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ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
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Verizon and Google propose Web traffic rules
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Verizon Communications Inc <VZ.N> and Google Inc <GOOG.O> on Monday proposed principles for policing Web traffic, but stopped short of saying they should apply to wireless devices. The proposal came after the Federal Communications Commission failed to broker an agreement among Internet service providers and Web companies on "net neutrality."
Accuser of ex-HP CEO Hurd steps forward
SAN FRANCISCO - The female contractor whose sexual harassment accusation against Mark Hurd led to his ouster as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard <HPQ.N> came forward on Sunday, saying she never intended for Hurd to lose his job. The woman, Jodie Fisher, revealed her identity for the first time through a statement released by her attorney, Gloria Allred.
Oman says no plans to ban BlackBerry services
MUSCAT - Oman has no plans to block BlackBerry services, the small Gulf state said on Monday, as regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia worked with the device's maker on a solution that could avert a ban of some services. Offering the services was part of its "philosophy of free market in the sector," Oman's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said in a statement reported by state news agency ONA.
BlackBerry in bid to address Saudi security concerns
RIYADH/KUWAIT - BlackBerry maker and Saudi mobile firms are testing three servers to send communications and data through Saudi Arabia before Canada to address Riyadh's concerns over security, a Saudi official said on Sunday. Pressed by security authorities, the Saudi telecom regulator has given the kingdom's three mobile carriers until Monday to fulfill unspecified requirements before it proceeds with a threat to shut down the BlackBerry's Messenger.
iPhone exec departs Apple after "Antennagate"
SAN FRANCISCO - Mark Papermaster, the Apple <AAPL.O> executive in charge of iPhone engineering, has left the company weeks after the "Antennagate" controversy over complaints of poor reception on the company's latest smartphone. Apple spokesman Steve Dowling confirmed Papermaster's exit and said Bob Mansfield is assuming his responsibilities. Dowling declined to provide a reason for the departure of the former IBM <IBM.N> senior executive.
Apple ordered to publicize iPod fix in Japan
TOKYO - Japan's trade ministry has ordered Apple Inc's <AAPL.O> Japan unit to state on its website that users who are concerned about their iPod nano portable music player catching fire can receive a replacement battery. The ministry ordered Apple to publish an "easy to understand" statement online explaining how users of the devices -- responsible for four cases of minor burns in Japan -- can receive replacement batteries and obtain advice, a spokesman for the ministry said on Friday.
Internet traffic talks collapse
WASHINGTON - Regulators halted closed-door negotiations about net neutrality rules with phone, cable and Internet companies on Thursday after reports of a side deal between two participants, Verizon Communications Inc <VZ.N> and Google Inc <GOOG.O>, surfaced. "We have called off this round of stakeholder discussions," said Edward Lazarus, chief of staff for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski.
Apple in talks to buy China's Handseeing
HONG KONG - Apple Inc <AAPL.O> is in talks to buy Chinese software maker Handseeing, an executive at the Chinese company said on Friday, a deal that would mark the iPhone maker's first acquisition in the country. "We should have a decision in about one or two months," Tian Bo, vice-president for operations told Reuters by phone. "They're still talking about it and it's not quite settled yet right now."
New 3D film recreates Warsaw after 1944 uprising
WARSAW - Visitors to the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising will now be able to grasp the scale of devastation inflicted on the Polish capital by Nazi German forces in World War Two with the help of a 3D film. Adolf Hitler brutally suppressed the 1944 uprising, reducing the once-elegant, bustling city of 1.3 million to a burning shell whose ruins sheltered fewer than 1,000 people.
Saudi telecoms test fix to avert BlackBerry ban
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia told the kingdom's telecom operators on Saturday to test a proposed fix to the perceived national security threat posed by Research In Motion's <RIM.TO> BlackBerry smartphones, and said it would not ban service if the test was successful. The government had threatened to cut off BlackBerry's Messenger function to Saudi users on Friday, but so far has allowed the service to continue.
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