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Google Cries Wolf as Outage Disrupts China Operations
(NewsFactor)
30 Jul 2010 at 2:01pm
NewsFactor - After assuming the worst with its China operations, Google on Thursday evening backed off accusations of censorship in the communist nation. Google said earlier Thursday that the Chinese government was blocking its search engine, Google Mobile, and Google Ad products. Google also said its news and image services were being "partially blocked."
Microsoft Will Try to Block Google-Yahoo Japan Deal
(PC World)
30 Jul 2010 at 1:40pm
PC World - A legal battle is brewing between Microsoft and Google for control of Japan's lucrative search market.
RIM?s rumored 'BlackPad' tablet due in November?
(Ben Patterson)
30 Jul 2010 at 12:54pm
Ben Patterson - Rumors of a BlackBerry tablet are heating up by the day, with Bloomberg now claiming that the BlackPad — yes, the BlackPad — will arrive in November, complete with an iPad-size screen and the ability to connect to the Internet via either Wi-Fi or your Bluetooth-connected BlackBerry.
Sprint prepping 'Peel' mobile Wi-Fi case for iPod Touch?
(Ben Patterson)
30 Jul 2010 at 11:38am
Ben Patterson - Take an iPod Touch, add Wi-Fi and an Internet-calling app like Skype, and you’ve pretty much got a phone, right? Now comes word that Sprint could be prepping a cradle for the Touch that acts as a portable hotspot, good for keeping the iPod in a Wi-Fi cloud when Sprint 3G coverage is available.
Amazon updates Kindle app with inline dictionary, more
(Macworld.com)
30 Jul 2010 at 10:23am
Macworld.com - Amazon on Thursday released significant upgrades to its Kindle app for iPhone and iPad. Just days after the company announced the new Kindle 3, Amazon’s made the iOS version of its e-reader even more competitive with its hardware device: The app now includes a dictionary with 250,000 entries, adds the ability to search within books on the iPad, and improves the experience of searching books on the iPhone and iPod touch.
FBI access to e-mail, Web data raises privacy fear
(AP)
30 Jul 2010 at 10:19am
AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.
HOW TO: Manage a Sustainable Online Community
(Mashable)
30 Jul 2010 at 6:33am
Mashable - Rob Howard is the CTO/founder of enterprise collaboration software company Telligent.
Australia govt expands proposed broadband network
(AP)
30 Jul 2010 at 6:16am
AP - Australia's government expanded its ambitious plan to bring broadband to much of the vast country, adding 300,000 homes and businesses to the coverage area Friday in hopes of winning votes in next month's federal election.
Microsoft's IE9 Beta Arrives in September
(PC Magazine)
30 Jul 2010 at 3:14am
PC Magazine - Addressing an audience at the company's annual financial analyst meeting in Redmond, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner announced that a beta for Internet Explorer 9, the latest version of its popular browser, will be available fore download this September.
Google not sure if China behind service disruption
(AFP)
30 Jul 2010 at 4:08pm
AFP - Google does not know if the Chinese authorities were behind a disruption in the company's services on Thursday, chief executive Eric Schmidt said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
Australia pledges expansion of fibre broadband network
(AFP)
29 Jul 2010 at 11:02pm
AFP - The Australian government Friday committed to expanding its fibre broadband Internet network to a further 300,000 homes across the vast island continent if re-elected at next month's polls.
Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 9:51pm
AP - Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.
False alarm: Google search still working in China
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 7:28pm
AP - Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China - a key market where the company has been locked in a high-profile battle over online censorship.
Google Reports Brief Search Outage in China
(PC World)
29 Jul 2010 at 6:00pm
PC World - Google's search engine in China appeared to have been partially blocked overnight Thursday, but a Google spokeswoman said the service was up and running again by Friday morning local time.
Google says China search block may be tech glitch
(Reuters)
29 Jul 2010 at 5:53pm
Reuters - Google Inc said its earlier report that Internet search services in China were being fully blocked could have been the result of a technical glitch that overstated the problem.
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