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China targets Google in crackdown on porn
China launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography Monday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as Google.
  Tue, 6 Jan 2009 01:46:52 GMT

Cuba allows access to Hemingway papers

The collection of the late author's documents includes coded messages Hemingway compiled when he used his fishing boat, El Pilar, to ply the waters north of Cuba during World War II, believing German U-boats were using the area to refuel.Cuba on Monday began accepting requests for electronic access to more than 3,000 documents from Ernest Hemingway's home on the island, including the unpublished epilogue of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and coded messages the author sent when using his yacht to hunt for German submarines during World War II.


  Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:40:43 GMT

Newsweek: What would Apple be without Jobs?
The larger issue around Jobs' health, and the one that Apple is failing to address in any meaningful way, is the question of succession at Apple. Jobs says only that he will remain in charge for the time being. Who is his heir apparent? No one knows.
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:41:19 GMT

Feds start wait list for converter box coupons
Consumers who apply for federal coupons to pay for converter boxes ahead of next month's transition to digital television broadcasts are being placed on a waiting list and may not receive their vouchers before the switchover, the Commerce Department said Monday.
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:40:26 GMT

Dolby makes push to bring 3-D home
Dolby Laboratories Inc, a company best known for its audio technology, is now targeting one of the most buzzed-about areas in video: bringing digital 3-D entertainment to the home.
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:27:35 GMT

LG high-def TVs to stream Netflix videos
Netflix Inc. has come up with another way to get movies to people without sending DVDs in the mail.
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:00:49 GMT

Recession to steal glitz from CES

Cool new products take the spotlight at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The International Consumer Electronics Show, the largest trade show in the U.S., opens this week in Las Vegas. But the economic downturn will temper the normally dizzying extravaganza, and some attendees are wondering if the whole technology trade show business is past its peak.


  Sun, 4 Jan 2009 18:30:53 GMT

Wikipedia meets $6 million fundraising goal
The nonprofit foundation that runs Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia of user-contributed articles, said Friday it has met its $6 million fundraising goal for fiscal 2008.
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 21:27:01 GMT

Converter-box program running out of money
The Feb. 17 transition from analog to digital television broadcasts looms and as many as 8 million households are still unprepared, but the government program that subsidizes crucial TV converter boxes is about to run out of money.
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:38:52 GMT

Microsoft says Zune players working again

Zune 30 users report that their players get stuck on the Zune logo screen as it appears to load, and efforts to unjam the device are mostly fruitless.Microsoft said Wednesday that a Leap year issue caused problems with the 30-gigabyte Zunes, following a flood of online customer complaints about the digital music players freezing up.


  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:02:16 GMT

FCC head drops filtering from broadband plan
Before he steps down as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Kevin Martin still hopes to win approval for his plan to auction off a slice of the airwaves for a free nationwide wireless broadband network.
  Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:36:35 GMT

Israel's military takes PR battle to YouTube

The spokesman for the Israeli military has opened a YouTube channel containing footage it says was taken during the assault against Hamas rulers in Gaza. Supporters of Hamas have posted images of the devastating Israeli offensive on Web sites and blogs. Israel's bruising war on the Islamic militants who control Gaza has moved online, where sites like YouTube and Facebook are the new battlegrounds.


  Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:23:56 GMT

Shhh! Gadget racket threatens pulsar research

Wesley Sizemore, an interference hunter for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, works in his electromagnetic interference tracking truck in Green Bank, W.Va. Sizemore is one of three at the NRAO who try to keep the observatory free from stray electromagnetic interference. Of all the threats to scientific research Wesley Sizemore has stymied over the years, satellites and cell phone towers don't stick in his memory quite like the possessive old hound and its treasured heating pad.


  Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:21:00 GMT

Internet resolutions to help others in 2009
Instead of making vows to lose weight, save money or get fit, a U.S. charity is challenging people to log on to the Internet to make New Year resolutions to help others. And people are taking the bait.
  Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:50:29 GMT

Evolution demands more Facebook drunkfail

Google the name “Kevin Colvin” and your search results will most certainly include many blogs featuring the words “cautionary tale.” Just as Darwin predicted, humiliating photos will continue to appear on the Internet, posted by the very people being humiliated in the photos. And human nature says this behavior will continue long after your parents, college board and your human resources department cease to care.


  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:56:20 GMT

Site plays Cupid to plus-sized Indians
An Indian website promises to deliver king-size romance to millions of overweight men and women in the country, where the plus-sized are often hard-pressed to find a life partner.
  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:38:51 GMT

Obama’s ‘Net-work key to pushing his agenda

The incoming White House can tap Obama’s digital force to push for his legislation, tamp down critics or bolster popular support. It's also a way for Obama to reach into every state, every city, and every neighborhood. President-elect Barack Obama's top asset in pushing his agenda will not be his Cabinet secretaries or aides, but rather his online network.


  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:05:25 GMT

Mothers against Facebook breast-feeding ban

Dec. 18: A group of nursing mothers fed up with social networking site Facebook censoring their pictures plans to hold a "Nurse-In" to prove that breastfeeding is not obscene. KNTV's Vicky Nguyen reports. (NBC News Channel)Facebook has sparked a massive online debate — and protests — and after removing photos that expose too much of a mother's breast.


  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:31:27 GMT



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