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PC World – A China-based root DNS server associated with networking problems in Chile and the U.S. has been disconnected from the Internet. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
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Google Defies China, Hacker Heads to the Clink (PC World)
March 26th, 2010 
Vince PC World – The battle between China and Google dominated the headlines this week after Google decided to stop censoring its search results. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
Google Fiber Candidates: Top 5 Desperate Cities (PC World)
March 26th, 2010 Vince PC World – What’s more entertaining than the sight of civic leaders fawning all over Google for a little high-speed action? In recent weeks, cities across the U.S. have staged some fairly bizarre antics to convince Google to build its proposed 1-gigabit fiber-optic network in their area. The search giant will make its decision by the end of 2010. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
More than 1,100 communities seek Google network (AP)
March 26th, 2010 Vince 
AP – More than 1,100 communities have approached Google Inc. in hopes of landing one of the ultra-fast broadband networks that the company plans to build in a handful of spots around the country.
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Apple iBooks Sets $9.99 Price Point; Adds 30,000 Freebies (PC Magazine)
March 26th, 2010 Vince PC Magazine – In the ongoing war between online bookstores, price is key. And Apple’s iBooks electronic bookstore is apparently wading into battle, according to a report, with $9.99 bestseller pricing and easy access to the Project Gutenberg online book repository. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
Pleas for Google Fiber Rise as Deadline Nears (PC Magazine)
March 26th, 2010 Vince PC Magazine – The deadline is for submitting an application to Google’s experimental fiber network is just a few hours away, but the search engine giant already has interest from 600 communities and has received more than 190,000 comments on the proceeding, Google said Friday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
Apple May Have Leaked iPad Game Titles (PC World)
March 26th, 2010 Vince PC World – Apple reportedly let slip a preview of some iPad games that will be available in the iTunes App Store once the iPad ships to customers in early April. All of the purported iPad titles featured the terms “HD” or “XL” in their names, presumably meaning these apps were meant for a device larger than the 3.5-inch screen found on the iPhone or iPad Touch. The games were spotted by the blog PadGadget on Apple.com’s iTunes Preview, a Website-based catalog of iTunes store content. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
NY town angry over Net slurs at suicide victim (AP)
March 26th, 2010 Vince 
AP – A New York community is outraged over derogatory and negative comments that have appeared on Internet memorial sites to a popular high school senior who committed suicide.
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More than 600 communities vying for Google network (AP)
March 26th, 2010 Vince AP – More than 600 communities have approached Google Inc. in hopes of landing one of the ultra-fast broadband networks that the company plans to build in a handful of spots around the country.
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Summary Box: Verizon winds down FiOS expansion (AP)
March 26th, 2010 Vince AP – WHAT’S HAPPENING: Verizon has stopped extending the reach of its fiber-optic TV and Internet service, FiOS. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
Deadline nears for top CTO, enterprise architect awards (InfoWorld)
March 26th, 2010 Vince InfoWorld – Is your CTO one of the best? If so, nominate him or her for the 2010 CTO 25 Awards presented by InfoWorld.com, the Web site focused on modernizing IT through effective use of business technlogy. Nominees may have the CTO title or an equivalent title such as IT director, VP of technology, or — if there is not also a CTO-equivalent position in the organization — CIO. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
Apple iBooks Sets $9.99 Price Point; Adds 20,000 Freebies (PC Magazine)
March 26th, 2010 Vince PC Magazine – In the ongoing war between online bookstores, price is key. And Apple’s iBooks electronic bookstore is apparently wading into battle, according to a report, with $9.99 bestseller pricing and easy access to the Project Gutenberg online book repository. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
US cities vie to win Google’s broadband favor (AFP)
March 26th, 2010 Vince AFP – A city in Kansas renamed itself “Google.” A Florida mayor hopped into a tank full of sharks to impress the Internet titan. Baltimore named a “Google Czar” and scores of towns held “Google Days.”
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Improve Your 3G Connection with an AT&T MicroCell (PC World)
March 26th, 2010 Vince PC World – AT&T announced this week at the CTIA show in Las Vegas that it will soon make its femtocell device available to subscribers nationwide. The femtocell–which AT&T has dubbed the MicroCell–creates a mini 3G cell tower in your home or office, and leverages your existing broadband network to resolve slow or spotty 3G coverage. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
Will the iPad be Jailbroken at Launch? (PC World)
March 26th, 2010 Vince PC World – iPhone hacker George Hotz claims he has developed a new untethered software jailbreak method for the iPhone and iPod Touch that may also work on the iPad. Hotz, also known online as Geohot, says in a recent blog post that his new unnamed jailbreak method is as simple to use as his previous iPhone software jailbreak, blackra1n. The new software will purportedly work on all currently jailbroken iPhone and iPod Touch models. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News
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