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Report finds online censorship more sophisticated
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_internet_censorship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100211/capt.photo_1265858378149-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Gzcba6SODB7v_58qPSeAPA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A woman works online in her cubicle at an office in Beijing on February 4, 2010. China's homegrown social media sites like Weibo are booming thanks to their better knowledge of the world's largest Internet market, and the censorship stifling foreign rivals like Facebook, Twitter, and Google-owned YouTube.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AP - Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a study out Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Feds pledge tough review of Comcast-NBC deal
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| AP - Federal regulators are pledging rigorous reviews of Comcast Corp.'s proposed purchase of NBC Universal to ensure that it would not stifle competition or harm consumers.
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VeriSign to spend more than $300M on tech upgrades
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| AP - VeriSign Inc., whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access Web sites with names ending in ".com" and ".net," plans to spend more than $300 million over the next decade to upgrade its systems.
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Twitter unveils tool to share tweeting locations
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| AP - Twitter can now let the world automatically know your whereabouts as well as your thoughts and activities.
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Sony unveils new motion contoller to slow Nintendo
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_sony_motion_controller"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100311/capt.f5613f9d6e084022b518ae187a8c177d.japan_sony_motion_controller_tok106.jpg?x=130&y=109&q=85&sig=2Bub0aRmkrETBsiMmBURkQ--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="In this undated image released by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony's new motion controller is shown. The Japanese maker of the PlayStation 3 unveiled Thursday, March 10, 2010, its highly anticipated motion controlling system, as it takes aim at Nintendo's dominance in the gaming sector. Used with the existing PlayStation Eye camera, the new wireless motion controller can track players' body movements. The controller, in turn, has on its end a light-emitting orb that is recognized by the camera. (AP Photo/Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us.</p><br clear="all"/>
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February video game sales drop 15 percent
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| AP - U.S. retail sales of video games declined 15 percent in February, hurt in part by an ongoing decline in sales of music games and lower sales of the Wii system.
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Ga. man who posted 'Elton John must die' arrested
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| AP - A Georgia man who posted a video of himself on the Internet holding a sign that said "Elton John must die" has been arrested for making terroristic threats.
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New iPhone OS Rumored To Finally Allow Multitasking
(NewsFactor)
| NewsFactor - Version 4.0 of the operating system for Apple's iPhone, iPod touch, and the forthcoming iPad will represent a major overhaul of the software and will feature a "full-on solution" to one long-standing gripe about Apple's devices -- their inability to multitask.
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Verizon Expects a 4G Smartphone Earlier Than Planned
(NewsFactor)
| NewsFactor - Verizon Wireless hopes to debut its first 4G smartphone in the middle of next year, months earlier than planned, a company executive revealed Wednesday. The new handset will debut about three to six months after its Long-Term Evolution network launches, Verizon Wireless CTO Anthony Melone told The Wall Street Journal.
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OnLive Plans On-Demand Streaming of Video Games
(NewsFactor)
| NewsFactor - In a move to shake up the online gaming industry, OnLive has announced PC and Mac versions of its on-demand, instant-play games will roll out in June during the E3 2010 show. Here's the rub: Gamers don't have to buy a console, and they can get broadband speeds.
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OnLive taking videogames into the Internet "cloud"
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100311/ennew_afp/lifestyleusitinternetvideogamesonlive"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100311/capt.photo_1268334855471-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=MBEoNm86pxHLMM4E_fWN6g--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Gamers try out a boxing game at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles. California startup OnLive plans a June 17 launch for a service that streams video games over the Internet, meaning players can avoid buying expensive consoles or packaged software.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>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 software.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Safari 4.0.5 offers improvements to Top Sites, third-party plug-ins
(Macworld.com)
| Macworld.com - Whether you’re a fan of Apple’s Web browser, or just having some problems with its competition, there’s now a new Safari update available just for you. Well, you and everybody else—you wouldn’t want them to feel left out, would you?
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SkillSoft 4Q net income falls 16 pct
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| AP - SkillSoft PLC, an education software company that has agreed to be taken private, said Thursday its fourth-quarter net income fell 16 percent from a year earlier, when it benefited from a tax windfall.
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RadiSys acquires Pactolus; terms not disclosed
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| AP - RadiSys Corp., a maker of servers that support wireless phone networks, said Thursday it acquired privately held Pactolus Communications Software Co. Terms were not disclosed.
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Google says talks with China ongoing
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100311/tc_afp/chinausitmediarightsinternetgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100311/capt.photo_1268304157969-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=T79SVNYMX_0IIoXaInMrfg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A Chinese flag flies outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing. Google said Thursday that it was in talks with China on the future of the US Internet giant in the Asian nation, after the firm threatened to leave over cyberattacks and state web censorship.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google said Thursday that it was in talks with China on the future of the US Internet giant in the Asian nation, after the firm threatened to leave over cyberattacks and state web censorship.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Prototype $200 Tablet Runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux
(PC World)
| PC World - $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn’t last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.
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Razer, GPG pledge Mac support; DICE investigating
(Macworld.com)
| Macworld.com - Now that Valve has pledged to support the Mac with the forthcoming release of Steam on Mac OS X and simultaneous Mac and PC releases for all its upcoming games, several in the gaming industry have been quick to respond with their own pledges of support.
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