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Google prepared to quit China over censor feud: executive (AFP)

A Chinese flag flies over the company logo outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing in January 2010. A top Google executive reaffirmed Wednesday that the Internet giant is prepared to leave China if Beijing says it must censor Web searches or quit the country.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - A top Google executive told US lawmakers Wednesday that the Internet giant is prepared to leave China if Beijing says it must censor Web searches or quit the world's most populous online market.



March 10, 2010 1:59 PM

OnLive game streaming service to start in June (AP)
AP - In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to "stream" popular games over the Internet in June, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.
March 10, 2010 1:57 PM

Azerbaijan bloggers' appeal denied (AP)
AP - A court in Azerbaijan has rejected the appeal of two bloggers who were sentenced to prison last year in a case that supporters say was politically motivated.
March 10, 2010 1:51 PM

Global agency reconsiders `.xxx' for porn sites (AP)

FILE - In this March 22, 2007 file photo, Stuart Lawley, chief executive of ICM Registry Inc., poses for a photo in his Jupiter, Fla home, Thursday, March 22, 2007 by one of his computers. A key global Internet oversight body is reopening discussions about whether to create a '.xxx' address for pornographic Web sites after an outside panel questioned the grounds for earlier rejecting such an online red-light district.(AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, file)AP - A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.



March 10, 2010 1:43 PM

Azerbaijan court rejects 'donkey video' bloggers' appeal (AFP)

This undated video still image released by Azerbaijani OL (To Be) youth movement in 2009 shows an Azerbaijani blogger dressed in a donkey suit giving a press conference in Baku. An Azerbaijani court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by two bloggers jailed after satirizing the government with an Internet video that showed a donkey giving a press conference, their lawyer said.(AFP/OL-HO/File)AFP - An Azerbaijani court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by two bloggers jailed after satirizing the government with an Internet video that showed a donkey giving a press conference, their lawyer said.



March 10, 2010 1:40 PM

Google Apps Marketplace Brings Cloud Services Together (PC World)
PC World - The new Google Apps Marketplace extends the search giant's underpowered applications suite, offering a collection of other vendors' Software-as-a-Service applications that work with Google's cloud. The new online store also gives Google a new, if small for now, revenue stream that isn't driven by search-related advertising.
March 10, 2010 12:01 PM

Google stands behind plan to stop China censorship (Reuters)
Reuters - Google has not changed its decision to stop censoring its Chinese search site even if it means leaving that market, a senior executive told a U.S. Congressional panel on Wednesday.
March 10, 2010 11:29 AM

American 'JihadJane' charged with terror recruiting (AFP)

An undated image from WPVI-TV of Colleen LaRose, an American woman operating online under the name AFP - A US woman operating online under the name "JihadJane" has been indicted for recruiting people in the United States, Europe and Asia in a bid to carry out terror plots.



March 10, 2010 10:44 AM

HP Turns Steve Jobs' Flash Snub Against Apple's iPad (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - No watered-down Internet. No sacrifices. That's the promise Hewlett-Packard Vice President and CTO Phil McKinney offered consumers in a blog post about the PC giant's upcoming tablet computer. HP's iPad competitor, he promised, will offer a full web browsing experience in the palm of your hand.
March 10, 2010 10:12 AM

Google CEO: mobile computing reshaping Internet (AP)
AP - Google's CEO says mobile smartphones are transforming the Internet, and defended his company's growing dominance over information on the Web.
March 10, 2010 7:55 AM