More censorship coming soon.



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China starts office to control 457 million Internet users

BEIJING — Real estate saleswoman Jiang Rong knows there are restrictions on Internet access in China.

"But it's not a problem as I only go online to watch TV dramas," says Jiang, 21, of the southwestern city Chengdu. "I agree with the government that 'harmony' is most important for China now," she says, using the Communist Party's term for its policy of stifling dissent while pursuing development.

Last week, China established a new government agency designed to ensure that the rest of the nation's world-beating 457 million Internet users are equally compliant and that its fast-growing Internet companies, several of which are waiting for a listing on U.S. stock exchanges, play by Beijing's rules.

The State Internet Information Office said it will ensure the "healthy development" of China's Internet. Assuming responsibilities now spread across several ministries, the agency will supervise both content and companies in everything from online news reporting to gaming and video.

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Coupons and voucher won't make this better...



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Up to $49 billion unpaid by uninsured for hospitalizations

WASHINGTON — Uninsured Americans — including those with incomes well above the poverty line — leave hospitals with unpaid tabs of up to $49 billion a year, according to a government study released today.

On average, uninsured families pay only about 12% of their hospital bills in full. Families with incomes above 400% of the poverty level, or about $88,000 a year for a family of four, pay about 37% of their hospital bills in full, according to the Department of Health and Human Services study.

"This report shows that even higher-income, uninsured families are struggling to meet the high costs of health care," Sherry Glied, assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at Health and Human Services, said in a statement. "No family should bear the burden of being one illness or accident away from bankruptcy."

More: http://usat.me?46998758

R'uh R'oh



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Attackers Using Google Image Search to Distribute Malware - 

Attackers are now using Google's image search to distributed malware, security experts say. Thousands of sites have reportedly been compromised by code injection--the malicious code redirects users to fake antivirus applications.

Internet Storm Center researcher Bojan Zdrnja writes that the attackers are mostly targeting Wordpress sites, and are injecting PHP code that generates pages with images based on highly-searched content. Google then indexes these pages, and the images show up on Google's image search.

Attackers Using Google Image Search to Distribute Malware

It seems like getting a solid backup would be a problem though...



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iPhone OS updates could soon come wirelessly

iPhone users must currently sync their handsets with their computers to receive system updates. That may be changing.

This is extremely cool



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Robo-Giving -

DON-8r (pronounced "donator") is a small,  fund-raising robot that travels through public spaces relying upon coin donations from passers-by to keep it moving. Each donation not only helps to power DON-8r but also goes directly towards supporting a chosen charity.

Inspired by the increasingly negative attitude that many people have towards on-the-street charity workers, DON-8r raises money through encouraging playful and empathetic support from strangers and passers-by.

More: http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/05/05/robo-giving/

I have this. It is really good.



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Review: iSSH for iPhone and iPad

Not every iOS user needs an SSH app, but those who do will appreciate this indispensable utility for iOS device-toting system administrators.

Check this



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Couchbase offers NoSQL for iPhone

Couchbase has released a beta version of the CouchDB for the iPhone.

SETI stops listening for alien signals



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--DKS-- I wonder if Arecibo is still collecting and submitting data.

Radio telescope array shut down due to funding cuts

If E.T. has been trying to phone us since returning home, he can stop. After four years of scanning the skies for radio signals that might be evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence, the Allen Telescope Array in California is shutting down, a victim of funding cuts.

InformationWeek reports that due to sharp funding cuts from the National Science Foundation and California, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute has shut down the 42-antenna array while it embarks on a more terrestrial search for other funding sources.

"2011 was expected to be a banner year for the group because recent space probe missions have revealed the locations of over 1,000 possible Earthlike planets — and with them, regions of space where the array could scan for signs of the civilizations we hope to find on planets like our own," wrote Annalee Newitz on io9.com, a website devoted to science and science fiction.

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HBO Go App Brings Premium Content to Your IOS Device

Premium cable content from HBO comes to the iPad at last, as the network on Friday released its long-awaited HBO Go app for iPhone and iPad. The app brings both...

This had the happen eventually.



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Google moves to extract more from Apps

Free isn't forever

Hard on the heels of its disappointing earnings announcement. Google will no longer offer free Google Apps to businesses with more than 10 users.…

In an announcement posted on the Google Enterprise Blog, the company included the news in a post describing how it was making its apps "easier to adopt and manage" for small businesses.

While existing business subscribers will be able to run up to 50 users on a free account, all new business sign-ons will have to choose between the existing US$50 per-user annual plan, or a new no-contract US$5 per-user, per-month "flexible plan".

New details



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Apple 'not tracking' iPhone users

Apple has denied that its iPhones and 3G iPads have been secretly recording their owners' movements.

More than a week after the issue came to public attention, Apple released an online question and answer document.

It said: "The iPhone is not logging your location. Rather, it's maintaining a database of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers around your current location, some of which may be located more than one hundred miles away from your iPhone, to help your iPhone rapidly and accurately calculate its location when requested."

Wonder if Groupon wants that Google cash now...



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Facebook Launches Deals to Compete With Groupon

Posted on Tuesday Apr 26, 2011 5:33 AM by Ian Paul

Facebook's anticipated 'Groupon-killer' offering group-based local coupon dealsreportedly launches on Tuesday in five pilot cities in the U.S. including Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego and San Francisco. The service is called Facebook Deals--the old Facebook Deals announced in November appears to be renamed Check-In Deals--and will focus on offering discounts for group activities such as such as 50 percent off movie tickets for four or 75 percent off bowling for six. You will be able to buy local deals using your credit card or Facebook credits, according to The New York Times. You will then print out a voucher that you can take with you to redeem your deal.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/226244/facebook_launches_deals_to_compete_with_groupon.html

Interesting.



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Your Android Phone is Tracking You

The iPhone isn't the only mobile device that constantly knows where you are.

A sucker is born every minute, right?



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Keep the winning mind of Charlie Sheen in your pocket with new Apple iPhone app

While Charlie Sheen is winning on his tour, you can take his mind with you in your pocket wherever you go thanks to the "MaSheen" app available at the App Store for $2.99...Photos: ...

Take a look



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Inside a Google Data Center

Google, unlike Facebook, isn't open-sourcing the technologies it's created for its data centers. But it is providing a video tour of one of the centers:

Ouch...



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SquareTrade drop tests the BlackBerry Playbook

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Dropping your brand new BlackBerry PlayBook to test its durability isn't really suggested. But luckily for us, there are people out there interested in these sorts of things and as such, they've done the dropping for everyone. SquareTrade, which offers extended warranties for your BlackBerry PlayBook has done a drop test video for us all. Sit back, press play and check out the desturction. Also, if you head on over to the yYouTube page and leave a comment about what you want the to drop next -- you'll be entered to win some warrenty coverage. This is of course, their contest -- not ours. So please, do't leave any comments belwo expecting to win, you'll need to hit YouTube to ...

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Call it Cloudgate, Cloudpocalyse or whatever you'd like, but the extended collapse of Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) is both a setback for cloud computing and an opportunity for us to figure out how to stop it from happening again.

http://mashable.com/2011/04/22/amazon-cloud-collapse/

Hmmmm...



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Apple iPhone sales double in 2011

Latest profits for the computer giant Apple beat most hopes with a 113% rise in iPhone sales - but iPad sales disappoint.

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