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Google gets nod from China to keep search page
SHANGHAI/NEW YORK - China gave Google Inc <GOOG.O> approval to keep operating its Chinese search page, resolving a months-long censorship dispute that had threatened its future in the world's top Internet market. The move, announced by Google on Friday, potentially removes another thorn in warming U.S.-China ties and reflects Beijing's desire to be seen as friendly to major foreign companies in spite of ideological differences, analysts say.
Gameworld: Motion games broaden uses beyond exercise
RALEIGH, North Carolina - Ever since Nintendo launched the Wii, gamers have been interacting with characters and working out with virtual trainers in titles like Electronic Arts' "EA Sports Active" or Ubisoft's "Your Shape." Nintendo is even encouraging families to exercise together with "Wii Games: Summer 2010," a national tour that kicks off in Jersey City, New Jersey on July 16 with Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson serving as an ambassador for the competition.
Online news site leads charge in French scandal
PARIS - An upstart online news service has led the way in investigating France's latest political funding scandal, defying President Nicolas Sarkozy's efforts to stamp his influence on the media. The Mediapart website has published a stream of embarrassing reports of alleged cash donations by France's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt, to conservative politicians, and meddling in judicial affairs, drawing presidential wrath.
Google's Schmidt undaunted by Apple or Facebook
SUN VALLEY, Idaho - Google Inc <GOOG.O> Chief Executive Eric Schmidt rejected any notion that Apple Inc <AAPL.O> or Facebook presented a threat to the web search leader's business. Most people "assume that these are zero-sum games, which are battles to the death," said Schmidt, who spoke with reporters in a one-hour briefing on Thursday at Sun Valley alongside Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
U.S. eavesdropping agency says Private Citizen is purely R&D
WASHINGTON - A contract has been awarded for research to help counter computer-based threats to national-security networks, the chief U.S. code-cracking and eavesdropping agency said, amid mounting concern over cyber vulnerabilities. The program, dubbed Perfect Citizen, is "purely a vulnerabilities-assessment and capabilities-development contract," Judith Emmel, a National Security Agency spokeswoman, said in an email to Reuters.
Google to resume gathering map data in 4 countries
BANGALORE - Google Inc, which is at the heart of a controversy over its data collection methods, has decided to resume gathering images in four countries for its Street View mapping service. After conversations with regulators, the Internet search company will start driving its cars in Ireland, Norway, South Africa and Sweden from next week, it said on its European Public Policy blog.
Online protest on Egyptian's death draws hundreds
CAIRO - Hundreds of Egyptians protested in Cairo and other cities on Friday over the death of an activist, whose case has raised concerns among Western governments and has spurred demonstrations at home calling for political change. Khaled Said, 28, died on June 6 in Alexandria. Witnesses and rights groups say two policemen dragged him out of an Internet cafe and beat him to death. Official autopsies said he choked on a plastic roll of drugs, but two officers will stand trial.
MySpace sale reports are "fabrications" says News Corp exec
SUN VALLEY News Corp <NWSA.O> digital chief Jonathan Miller said on Wednesday his company is not in talks to sell its once popular social networking site MySpace and described reports of any discussions as "fabrications." "We are definitely not in any ongoing talks for a sale of MySpace," he said on the sidelines of the Allen & Co organized media conference.
Cable companies, networks mull smaller TV bundles
SUN VALLEY, Idaho - Cable operators and entertainment companies are talking about selling cheaper cable TV packages with fewer channels to attract and keep customers trying to save money in a weak economy. The talks, which are still at an early stage, also could give cable companies an advantage in competing with cheaper Web TV services offered by companies like Google <GOOG.O>, Netflix <NFLX.O> and Apple <AAPL.O>.
Venezuela arrests two for banking rumor Tweets
CARACAS - Venezuelan police said on Thursday they arrested two people for spreading false rumors on the micro-blogging site Twitter aimed at destabilizing the Latin American country's banking system. While Venezuela's big banks are generally seen as structurally sound, a number of takeovers of small failing banks since last year triggered rumors of impending disaster in the sector, worrying savers.
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