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Web will be 'critical' revenue source for Times: publisher (AFP)

The NYTimes.com website is displayed on a laptop. Charging online readers will give The New York Times a critical second revenue stream but the print newspaper will be important for AFP - Charging online readers will give The New York Times a critical second revenue stream but the print newspaper will be important for "many years to come," publisher Arthur Sulzberger said Thursday.



March 11, 2010 6:53 PM

Ga. man who posted 'Elton John must die' arrested (AP)

Musician Elton John arrives at the Elton John Oscar Party in West Hollywood, Calif. on Sunday, March 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - A Georgia man who posted a video of himself on the Internet holding a sign that said "Elton John must die" has been arrested for making terroristic threats.



March 11, 2010 5:47 PM

VeriSign to spend more than $300M on tech upgrades (AP)
AP - VeriSign Inc., whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access Web sites with names ending in ".com" and ".net," plans to spend more than $300 million over the next decade to upgrade its systems.
March 11, 2010 5:35 PM

Battle for human rights increasingly fought on Internet: US (AFP)

A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe. The United States said Thursday that the battle for human rights is increasingly being fought on the Internet as China, Iran and other states try to block access by political activists and others.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The United States said Thursday that the battle for human rights is increasingly being fought on the Internet as China, Iran and other states try to block access by political activists and others.



March 11, 2010 5:32 PM

OnLive Plans On-Demand Streaming of Video Games (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In a move to shake up the online gaming industry, OnLive has announced PC and Mac versions of its on-demand, instant-play games will roll out in June during the E3 2010 show. Here's the rub: Gamers don't have to buy a console, and they can get broadband speeds.
March 11, 2010 3:56 PM

Summary Box: Report on online censorship (AP)
AP - THE INTERNET'S `ENEMIES': A dozen countries were deemed by Reporters Without Borders to be the most repressive at censorship.
March 11, 2010 3:46 PM

Glance: Countries in Internet censorship report (AP)
AP - Reporters Without Borders issued its annual report on countries least tolerant of Internet freedoms:
March 11, 2010 3:27 PM

Rights group puts Australia on Internet watchlist (AFP)

Customers log onto the Internet in a cafe in Sydney in 2009. A top media rights watchdog listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report published Friday on countries that pose a threat of Internet censorship.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - A top media rights watchdog listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report published Friday on countries that pose a threat of Internet censorship.



March 11, 2010 3:23 PM

Report finds online censorship more sophisticated (AP)

A woman works online in her cubicle at an office in Beijing on February 4, 2010. China's homegrown social media sites like Weibo are booming thanks to their better knowledge of the world's largest Internet market, and the censorship stifling foreign rivals like Facebook, Twitter, and Google-owned YouTube.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AP - Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a study out Thursday.



March 11, 2010 3:21 PM

Google honours Iranian women bloggers (AFP)

An Iranian youth browses a political blog at an Internet cafe in the city of Hamadan, 360 kms southwest of Tehran in 2009. Internet giant Google on Thursday joined a top journalists' rights group in rewarding a collective of Iranian women bloggers for their reporting on last year's post-election unrest.(AFP/File/Nima Daymari)AFP - Internet giant Google on Thursday joined a top journalists' rights group in rewarding a collective of Iranian women bloggers for their reporting on last year's post-election unrest.



March 11, 2010 3:21 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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