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Twitter may censor tweets in individual countries
The Guardian
| MICHAEL LIEDTKE | AP Technology Writer= SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. | The additional flexibility announced Thursday is likely to raise fears that Twitter's commitment to free speech may be weakening as the short...
Apple Inc. Mosaic
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Asia may not be such easy pickings for Apple
The Guardian
By Harichandan Arakali and Farah Master BANGALORE/HONG KONG, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Investors in Apple Inc have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia. The iconic maker of the iPhone, iPad and iPod has barely...
Apple hit by boycott call over worker abuses in China
The Observer
Employees work on the Apple assembly line at the Foxconn plant in Shenzhen in southern China. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty | Apple, the computer giant whose sleek products have become a mainstay of modern life, is dealing with a public relations disas...
Kim Dotcommando: Life's no game
NZ Herald
| To the FBI, he's a criminal colossus. To his friends and business partners, he's a genius. To his family in New Zealand, he's dad. Ahead of the gunpoint raid on his Coatesville mansion, Kim Dotcom spoke exclusively to Herald on Sunday chief reporte...
Commitment of Traders and Other Flows
Business Insider
Marc Chandler | Marc Chandler is the head of global currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman. Recent Posts Portugal Isn't Exactly Like Greece, But It's Pretty Close A Few Thoughts About Q4 US GDP Euro at Cross Roads? Commitment of Traders and Oth...
The Inevitability of Chinese Political Reform. Wait, What?
Business Insider
Stan Abrams | Email | Stan Abrams is a Beijing-based IP/IT lawyer and law professor. Recent Posts The Daily Twit (@chinahearsay Twitter feed) – 2012-01-27 But I Thought Chinese People Are Not Litigious The Daily Twit (@chinahearsay Twitter feed) â€...
Migratory birds fly above wetlands in Hokersar, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011.
WN / Imran Nissar
Over 1.20 lakh migratory birds descend on Pong Dam
Zeenews
Shimla: More than 1.20 lakh migratory birds from Siberia and Central Asian countries have descended on Maharana Pratap Sagar, popularly known as Pong Dam Lake, in Kangra district. ...
An HSBC branch along Douglas Street in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada as seen on this July 1, 2011 photo.
WN / Janice Sabnal
HSBC Emerging Markets Index Q4 2011
Scoop
Friday, 20 January 2012, 4:37 pm | Press Release: HSBC Bank | 20 January 2012 | For immediate release | HSBC Emerging Markets Index Q4 2011 | Lacklustre economic expansion from eme...
Computer keyboard and a mouse.
WN / Priya Dashini
Suspicion grows China was behind hack of US commission
The Star
| WASHINGTON: Suspicion is growing that operatives in China, rather than India, were behind the hacking of emails of an official U.S. commission that monitors relations between the...
Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor
The State
| NEW YORK - Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws. | It was a stunni...
Push to promote mother tongue
The Star
| Singapore has seen a big influx of foreigners who have brought in their own languages and dialects that are incomprehensible to the locals while the government is also determined to transform the island republic into a global metropolis. | MORE fam...
World to spend up large at Karaka auctions
NZ Herald
| Horse buyers from around the world are descending on the National Yearling sales at Karaka in search of the next Phar Lap - some arriving by helicopter. | The furious whirring of a chopper coming in to land gives way to the gentle clip of hooves as...
Nano Technology
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LG Electronics, Google TV close to software deal?
San Francisco Chronicle
TELEVISION | Google deal for LG Electronics? | Google is considering giving LG Electronics first access to the next version of its Google TV software so the Korean company can build a compatible set, according to two people with knowledge of the project. | The partnership would be similar to the arrangement Google has had with Samsung Electronics a...
Bio Technology
Rice Crop  -  Rice Paddy
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Scientists developing salt-resistant rice
Zeenews
London: Scientists are developing a salt-resistant rice variety after a huge tsunami last year hit paddy fields in Japan leaving behind a salty sludge. | Farmlands that accumulate salt have lower crop yields, which can threaten food supply, as rice happens to be the staple of billions of people worldwide. | "The beauty of the new method (called Mut...



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