China plans online gambling crackdown (Reuters)
Reuters – China plans to crack down on the online gambling industry, including the banks and websites that support it, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement posted on its website.
Iran’s resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse web game (Reuters)
Reuters – With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails.
Black Hawk Down: China Busted Hacker-Training Site (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – The Chinese government has arrested three hackers who were running an online hacker-training business. The trio of hackers operated Black Hawk Safety Net, a company that collected nearly $1 million from more than 120,000 members.
Nook E-Reader Heads to Barnes & Noble Stores (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – Barnes & Noble said Monday that its popular nook e-book reader is back in stock online and will be rolling out in the majority of the bookseller’s U.S. stores this week. Customers also will be able to enjoy exclusive Valentine’s Day-themed online content this month, the company said.
MySpace Music experiments with audio ads (AP)
AP – Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear before listening to music for free online.
Report: Google to Make Gmail More Social (PC World)
PC World – Google plans to tweak Gmail to make it easier for its users to post and share status updates, in an attempt to inject the Web mail service with social-networking capabilities popularized by Twitter and Facebook, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Spain’s Telefonica considers charging Google (AP)
AP – Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use.
Report: Google to Add Social Features to Gmail (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine – Google will be adding hooks to popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter via Gmail, according to reports. Is this a push version of Google’s Social Search?
NY Governor is not resigning: spokeswoman (Reuters)
Reuters – New York Governor David Paterson is not planning to resign, his spokeswoman Marissa Shorenstein said on Monday, calling blog reports to that effect “entirely fabricated.”
Google’s First Super Bowl Ad Shows its Softer Side (PC World)
PC World – Google doesn’t tend to show itself off. Why would it need to? It’s a household name, often synonymous with search, the go-to search engine. Even if Google didn’t flood the news on an almost daily basis, at this point, it’d be impossible to ignore its influence. Yet still, Google dug deep into the television advertising gambit on Sunday, airing a heartwarming spot during the be-all, end-all destination for ads: the Super Bowl.
Internet prompts the publishing itch in over-60s (Reuters)
Reuters – The Internet is helping older British readers rekindle a love of books and writing, and an overwhelming majority of senior citizens see the medium as a positive development, according to a survey.
Barnes & Noble’s Nook Is Finally Available (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine – Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-book reader is now available online and will be in stores by mid-week, the book retailer announced Monday.
Google’s Next Venture: Universal Translator (PC World)
PC World – Google wants to pioneer the first smartphone technology to translate foreign languages almost instantly, the search giant told British daily The Times. The technology will be able to convert spoken words into a different language in real time, and could be ready within a few years.
PayPal Suspends Personal Payments to India (PC World)
PC World – PayPal, an eBay company, has suspended personal payments to and from India and transfers to local banks in the country.
China Closes Hacker Training Site, Arrests Three Members (PC World)
PC World – Chinese police have shut down what they called the country’s biggest hacker training Web site and arrested three people linked to the site, local media said Saturday.
NetEase suspends new user registration for hit game (Reuters)
Reuters – China’s third-largest online game operator NetEase.com said it has suspended new user registration for World of Warcraft (WoW) in China and will reapply for a license to operate the expansion pack of Activision Blizzard’s hit game.
















































