AP – Disruptions suffered by Google Inc.’s Chinese search service show how vulnerable it remains to the country’s Internet police mdash; a threat industry executives said is likely to drive users and advertisers in the mainland away.
AP – Google Inc. says it has found another case of cyberattacks being used to suppress political dissent, this time to silence opponents of a Vietnamese mining project that involves a state-run Chinese company.
AP – Yahoo e-mail accounts belonging to foreign journalists appeared to have been hacked and Google’s Chinese search engine was intermittently blocked Tuesday, the latest troubles in China’s heavily censored Internet market.
Christopher Null – When it comes to energy hogs in your home, few devices are as harmful to the environment and your utility bill as a big-screen TV. While the move from CRT to flat panel technology has generally meant some power savings, that’s ultimately been outweighed by the much larger sizes of these sets. [...]
Ben Patterson – It’s impossible to predict whether Apple will finally announce an iPhone for Verizon Wireless this summer, but it’s a pretty safe bet that we’ll at least see some kind of next-generation iPhone in the coming months. Let the guessing game begin!
AP – Facebook is about to change the way it asks its users to connect to brands and celebrities on the site. Rather than ask people to become a fan of say, Starbucks or Lady Gaga, Facebook will instead let users click that they like the subject.
AFP – French publishers will launch a second lawsuit against Internet giant Google for digitally scanning their books for its vast online library, one of them said on Wednesday.
Macworld.com – Last September, Starbucks released the free Starbucks Mobile Card, an iPhone app designed to replace your Starbucks card in full. You could even pay with it, but sadly, the payment function was limited to just sixteen Seattle and Silicon Valley-area stores. Now, everyone near a Target with a Starbucks can rejoice, as the company announced on Tuesday that it’s [...]
AP – Shares of wireless network provider Meru Networks are soaring after the initial public offering priced at the top of its expected range, raising $65.8 million.
PC World – A new lawsuit filed in federal court accuses 20,000 people of illegally downloading and sharing movie content over the Internet.