decide on a great restaurant, or whip up amazing meals of your own.

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PC World – The Web is a big place. Really big–around 300 million sites and counting. So no one could blame you if you don’t have time to browse through all that stuff, try all the latest and greatest online services, and find the very best. Good news: We’ve done it for you.

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PC World – I used to pay $60 per month for a bundle of TV service and broadband service from Comcast. I decided I didn’t want the TV part anymore, so I canceled it, leaving just the broadband. My new monthly bill: $60 per month.

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PC World – Magix’s PhotoStory on CD & DVD ($50, 30-day free trial) is all about sharing. It’s designed to help you create slide shows that you can share online, or–as its name would imply–offline, by burning them to CD or DVD. Its interface isn’t the prettiest, but once you get used to its look, you’ll find this app pretty easy to use.

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AFP – Police in China are offering cash and other rewards to encourage the country’s millions of Internet users to help solve criminal investigations, state media said Saturday.

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NewsFactor – Santa Claus, the man who keeps up better than anyone with the latest electronic devices and game software, is going Web 2.0. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which tracks his famous one-night worldwide flight as well as such other things as incoming missiles, announced that this year’s trip will be updated on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, the NORAD Tracks Santa web site (www.noradsanta.org), and TroopTube, the online video site for military families.

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Reuters – Thirteen could be Duran Duran’s lucky number. The music video pioneers and pop icons, who are one of the few bands to transition from ’80s pinups to legitimate, chart-topping artists, have seen success in every decade since their monumental 1981 album was released. Their latest, and 13th, album “All You Need Is Now” (released on iTunes December 21), looks poised to do the same.

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PC World – As you may have heard, this week the FCC approved net neutrality rules that sought to strike compromise between Internet companies, broadband providers and consumers. The nitty-gritty starts on page 27 of the document, but here’s the gist:

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PC World – More purported iPad 2 cases are showing up online suggesting that manufacturers are getting ready for a new device with a rear-facing camera and back-mounted speaker.

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Reuters – Online travel agency Expedia Inc is making users take extra steps to get American Airlines listings after the U.S. airline stopped selling tickets through rival Orbitz Worldwide Inc earlier this week.

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