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Report: Google close to settling drug ad crackdown Top
Wall Street Journal reports that search giant is being investigated for accepting ads from online pharmacies that violate U.S. law.
 
Chrysalis brings content distribution to BitTorrent Top
File-sharing program BitTorrent's next evolution debuts in a public beta, bringing to users a unified content discovery and sharing solution that follows announcements the company made at CES.
 
Leahy's Protect IP bill even worse than COICA Top
Sen. Patrick Leahy today introduced a bill that gives the Justice Department expansive powers to block sites that violate copyright and trademark law. As with last year's COICA bill, the cure is worse than the disease.
 
Microsoft, others fight Apple's EU 'App Store' trademark Top
Microsoft, HTC, Nokia, and Sony Ericsson have taken on Apple's "App Store" trademark in Europe, filing papers that seek to get it invalidated.
 
Blogger goes down, taking 30 hours of posts with it Top
Service has been offline or unreliable for much of the day, with Blogger-hosted blogs changed to read-only mode, and posts and comments made after 7:37 a.m. PDT on May 11, 2011, removed.
 
Serious hole in critical-infrastructure software, says U.S. Top
U.S. government warns critical-infrastructure operators of serious hole in "SCADA" software used in oil and gas; water; electric utilities; and manufacturing plants around world.
 
Video game sales rebound in April Top
According to analyst NPD Group, the video game business was up 20 percent year-over-year from last April. And for the first time since November, game software was up in both dollars and units sold.
 
Netflix streaming now on (a few) Android phones Top
The service is finally available on a handful of HTC and Samsung phones, and Netflix hopes to roll out instant streaming to more Android phones in coming months.
 
Sony Online offers ID theft monitoring, in-game bonuses Top
Following the compensation announced for PlayStation Network, Sony's multiplayer gaming network announces it will also offer free ID theft monitoring for customers whose personal information was stolen. PC- and PS3-based online gamers will also get free in-game bonus items and currency.
 
Lime Wire settles with RIAA for $105 million Top
Entrepreneur Mark Gorton, creator of the LimeWire file-sharing system, agrees to pay $105 million to settle copyright case.
 
In Lime Wire trial, sounds of discord (roundup) Top
A year after a judge found Mark Gorton liable, a jury is now deciding how much the founder of Lime Wire must pay in damages for willful copyright infringement.
 
Senate bill amounts to death penalty for Web sites Top
Protect IP Act requires search engines, some Domain Name System providers, and other Internet companies to "disable access" to Web sites accused of piracy.
 
Senators seek curb on digital download taxes Top
Legislation introduced today hopes to end what two senators call "discriminatory" taxes on digital media.
 
Driving assistance systems use to explode by 2016 Top
Research firm ABI Research believes the market value for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems will hit $10 billion in 2011--and reach $130 billion in 2016.
 
Facebook fixes bug, but 'Nicole Santos' hoax lives on Top
Company is removing posts containing malicious code from users' pages, but the malware continues to spread when people click on the links. Already, the hoax has been memorialized on T-shirts and YouTube.
 
MIT study: Biofuels not necessarily greenest choice Top
Scientists take cradle-to-grave look at 14 diesel and jet fuels made from biomass, and identify key factors that make a difference in whether a biofuel is truly an environmental improvement.
 
Help Road Trip conquer Paris Top
This year, CNET Road Trip is heading to Europe. The schedule is packed, but Paris is kind of a blank slate. If you help Daniel Terdiman figure out what to do in the City of Light, he's got a prize for you.
 
Iris recognition gadget eliminates passwords Top
The EyeLock device scans your iris to confirm your identity, potentially eliminating the need to use old-fashioned passwords to log in to secure Web sites.
 
RIAA, Lime Wire close to settling copyright suit Top
Lime Wire, the file-sharing service found liable for copyright infringement last year, could pay a significant sum to the four largest record companies to compensate them for their losses.
 
Report: Parts, labor shortages to impact iPads, iPhones Top
The iPad 2 is already hard to come by, and according to a new report it might get even harder to get one in the coming months due to component and labor shortages.
 

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