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Spanish piracy law draws U.S. investments: minister (Reuters)

Reuters – Major U.S. and Spanish companies are preparing to invest in online music and movie services in Spain once a controversial new law to fight piracy takes effect next month, the country’s culture minister said.

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LightSquared gets extension for GPS test results (AP)

AP – Federal regulators have granted a Virginia company called LightSquared a two-week extension to report on recent tests that aimed to determine whether its proposed high-speed wireless broadband network would cripple GPS systems around the country.

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Thailand arrests American for alleged king insult (AP)

AP – Thai authorities said Friday they arrested an American citizen on charges he insulted the country’s monarchy, in part by posting a link on his blog four years ago to a banned book about the Southeast Asian nation’s ailing king.

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Sony starts to restore PlayStation service in Asia (AP)

AP – Sony has begun restoring access to its PlayStation Network and Qriocity movie and music service in Japan and elsewhere in Asia. The company shut down the services in April after a massive security breach that affected more than 100 online accounts.

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Baidu, China sued in U.S. for Internet censorship (Reuters)

Reuters – Eight New York residents sued Baidu Inc and the People’s Republic of China on Wednesday, accusing China’s biggest search engine of conspiring with the country’s government to censor pro-democracy speech.

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Search & Destroy: Why You Can’t Trust Google Inc (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor – Scott Cleland’s new book tells the other side of the Google story. Published by Telescope Books, Search & Destroy: Why You Can’t Trust Google Inc

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New Lady Gaga album leaks ahead of May 23 release (Reuters)

Reuters – Lady Gaga’s heavily-hyped new album “Born This Way” made its way to the Internet on Wednesday, five days ahead of its official release on May 23.

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The Atlantic Opens Up Editing Room to Public in 1-Day Experiment (Mashable)

Mashable – The online publishing arm of The Atlantic opened its editing room to the public in a single-day experiment Wednesday. Readers were invited to pitch stories and give feedback on existing articles, as well as observe the pitching and editing process — something that usually takes place in chatroom client Campfire — between full-time staff. Instead of Campfire, The Atlantic Wire moved operations to an open comments thread.

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Yahoo pays $28M for unprofitable online ad service (AP)

AP – Yahoo Inc. has bought an unprofitable online advertising service called 5to1 Holding Corp. for $28 million as part of an effort to revive its revenue growth.

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Haitian radio host honored for ‘tweeting’ on quake (AFP)

AFP – A Haitian radio host who used Twitter to inform the world about the earthquake which ravaged his country was among the users of the micro-blogging service honored at a ceremony.

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