AP – As Japan grapples with an unprecedented triple disaster mdash; earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis mdash; the Web has spawned creativity and innovation online amid a collective desire to ease suffering.
AP – Microsoft Corp. on Thursday threw its weight behind an existing probe by European Union authorities into whether rival Google Inc. is abusing its dominant position in the online search market to thwart competition.
AP – China said Thursday it will increase this year’s production quota for rare earths but gave no sign it might reverse plans to cut exports of the exotic metals needed by high-tech industry.
Mashable – One year after the initial launch of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft decided to share some stats about the platform on its Windows Phone Developer Blog.
Reuters – Microsoft Corp stepped up its rivalry with Google Inc with a formal complaint to EU antitrust regulators, claiming Google systematically thwarts Internet search competition.
Reuters – Baidu Inc, China’s largest search engine, will shut its online e-commerce store, Youa, and migrate its users to other platforms, it said on Thursday.
AFP – Disaster-hit Japan churns out many of the world’s smartphones, video cameras and other gadgets and while sales are not expected to suffer around the globe, industry analysts expect prices to rise.
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Time.com – Rejecting the past, young social-networking rebels embracenonviolence
PC World – There’s hacking, then there’s hacktivism. There’s malware, then there’s Android Trojans like the latest threat discovered by Symantec. Android.Walkinwat is like the Batman of mobile malware–a rogue vigilante seeking justice through means that also skirt legality, but for a good cause.