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Google says it is prepared to leave China if censoring continues
Search engine Google has said that it is not prepared for further censorship at the hand of the Chinese Government, and is ready to leave the country if pushed...


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Pentagon says Internet helps in terrorist recruiting, radicalization
Militant and terrorist groups are using the Internet to streamline their terrorist recruiting, radicalization, and training, the Pentagon has...
Internet 'in the run' for Nobel Peace Prize
The World Wide Web has been nominated among a record 237 individuals and organisations in the run for this year's Nobel Peace...
Glance: Countries In Internet Censorship Report
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11:58 a.m. Reporters Without Borders issued its annual report on countries least tolerant of Internet freedoms: Enemies of the Internet: Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt,...
Onlive Taking Videogames Into The Internet "cloud"
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - California startup OnLive plans a June 17 launch for a service that streams videogames over the Internet, meaning players can avoid buying expensive consoles or packaged...
Glance: Countries In Internet Censorship Report From Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders issued its annual report on countries least tolerant of Internet freedoms: Enemies of the Internet: Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria,...
Report On Internet Freedom Finds Regimes More Sophisticated In Censorship
NEW YORK - Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a study out Thursday. China, Iran and Tunisia, which are on the...
At&t Wins Frost & Sullivan 2009 Market Leadership Award In Dedicated Internet Access Service
DALLAS, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* today announced that it has been awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2009 Market Share Leadership Award in Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) Service,...
Bitdefender Issues Protection Against New Vulnerabilities In Internet Explorer 6 And 7
BitDefender Now Protects Against Similar Threats Used in Recent Attacks on Google and Adobe; Users of Older IE Programs Open to Infection Simply by Visiting Certain...
Ubroadcast.com Releases Web Site Home Page Re-design And Increased Prime Advertising Space
UBCI ) a leader in Internet Broadcasting, today announced that it has released changes to its ubroadcast.com web site. The changes to the site allow for more featuring of ubroadcast original and...
Fcc Mulling Free Broadband Plan, Again
As more details surface of the national broadband plan the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to deliver to Congress, the commission said it will consider a plan to develop a free or...
Hsbc Breach Exposes 24,000 Clients' Data
What was first thought to be a minor incident has turned out to be a major embarrassment for HSBC, which now acknowledges that a former employee made off with thousands of customer...
Beyond Commerce, Inc Announces New Website And Business Strategy
www.beyondcommerce.com is live today on the World Wide Web and provides the latest news and information about the Company, its products and technologies. The new redesign incorporates simple to use...
Learning About Internet Freedom From Despots And Drug Dealers
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can teach you everything you need to know about internet freedom. When Iranians recently took to blogs and Twitter to spread the word about unfair elections and upcoming...
The Internet Is Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
Norwegian Nobel Institute yesterday announced there are 237 nominees for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Though the the institute doesn't normally disclose who made the list, an official did confirm to...
Networking Calendar For Week Of March 15
Arizona International Growth Group, first Monday of the month, 7:30 a.m., Jobing.com, 4747 N. 22nd St., Phoenix. $5. www.azigg.com. EcoMonday, first Monday of the month, 7:30 a.m., Hilton Garden...
Chelsea Therapeutics Narrows Losses For 4q, Year
reports a loss of $6 million, or 18 cents per share, for the fourth quarter of 2009. That improves on its net loss of $9 million, or 30 cents per share, for the same period a year earlier. The...
Tax Opponents Who Ran Edm, Joy Convicted On Fraud Charges
A federal jury in Tampa convicted Joseph Nelson Sweet of Bradenton and Jack Lee Malone of Largo on charges related to a scheme to interfere with tax laws. Both men had advocated a position that...
Matrixx Software Raises $9m In 2nd Round
Matrixx Software said Thursday it raised $9 million in the funding. The Mountain View company focuses on online charging and policy management. Funders...
Boston Scientific Stent Wins Fda Approval
Boston Scientific Corp. heart-stent system designed to boost circulation in a patient’s legs. The Natick, Mass.-based medical device company’s Express LD Iliac Premounted Stent System is...
Report Finds Online Censorship More Sophisticated
Tunisia which are on the group's "Enemies of the Internet" list, got more sophisticated at censorship and overcoming dissidents' attempts to communicate online, said Reporters Without Borders'...
Baltimore Lobbies Google For High-speed Internet
Google ’s high-speed Internet service to Baltimore on Thursday, and she named tech industry leader Tom Loveland as the city’s “Google czar” in the campaign. The city is...
Feds Pledge Tough Review Of Comcast-nbc Deal
WASHINGTON—Federal regulators are pledging a rigorous review of the proposed combination of Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal. Christine Varney, head of the Justice Department's antitrust...
Faraway Iditarod Fans Feed Race Habit Online
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Cathleen Griffin usually feeds her passion for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race through the Internet, but next week she'll travel to Alaska for the first time to see the...
Summary Box: Huge 'botnet' Only Slowed By Takedown
BOTNET AMPUTATED: An Internet provider thought to be helping spread malicious software was taken down, apparently cutting criminals off from millions of personal computers under their control. SHORT...
Pink Floyd Wins Battle With Emi Over Online Sales
FILE This is a Saturday July 2, 2005 file photo of Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmore, left, and Roger Waters as they perform at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London In a victory for the concept album,...
Fbi: Prohofsky Had Documents Tied To Hecker In Car; Was Interviewed Last Week
Bill Prohofsky had documents that "appeared to relate to (Denny) Hecker's concealment of assets," when Medina Police found him in his car with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound last week. ...
Minnesota Supreme Court's Chief Justice Stepping Down
Chief justice Eric J. Magnuson The chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court says he's stepping down after two years on the bench. In a statement Thursday, Eric J. Magnuson says he's leaving...
Plea Deal In Works For Ex-minneapolis Cop Charged In Bank Robbery
A plea agreement is in the works for an ex-Minneapolis police SWAT team member charged with bank robbery. Timothy Edward Carson, 28, of Rosemount pleaded not guilty in federal court last month to...
Minneapolis Schools End Lockdown In 2nd Day
A lockdown has ended at Minneapolis Public Schools after police say a threat made on a social networking site turned out to be not credible. The district started today keeping its 32,000 students...
Starcaps Trial: Nfl's Push For Discipline In 2006 Affected Vikings' Williamses In 2008
Kevin and Pat Williams at court on Wednesday. (Pioneer Press: John Doman) An NFL executive testified in the StarCaps trial today he told the doctor administering the league's drug-testing program in...
$2 Million Bond Set For Man Accused In Chisholm Bar Shooting
Bond was set at $2 million today for a man accused of opening fire in a bar in northeastern Minnesota, killing one man and injuring two others. Jason Musburger, 47, of Chisholm faces six charges,...
Palin To Host Bachmann Fundraiser In Minneapolis
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is hosting a Minneapolis fundraiser for Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's reelection effort. Bachmann's campaign announced today that the 2008 Republican nominee for...
Intel, Amd Seen Headed For Lift In Q1 Earnings
Datacenter Growth Seen for 2010 [March 8, 2010] A new study finds that IT decision-makers are planning large datacenter rollouts. But they'll have plenty of concerns to contend...
Lockheed Wins $36.8m Apache Contract In Arizona
has won a three-year, $36.8 million U.S. Army contract for work at its Arizona Support Center in Gilbert on advanced targeting and piloting systems used on AH-64 Apache helicopters. Specifically the...
Safeguard Scientifics Loses $58.5m, Agrees To Debt Swap
said Thursday it lost $58.5 million in the fourth quarter of last year and has agreed to a debt swap that better aligns its obligations with expected exits from its investments. The Wayne, Pa.,...
D.c. Chooses Eastbanc To Develop Parts Of West End
is Mayor Adrian Fenty's choice to develop the West End fire station and library in D.C., city leaders announced Thursday. The Georgetown developer, led by president and founder Anthony Lanier,...
British Conservatives Promise Superfast Internet
by opening up access to infrastructure currently dominated by BT and providing loans to encourage firms to improve high-speed broadband in rural areas. "For Britain the Internet presents an...
China Lawmakers Test Out Microblogging
may have used paintbrush and ink to write classic poems in calligraphy, but his grandson is firmly in the 21st century -- micro-blogging by laptop...
Google Says Talks With China Ongoing
Marsha Wang told AFP. "We've been very clear that we are no longer going to self-censor our search results." The comments came after a top Google executive told US lawmakers...
Hands On: Google Reader Play - A Beta Browsing Tool
for online or offline reading. To use Google Reader Play you do not need a Google Reader account, but if you do Google will be able to personalize the experience with your RSS...
Md. Democratic Party Creates Faux Ehrlich Website
BobEhrlich.org website depicts Ehrlich as a big spender, friend of lobbyists, and an incompetent leader.In the “Message from Bob” section, the faux Ehrlich website...