Lucie Morillon / Reporters Without Borders:Web 2.0 versus Control 2.0 — The fight for free access to information is being played out to an ever greater extent on the Internet. The emerging general trend is that a growing number of countries are attemptimg to tighten their control of the Net, but at the same [...]
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:AOL Launches Lifestream As New Standalone Product. This Is What Google Buzz Should Have Been — Aol launched Lifestream, a social aggregator and publisher, as part of their AIM platform at TechCrunch50 Last Fall. Since then it has gained nearly 2 million users, say Aol.
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Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:iPad ‘Mute’ button magically turns into ‘screen rotation lock’ — The iPad is magic! That was then, this is now! Voilà!! — Another new fun fact: the iPad can also play Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in [...]
The president says intellectual property is country’s “single greatest asset” and must be protected from piracy and counterfeiting.
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Who is responsible for malware in ads, Web site owners or ad networks and delivery firms?
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Go Rumors:Qualcomm’s Multi-Fold Device Can Replace Your iPad And iPhone — In digital media circles, there are traditionally three screens for user consumption : the TV, mobile phone and desktop. This conventionality is seen to be the primary reason why manufacturers were not comfortable in developing …
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But the source of the Zeus banking Trojan is back in action after unidentified agents cut off upstream connectivity to an ISP in Kazakhstan.
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:HTC Incredible out in the wild once more, Verizon color scheme alive and well — Android Forums is alight today with fresh HTC Incredible chatter — a phone every Android fan on Verizon is desperately waiting for — and we’ve managed to glean a few more pictures and possible specs out [...]
The talk at an annual building conference in Boston is about how to reduce energy use in houses by more than 50 percent. Early pilot tests show it can be done, but with steep costs.
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Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:Verizon Wireless’ tech chief says unlimited Internet access ‘has to change,’ echoing AT&T [Corrected] — The two largest U.S. wireless carriers agree that the days of unlimited Internet cellphone access are numbered. — A week after AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said the telecom industry …
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Maybe it’s a sign of SXSW excess or perhaps it’s a prank, but RSVP While You Sleep is advertising a $37 service that tasks overseas virtual assistants with responding to your party invites.
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:Index Invests $25 Million in Sonos (Plus a Video Interview with VC Mike Volpi) — Earlier this week, BoomTown had lunch with Michelangelo “Mike” Volpi, the high-profile tech exec who turned into a venture capitalist recently at Index Ventures. — We also did a video interview (see below) …
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:Apple Details iPad 3G Service Sign-Up and Management — With today’s launch of iPad pre-orders in the U.S., Apple has also released additional information about the device and associated services. While 3G-capable models of the iPad will not be available until late April …
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Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong cautions that the search giant must adhere to China’s laws on censorship.
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Advocates for a .xxx designation for adult sites will have to wait until at least June after the ICANN board postponed a decision on the matter at its meeting Friday.
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