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Google puts tsunami alert on home page
AFP, Published on 12/03/2011
» Google put a tsunami alert on its famously spartan home page on Friday following the massive earthquake in Japan.
Trendsetters revel in technology in Texas
AFP, Published on 12/03/2011
» Innovators and trendsetters are heading to Texas for a technology festival renowned as a springboard for Web sensations such as Twitter and Foursquare.
China to launch 4G service in 2014: state media
AFP, Published on 12/03/2011
» China plans to roll out commercial "fourth generation" mobile phone technology nationwide in 2014, state media has said, citing the country's top telecom regulator.
NY Times, Huffington Post exchange barbs
AFP, Published on 12/03/2011
» Bill Keller, executive editor of the venerable New York Times, and Arianna Huffington, founder of brash newcomer The Huffington Post, exchanged blows on Thursday in a highly public spat.
US videogame industry scores February uptick
AFP, Published on 12/03/2011
» Industry tracker NPD Group on Thursday reported that US videogame sales rose in February as people snatched up consoles and hot accessories such as Kinect for Xbox 360.
Media rights group hails Tunisia, Egypt online progress
AFP, Published on 12/03/2011
» A press freedom watchdog took Egypt and Tunisia off its online censorship blacklist following their recent revolutions and awarded a web media award to Tunisian news bloggers on Friday.
Red Cross sets up website for Japan quake missing
AFP, Published on 12/03/2011
» The international and Japanese Red Cross on Friday set up a website to help thousands of people who have lost touch with relatives or friends in quake and tsunami hit Japan.
US warns of quake-related Internet scams
AFP, Published on 12/03/2011
» US computer security authorities warned on Friday that online scammers may seek to exploit the earthquake in Japan.
Made-for-Internet movie debuts on YouTube
AFP, Published on 12/03/2011
» YouTube on Friday began showing what it said was the first feature-length Hollywood movie created specifically for the Internet.
Senate panel to look into Google and Web search
AFP, Published on 12/03/2011
» The US senator who chairs the subcommittee on anti-trust issues has announced plans to examine Google's "dominance" of the Internet search market.