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ISPs Battle Against Three-strikes Rule Throughout EU (PC World)

July 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - Irish ISP UPC said Friday that it will continue to vigorously defend itself against liability proceedings taken against it in the country's courts by music companies.

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China’s star blogger treads fine line (AFP)

July 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off

Chinese blogger Han Han attends a press conference at the book fair in Hong Kong, on July 22. The 27-year-old high school drop-out and champion amateur race-car driver said he was frustrated that self-censorship by mainland publishers was often more stringent than the authorities themselves.(AFP/Mike Clarke)AFP - China's most popular blogger recalls being baffled when a publisher told him he could not run an article because it mentioned a person ordering a dish of lamb.


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Google: Search Evolution Still in its Infancy (PC Magazine)

July 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off

PC Magazine - At the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference Friday morning, Nikesh Arora, president of global sales for Google said he thought search was still in its infancy.

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Barry Diller Worries About the ‘Internet Tollbooth’ (PC Magazine)

July 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off

PC Magazine - Barry Diller, CEO of internet content provider IAC/InterActive Corp., opened Friday morning's session at Fortune Brainstorm Tech by warning that the principle of the open Internet was being attacked by the big telecom providers.

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AOL Amps up Mobile Offerings With Android, HTML5 Support (PC Magazine)

July 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off

PC Magazine - AOL this week is diving into the mobile world in a big way. The Internet mainstay announced the launch of an online smartphone portal and an app for Google's Android mobile operating system.

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Baidu to Pursue Claims Against U.S. Domain Registry (PC World)

July 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - Baidu plans to press its claims against a U.S. domain registry for allowing hackers to take over the search engine company's website, following a judge's ruling clearing the way for a lawsuit.

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Taiwan, Japan to develop broadband technologies (AP)

July 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off

AP - Three big Japanese corporations may join Taiwan in developing cutting-edge broadband technologies that will allow them to jointly tap China's vast telecommunications market, an official said Friday.

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Apple Automatically Refunding iPhone 4 Bumper Purchases (Mashable)

July 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off

Mashable - Have you purchased an iPhone 4 bumper case? It's time to get your money back, as Apple has started automatically processing refunds for customers who bought the bumper cases via online Apple Store.

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Baidu hacker lawsuit can proceed in US court (AFP)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

A picture shows the logo of Baidu on its headquarters in Beijing. A US judge ruled Thursday that Baidu has a AFP - A US judge ruled that Baidu has a "plausible" legal case against a domain registry firm that let hackers commandeer the Chinese Internet search giant's website.


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Some Internet porn sites in China now accessible (AP)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

FILE - In this Jan 23, 2008 file photo, a computer user is silhouetted with a row of computer monitors at an Internet cafe in Shenyang, in northern China's Liaoning province. Word leaked out slowly, spread by tech-savvy folks on Twitter: Internet porn is now openly available in China. Is the new access to online pornography a policy change or a trap? It throws into sharp relief what many see as the main mission of China's aggressive Internet censorship: blocking content that might challenge the political authority of the communist government. (AP Photo/File) **CHINA OUT **AP - Word leaked out slowly, spread by Web-savvy folks on Twitter: Internet porn that once was blocked by Chinese government censors was now openly available.


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Sherrod gets biggest ‘I’m sorry’ — from Obama (AP)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

In a photo made from video provided by CBSNews.com, former USDA official Shirley Sherrod is interviewed Thursday, July 22, 2010 on 'The Early Show'. President Barack Obama on Thursday apologized to Sherrod over her ouster in the midst of a racially tinged firestorm that ensnared the White House, Agriculture Department, NAACP and a blogger. (AP Photo/CBSNews.com)AP - Flooded with apologies from everywhere, Shirley Sherrod got the biggest "I'm sorry" of all Thursday — from a contrite President Barack Obama, who personally appealed to the ousted worker to come back.


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Remains of the Day: Microsophistry (Macworld.com)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

Macworld.com - Microsoft’s all over today’s remainders, mainly because I haven’t found a stain remover that will get it out yet. I kid, I kid. When a Microsoft-centric blogger breaks down and buys an iPad, we all win—except for all those Redmond folks getting Windows Phone 7 phones. Also a fashion don’t and a survey that will hopefully make you feel better about yourself. Run down the remainders for Thursday July 22, 2010.

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Amazon 2Q profit jumps 45 pct; misses Wall Street (AP)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

FILE - In this file photo made May 25, 2010, Amazon.com Inc. CEO and founder Jeff Bezos speaks during the company's shareholders meeting in Seattle. Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday, July 22, 2010, that its second-quarter income jumped, bolstered by shoppers who spent more with the online retailer even as consumer confidence fell overall. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)AP - Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter net income jumped, bolstered by shoppers who spent more with the online retailer even as consumer confidence fell overall.


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Arcade Fire, John Legend to stream concerts live (AP)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

FILE - In this July 25, 2007 file photo, Edwin Farnham Butler III, right, singer of Canadian band Arcade Fire performs during the 32nd edition of the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi, file)AP - Within hours of most any concert, shaky and distorted footage of the show can be found online from front row or the balcony.


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Summary Box: New York Times posts revenue growth (AP)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

AP - GROWTH: The New York Times Co. posted its first quarterly revenue growth since 2007 on Thursday, with a jump in online advertising sales offsetting further declines in print.

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Amazon profit soars but stock price sinks (AFP)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

Amazon's Kindle DX 9.7AFP - Online retail giant Amazon.com reported Thursday that its profit soared 45 percent in the recently-ended quarter, driven by its Kindle e-reader and popular Web Services.


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Lawmakers Hear Mixed Reviews of Web Privacy Bill (PC World)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - An online privacy bill introduced in the U.S. Congress this week received mixed reviews at a subcommittee hearing Thursday, with representatives of two trade groups saying the bill would put unnecessary regulations on the Internet advertising industry.

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AOL Offers New Mobile Portal, App (PC World)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - AOL Thursday opened a new smartphone portal and introduced an application that will initially be exclusive to Android.

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Hollywood’s calculation: Internet + TV = anarchy (Christopher Null)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

Christopher Null - One way or another, standards are making their way to the world of online video. For example, the just-announced UltraViolet video format, proposed by the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem, could bring some much-needed consistency to the way that video downloads are formatted, delivered and played back on everything from PCs to TVs. (If only Apple would get on board, that is … )

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Amazon snags exclusive deal for e-editions (AP)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

AP - John Updike stayed with one publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, for half a century. He didn't have an agent and didn't worry about contracts because he regarded the people at Knopf as friends and colleagues. Although some of his work came out electronically, he didn't care for the Internet and its "virtually infinite wordstream accessed by search engines."

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Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Reform Telephone Subsidies (PC World)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill that would overhaul the giant Universal Service Fund managed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, limiting the areas where the fund can provide telephone subsidies while including broadband as a service that can be covered.

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Baidu may press claims over hackers: U.S. judge (Reuters)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

Reuters - China's leading search engine, Baidu Inc, can sue its U.S.-based domain name service provider, Register.com Inc, for breach of contract, gross negligence and recklessness related to an attack by hackers, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday.

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Pirate traders exploit Internet sales model : EU (Reuters)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

Reuters - Internet sales of counterfeit and pirated goods to European consumers are frustrating attempts to stem illegal trade, a European Commission report said on Thursday.

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RIM Previews Media Capabilities of BlackBerry 6 (PC Magazine)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

PC Magazine - RIM has been best known for the business and e-mail aspects on its BlackBerry smartphones, but with a new blog post about the upcoming BlackBerry 6 OS, it appears RIM wants media capabilities added to that list.

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EU Clamping Down on Fake Goods Ordered Online (PC World)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - More and more online consumers in Europe are inadvertently buying fake goods.

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Twitter Opening Its Own Data Center in Salt Lake City (PC Magazine)

July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

PC Magazine - Twitter announced Thursday that it will be moving its technical operations to a new data center in Salt Lake City, a location the micro-blogging site said will help it better deal with the issues facing a growing company.

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Baidu gains on strong Q3 revenue targets (Reuters)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

Reuters - China's top search engine operator Baidu Inc, helped by a surge in new advertisers and lower traffic acquisition costs, is poised to deliver strong results in the coming months following a forecast-beating quarterly performance.

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China’s Baidu doubles profits in second quarter (AFP)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

Chinese Internet search giant Baidu on Wednesday reported its profits more than doubled in the second quarter, topping 837 million yuan, or 126 million dollars.(AFP/Simon Lim)AFP - Chinese Internet search giant Baidu said Thursday its profits more than doubled in the second quarter, as its customer base widened at the expense of rival Google.


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World Cup Helps Baidu Score Record Q2 (PC World)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - Internet searches surged during the World Cup soccer tournament, helping Baidu.com score its best quarter ever in terms of revenue and net profit.

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Bank Lost Your Account Data? Here’s What to Do (PC World)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - Until early June, AT&T had an online tool that helped iPad 3G owners sign up for its mobile Wi-Fi service: Users typed in the 19-digit serial number for their iPad's micro-SIM card, also known as the ICC-ID (integrated circuit card identifier), and the site returned the e-mail address that the owner had used to verify registration. AT&T used that e-mail address to populate a log-in field on the Web registration form.

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EBay 2Q profit rises 26 pct on PayPal, marketplace (AP)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

AP - EBay Inc. reported healthy second-quarter earnings Wednesday as more people transferred money through its PayPal payment service and shopped on its main website.

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Is The $99 E-Reader on The Horizon? (PC World)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - The e-book market came of age Tuesday when Amazon trumpeted some impressive news:The online retailer is now selling more Kindle titles than hardcover books. Over the past three months, in fact, Kindle e-books have outsold hardcovers 143 to 100, the company said.

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EBay profit climbs on PayPal popularity (AFP)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

Online auction star eBay said Wednesday its recent quarter profits soared with a boost from its Internet financial transactions platform PayPal.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Online auction star eBay said Wednesday its recent quarter profits soared with a boost from its Internet financial transactions platform PayPal.


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SendStuffNow offers secure, managed file delivery (Macworld.com)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

Macworld.com - Sharing files between employees and clients is a challenge for virtually every business, big or small. FTP is too Old World and technical, you get what you (don’t) pay for with most free services, and don’t even get me started on e-mail. Smith Micro Software—a company that boasts 20 years of experience in file compression and encryption—is entering the online file sharing foray with SendStuffNow, its Web-based “secure file delivery service.”

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Sweden’s Pirate Party launches its own ISP (Christopher Null)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

Christopher Null - Enjoy delving into the seedier side of the Net but don’t want the nasty legal consequences? You’re in luck. Sweden’s Pirate Party — a real political party that aims to “reform” copyright and patent law and gained 0.63% of the vote in the country’s 2006 election — is starting its own ISP.

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HP’s Slate Tablet Temporarily Returns To Web Site (NewsFactor)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

NewsFactor - Reports of the demise of the Hewlett-Packard Slate appear to have been greatly exaggerated. The tablet computer made what some may consider a surprise -- apparently temporary -- appearance on HP's web site this week, reincarnated as the Slate 500-1002TU and powered by Microsoft's Windows 7.

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New iPad app mine Web links for ’social magazine’ (AP)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

AP - Apple Inc.'s iPad has hatched a new breed of magazines, one filled with a constantly changing mix of articles, photos and videos picked out by your friends, family and other people within your online social circle.

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Facebook membership hits 500 million mark (AFP)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

The number of people using Facebook hit the 500 million mark on Wednesday, meaning one in every 14 people on the planet has now signed up to online social-networking service.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP - The number of people using Facebook hit the 500 million mark on Wednesday, meaning one in every 14 people on the planet has now signed up to the online social-networking service.


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Flipboard Offers a Personal Magazine on Apple’s iPad (NewsFactor)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

NewsFactor - If you feel overwhelmed by every new story or piece of news from friends in your online social networks, there's a new iPad "personal social magazine" to organize them. On Wednesday, a new publication called Flipboard announced a new kind of magazine that "brings to life the stories, photos, news and updates being shared across Twitter and Facebook."

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Rockefeller to Introduce Spectrum Auction Incentive Bill (PC World)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - A powerful U.S. senator will introduce legislation allowing the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to share auction proceeds with spectrum holders that voluntarily give up unused bandwidth and will give police and fire departments additional spectrum for a nationwide wireless broadband network.

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Connecticut asks Google for info in privacy flap (Reuters)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

Reuters - Connecticut's attorney general, who is leading a 37-state probe of Google Inc's collection of data from private Wi-Fi networks, asked the Internet search leader on Wednesday if it had tested the software before using it.

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Google Search Share Falls Again in China (PC World)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - The fallout from Google's decision to stop censoring its search results in China has brought a continued decline in the company's search business, according to a research firm.

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Google Image Search Ads: Why You Should Care (PC World)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - Google, in addition to announcing a redesign of its Image Search on Tuesday, also launched a new ad format called Image Search Ads. The ads, which appear only on Google Images, allow advertisers to include a thumbnail image beside the traditional (and boring) lines of text.

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Nigeria telecoms firms sign up to new broadband cable (Reuters)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

Reuters - Three telecoms firms have subscribed to a new undersea cable linking Nigeria and West Africa to Europe, paving the way for a transformation in internet access in Africa's fastest-growing telecoms market.

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EBay Revenue Up, PayPal Has Strong Quarter (PC Magazine)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

PC Magazine - EBay reported revenue of $2.2 billion for the second quarter, and while the company saw slower than expected growth in the U.S. for the core eBay business, revenue for PayPal was up 22 percent over the last year.

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Microsoft Releases Beta of Upgraded Security Essentials (PC World)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

PC World - Microsoft has released a beta for the next version of its free security software, Security Essentials, according to a blog post.

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Fujitsu launches ‘easy-easy’ seniors’ phone (AFP)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

Sydney Olympics marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi (left) and actress Shinobu Otake display Japanese mobile communication giant NTT docomo's new senior mobile phone. Japan's Fujitsu launched the new phone for the elderly on Wednesday, its latest AFP - Japan's Fujitsu launched a new mobile telephone for the elderly on Wednesday, its latest "Raku-Raku" or "easy-easy" model, with a large, crisp display and one-touch Internet access.


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Uproar after Philippine teen singer has botox (AFP)

July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

Filipina singer Charice Pempengco performs during the launch of her first album in Manila. The 18-year-old singing sensation has caused an Internet uproar after having cosmetic surgery to improve her looks ahead of her debut on top US television show AFP - Teenage Philippine singing sensation Charice Pempengco has caused an Internet uproar after having cosmetic surgery to improve her looks ahead of her debut on top US television show "Glee".


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Flashlight app secretly lets you enable iPhone tethering (Macworld.com)

July 20th, 2010 · Comments Off

Macworld.com - Handy Light, a newly-available flashlight app for the iPhone, isn’t actually a flashlight app at all—it’s a sneakily disguised tethering utility that lets you share your phone’s Internet connection with your laptop. In other words, it’s an app that’s surely not long for this world.

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On the Call: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz (AP)

July 20th, 2010 · Comments Off

AP - Yahoo Inc.'s second quarter was humming along until the second half of June when management said several major advertisers reined in their spending.

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