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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...
York's Web Site, Voice Mail Will Be Down For Maintenance Saturday
YORK - —York County's Web site will be down for a few hours Saturday morning, and part of its phone service will be out of commission most of Saturday as well for scheduled maintenance. ...
Summary Box: Report On Internet Freedom Finds Regimes More Sophisticated In Censorship
THE INTERNET'S `ENEMIES': A dozen countries were deemed by Reporters Without Borders to be the most repressive at censorship. THE CHANGES: The list is the same from last year, but the group finds...
United World Cargo Ready For Road Ahead With New Website Designed By Solocube Creative Group
United World Cargo’s mission is to be recognized as the leader in the transportation industry. A non-asset based third-party logistics provider operating in the road transportation industry...
Digg Dumps Mysql For Cassandra
Big changes are afoot at social networking and link-voting site Digg. After building its formidable following on the MySQL database, it's changing gears and embracing an open source non-relational...
Utstarcom Lost $226 Million In 2009
changing CEOs and moving to Beijing . In the fourth quarter, UTStarcom lost $39.4 million on revenue of $116.3 million. A year earlier in the same quarter it lost $80.9 million on sales of $241.1...
Vf To Open Panama Office, Cut Local Jobs
has announced plans to establish a new centralized supply chain office to manage purchasing in the Latin America region. The office is expected to open in Panama City, Panama by October. As a result,...
National Semi Q3 Profit More Than Doubles To $53.2m
on Thursday reported third quarter net income of $53.2 million, or 22 cents a share, on sales of $362 million. That was above the company's year-ago net income of $21 million, or 9 cents a...
Evri Inc. Buys Radar Networks
, which runs the search engine Twine. Evri operates a “search and discovery engine” that filters results according to subjects important to its users. Will Hunsinger is its CEO. San...
Kansas City Ranks Fifth For Telecommuting
Kansas City came in fifth among U.S. medium- and large-sized cities in terms of telecommuting, a new study says. The survey of 3,600 workers in 36 markets, performed by a market research company at...
Forbes: Billionaires List Grows Again
If the number of billionaires in the world is any indication, it appears the economy is on the way to recovery. According to the latest list from Forbes, there are now 1,011 billionaires in the...
Ftc Seen Likely To Oppose Google-admob Deal
Google said in December that the deal was being held up by questions from the FTC. The potential impact of the deal on Internet advertising is apparently what is being scrutinized, althoughthe...
Is The $900m High-speed Internet Link A Good Plan?
Lower internet prices and unlimited downloads for home connections are predicted to be the result of a new high-speed link planned between New Zealand, Australia and the United States. The project...
Rights Group Puts Australia On Internet Watchlist
). Australia was listed for its government's plan to block access to websites featuring material such as rape, drug use, bestiality and child sex abuse. Critics say the plan is a misguided...
Google Honours Iranian Women Bloggers
online. Dozens of the Iranian site's contributors have been detained for reporting online on huge anti-government demonstrations that broke out amid claims of fraud in Iran's election, RSF...
Google Tests New Blogger Layout Design Tool
layout customization tool that the company says significantly broadens publishers' ability to modify the look of their blogs. The Blogger Template Designer includes ready-to-use professional...
Comcast Defends Nbc Deal
, telling the Senate Commerce Committee that while the success of the deal is "not a sure thing," it will not adversely affect competition, cable rates, or the availability of...
Glance: Countries In Internet Censorship Report
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,...
Slowly, Americans Are Regaining Their Lost Wealth
WASHINGTON — Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth — gradually. Household net worth rose last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain...
Fbi: Prohofsky Had Documents Tied To Hecker In Car; Was Interviewed Last Week
Denny Hecker got a pat on the back from his attorney Bill Mauzy after they addressed the media after his appearance in federal court in Minneapolis Thursday February 11, 2010. (Pioneer Press: Chris...
Feds Ask To Lock Up Deen After Learning Of River Falls Arrest
U.S. prosecutors are seeking to revoke Frederick Earle Deen's bond and have him imprisoned after they learned of a Jan. 31 arrest that Deen had kept secret. Deen, 29, who pleaded guilty to wire...
What's Michelle Obama Got Against Mrs. Smith?
On the front of the box, Mrs. Smith's Coconut Custard Pie touts that it has no trans fat. That's true, but it's loaded with saturated fat; one slice has 45 percent of a person's daily recommended...
10 Meals For Under $10
The storefront on Como Avenue near the University of Minnesota buzzes with students, retirees and local business types who come to eat Japanese food at reasonable prices. If one of the 13 classic...
Judge Stops New St. Croix River Bridge
Plans for a new St. Croix River bridge south of Stillwater are on hold after a ruling today by a U.S. district court judge in Minneapolis. Judge Michael Davis ruled in the Sierra Club's favor in...
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'...