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China Blocks Google

China Blocks Google

The tension between Google and the Chinese government ratcheted up a notch last night when China blocked Google search and Gmail for an hour.

The government had already told the company to stop porn appearing in its search results, and earlier in the day Xinhua and People’s Daily, the main media outlet for the state and Communist party, had condemned Google, according to the Guardian.

Earlier this week Google had reportedly agreed to filter porn out of its Chinese searches.

Xiao Qiang, the founder of China Digital Times, told the newspaper:

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Cyberspace Pioneer Honored

Well before the creation of the world wide web, there was the "open hypermedia system" Microcosm, put together at the University of Southampton in the UK by Wendy Hall – then just 32 – and her colleagues in 1984.

Just 10 years later she became the first female professor of engineering at the university, and in 2000 she was made a CBE for her services to science and technology.  Read more...

Monster Unveils Turbine In-Ear Speakers

Monster Unveils Turbine In-Ear Speakers

High-end cable and audio peripheral manufacturer Monster is getting into the earbud business, formally announcing its Turbine In-Ear Speakers today. The earbuds feature specially-engineered 8mm drivers designed to offer outstanding sonic detail and deep bass, with Monster’s patented Magnetic FlexTube technology and (of course) MicroStrand connectors to ensure outstanding signal transfer. The earbuds have been in development for three years, and were personally designed by "Head Monster" Noel Lee as a way to let true music lovers get everything they want out of their audio with an in-ear headphone design.

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Samsung Walks Away from SanDisk Bid

Samsung Walks Away from SanDisk Bid

South Korean electroincs giant Samsung has announced it is abandoning its efforts to take over SanDisk, a leading maker of flash memory and portable media players. Although the companies have been dancing around each other for almost six months, SanDisk rejected a $5.8 billion takeover offer from Samsung, and that apparently soured the relationship.

Samsung vice chairman and CEO Yoon Woo Lee didn’t mince words calling off the deal: “Your surprise announcements of a quarter billion dollar operating loss, a hurried renegotiation of your relationship with Toshiba and major job losses across your organization all point to a considerable increase in your risk profile and a material deterioration in value, both on a stand-alone basis as well as to Samsung.”

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SanDisk Rejects $5.8 Bln Samsung Offer

SanDisk Rejects $5.8 Bln Samsung Offer

South Korea’s Samsung has been courting flash storage maker (and media player manufacturer!) SanDisk for some time, but apparently ran out of patience and placed an offer of $26 per share—some $5.8 billion— in cash on the table. In its letter to SanDisk’s board, Samsung CEO Yoon-Woo Lee claimed that after four months of talks, SanDisk continued to “cling to unrealistic expectations” about its market value.

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Ex-Samsung Head Gets 3-Year Suspended Term

Ex-Samsung Head Gets 3-Year Suspended Term

After being charged with fraud and resigning as head of the Samsung Group, Lee Kun-hee was given a three-year suspended jail sentence on charges of tax evasion, but was cleared of breach-of-trust charges and charges he issued bonds to illegally transfer money to his children.

Lee’s sentence was suspended for five years. The court also fined Lee 110 billion won (about $110 million US), which was more than double the amount he was charged of evading in taxes.

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Hyundai, Kia Get Onboard with Microsoft

Hyundai, Kia Get Onboard with Microsoft

Having proven its mettle in the automotive industry with the Ford Sync in-car systems, which allow for everything from voice-activated music to Bluetooth-radio integration, Microsoft has been able to attract a major Asian automaker to its onboard computer systems as well. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it had entered into long-term agreement with the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group to develop its next generation of in-car entertainment.

Although details were sparse, the first Microsoft-powered system in a Hyundai or Kia will appear stateside in 2010. Microsoft says it will provide “voice-controlled connectivity between mobile devices,” which will likely make it similar in function to the existing Ford Sync. Later devices will venture into multimedia and navigation, built on an updateable PC-like platform.

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LG Congratulates Itself on Scarlet Campaign

LG Congratulates Itself on Scarlet Campaign

Folks who’ve been paying close attention to the Internet—or just click through to any online video link they find because they can—may have gotten wind of a new action "TV series" dubbed Scarlet featuring explosions, fighting, and (of course) an improbably photogenic heroine. Sorry: Scarlet won’t be coming to your programming lineup anytime soon: the whole thing was a non-traditional teaser campaign by electronics giant LG to introduce its new "Scarlet" line of LCD televisions. "TV series"…"series of televisions"—get it?

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Nokia and Spike Lee to Create Social Film

Nokia and Spike Lee to Create Social Film

Nokia has announced a partnership with Oscar-nominated director Spike Lee to create what it’s calling the “world’s first social film.” Cantered on the theme of how music “tells the story of humanity,” the film will be assembled through original content captured on mobile devices and submitted to the Nokia Productions site via the Internet.

“The future of filmmaking is changing and mobile-generated art is fast becoming the next medium for film,” said Spike Lee, in a statement. “In five years, I believe we will be watching films in movie theaters that have been shot on a mobile phone. [..] With a simple mobile phone, almost anyone can now become a filmmaker.”

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Samsung Top Execs Resign Over Fraud Charges

Samsung Top Execs Resign Over Fraud Charges

In a move that’s been expected for some weeks, Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee resigned his position at South Korea’s largest corporation following an indictment last week on fraud and tax evasion charges. Also stepping down are Samsung vice chairman Lee Hak-soo also announced his resignation, along with that of the chairman’s son, Lee Jae-yong, also a Samsung executive.

"We, including myself, have caused troubles to the nation with the special probe," Lee Kun-hee said at a news conference announcing the resignations today in Seoul. "I deeply apologize for that, and I’ll take full responsibility for everything, both legally and morally."

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