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Cuban bloger Sanchez named IPI press freedom hero (AFP)

AFP – Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez was named World Press Freedom Hero by media watchdog IPI on Friday, for her defiance of press restrictions and her commitment to free speech in her country.

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India says will ask Google and Skype to give data access (Reuters)

Reuters – India will send notices to Google and Skype asking them to set up servers in the country and give access to its internet data, a top home ministry official said on Wednesday.

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Apple set to unveil latest creations (AFP)

AFP – Gadget lovers were dreaming of iPods, iPads and bargain-rate Internet television Wednesday as Apple prepared to unveil its latest creations at a music-themed special event here.

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India May Restrict Skype and Google (PC World)

PC World – India may ask Google, Skype, and other online service providers to allow the country’s law enforcement agencies to access communications on their networks, the head of an Internet association said on Friday.

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Microsoft Sets Sept. 15 Date for IE9 Beta Launch (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine – On Thursday afternoon, Microsoft sent out invitations to the launch of Internet Explorer 9 beta on Sept. 15, in San Francisco

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Survey: Broadband Growth Slowing in the US (PC World)

PC World – Broadband adoption in the U.S. grew by 5 percent over the past year, the smallest increase since 2004, according to a survey that’s widely recognized as an authority on broadband use in the country.

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Alibaba to Buy Stake in Chinese Search Engine (PC World)

PC World – In a move that could heighten the competition in China’s search market, Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group has agreed to buy a stake in a search engine operated by one of the country’s major online portals, Sohu.com Inc.

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Google Improves Gmail Contacts Manager (PC World)

PC World – Google will roll out on Tuesday enhancements to Gmail’s contacts manager, which the company acknowledges has been traditionally the webmail service’s weakest link.

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Australia online shoppers elude retail data crunchers (Reuters)

Reuters – Australia’s official economic data is struggling to capture growing online sales as the country’s consumers belatedly embrace e-commerce, suggesting that soft retail trade data is missing part of a fast-growing market.

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US flank exposed on cyber war front: Hayden (AFP)

AFP – Former US spy master and retired general Michael Hayden warned on Thursday that the country’s “cyber flank” was exposed and it was losing clout to influence rules of war on the Internet.

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