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Venezuela's Chavez: Internet should be regulated (AP) - 03/14/2010 06:08 AM

AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news Web site that he accused of spreading false information.

Innovation on display at Games Conference (AP) - 03/13/2010 11:21 AM

AP - Motion controls and social gaming were the hot topics at this week's Game Developers Conference, the annual convention of game designers, programmers and executives.

Apple gives chief operating officer $5M bonus (AP) - 03/12/2010 11:43 PM

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.

Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision (AP) - 03/12/2010 10:11 PM

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.

No .xxx yet: Internet agency delays porn decision (AP) - 03/12/2010 06:47 PM

AP - Porn Web sites can't park themselves at a ".xxx" address quite yet.

Chinese minister insists Google obey the law (AP) - 03/12/2010 08:32 PM

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.

Australia defends mandatory Internet filter (AFP) - 03/14/2010 08:22 AM

AFP - Australia Sunday defended its plan to block some Internet content, such as that featuring child sex abuse or advocating terrorism, after a media rights watchdog warned it may hurt free speech.

HDTV: Even Critters Prefer It (PC World) - 03/13/2010 08:52 PM

PC World - Apparently we aren't the only species to prefer the crisp, smooth picture of an HDTV compared to that from one of those old CRT sets of yesteryear.

China's new generation picky about factory jobs (AP) - 03/13/2010 05:11 PM

AP - Factory worker Chen Qinghai frowned as he looked at a tall bulletin board full of help-wanted notices from companies making everything from photocopiers and DVD drives to mobile phones and car parts.

Summary Box: Court OKs cable TV access rules (AP) - 03/12/2010 10:44 PM

AP - THE DISPUTE: Cable TV providers challenged a five-year extension of federal regulations requiring them to make channels they own available to rivals such as satellite TV.

Xbox 360 Outsold Wii in February, Says NPD (PC World) - 03/13/2010 01:23 AM

PC World - Microsoft's Xbox 360 outsold Nintendo's Wii in February to claim the top spot in the U.S. monthly sales ranking for the first time in more than two years, analyst group NPD said Thursday. Overall the industry had a poor month with total sales down 15 percent from February last year.

iPad Swapped if its Battery Fails, Apple Says (PC World) - 03/13/2010 09:47 PM

PC World - If you're one of the folks (or as others have said, "idiots") who have already decided to hand over a few Benjamins for an iPad pre-order, chances are you haven't given much thought to what happens if your battery goes bad. Rest assured that Apple is one step ahead of you.

QAD shares slide after 4th-quarter revenue drops (AP) - 03/12/2010 11:39 PM

AP - Shares of QAD Inc. sank Friday after the business software provider reported a drop in fourth-quarter revenue and predicted another drop for the first quarter.

RadiSys acquires Pactolus; terms not disclosed (AP) - 03/11/2010 10:47 PM

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.

Troyak Takedown, Security Blues, ICANN Meets (PC World) - 03/12/2010 11:30 PM

PC World - 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, where there was much talk about the "cat-and-mouse" game of trying to squelch cybercrime. Otherwise, things got a little testy at the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, and iPad pre-orders got rolling. Oh, and the Internet was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously.

Prototype $200 Tablet Runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux (PC World) - 03/11/2010 04:16 AM

PC World - $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didnât 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.

Molding the iPad into a Business Tool (PC World) - 03/13/2010 07:14 PM

PC World - The Apple iPad has been available for pre-order for more than 24 hours now. Initial demand seems promising, although not everyone has embraced the concept of dedicating $500 or more to be an early adopter of a device that nobody really has all the details on just yet.