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Google says China talks continue, but pullout signs grow

March 15th, 2010 · Comments Off

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Google said on Monday it remained in talks with the Chinese government about censorship of its Chinese-language search portal, despite mounting signs the company could soon shut the site.


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High-tech event crowd urged to save the planet (AFP)

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AFP – Techno-hip trend-setters that design online services, software, buildings and other components of modern life have been told to “get off the sidelines” and start saving the planet at a key high-tech event.

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News sites popular but few will pay: report (AFP)

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The homepage of the New York Times is displayed on a laptop. A new report highlights that few news consumers who view content through the Internet click on ads and hardly any are prepared to pay for news online.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP – The good news for traditional US news organizations? Their websites are popular. The bad news? Few news consumers click on ads and hardly any are prepared to pay for news online.

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‘Rich people suck’ website launched

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The swindling saga of legendary Wall Street conman Bernard Madoff has inspired the creation of The Vile Plutocrat, a website devoted to the notion that "rich people suck."
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U.S. to roll out major broadband policy (Reuters)

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A screen shows Internet services available through an broadband-connected TiVo digital video recorder at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Steve MarcusReuters – U.S. regulators will announce a major Internet policy this week to revolutionize how Americans communicate and play, proposing a dramatic increase in broadband speeds that could let people download a high-definition film in minutes instead of hours.

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Amazon reacts to new Colo tax, costing affiliates (AP)

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In this photograph taken on Friday, March 12, 2010, Kristie McNealy, second from left, works on her laptop computer while her children, from left, 4-year-old Camden, 1-month-old Maverick, 7-year-old Riley and 2-year-old Sawyer join her at the dining room table in the family's home in the east Denver suburb of Aurora, Colo. Kristie McNealy, like other bloggers and web site coordinators in Colorado, lost a chunk of their business when Amazon.com announced that it was cutting ties with local affiliates because of a new Colorado law requiring the firm to collect state sales tax for online sales. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP – Kristie McNealy blogs from her suburban Denver home about raising four children and health issues. Her husband, Rob, a floor installer, runs another Web site offering product reviews and advice on hardwood floors.

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Bloggers battle corruption in Russia (AFP)

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Russian blogger Alexander Malyutin as he speaks in his office in Moscow in 2009. While the docile, state-dominated media looks the other way, a small but determined group of Russian bloggers is challenging corrupt bureaucrats, rallying public opinion and goading prosecutors into action.(AFP/File/Oxana Onipko)AFP – It started with a golden bed and African drummers and led to Russia’s latest, surprising, political duel pitting tenacious bloggers against bureaucrats whose excesses went a step too far.

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‘Rich people suck’ website launched

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U.S. to roll out major broadband policy

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators will announce a major Internet policy this week to revolutionize how Americans communicate and play, proposing a dramatic increase in broadband speeds that could let people download a high-definition film in minutes instead of hours.


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U.S. to roll out major broadband policy (Reuters)

March 15th, 2010 · Comments Off

A screen shows Internet services available through an broadband-connected TiVo digital video recorder at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Steve MarcusReuters – U.S. regulators will announce a major Internet policy this week to revolutionize how Americans communicate and play, proposing a dramatic increase in broadband speeds that could let people download a high-definition film in minutes instead of hours.

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