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Australia govt expands proposed broadband network
(AP)
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.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:16:32 GMT
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FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears
(AP)
 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.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19:52 GMT
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Google says China services back up
(AFP)
 AFP - Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other products were being blocked.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:36:55 GMT
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Australia pledges expansion of fibre broadband network
(AFP)
 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.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:02:27 GMT
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Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic
(AP)
 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.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:51:08 GMT
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False alarm: Google search still working in China
(AP)
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.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:28:08 GMT
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Google Reports Brief Search Outage in China
(PC World)
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.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:00:11 GMT
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Google says China search block may be tech glitch
(Reuters)
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.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:53:01 GMT
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Smartphones, Tablets Seen Boosting Mobile Health
(PC World)
PC World - Smartphones, tablet PCs and other wireless devices are poised to play a greater role in health care as doctors and patients embrace the mobile Internet, panelists at a mobile health technology conference in Boston said Thursday.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:50:11 GMT
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Analysts' View: Google says search service blocked in China
(Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc said its Web search and mobile services in China were blocked on Thursday, weeks after Beijing agree to extend the company's Chinese webpage license.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:38:18 GMT
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US flank exposed on cyber war front: Hayden
(AFP)
 AFP - Former US spy master and retired general Michael Hayden warned on Thursday that the country's "cyber flank" was exposed and it was losing clout to influence rules of war on the Internet.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:36:00 GMT
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Expedia posts higher profit as bookings rise
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online travel agency Expedia Inc on Thursday reported a higher-than-expected profit as travel bookings rose, boosting its shares 2 percent.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:28:07 GMT
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On Your Side: Download Refund Woes
(PC World)
PC World - I purchased the RegWork Windows Registry cleaner online but lost my Internet connection before I could download it.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:20:00 GMT
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Russia clamps down on Internet, Google frowns
(Reuters)
Reuters - A court in Russia's far east has ordered an Internet provider to block five sites which it said disseminated extreme views, prompting U.S. Internet giant Google to say on Thursday the move restricted access to information.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:13:27 GMT
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iPhone App Finds Fun Things to Do Near You
(Mashable)
Mashable - A Day's Outing, a website dedicated to helping users find nearby day trips, weekend get-aways or quick excursions across the U.S., has just launched its new iPhone app [iTunes link], making it easy to find ways to spend these dog days of summer, whether you're traveling with family, in small groups or on your own.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:05:54 GMT
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Internet Gambling Bill Clears Committee
(PC World)
PC World - A bill to regulate Internet gambling cleared its first hurdle yesterday on the way to becoming a law. The measure--which would require anyone running Net gambling operations to be licensed by the U.S. government if they want to take bets from U.S. citizens--cleared the House Financial Services committee by a vote of 41-22 and now goes before the full House of Representatives.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:59:00 GMT
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US wants increased police access to email: report
(AFP)
 AFP - The White House wants to give the FBI easier access to the Internet activity of suspects without a court order, the Washington Post reported Thursday.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:14:30 GMT
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China jails three Uighur webmasters: report
(AFP)
 AFP - A Chinese court has jailed the webmasters of three Uighur-language Internet sites who were detained following deadly ethnic unrest in China's Xinjiang region last year, Radio Free Asia said Thursday.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:43 GMT
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Hands-on with the new Kindle
(Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Heard about the new, smaller Kindle? My fellow tech blogger Chris Null had the scoop Wednesday night, and I was recently lucky enough to spend some hands-on time with Amazon’s lighter, pared-down e-reader. After playing with it for a few minutes, I’m pretty sure I want one.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:35 GMT
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Online betting firm bwin announces merger with Partygaming
(AFP)
 AFP - Austrian online betting company bwin announced Thursday it had signed a merger agreement with British rival PartyGaming.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:32:29 GMT
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Google says China services back up
(AFP)
AFP - Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other products were being blocked.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:36:55 GMT
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False alarm: Google search still working in China
(AP)
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.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:28:08 GMT
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Google Reports Brief Search Outage in China
(PC World)
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.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:00:11 GMT
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Google says China search block may be tech glitch
(Reuters)
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.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:53:01 GMT
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Analysts' View: Google says search service blocked in China
(Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc said its Web search and mobile services in China were blocked on Thursday, weeks after Beijing agree to extend the company's Chinese webpage license.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:38:18 GMT
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Sleazy Marketers Game Google's Sponsored Ads
(PC World)
PC World - Companies that deal in shady free gift card offers have managed to game Google's sponsored search results so they can pass themselves off as representing the official sites of such huge brands as Walmart, Best Buy, McDonald's and Hooters, among others, PCWorld has found.
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:44:00 GMT
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Watchdog sees no problem with Yahoo! Japan-Google deal
(AFP)
 AFP - Japan's fair trade watchdog said Wednesday it saw no monopoly problem with a search alliance between top Internet portal Yahoo! Japan and Google, Kyodo News reported.
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:04:25 GMT
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Can Ask.com's New Search Strategy Work?
(PC World)
PC World - Ask.com hopes it's found the answer to increasing its market share -- and no, the plan doesn't involve a butler named Jeeves.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:13:00 GMT
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Microsoft condemns Yahoo! Japan-Google alliance
(AFP)
 AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday denounced Yahoo! Japan's Internet search alliance with Google, saying it would give Google near-total control over the third-largest market for search queries in the world.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:44:21 GMT
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Yahoo Japan Spurns Bing in Favor of Google Search
(PC World)
PC World - Google has secured a deal to provide search results and related advertising to Yahoo Japan, Japan's most popular Web site, the two companies said Tuesday.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:03:27 GMT
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Microsoft Cries Foul Over Google Tie-up With Yahoo Japan
(PC World)
PC World - Yahoo Japan's decision to replace Microsoft with Google as its main search partner has been met with protest from Microsoft, which called the deal "anticompetitive."
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:50:13 GMT
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Summary Box: Yahoo Japan to use Google search
(AP)
AP - THE REPLACEMENT: Yahoo Japan Corp. will use Google technology rather than Yahoo Inc.'s to run its search engine and search ad delivery system.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:43:12 GMT
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Yahoo Japan to use Google search tech, not Yahoo's
(AP)
AP - Yahoo Japan Corp. will use Google technology to run its search engine and search ad delivery system, after a similar deal in the U.S. was derailed by regulators concerned about a monopoly.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:16:06 GMT
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Yahoo Japan to switch to Google's search engine
(Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo Japan, Japan's largest Internet portal operator, will adopt Google's search engine, refusing to follow Yahoo Inc in choosing Microsoft as a partner.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:49:24 GMT
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Yahoo Japan Inks Search Deal with Google, Microsoft Balks
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Yahoo Japan on Tuesday announced that is has signed a deal to use Google for its search engine and search ad delivery system. Microsoft quickly criticized the deal.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:19:48 GMT
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Ask.com to ask users to help answer queries
(AFP)
 AFP - Internet search engine Ask.com is planning to go beyond algorithms and ask real human beings to help answer questions.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:19:04 GMT
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Ask.com Reverts To Origins and Answers Questions
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Asking Ask.com may now result in answers, not just links. On Tuesday, the search engine launched a new version that it described as "the first step in a multi-pronged strategy" to provide answers to users' questions, either from content on the web or from "previously unpublished knowledge shared by any of the millions of Ask.com users."
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:17:53 GMT
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Ask.com wants users to ask each other, not Jeeves
(AP)
AP - You won't be able to ask Jeeves, the butler that made the search engine now known as Ask.com famous in the late '90s. But in a bid to engage more users, Ask is returning to its question-and-answer roots by tapping its users and the Web.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:17:41 GMT
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Yahoo Japan Rejects Microsoft's Bing, Selects Google
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Score another win for Google. Despite Yahoo's intimate relationship with Microsoft's Bing search engine, Yahoo Japan has snubbed Bing in favor of the world search leader.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:20:38 GMT
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Ask.com Goes Back to the Days of Q&A
(PC World)
PC World - Could this be a return to the days of Mr. Jeeves? Ask.com announced in a blog post this week that it is going back to its roots as a question-and-answer focused search service. The "new" Ask.com was launched in an invite-only private beta on Monday that takes advantage of the "explosion of the social Web," the company says.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:23:00 GMT
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