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China targets Google in crackdown on pornography (AP)
Posted on 01.05.09 by templeton @ 11:00 am

AP - China launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography Monday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as Google.


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As Conflict Rages, Israel Seeks Supporters Online (PC World)
Posted on 01.05.09 by templeton @ 11:00 am

PC World – Embroiled in a deepening military campaign in Gaza, Israel is using the Internet to relay its side of conflict.


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China targets big websites in Internet crackdown (Reuters)
Posted on 01.05.09 by templeton @ 11:00 am

People use computers at an Internet cafe in Changzhi<b>,</b> north China's Shanxi province June 20<b>,</b> 2007. <b>(</b>Stringer/Reuters<b>)</b>Reuters – China has launched a crackdown against major websites that officials accused of threatening morals by spreading pornography and vulgarity, including the dominant search engines Google and Baidu.



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World’s top gadget show plugging into the Internet (AFP)
Posted on 01.05.09 by templeton @ 11:00 am

Visitors make free phone calls at the Vonage display at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show <b>(</b>CES<b>)</b> in Las Vegas<b>,</b> Nevada in 2008. Smart gadgets<b>,</b> lifelike video<b>,</b> and pocket versions of laptop computers are expected to be Consumer Electronics Show <b>(</b>CES<b>)</b> stars as the annual extravaganza follows its gizmos onto the Web.<b>(</b>AFP/File/Robyn Beck<b>)</b>AFP - Smart gadgets, lifelike video, and pocket versions of laptop computers are expected to be Consumer Electronics Show (CES) stars as the annual extravaganza follows its gizmos onto the Web.



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Steve Jobs has hormone imbalance, will remain CEO (AP)
Posted on 01.05.09 by templeton @ 11:00 am

AP - Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, said Monday that a hormonal imbalance is to blame for the weight loss that has prompted worries about his health.


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Recession to steal some glitz from gadget show (AP)
Posted on 01.05.09 by templeton @ 11:00 am

A security guard walks past a sign for the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show <b>(</b>CES<b>)</b> at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas on Saturday<b>,</b> Jan. 3<b>,</b> 2009. The International Consumer Electronics Show<b>,</b> the largest trade show in the U.S.<b>,</b> opens next week in Las Vegas with a full slate of giant TVs and inventive gadgets<b>,</b> despite the pall of a recession hanging over the industry. <b>(</b>AP Photo/Jae C. Hong<b>)</b>AP - The International Consumer Electronics Show, the largest trade show in the U.S., opens this week in Las Vegas with a full slate of giant TVs and inventive gadgets, despite the pall of a recession hanging over the industry.



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China targets Google in crackdown on pornography (AP)
Posted on 01.05.09 by templeton @ 11:00 am

AP - China launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography Monday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as Google.


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Linuxy New Year’s Resolutions
Posted on 01.05.09 by templeton @ 11:00 am


So 2009 is here at last, and not a moment too soon! Finally we can put another Holiday Season behind us and get back to work. Some of us, of course, are still recovering from the seasonal merriment; others are still pondering gifts they received. To wit: On Digg, Rekzai earned more than 3,340 Diggs and 345 comments for posting a photograph titled, “I like Linux, so my aunt sends me this for Christmas!” No shortage of penguins in that thoughtful assortment—lucky geek, that Rekzai!


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Where the Tech Jobs Are, Part 1
Posted on 01.05.09 by templeton @ 11:00 am


High-tech job seekers should take heart. Despite the daily onslaught of grim economic news, the need for skilled information technology staff remains stable, according to the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report, released earlier this month. Twelve percent of chief information officers polled in the survey said they planned to expand their IT departments in the first quarter of 2009; 4 percent, by contrast, expected to make staff cutbacks. That net 8 percent hiring increase remains unchanged from the fourth quarter.


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Will Work for Praise: The Web’s Free-Labor Economy
Posted on 01.05.09 by templeton @ 11:00 am


It’s dawn at a Los Angeles apartment overlooking the Hollywood Hills. Laura Sweet, a graphic designer in her early 40s, sits at a computer and begins to surf the Net. She searches intently, unearthing such bizarre treasures for sale as necklaces for trees and tattoo-covered pigs. As usual, she posts them on a shopping site called “ThisNext.com.” Asked why in the world she spends so many hours each week working for free, she answers: “It’s a labor of love.”


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