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<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100314/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100313/capt.274fc85e0b8d46d7865fe913cb24b142-274fc85e0b8d46d7865fe913cb24b142-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=4k_nYEdCTvNxRuWSA7UROw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="In this image released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, checks a Chinese-made military plane during a ceremony at a military base in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Saturday, March. 13, 2010. Venezuela received its first shipment of six Chinese-made military planes, and Chavez said his government aims to buy 40 in all. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)" border="0" /></a>AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news Web site that he accused of spreading false information.

Mar 14, 2010 05:08:48 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100313/ap_on_en_ot/us_games_developers_conference"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100311/capt.f5613f9d6e084022b518ae187a8c177d.japan_sony_motion_controller_tok106.jpg?x=130&y=109&q=85&sig=2Bub0aRmkrETBsiMmBURkQ--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="In this undated image released by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony's new motion controller is shown. The Japanese maker of the PlayStation 3 unveiled Thursday, March 10, 2010, its highly anticipated motion controlling system, as it takes aim at Nintendo's dominance in the gaming sector. Used with the existing PlayStation Eye camera, the new wireless motion controller can track players' body movements. The controller, in turn, has on its end a light-emitting orb that is recognized by the camera. (AP Photo/Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)" border="0" /></a>AP - Motion controls and social gaming were the hot topics at this week's Game Developers Conference, the annual convention of game designers, programmers and executives.

Mar 13, 2010 10:21:37 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100312/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_executive_bonus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100312/capt.8cd54f562acc41d5ae5efb89c3331f1c-8cd54f562acc41d5ae5efb89c3331f1c-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=OkcYhyBgikeuaLAmIIP9YQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="FILE - In this June 8, 2009 file photo, Apple interim CEO and Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook smiles before the start of the the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for 'outstanding performance' running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave. Timothy Cook will also receive 75,000 restricted stock units scheduled to vest in 2011 and 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for "outstanding performance" running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave.

Mar 12, 2010 22:43:30 GMT

AP - A federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV providers such as satellite companies.

Mar 12, 2010 21:11:20 GMT

AP - Porn Web sites can't park themselves at a ".xxx" address quite yet.

Mar 12, 2010 17:47:23 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100312/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_google"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100312/capt.09a1c83fa25c40cc82242cde9ee210b3-09a1c83fa25c40cc82242cde9ee210b3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=J72gBTnqjRXdln3XvFjDYA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Li Yizhong, Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology, gestures during a press conference in Beijing Friday, March 12, 2010. Li, China's top Internet regulator, insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or 'pay the consequences,' giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)" border="0" /></a>AP - China's top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or "pay the consequences," giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking.

Mar 12, 2010 19:32:26 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100315/wr_nm/us_usa_broadband"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100304/i/r4159789489.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=cf9503fJRmW_jndFQ6pi5Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A screen shows Internet services available through an broadband-connected TiVo digital video recorder at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Steve Marcus" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. regulators will announce a major Internet policy this week to revolutionize how Americans communicate and play, proposing a dramatic increase in broadband speeds that could let people download a high-definition film in minutes instead of hours.

Mar 15, 2010 00:34:48 GMT

PC World - Apparently we aren't the only species to prefer the crisp, smooth picture of an HDTV compared to that from one of those old CRT sets of yesteryear.

Mar 13, 2010 19:52:00 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100314/tc_afp/lifestyleusitinternettelecomgypsiisxsw"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100314/capt.photo_1268607616887-1-0.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=HmTSDZEien5E.SWUZvSw1g--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="The iPhone 3Gs at an Apple store in 2009. Mobile social networking ruled on Saturday as the techno-hip at South By South West (SXSW) used location-based services on smartphones to track down everything from panels to parties.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Mobile social networking ruled on Saturday as the techno-hip at South By South West (SXSW) used location-based services on smartphones to track down everything from panels to parties.

Mar 14, 2010 23:01:45 GMT

AP - THE DISPUTE: Cable TV providers challenged a five-year extension of federal regulations requiring them to make channels they own available to rivals such as satellite TV.

Mar 12, 2010 21:44:05 GMT

PC World - Microsoft's Xbox 360 outsold Nintendo's Wii in February to claim the top spot in the U.S. monthly sales ranking for the first time in more than two years, analyst group NPD said Thursday. Overall the industry had a poor month with total sales down 15 percent from February last year.

Mar 13, 2010 00:23:00 GMT

PC World - If you're one of the folks (or as others have said, "idiots") who have already decided to hand over a few Benjamins for an iPad pre-order, chances are you haven't given much thought to what happens if your battery goes bad. Rest assured that Apple is one step ahead of you.

Mar 13, 2010 20:47:00 GMT

AP - Shares of QAD Inc. sank Friday after the business software provider reported a drop in fourth-quarter revenue and predicted another drop for the first quarter.

Mar 12, 2010 22:39:31 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100314/ap_on_bi_ge/as_india_wealth_and_scooters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100314/capt.276ee45f81db4641875c462174234ee1-bea4428ee445469eb2a7642d6b4f377e-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2R5YnK8u25un23Z2.1vwog--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Feb. 18, 2010 photo, Prem Kalra, 72, looks on with his old Bajaj super scooter, as a motorcyclist moves past in New Delhi, India. Once there was the waiting list to buy Bajaj scooters, a wait which often lasted for years. There was the pride of that first ride and you knew that you'd finally made it to the middle class. Later this month, Bajaj's last scooter will roll out from its factory, ending an era in India's transition from dreary socialist economy into a consumerist power house.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)" border="0" /></a>AP - It was a purchase to be remembered.

Mar 14, 2010 16:03:48 GMT

PC World - The Troyak ISP, which has been linked to the Zeus botnet, was briefly taken down this week. The takedown occurred on the heels of the RSA Conference last week, where there was much talk about the "cat-and-mouse" game of trying to squelch cybercrime. Otherwise, things got a little testy at the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, and iPad pre-orders got rolling. Oh, and the Internet was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously.

Mar 12, 2010 22:30:20 GMT

PC World - $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn’t last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.

Mar 11, 2010 03:16:00 GMT

PC World - The Apple iPad has been available for pre-order for more than 24 hours now. Initial demand seems promising, although not everyone has embraced the concept of dedicating $500 or more to be an early adopter of a device that nobody really has all the details on just yet.

Mar 13, 2010 18:14:00 GMT