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AFP - Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez said winning the media watchdog IPI prize of World Press Freedom Hero is a "protective shield" that will help her break "the wall of censorship," she told AFP Sunday.
Reuters - A web page casting doubt on the religious credentials of the family of Egyptian presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei has become the latest focus of an online battle for votes.
AFP - Sally Harrison is developmentally disabled, but on Facebook the 35-year-old woman is just like anyone else.
Reuters - Craigslist.com has dropped its "adult services" listings, which have become the target of U.S. state attorneys general who say the much-visited online classified ad site is not doing enough to quash prostitution.
AFP - Online classifieds website Craigslist has blocked US access to its "adult services" listings, replacing the section tab with a "censored" label after criticism it was facilitating prostitution.
AFP - The attorney general of the US state of Texas has opened an inquiry into whether Internet giant Google manipulates search results.
PC World - Have you checked your work e-mail today? If you're like most employees in the United States and United Kingdom, the answer is yes despite the fact that it is not only the weekend, but an extended holiday weekend for most workers in the US. A day off is becoming an increasingly foreign concept as workers stay connected virtually 24/7.
PC World - Google on Friday said that the Texas Attorney General's Office is conducting an antitrust review of the search giant, following a similar investigation launched in Europe earlier this year.
AP - Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.
Reuters - Google Inc said on Friday it was the target of an investigation by the Texas Attorney General's office into the fairness of its search engine rankings.
The Upshot - Here's our daily roster of stories that evaded full-on blog treatment: • Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has announced she will not participate in anymore debates after her embarrassing showing this week. (Arizona Daily Star) • A Malaysian man known as the "Lizard King" has pleaded guilty to smuggling 95 live boa constrictors in his luggage. [...]
PC World - More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so. That's a first for Apple, according to NetMarketShare, a firm that produces metrics on the market share of browsers, operating systems and search engines.
NewsFactor - In what could be the first phase of a transformation in the way its smartphone users pay for Internet use, the nation's biggest carrier, Verizon Wireless, has introduced prepaid data plans. The no-contract plans, which go into effect Sept. 28, offer unlimited 3G access on select handsets for $30 per month, or $10 per month for 25 megabytes, with a 20-cent charge for each additional megabyte.
NewsFactor - Google's Chrome browser is now two years old, and the youngster -- and its proud parent -- are celebrating its steady rise in popularity. According to Net Applications, Chrome had 7.5 percent of the browser market in August -- putting it in third place behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox, and above Apple's Safari.
PC World - Twitter now has more than 145 million registered users, and sadly, most people still visit the social network through Twitter's default Web site.
AFP - Google updated its privacy policy on Friday, a day after a video cartoon featuring the Internet firm's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square.
Appolicious - The free WordPress for Android app was upgraded thanks to feedback from faithful users. Updates include fixes to numerous, annoying bugs like unexpected app crashes, log-in issues and more.Most notable in the recent upgrade is a new comment feature, which displays comments in real time as comments arrive in your Droid notification bar.
PC Magazine - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is conducting an antitrust review of Google, the search engine giant announced Friday.
NewsFactor - Apple launched iTunes 10 with Ping, a new music-oriented social network, on Wednesday. Within hours, the site fell victim to spammers looking to make a quick buck from Apple's unsuspecting 160 million music lovers exploring the new way to discover what music their friends are listening to.
PC World - Wondering why you can't use Facebook to find your friends on Ping--Apple's new iTunes-based social network that supposedly connects to the social networking site?
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