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Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - A federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV providers such as satellite companies.

No .xxx yet: Internet agency delays porn decision (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - Porn Web sites can't park themselves at a ".xxx" address quite yet.

Chinese minister insists Google obey the law (AP)

March 12, 2010

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.

Apple takes pre-orders for April 3 iPad launch (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - Apple is accepting pre-orders for the iPad, its new touch-screen gadget for reading books, watching video and surfing the Web.

'Uncharted 2' nabs 5 trophies at video game awards (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" stole the show at the Game Developers Choice Awards.

Internet fraud dollars doubled last year (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - The FBI says the amount of money swindled by Internet frauds doubled last year to about $560 million.

FCC Posts Tools To Measure Broadband Speeds (NewsFactor)

March 12, 2010

NewsFactor - The Federal Communications Commission unveiled three digital tools Thursday that will enable consumers, businesses, schools and other organizations to test the real-world performance of their fixed and mobile broadband connections and help identify gaps in the nation's broadband coverage. The tools include downloadable applications for mobile devices based on Google's Android platform and Apple's iPhone OS.

Nokia revises 2009 market share down to 34 pct (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - Nokia Corp. on Friday revised its global market share estimate for mobile phones in 2009 to 34 percent, from an earlier 38 percent, and said it expected no growth this year.

BioShock 2 Cleans Up, Xbox 360 Overtakes Wii in February Game Sales (PC World)

March 12, 2010

PC World - Down again overall, with upticks in Xbox 360 and PS3 sales and BioShock 2 ruling the software roost, that's February's US video game narrative in a nutshell courtesy NPD Group's retail industry figures. Overall video game industry sales slumped 15 percent, falling from $1.48 billion to $1.26 billion, raising year-to-date sales to just $2.42 billion, a 14 percent deficit against last year's $2.82 billion for the same period.