Kindle-wielding Amazon dips toes into physical world (Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:41:43 GMT

Reuters - Amazon.com Inc is dipping its toes into the physical world as the largest online retailer offers more products in stores that may benefit from hands-on interaction with shoppers.

Verizon-Redbox deal adds to online video choices (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:04:44 GMT

AP - A new Internet streaming venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks adds to a crowded field of online video-viewing services dominated by Netflix.

Love gone wrong? Go digital to get over an ex (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:06:34 GMT

AP - You thought you found your one true love online, but now you've been dumped by text or defriended on Facebook without a peep of explanation. Hours of bad TV in your bathrobe haven't helped. Your friends are tired of your whining.

Internet Cupids often miss their mark: researchers (Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:57:43 GMT

Reuters - Combing dating websites for that perfect love match can be very frustrating, and a group of U.S. psychology professors released a report on Monday explaining why there is no substitute for meeting face-to-face.

Cyberplex unit to pay $4.8 million to Yahoo for poor traffic (Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:31:32 GMT

Reuters - Cyberplex Inc said its debt-laden unit Tsavo Media is required to pay Yahoo Inc $4.8 million for what the U.S. search company called "low quality traffic" from ads on Tsavo-run websites last year.

Internet giants pull content after warning in India courts (Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:44:59 GMT

Reuters - Internet giants Google Inc and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown "like China" if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities.

Apple bounces big-name fake apps from App Store (Appolicious)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:21:00 GMT

Appolicious - Not long ago, a game called Temple Jump reached the top of the paid apps list in the iTunes App Store. There was only one problem: the app was a fake, meant to trick iOS device owners looking for the popular Temple Run game.

Fresh iPhone Apps for Feb. 6: Vanity Fair Hollywood, Game Your Video, Tank Battalion Blitz, Order Up!! To Go (Appolicious)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:37:00 GMT

Appolicious - It’s almost time for this year’s Academy Awards, so get primed up for your Oscar ballot with Vanity Fair Hollywood, an app full of information about the nominees so you can make informed picks. After you’re done thinking about the best in Hollywood, you can make videos of your own with effects app Game your Video. In games, we’ve got Tank Battalion Blitz, a top-down tank battling game that includes offline and online multiplayer play. After that, there’s Order Up!! To Go, a time-management restaurant game that uses gesture controls for your cooking.

Google, Facebook remove content on India's order (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:34:37 GMT

AP - Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy, media reported Monday.

Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel (Reuters)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:03:54 GMT

Reuters - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp.

Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:04:08 GMT

AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.

Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:28:56 GMT

AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.

Star Wars, Ferris Bueller drive Super Bowl ad buzz (Reuters)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:39 GMT

Reuters - The Super Bowl is still two days away but some advertisers already are looking like winners as their yet-to-be-aired commercials score millions of hits online and rack up pre-game buzz.

Cuban blogger says government bars trip to Brazil (Reuters)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:27:32 GMT

Reuters - The Cuban government has denied a request by dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez to travel to Brazil, her 19th failed effort to obtain a permit to leave the country, she said on Friday.

Anonymous publishes FBI call on hacking (Reuters)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:28:16 GMT

Reuters - Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording on Friday of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which the law-enforcement agents discuss action they are taking against hacking.

Law enforcement websites under attack by hackers (AP)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:04:33 GMT

AP - Saboteurs have hacked into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous, including in Boston and in Salt Lake City, where police say personal information of confidential informants and tipsters was accessed.

Apple to resume full online sales in Germany (Reuters)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:50:50 GMT

Reuters - Apple Inc said it was cleared to resume selling older models of its iPhone and 3G-based iPads via its German online store on Friday, after the suspension of an injunction won by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc in December.

Megaupload founder refused bail in New Zealand (Reuters)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:30:58 GMT

Reuters - A New Zealand court refused an appeal by the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be freed on bail, Friday, agreeing with prosecutors there was a risk he would attempt to flee before an extradition hearing.

Madonna launching video on billboards, online (AP)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:49:48 GMT

AP - Clear Channel is giving Madonna all its luvin'.

House ready to consider insider trading ban (AP)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:01:31 GMT

AP - Legislation that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and thousands of executive branch officials headed for what could be a more contentious debate in the House after sailing through the Senate on a 96-3 vote.