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  • Russian ex-officer's anti-corruption blog causes stir

    Reuters – Tue Nov 10, 12:29 pm ET  

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - A former Russian policeman, who accused officers in his home town of corruption in blogs that had more than one million Internet hits, said on Tuesday he wanted to discuss the affair with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Full Story »

  • US State Dept 'deplores assault' on Cuban bloggers

    AP – Tue Nov 10, 9:26 am ET  

    HAVANA - The U.S. State Department issued a statement late Monday decrying attacks on three Cuban bloggers, including one who has gained international attention for her searing observations about life on the communist island. Full Story »

  • US condemns Cuba over blogger beatings

    AFP – Mon Nov 9, 11:13 pm ET  
    Cuban police patrol cars line Havana's Malecon seafront.... AFP/File

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said it "strongly deplores" the forcible detention and beating last week of three Cuban bloggers on their way to a peaceful march in Havana. Full Story »

  • Award-winning Cuban blogger says she was beaten, detained

    AFP – Sat Nov 7, 5:15 pm ET  
    Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, gives an interview to AFP in Havana... AFP/File

    HAVANA (AFP) - Secret police agents abducted and beat award-winning blogger Yoani Sanchez, whose online reports chronicle the dark side of everyday life in communist Cuba, on her way to a march for non-violence, she said Saturday. Full Story »

  • Cuban blogger says she is briefly detained

    AP – Sat Nov 7, 6:06 am ET  

    HAVANA - A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity. Full Story »

  • PC World Podcast 52: Moto Droid Invades, AT&T Sues Verizon, and BlueBeat Rips Off the Beatles

    PC World – Fri Nov 6, 8:00 pm ET  

    This week on the PC World Podcast, Hassle-Free PC blogger Rick Broida joins PC World editors Robert Strohmeyer, Tim Moynihan, and Mark Sullivan for a half-hour discussion of the week's biggest tech stories. Full Story »

  • Microsoft Courier: A Feature Breakdown

    PC World – Thu Nov 5, 9:03 am ET  

    More details have emerged about Microsoft Courier, Redmond's rumored tablet project. Gadget blog Gizmodo has uncovered a set of illustrations that make it clearer how you would operate the device, and what its mains functions would be. On paper, Courier looks like it would be an innovative device, with some killer features. Full Story »

  • Scripps may announce Travel Channel deal Thurs: report

    Reuters – Wed Nov 4, 8:53 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scripps Networks is close to an agreement to acquire a majority stake in the Travel Channel from Cox Communications, the nation's third-largest cable company, the New York Times' DealBook blog reported on Wednesday. Full Story »

  • Seattle Experiments With Hyper Local News

    PC World – Mon Nov 2, 4:10 pm ET  

    The morning I was scheduled to talk to the co-founder of a collection of popular neighborhood news blogs in Seattle, he had to put me off for almost an hour because he had been busy covering a fire. Full Story »

  • Novell to Los Angeles: Drop Dead!

    PC World – Fri Oct 30, 10:03 pm ET  

    This must be a joke: A Novell corporate blog item that chastises the City of Los Angeles for recently selecting Google Apps to replace Novell's GroupWise e-mail and calendaring software. Full Story »

  • Will Twitter Lists Kill Follow Friday?

    PC Magazine – Fri Oct 30, 12:23 pm ET  

    Twitter's recently rolled out Lists feature may spell the end of a micro-blogging tradition. Full Story »

  • Windows 7 Upgrade Hack Illegal, Microsoft Says

    PC Magazine – Fri Oct 30, 8:57 am ET  

    Have you been reading those blog posts about a Windows 7 hack that will allow a clean install of the OS using an upgrade disc rather than the full version? Microsoft wants you to know that while this might be possible, it is also illegal - unless you own a valid license, which many do. Full Story »

  • Microsoft Warns Against Misuse of Windows 7 Upgrades

    NewsFactor – Thu Oct 29, 4:59 pm ET  

    Microsoft has a bit of advice for people using the Windows 7 operating system introduced earlier this month: Follow the law. In a blog posting at the Microsoft SMB Community Blog, Eric Ligman of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group wrote that a number of blogs and postings are offering hacks that enable the use of a less-expensive upgrade disk for a new Windows 7 installation. Full Story »

  • Is Your Windows 7 Install Illegal?

    PC World – Thu Oct 29, 12:03 pm ET  

    Microsoft issued a friendly reminder in a blog post earlier this week that if you installed Windows 7 on a blank hard drive using an upgrade disc, your Windows installation is illegal. Well, maybe... but I'll get to that in a second. Full Story »

  • Twitter Rival Wins Over Popular Taiwanese Politician

    PC World – Thu Oct 29, 6:00 am ET  

    Plurk, a rival to Twitter that offers Chinese-language mini-blogging, has won an unlikely promoter in former Taiwanese presidential candidate Frank Hsieh. The runner-up in last year's Taiwan election launched a new book on Thursday titled "Frank's Plurk Diary." Full Story »

  • Margaret Atwood tweeting, blogging for new novel

    Reuters – Wed Oct 28, 2:40 pm ET  

    LONDON (Reuters) - On the verge of her 70th birthday, Canadian author Margaret Atwood is forging into new territory to promote her latest novel "The Year of the Flood." Full Story »

  • Gizmodo duped by virus ad, apologizes

    AFP – Tue Oct 27, 3:04 pm ET  
    Popular US gadget blog Gizmodo apologized to its readers on Tuesday... Gizmodo

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Popular US gadget blog Gizmodo apologized to its readers on Tuesday after being duped by malware masquerading as an advertisement. Full Story »

  • MSN in music talks with MySpace: AllThingsD

    AFP – Tue Oct 27, 12:07 pm ET  
    Chinese media arrive for the launch the MSN China, a Chinese-language... AFP/File

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Microsoft's MSN is in talks with MySpace about using the social network?s MySpace Music to help power music offerings on the software giant's online portal, technology blog AllThingsD said Tuesday. Full Story »

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