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FTC Member Rips into Google's Privacy Efforts (PC World)
PC World - Several major U.S. Internet companies, including Google and Facebook, need to "step up" and better protect consumer privacy or face tougher penalties from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a commissioner said Wednesday.
March 17, 2010 10:50 PM

Google working with Intel, Sony on TV project: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc is working with Intel Corp and Sony Corp to develop a new class of Internet-enabled televisions and set top boxes, according to a media report.
March 17, 2010 8:52 PM

New password-stealing virus targets Facebook (Reuters)
Reuters - Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information.
March 17, 2010 8:08 PM

Google, Intel, Sony team up on Google TV: NY Times (AFP)

A customer is pictured watching a recent TV broadcast at an electronics' store. Google and Intel have teamed up with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Internet to a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes, according to The New York Times report.(AFP/File/Park Ji-Hwan)AFP - Google and Intel have teamed up with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Internet to a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes, The New York Times said.



March 17, 2010 7:47 PM

Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit (AP)

YouTube said Wednesday that 24 hours worth of video are being uploaded to the video-sharing site every minute.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)AP - A legal tussle pitting media conglomerate Viacom Inc. against online video leader YouTube is about to get dirtier as a federal judge prepares to release documents that will expose their secrets and other confidential information.



March 17, 2010 7:08 PM

Seattlepi.com celebrates 1 year of Web-only news (AP)
AP - Seattlepi.com, the online successor to the print version of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, celebrates its first birthday Thursday with music, free cupcakes and cheap beer.
March 17, 2010 7:05 PM

Texan accused of disabling 100 cars over Internet (AP)
AP - A man fired from a Texas auto dealership used an Internet service to remotely disable ignitions and set off car horns of more than 100 vehicles sold at his old workplace, police said Wednesday.
March 17, 2010 5:49 PM

EA to offer complete online Woods game around Masters (Reuters)

Tiger Woods practices his swing outside his home in Windermere, Florida, February 18, 2010. REUTERS/Sam Greenwood/PoolReuters - Tiger Woods return to pro golf for the Masters tournament next month is being celebrated by more than fans as EA Sports will launch the final commercial version of its online golf game named after the world's top golfer that week, the company's president said on Wednesday.



March 17, 2010 5:17 PM

FCC plans to announce broadband agenda (Reuters)
Reuters - The Federal Communications Commission plans to announce in coming weeks an agenda of proceedings stemming from the recommendations in the national broadband plan, an agency official said.
March 17, 2010 4:36 PM

FCC Should Expect Broadband Plan Opposition, Official Says (PC World)
PC World - As the U.S. Federal Communications Commission begins to implement its first national broadband plan in the coming weeks, it should expect opposition from nearly everyone in the tech and telecom communities to some parts of the proposal, said the leader of the team that put it together.
March 17, 2010 4:30 PM