Yahoo Pulls Facebook Into Yahoo Mail (PC World)
PC World - Continuing efforts to bring more services into its online properties, Yahoo is now letting customers update their Facebook status from within Yahoo Mail.
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Microsoft hurries out patch for Internet Explorer hole (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday will release an emergency patch for a weakness hackers are exploiting in earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.
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Google mobile service partially blocked in China (AFP)
AFP - Google reported that its mobile Internet service in China was partially blocked but it was unknown whether the trouble was related to a stand-off over censorship there.
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Much-awaited Apple iPad hits US on Saturday (AFP)
AFP - The Apple iPad launches in the US on Saturday with an apparent deluge of early online orders indicating that the tablet computers will be another big hit for the company.
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Google CEO’s compensation for 2009 falls 52 pct (AP)
AP - The total compensation of Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt fell 52 percent last year as the Internet search leader cut back on its employee perquisites to help lift its profits during the recession.
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After DNS Problem, Chinese Root Server Is Shut Down (PC World)
PC World - A China-based root DNS server associated with networking problems in Chile and the U.S. has been disconnected from the Internet.
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More than 1,100 communities seek Google network (AP)
AP - More than 1,100 communities have approached Google Inc. in hopes of landing one of the ultra-fast broadband networks that the company plans to build in a handful of spots around the country.
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Verizon Blasts ‘Outdated’ FCC Broadband Plan (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Verizon Communications is denouncing the Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan, saying it was created with old services such as telephone, radio and cable in mind. The NBP, rolled out by the FCC last week, aims to provide at least 100 million homes in the U.S. affordable Internet access at download speeds of 100 megabits per second and upload speeds of 50 megabits per second.
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National bans is poll boon for Italian local TV, Internet (AFP)
AFP - The suspension of political programming by national broadcasters ahead of regional elections Sunday and Monday has boosted audiences for Internet and local TV shows, a novelty in Italian politics.
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Google goes it alone in China censorship fight (AFP)
AFP - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a major speech on Internet freedom two months ago, called on US technology firms not to support online censorship.
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