AP – China’s top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or “pay the consequences,” giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking.
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Reuters – Google, the world’s largest search engine, is welcome to expand its market share in China, the country’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology said on Friday.
AFP – China on Friday warned Google it would face “consequences” if it stopped filtering its search results, after the firm threatened to leave the country over cyberattacks and web censorship.
AP – “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves” stole the show at the Game Developers Choice Awards.
PC World – The roll-out in India of mobile number portability (MNP) is likely to delay beyond a March 31 deadline, because operators have not yet upgraded their infrastructure, the country’s minister of state for communications and IT, Gurudas Kamat, said on Thursday.
AP – Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up to 80 percent of its sales within five years as it pursues expansion in faster-growing emerging markets, CEO Yang Yuanqing said Friday.
PC World – It’s been a year since Panasonic debuted the first digital camera that combined the compactness of a point-and-shoot with the flexibility of interchangeable lenses. The Lumix G1 kick-started a new segment in the camera market, which this week saw a new model from Panasonic and the second showing of a prototype camera from Sony.
Macworld.com – If you’re looking to be first in line to pre-order Apple’s new iPad, then set your alarm, because Steve Jobs’s latest creation is available for pre-order in the U.S.
