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No .xxx yet: Internet agency delays porn decision (AP)

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

China warns Google as Internet row deal seen soon (Reuters)

Reuters - China warned Google, the world's largest search engine, against flouting the country's laws on Friday, as expectations grow for a resolution to a public battle over censorship and cyber-security.

Chinese minister insists Google obey the law (AP)

Li Yizhong, Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology, gestures during a press conference in Beijing Friday, March 12, 2010. Li, 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. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)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.




You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - What happened this week? Online retailer Newegg leaped out of the frying pan and into the fire after it was found to be selling ersatz silicon.

China warns Google not to stop filtering web searches (AFP)

China on Friday warned Google it would face AFP - China on Friday warned Google it would face "consequences" if it stopped filtering its search results, after the firm threatened to leave the country over cyberattacks and web censorship.




Lenovo says business will focus on mobile Internet (AP)

FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday May 25, 2006, a Chinese model uses a mobile phone to control a robot made by Chinese computer maker Lenovo at a high-tech exhibition in Beijing, China.   Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up to 80 percent of its sales within five years as it pursues expansion in faster-growing emerging markets, CEO Yang Yuanqing said Friday, March 12, 2010. (AP Photo, File)AP - Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up to 80 percent of its sales within five years as it pursues expansion in faster-growing emerging markets, CEO Yang Yuanqing said Friday.




FCC releases Internet speed test tool (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday launched a broadband test service to help consumers clock the speed of their Internet.

Web will be 'critical' revenue source for Times: publisher (AFP)

The NYTimes.com website is displayed on a laptop. Charging online readers will give The New York Times a critical second revenue stream but the print newspaper will be important for 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.




Ga. man who posted 'Elton John must die' arrested (AP)

Musician Elton John arrives at the Elton John Oscar Party in West Hollywood, Calif. on Sunday, March 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)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.




VeriSign to spend more than $300M on tech upgrades (AP)

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.

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