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2010-03-12 8:17
China's stern warning to Google
China's top internet official warns that Google will "pay the consequences" if it does not comply with censorship laws.
2010-03-12 7:17
Tweeting 'fundamental' in life
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams believes social networks will become a fundamental way the public communicates with government.
2010-03-12 4:46
Japan aims its home fuel cells at Europe
Japan is embracing fuel cell to provide electricity and heat in the home. Now it wants to export the systems to the UK and the rest of Europe.
2010-03-12 4:30
Net clash for web police projects
A row is brewing over separate projects to use the web to bring people closer to their local police forces.
2010-03-12 2:03
DDR2 spot pricing up on shrinking supply, says inSpectrum
Spot price of DDR2 regained momentum this week (March 8-12) amid shrinking supply from memory module houses, according to inSpectrum.
2010-03-12 2:01
Applied upbeat on chip and display outlook; to work closer with Asia customers
Capital spending in the semiconductor industry is expected to reach US$21-23 billion in 2010, up from around US$13 million in 2009, according to Mike Splinter, chairman and chief executive of Applied Materials. Meanwhile, the display sector will register a 60% capex growth in 2010, said Splinter.
2010-03-12 1:55
China warns Google not to stop filtering web searches (AFP)

China on Friday warned Google it would face AFP - China on Friday warned Google it would face "consequences" if it stopped filtering its search results, after the firm threatened to leave the country over cyberattacks and web censorship.


2010-03-12 1:51
Taiwan market: Foxconn and Clevo to compete for government IT mall project in Taipei
Taiwan-based Clevo's channel retail subsidiary Buynow and Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) Cybermart are competing for a government's IT mall project in Taipei and Cybermart has already submitted its bid proposal.
2010-03-12 1:44
CTSP project coming under fire from environmentalists
While the development of the phase-three site of the government-run Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) is under way, environmental activists are demanding the Cabinet's National Science Council (NSC) stop the project because of pollution concerns.

2010-03-12 1:43
Orise 1Q10 revenues to increase 0-5%
LCD driver IC maker Orise Technology is expected to see an up to 5% revenue growth in the first quarter of 2010, mainly driven by increasing shipments of timing controllers (T-Cons) used in LCD TVs, according to market sources. T-Cons will be Orise's major growth driver in 2010.
2010-03-12 15:43
Apple gives chief operating officer $5M bonus (AP)

FILE - In this June 8, 2009 file photo, Apple interim CEO and Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook smiles before the start of the the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for 'outstanding performance' running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave.  Timothy Cook will also receive 75,000 restricted stock units scheduled to vest in 2011 and 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for "outstanding performance" running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave.


2010-03-12 15:30
Latest Details Make IPad a More Promising E-reader
Shortly after Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, I wondered whether the device--awesome as it seems--would truly compete as an e-book reader. Now that you can...

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2010-03-12 15:30
Troyak Takedown, Security Blues, ICANN Meets
The Troyak ISP, which has been linked to the Zeus botnet, was briefly taken down this week. The takedown occurred on the heels of the RSA Conference last week...

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2010-03-12 15:20
FCC's National Broadband Plan: What's in It?
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to release a national broadband plan next week that will lay out an ambitious set of goals for broadband...

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2010-03-12 15:13
Carbon Nanotube Speakers Powered by Lasers
New research paves the way for ubiquitous speakers made from a series of carbon nanotubes.

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2010-03-12 14:55
Will In-Flight Video Chats Make for Unfriendly Skies?
There are at least two plausible arguments against video calling in the air: bandwidth and seatmates.

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2010-03-12 14:11
Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision (AP)
AP - A federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV providers such as satellite companies.
2010-03-12 13:50
Privacy issues nix Netflix movie-picking contest (AP)
AP - Netflix has canceled a sequel to a $1 million contest to improve its movie recommendations.
2010-03-12 13:43
Cybercrime surge pushes 2009 losses to 559 million dollars (AFP)

Losses from cybercrime and online scams more than doubled in 2009 to 559 million dollars as Internet criminals used more sophisticated techniques, an FBI-led task force said Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - Losses from cybercrime and online scams more than doubled in 2009 to 559 million dollars as Internet criminals used more sophisticated techniques, an FBI-led task force said Friday.


2010-03-12 12:32
Chinese minister insists Google obey the law (AP)

Li Yizhong, Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology, gestures during a press conference in Beijing Friday, March 12, 2010. Li, China's top Internet regulator, insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or 'pay the consequences,' giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - China's top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or "pay the consequences," giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking.


2010-03-12 10:47
No .xxx yet: Internet agency delays porn decision (AP)
AP - Porn Web sites can't park themselves at a ".xxx" address quite yet.
2010-03-11 15:33
It's Time to Finally Drop Internet Explorer 6 (PC World)
PC World - A security researcher has published exploit code for the latest Internet Explorer zero-day flaw on the Web and Microsoft is warning that more attacks against the unpatched vulnerability can be expected in-the-wild. One thing seems to be more apparent with each passing Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability: its time to upgrade the Web browser.
2010-03-11 11:02
HSBC admits huge Swiss data theft
About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.
2010-03-10 8:03
Correction: Botnet Busted story (AP)
AP - In a story March 2 about the arrest of three suspects in the virus infection of nearly 13 million computers, The Associated Press erroneously reported the spelling of the last name of a captain with Spain's Guardia Civil, which is investigating the case. The captain's correct name is Cesar Lorenzana, not Lorenza.
2010-03-10 12:54
Intego releases VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - The perils of malware and viruses are everywhere, and Mac users shouldn’t be complacent, especially if they’re also running Windows via Boot Camp or other virtualization software. To those ends, Intego has released VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, which offers all the features of its X6 product for both Mac and Windows operating systems running on your machine.