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Microsoft seeks China internet search partner: report (Reuters)

Reuters – Software giant Microsoft Corp is looking for a partner in China to help the company play a major role in China’s internet search market, Wall Street Journal said.

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Microsoft seeks China internet search partner: report
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Myanmar’s cyber generation boots up for first-time vote (AFP)

AFP – One of Myanmar’s self-described “pioneer bloggers” proudly opens his popular website — officially banned by the military rulers — and scrolls to his updates on the approaching election.

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Myanmar’s cyber generation boots up for first-time vote
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Philadelphia Tax Code Sparks Big Controversy with Small Bloggers (Mashable)

Mashable – Do you use Google AdSense or other ad services on your personal blog or website? If you live in the city of Philadelphia, you might want to rethink that decision.

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Philadelphia Tax Code Sparks Big Controversy with Small Bloggers
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Facebook embroiled in UK dispute over dead gunman (AP)

AP – Raoul Moat was an avowed cop-hater just out of jail when he shot his ex-girlfriend, killed her new lover and seriously wounded a policeman. After a week on the run, he took his own life when cornered by police.

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Consumers find more free apps on Android phones (Appolicious)

Appolicious – While owners of the iPhone 4 and other Apple-manufactured mobile devices are conditioned to shell out a buck or few for the 160,000 paid apps in the iTunes App Store, the majority of Android apps are free. Also in today’s App Industry Roundup, the UK government institutes austerity for the iPhone, and Conde Nast debuts four city guide iPhone apps.

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Consumers find more free apps on Android phones
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iPhone 4 sets record sale pace despite gaffe (Reuters)

Reuters – Sales of Apple Inc’s latest iPhone blew away expectations in its first day on the market despite shortages and an embarrassing online ordering glitch that thwarted many shoppers.

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iPhone 4 sets record sale pace despite gaffe
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Amateur bloggers spice up Singapore’s food scene (AFP)

AFP – With a big digital camera slung around his neck, Leslie Tay could easily have been mistaken for a professional photographer as he took shots of sizzling grilled pork chops on a table.

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Amateur bloggers spice up Singapore’s food scene
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Verizon winds down expensive FiOS expansion (AP)

AP – If Verizon Communications Inc. hasn’t already started wiring your city or town with its FiOS fiber-optic TV and broadband service, chances are you won’t get it.

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Time Warner Offers New York Subscribers Free Wi-Fi (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor – Time Warner Cable is looking to the airwaves to maintain and build its ISP business, offering more than one million New York City subscribers access to free Wi-Fi hot spots throughout the city, beginning Thursday. And in an agreement with rival Cablevision, customers from both companies will have access to each other’s Wi-Fi networks in the Tri-State area, vastly increasing the amount of available hot spots.

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Time Warner Offers New York Subscribers Free Wi-Fi
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W.Va. city wants to be test site for fast Internet (AP)

AP – Mayor Kim Wolfe has trotted out an old campaign prop to help the city’s effort to win over Google and become a test site for the company’s ultra-fast broadband experiment.

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W.Va. city wants to be test site for fast Internet
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