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Google Reconsiders Privacy Practices
(PC World)
PC World - Google isn't exactly known for its respect for privacy, but a recent blog post shows the search giant may be attempting to turn a new leaf on what has been called an "irresponsible" stance on user privacy. Maybe.
03/20/2010 - 04:56 PM
Facebook News Readers More Loyal Than Googlers
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - First, Facebook dethroned Google as the most trafficked web site in the United States, and now the social networking community has proven to have an extremely loyal following among news readers, potentially threatening the dominant position held by Google News. So says a recent Hitwise survey.
03/20/2010 - 04:34 PM
Obama to Iranians: We want brighter future for you
(AP)
 AP - President Barack Obama told Iranians in an online video message that the U.S. wants more educational and cultural exchanges, and lamented that Tehran's leaders have "turned their backs" on good faith overtures in the past to expand opportunities for their people.
03/20/2010 - 11:11 AM
Obama reaches out to Iranian civilians
(AFP)
 AFP - President Barack Obama on Saturday subtly shifted US rhetoric on Iran, pledging to ensure Iranians could access the Internet without fear of censorship, and blaming Tehran for isolating itself.
03/20/2010 - 06:47 AM
Ellen, Web site give gay teen $30,000 in prom flap
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and an inspirational Web site on Friday gave $30,000 toward the college education of a teenage lesbian whose high school prom was canceled when she asked to attend with a girl.
03/19/2010 - 05:21 PM
Microsoft Winning Fans Early with Internet Explorer 9 Preview
(PC World)
PC World - Earlier this week Microsoft unveiled a preview of the engine behind its next-generation Web browser, Internet Explorer (IE) 9. Microsoft is still diligently working to convince many customers to make the switch from the archaic IE6 to the current IE8, but the march of development never stops so Microsoft is already hard at work on the next version as well.
03/19/2010 - 04:12 PM
Broadband Plan, Palm Dreams, More Facebook Woes
(PC World)
PC World - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's national broadband plan captured our attention this week and will undoubtedly continue to do that in the weeks (and months and years) ahead. In other news, Palm CEO Jon Rubenstein says that his company could have given the Droid a run for it's money, only if. And the week ends with reports that Google will announce its intentions regarding business in China on Monday.
03/19/2010 - 03:30 PM
Ncomputing's Chip Brings Windows Applications to TVs
(PC World)
PC World - Ncomputing on Friday announced a chip that could turn devices like TVs or set-top boxes into virtual desktops through which users can run Windows applications or access the Internet.
03/19/2010 - 01:20 PM
New venture from Facebook co-founder to promote charity
(AFP)
 AFP - Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who left the booming social network to work on the online arm of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, is launching a startup to promote charitable efforts.
03/19/2010 - 01:05 PM
Review site Yelp under fire in business' lawsuits
(AP)
 AP - Yelp, one of the most popular Web sites that let people post opinions about restaurants, shops and local services, is being sued by several small businesses that claim they've been pressured to advertise on the site in exchange for getting negative reviews squashed.
03/19/2010 - 11:37 AM
EU agrees to act to stop Iran jamming broadcasts, Internet
(AFP)
 AFP - EU nations are determined to take action to end Iran's "unacceptable" jamming of satellite broadcasts and Internet censorship, according to a text agreed by European ambassadors in Brussels.
03/19/2010 - 11:31 AM
Google to add Maya, Nahuatl languages to search engine
(AFP)
 AFP - Internet giant Google is adding two native Central American languages -- Maya and Nahuatl -- to its universal search service, a company official said Thursday.
03/19/2010 - 11:04 AM
Google to leave China April 10: state media
(AFP)
 AFP - US Internet giant Google will close its business in China next month and may announce its plans in the coming days, Chinese media reported on Friday, after rows over censorship and hacking.
03/19/2010 - 10:55 AM
Judge: Site must delay copying of broker reports
(AP)
AP - Settling a copyright dispute closely watched in the financial news industry, a judge on Thursday ordered a Web site to delay disseminating the stock recommendations of financial services firms long enough so that the firms can alert their clients first.
03/19/2010 - 10:55 AM
Somali rebels join forces in cyberspace: U.N. report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Armed rebel groups in Somalia are using the Internet for fundraising and recruitment, and they achieve better results through the Web than they do on the ground, a United Nations report said.
03/19/2010 - 10:27 AM
Net produces new generation of China activists
(AP)
 AP - Lin Xiuying believes her daughter bled to death after being gang-raped two years ago by a group of thugs that had ties to the police in their southern Chinese town.
03/19/2010 - 10:15 AM
Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle
(AP)
 AP - Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet.
03/19/2010 - 08:40 AM
Google May Leave China By April 10, Report Says
(PC World)
PC World - Google may make good on its threat to pull out of China and leave the Communist country by April 10, according to a Chinese language newspaper report. Citing anonymous sources, Shanghai-based China Business News says that Google may be ready to pull the plug on its China operations, and could announce its decision as early as Monday. If the rumors are true it would bring an end to a controversy that has been brewing ever since Google threatened to would shut down its business operations in China following a series of cyberattacks against Google and other U.S. companies. However, pulling out of the world's fastest growing economy and most populous nation may have serious consequences for the search giant.
03/19/2010 - 08:37 AM
Microsoft, Adobe confident there is room for Silverlight, Flash
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The HTML5 specification could be a game-changer in the rich Internet application realm, but representatives of Microsoft and Adobe Systems, both of which have proprietary plug-ins for Web applications, remained confident Thursday in their companies' Web strategies.
03/19/2010 - 06:40 AM
Inside Microsoft's Internet Explorer Testing Lab
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - As part of our briefing on IE9 at Microsoft's Redmond campus, we toured the company's Internet Explorer testing lab. Here's what we saw.
03/19/2010 - 06:07 AM
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