AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/30/10 10:13 AM

AFP - Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other products were being blocked.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/30/10 8:36 AM

AFP - The Australian government Friday committed to expanding its fibre broadband Internet network to a further 300,000 homes across the vast island continent if re-elected at next month's polls.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/30/10 7:02 AM

AP - Australia's government expanded its ambitious plan to bring broadband to much of the vast country, adding 300,000 homes and businesses to the coverage area Friday in hopes of winning votes in next month's federal election. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/30/10 6:39 AM

AP - Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/30/10 5:51 AM

AP - Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China - a key market where the company has been locked in a high-profile battle over online censorship.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/30/10 3:28 AM

PC World - Google's search engine in China appeared to have been partially blocked overnight Thursday, but a Google spokeswoman said the service was up and running again by Friday morning local time. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/30/10 2:00 AM

Reuters - Google Inc said its earlier report that Internet search services in China were being fully blocked could have been the result of a technical glitch that overstated the problem. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/30/10 1:53 AM

PC World - Smartphones, tablet PCs and other wireless devices are poised to play a greater role in health care as doctors and patients embrace the mobile Internet, panelists at a mobile health technology conference in Boston said Thursday. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/30/10 1:50 AM

Reuters - Google Inc's Web search and mobile services in China were blocked on Thursday, according to a message on the company's website. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 11:43 PM

Reuters - Google Inc said its Web search and mobile services in China were blocked on Thursday, weeks after Beijing agree to extend the company's Chinese webpage license. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 11:38 PM

AFP - Former US spy master and retired general Michael Hayden warned on Thursday that the country's "cyber flank" was exposed and it was losing clout to influence rules of war on the Internet.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 11:36 PM

AP - Google says people in mainland China are being blocked from using its Internet search engine.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 11:10 PM

Reuters - Online travel agency Expedia Inc on Thursday reported a higher-than-expected profit as travel bookings rose, boosting its shares 2 percent. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 10:28 PM

PC World - I purchased the RegWork Windows Registry cleaner online but lost my Internet connection before I could download it. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 8:20 PM

Reuters - A court in Russia's far east has ordered an Internet provider to block five sites which it said disseminated extreme views, prompting U.S. Internet giant Google to say on Thursday the move restricted access to information. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 7:13 PM

Mashable - A Day's Outing, a website dedicated to helping users find nearby day trips, weekend get-aways or quick excursions across the U.S., has just launched its new iPhone app [iTunes link], making it easy to find ways to spend these dog days of summer, whether you're traveling with family, in small groups or on your own. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 7:05 PM

PC World - A bill to regulate Internet gambling cleared its first hurdle yesterday on the way to becoming a law. The measure--which would require anyone running Net gambling operations to be licensed by the U.S. government if they want to take bets from U.S. citizens--cleared the House Financial Services committee by a vote of 41-22 and now goes before the full House of Representatives. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 6:59 PM

AFP - The White House wants to give the FBI easier access to the Internet activity of suspects without a court order, the Washington Post reported Thursday.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 5:14 PM

AFP - A Chinese court has jailed the webmasters of three Uighur-language Internet sites who were detained following deadly ethnic unrest in China's Xinjiang region last year, Radio Free Asia said Thursday.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 5:00 PM

Ben Patterson - Heard about the new, smaller Kindle? My fellow tech blogger Chris Null had the scoop Wednesday night, and I was recently lucky enough to spend some hands-on time with Amazon’s lighter, pared-down e-reader. After playing with it for a few minutes, I’m pretty sure I want one. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 5:00 PM

AFP - Austrian online betting company bwin announced Thursday it had signed a merger agreement with British rival PartyGaming.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 4:32 PM

AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday that the racial firestorm that led to the ouster of a black Agriculture Department official was a "phony controversy" generated by the media. He said his administration overreacted by forcing her out.

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Mashable - This series is supported by Ben & Jerry's Joe, Ben & Jerry's new line-up of Fair Trade and frozen iced coffee drinks. Learn more about it here. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 2:14 PM

Mashable - Maria Ogneva is the Director of Social Media at Attensity, a social media engagement and voice-of-customer platform that helps the social enterprise serve and collaborate with the social customer. You can follow her on Twitter at @themaria or @attensity360, or find her musings on her personal blog and her company's blog. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 12:20 PM

AP - Vietnam has banned the advertisement of online games and restricted access after several cases in which young people committed murder or robbery to get money to pay to play, an official said Thursday. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 10:18 AM

PC World - Zynga, the online gaming company best known for its Farmville Facebook game, has received a US$150 million investment from Japanese Internet company Softbank. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 9:10 AM

AFP - The Internet has undergone a key upgrade that promises to stop cyber criminals from using fake websites that dupe people into downloading viruses or revealing personal data.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 3:03 AM

Christopher Null - How do you know how fast your Internet connection is? You probably just trust that your ISP is giving you the bandwidth you’re paying for and go on your merry way. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/29/10 2:02 AM

AP - HULU PLUS: Hulu, the website with shows from ABC, Fox and NBC, is now available as an app for iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads and Samsung Internet-connected TVs. High-definition shows look great even on big TVs, and the iPhone version works over the cellular network. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 9:27 PM

AP - WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief claims his organization doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents, telling journalists that the Web site was set up to hide the source of its data from those who receive it.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 9:22 PM

AP - An online parody of a Jay-Z hit that swaps New York's metropolis for a modest Welsh port town has won hundreds of thousands of fans, the director of the spoof said Wednesday. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 7:44 PM

Reuters - Amazon.com said its best-selling Kindle device was currently out of stock, leading one Internet analyst to surmise the online retailer was poised to launch a new version.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 6:56 PM

Reuters - CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler said on Wednesday the top-rated TV network was "restless, motivated and paranoid" about developing new shows and looking increasingly to social networking and the Internet for its next big hits. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 6:35 PM

Reuters - Hackers replaced a "Book of the Dead" with neo-Nazi slogans and symbols on World War Two concentration camp Buchenwald's website (www.buchenwald.de) on Wednesday and completely erased the Mittelbau Dora camp website. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 6:29 PM

AP - IAC/InterActiveCorp reported stronger second-quarter revenue Wednesday, citing growth in its search and Match online dating businesses. Net income fell, however, because the comparison quarter a year ago included a bump from the sale of its Match Europe operations.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 6:28 PM

PC World - Last week, Facebook announced that it had amassed 500 million users, a formable portion of the global Internet audience. But even as Mark Zuckerberg and company celebrates, others are busy trying to uproot Facebook's popularity by establishing a set of open standards to share Facebook-like features across the Internet. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 6:20 PM

Macworld.com - Microsoft has started rolling out more details about Office 2011, the upcoming upgrade of its productivity suite. On Wednesday, the company posted a brief video on its Mac Mojo blog showing off a few of the suite’s new features. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 6:09 PM

Macworld.com - If you casually surf the Internet for chuckles, you’ve probably come across at least one Cracked.com article. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 6:08 PM

PC World - Mobile Roadie, a company known for its semi-custom app maker, launched its bigger, better, and more customizable Mobile Roadie Pro on Wednesday. The original app maker features predefined color schemes and an easy online interface for designing a fairly professional-looking iPhone or Android app. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 5:41 PM

PC Magazine - Sen. John Kerry said Tuesday that he will join his House colleagues and take a crack at privacy legislation. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 5:04 PM

AFP - Japan's fair trade watchdog said Wednesday it saw no monopoly problem with a search alliance between top Internet portal Yahoo! Japan and Google, Kyodo News reported.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 5:04 PM

AFP - Google is holding talks with online game developers as part of its bid to build a social-networking service that could compete with Facebook, The Wall Street Journal reported.

us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 4:58 PM

PC World - It seems only a matter of time before the Internet's version of Clash of the Titans occurs between Google and Facebook. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 4:26 PM

The Upshot - Presidents stop at lots of random places to shake hands and pose for pictures — like sub shops in Edison, N.J. No one seems to mind that. But one of Obama’s other pit stops Wednesday has prompted much hand-wringing debate … us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 4:14 PM

PC World - Next week may see the debut of the Blackberry 6 operating system running on a brand new slider phone, suggested by an upcoming press announcement. Many sites and blogs are getting excited about invitations from Research In Motion and AT&T for an event in New York City on August 3. The event invitation doesn't say much, but its timing lines up with previous rumors that the Blackberry Bold 9800 would debut this summer. us.rd.yahoo.com | 7/28/10 1:53 PM