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Report finds online censorship more sophisticated (AP) - 03/11/2010 10:21 PM

AP - Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a study out Thursday.

Feds pledge tough review of Comcast-NBC deal (AP) - 03/11/2010 10:54 PM

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.

VeriSign to spend more than $300M on tech upgrades (AP) - 03/12/2010 12:35 AM

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.

February video game sales drop 15 percent (AP) - 03/12/2010 01:51 AM

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.

Twitter unveils tool to share tweeting locations (AP) - 03/12/2010 01:37 AM

AP - Twitter can now let the world automatically know your whereabouts as well as your thoughts and activities.

Sony unveils new motion contoller to slow Nintendo (AP) - 03/11/2010 12:59 PM

AP - Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us.

Web will be 'critical' revenue source for Times: publisher (AFP) - 03/12/2010 01:53 AM

AFP - Charging online readers will give The New York Times a critical second revenue stream but the print newspaper will be important for "many years to come," publisher Arthur Sulzberger said Thursday.

New iPhone OS Rumored To Finally Allow Multitasking (NewsFactor) - 03/11/2010 11:57 PM

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.

Verizon Expects a 4G Smartphone Earlier Than Planned (NewsFactor) - 03/11/2010 10:56 PM

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.

Ga. man who posted 'Elton John must die' arrested (AP) - 03/12/2010 12:47 AM

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.

OnLive Plans On-Demand Streaming of Video Games (NewsFactor) - 03/11/2010 10:56 PM

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.

Safari 4.0.5 offers improvements to Top Sites, third-party plug-ins (Macworld.com) - 03/11/2010 11:52 PM

Macworld.com - Whether youâre a fan of Appleâs Web browser, or just having some problems with its competition, thereâs now a new Safari update available just for you. Well, you and everybody elseâyou wouldnât want them to feel left out, would you?

SkillSoft 4Q net income falls 16 pct (AP) - 03/11/2010 11:59 PM

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.

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.

It's Time to Finally Drop Internet Explorer 6 (PC World) - 03/11/2010 11:33 PM

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.

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.

Razer, GPG pledge Mac support; DICE investigating (Macworld.com) - 03/11/2010 11:41 PM

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.