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Pokemon developer battles App Store rip-offs (Appolicious)

Niox Admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:20:03 +0000

Appolicious – There’s still no official Pokemon title in the iTunes App Store, despite the clamoring of fans for a mobile version of Nintendo’s incredibly popular monster-catching role-playing game series.

EU seeks legal opinion on global copyright (Reuters)

Niox Admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:20:02 +0000

Reuters – The European Union’s executive said on Wednesday it would refer a disputed global agreement to tackle online piracy to the bloc’s highest court to check whether it complies with EU fundamental rights.

KT reviewing network fees on Youtube, Internet TVs (Reuters)

Niox Admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:45:06 +0000

Reuters – South Korea’s top Internet provider, KT Corp plans to charge data-heavy content providers such as Google’s Youtube and Internet-enabled TV service operators to subsidize costly network upgrades, a KT executive said on Thursday.

FCC urges Internet companies to safeguard Web (Reuters)

Niox Admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:12:02 +0000

Reuters – Internet service providers need to work harder to prevent hacks, data theft and other fraud, including contacting customers whose infected computers have been hijacked by organized crime and helping them clean out viruses, the head of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday.

These comedy apps will put a smile on your face (Appolicious)

Niox Admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Appolicious – Today’s most innovative comedians are not necessarily telling jokes in front of a live audience, on TV, or in the movies. A new golden age of comedy is playing out online and via mobile applications for smartphones and tablet computers. There are apps that showcase the funniest satirists on Twitter, broadcast interviews with newcomers and comedy legends, and make classic publications like The Onion and Cracked come alive.

IBM eyes cybersecurity market with new platform (Reuters)

Niox Admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:48:47 +0000

Reuters – International Business Machines is gearing up to take a chunk of the growing Internet security market by applying its data analytics to help companies and organizations fight cyberattacks.

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom released on bail (AP)

Niox Admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:00:02 +0000

AP – The founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload was released on bail Wednesday after a New Zealand judge decided Kim Dotcom lacked means to flee because his funds had been seized.

NY group: Online journalists censored, attacked (AP)

Niox Admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:07:29 +0000

AP – A global coalition against censorship is needed to protect online journalists and bloggers who are being targeted by repressive governments, a leading advocacy group said Tuesday.

Microsoft files E.U. complaint over Google, Motorola (Reuters)

Niox Admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:01:07 +0000

Reuters – Microsoft has asked EU antitrust regulators to intervene in a patent dispute with Google and Motorola Mobility as it stepped up its battle against the Internet search giant.

EU suspends copyright treaty ratification (AP)

Niox Admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:01 +0000

AP – The European Commission, facing opposition in city streets, on the Internet and in the halls of parliament, has suspended efforts to ratify a new international anti-counterfeiting agreement, and instead will refer it to Europe’s highest court to see whether it violates any fundamental EU rights.