http://www.physorg.com/technology-news/internet/ en-us PhysOrg Team PhysOrg.com provides the latest news on the internet, world wide web, web 2.0 and science technology. Two Chinese bloggers were ordered to pay about 290,000 yuan (42,478 dollars) in compensation to the widow of film director Xie Jin for claiming he died in the arms of a prostitute, a report said Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news181026312.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-26T05:20:01-07:00 China has placed more than 4.65 million computers at some 80,000 Internet cafes under watch in a bid to crack down on violent or pornographic online games, state media reported Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news180972656.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-25T14:11:09-07:00 Santa Claus is coming to your town -- and NORAD is tracking him as he drops off presents around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which monitors the North American airspace, on Thursday set up an official "Santa Tracker" on its website (www.noradsanta.org) in seven languages to find the current location and upcoming stops of Santa and his storied reindeer. http://www.physorg.com/news180877905.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-24T11:52:13-07:00 (AP) -- Twitter is buying a startup called Mixer Labs in an effort to pinpoint the locations of people posting short messages on its service. http://www.physorg.com/news180844393.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-24T02:33:31-07:00 (AP) -- Comcast will pay up to $16 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the cable TV operator of delaying certain Internet traffic. http://www.physorg.com/news180804987.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-23T20:40:01-07:00 Web search and advertising giant Google said Wednesday that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking more information about its proposed purchase of mobile advertising company AdMob. http://www.physorg.com/news180808819.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-23T16:40:55-07:00 China's Internet watchdog issued a new set of rules on domain name registration this week in a bid to curb pornography and illegal content. http://www.physorg.com/news180705165.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-22T12:20:05-07:00 (AP) -- Latino adults are increasing their use of the Internet faster than other ethnic groups, according to a new survey from the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet and American Life Project. http://www.physorg.com/news180705038.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-22T12:10:03-07:00 (AP) -- Isahrai Azaria is heading to Austin, Texas, in February, and thanks to Facebook, she already has 40 acquaintances, an invitation to go water tubing, and a line on the best vegetarian lunch place in town. http://www.physorg.com/news180704896.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-22T12:00:01-07:00 (AP) -- The FBI is investigating a hacker attack on Citigroup Inc. that led to the theft of tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news180704717.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-22T11:46:50-07:00 (AP) -- The White House has tapped a corporate cyber security expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the country's computer networks and better coordinate with companies that operate 80 percent of those critical systems. http://www.physorg.com/news180683817.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-22T06:03:20-07:00 Twitter has reached profitability after signing deals with Google and Microsoft to make the micro-blogging service searchable on the Internet, BusinessWeek magazine reported on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news180638161.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-21T17:30:02-07:00 Despite fierce resistance to Google's plans to digitise the world's books, observers say it is well placed to start scanning Europe's cultural treasures -- beginning in France, where the US giant got a digital foothold this week. http://www.physorg.com/news180547995.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-20T16:14:52-07:00 (AP) -- Web sites that buy original video clips often pay so little that "The Bannen Way," a flashy crime thriller debuting online, looked destined to be made poorly if it could be made at all. http://www.physorg.com/news180546696.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-20T16:11:16-07:00 (AP) -- A Paris court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s expansion into digital books breaks France's copyright laws, and a judge slapped the Internet search leader with a euro10,000-a-day fine until it stops showing literary snippets. http://www.physorg.com/news180378174.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-18T17:04:13-07:00 Google has agreed not to put pictures of Switzerland on its "Street View" picture map under a provisional accord to end a privacy battle with Swiss authorities, the government said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news180364360.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-18T13:40:01-07:00 A French court on Friday told Google that it cannot digitise French books without publishers' approval and ordered the online giant to pay 300,000 euros (430,000 dollars) in damages. http://www.physorg.com/news180350260.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-18T09:18:22-07:00 (AP) -- South Korea's military said Friday it was investigating a hacking attack that netted secret defense plans with the United States and may have been carried out by North Korea. http://www.physorg.com/news180345168.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-18T07:53:15-07:00 (AP) -- Hackers briefly blocked access to the popular Internet messaging service Twitter, steering traffic to another Web site where a group reportedly calling itself the "Iranian Cyber Army" claimed responsibility. http://www.physorg.com/news180342179.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-18T07:20:01-07:00 (AP) -- France's efforts to digitize its culture, from Marcel Proust's manuscripts to the first films of the legendary Lumiere brothers, long have been bogged down by the country's reluctance to rely on help from American Internet giant Google Inc. A new startup launched Thursday says it may be the answer. http://www.physorg.com/news180297842.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-17T19:20:03-07:00 Craig Benzine had weathered almost 10 years with his band, Chicago-based indie rockers Driftless Pony Club -- self-releasing two albums along the way -- with no luck. http://www.physorg.com/news180292177.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-17T18:50:04-07:00 (AP) -- Over the past week, Facebook has been nudging its users - first gently, then firmly - to review and update their privacy settings. http://www.physorg.com/news180290362.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-17T17:00:05-07:00 (AP) -- A Washington-based privacy advocacy group has filed a complaint against Facebook over the social network's latest privacy changes. http://www.physorg.com/news180281215.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-17T14:07:59-07:00 (AP) -- The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post are offering exclusive subscription deals through the latest electronic reader from Sony Corp. http://www.physorg.com/news180278233.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-17T13:18:15-07:00 (AP) -- A computer hacker who was a force behind one of the largest cases of credit card theft in U.S. history says he has a developmental disorder and is asking for a reduced sentence. http://www.physorg.com/news180274953.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-17T12:22:57-07:00 In its earliest days, Facebook was primarily a white and Asian phenomenon. No more. In the first-ever study of the race and ethnicity of its U.S. users, Facebook said Wednesday that blacks and Latinos have joined the social networking giant at a rapid clip in the last several years. http://www.physorg.com/news180270572.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-17T12:00:01-07:00 Internet giant Google on Wednesday added another 24 media partners to its online news reader "Fast Flip," including the Tribune and McClatchy newspaper groups, the Huffington Post and Politico. http://www.physorg.com/news180266415.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-17T10:01:24-07:00 Bing and Google gained ground in the Internet search market in November as they evidently lure people away from Yahoo!, according to fresh figures from industry-tracker comScore. http://www.physorg.com/news180266247.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-17T09:58:03-07:00 (AP) -- 'Tis the season for heart-melting tales of spontaneous good will among strangers, which, like the rest of our relationships, has gotten a lot more convenient since the advent of the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news180249834.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-17T05:24:43-07:00 (AP) -- Four Google executives should not be held responsible for a video posted online that showed teenagers abusing an autistic youth in Turin, their lawyers argued Wednesday in an Italian court. http://www.physorg.com/news180187860.html Technology - Internet 2009-12-16T12:50:02-07:00