Los Angeles Times Google's Internet License Renewed In ChinaInformationWeekAuthorities in China have renewed Google's Internet Content Provider (ICP) license, which will allow the company to continue to provide online services in the country. Google confirmed the Chinese government's...

The Hindu In Bid to Keep ISP License, Google Revamps China SitePC MagazineIn a bid to avoid having its content provider license yanked in China, Google on Tuesday said it will stop redirecting all of its Google.cn traffic through Hong Kong and instead utilize a hybrid landing page. Going forward,...

UberGizmo (blog) Amazon slips video into Apple's e-booksRegisterKindle books will now come with embedded video and audio content, but only for those who eschewed the Kindle hardware for Apple's iOS alternatives. Punters who bought Amazon's own e-book-reading hardware won't be …Will...

Washington Post Judge rejects Viacom's copyright suit against YouTubeLos Angeles TimesThe ruling says the website removes content when requested and is thus protected from liability by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. By Alex Pham and Meg James, Los Angeles Times A federal judge delivered...

ABC News Pakistanis divided over internet restrictionsBBC NewsPakistanis woke up on Thursday to find access to popular websites Facebook and YouTube blocked after a government crackdown on websites seen to be hosting un-Islamic content. The BBC's Aleem Maqbool reports on the reaction from Peshawar....

The Guardian Pakistan blocks access to YouTubeBBC NewsPakistan has blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube because of its "growing sacrilegious content". The authorities say they have ordered internet service providers to bar access completely to the site from Pakistan. …Cartoon...

Times LIVE Yahoo to buy Associated Content to boost content creationBusinessWeekYahoo has agreed to buy Associated Content, an Internet company that commissions and publishes articles and other content from its network of 380000 freelance contributors and that generates revenue from online advertising....

Mashable (blog) Yahoo To Take Over Web-Content Company Associated ContentWall Street JournalYahoo Inc. (YHOO) said it would take over Web-content company Associated Content Inc., a combination Chief Executive Carol Bartz called "a game-changer." The company didn't disclose terms of...

CNET New apps emerge to reset Facebook privacy settingsCNETSeveral new applications have launched this week that are designed to easily reset a Facebook member's privacy settings, following new changes from the company that make a sizable chunk of profile content public by default when it …World+bitch...

Top Tech Reviews Tablets? It's the Content, StupidPC WorldI have watched, with various shades of envy, the reports from my friends and colleagues about their experiences with their new iPads. It is a bit uncomfortable for me, because of my normal geek acquisitive nature, to watch others play...