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Vitaly Borker said generating complaints online helped him get better placement on Google
A member of China's Politburo demanded Google remove a link to the company's uncensored Google.com search engine
The company has not however changed its position on access to its corporate mail service
TechServe says only 600 IT jobs created in U.S. in Nov.; consultant says back office IT jobs in U.S., Europe will be cut in half by 2014
Users can opt for the redesign now or wait for it to be rolled out to everyone in the coming weeks
Research In Motion will, however, provide interception of BlackBerry Messenger in January
The Moscow Embassy describes how Intel bypassed Russia's tough crypto import regulations
Sales of Samsung device are still well behind Apple's iPad, but U.S. carriers help sales of Galaxy Tab surge too
Iowa's Amber Alert website was hacked over the weekend
Rules about ownership of content and against publishing data that might harm others led to decision, Amazon says
Pent-up storage needs drove worldwide storage system growth, IDC said
Sharp hopes to sell 1 million of the tablets over the next 12 months
First Amazon booted WikiLeaks from servers, now Dynamic Network Services cuts off its domain name service
The new contract rules from China's sole mobile carrier of the iPhone 4 are meant to stop scalpers
While some were innovative, not all were all big sellers
Lack of security controls and processes can make corporate IT vulnerable to the leaking of sensitive data to sites like WikiLeaks
Also adds support for Chrome Web Store, hinting at imminent launch
Move seen as hook for carriers to get customers into two-year service plans
Depending on where they live, LTE subscribers paying $80 a month get anything from a 5GB data allowance to unlimited data
WikiLeaks is now running again while its new French hosting provider is seeking court protection
Steps to be taken in coming months include a speedier process to remove pirated content from its sites and services
The Indian government says negotiations are continuing
But unemployment worries continue to dampen consumer spending
Separately, a California coach says iPhone app helps save a life
The European Commission says "data retention is here to stay"
Independent groups push for adequate defense of civil liberties
The EU Commission also puts pressure on telcos to lower roaming charges
ComScore's latest ranking has Android getting closer to top ranked RIM BlackBerry and Apple iPhone devices
New 4G data plans hopes to keep heavy users in check
Huge Internet population skews results worldwide toward old browser, Windows XP
Dual-core chips will become standard in handheld devices next year, and quad-core will come soon
CableSearch.org lets users sift through published U.S. diplomatic cables
Information could be used to advance online theft, researchers say
But RIM is already enabling the government access to consumer communications
Open source Asterisk replaces Avaya system
High-Performance Analytic Appliance's in-memory technology significantly boosts analytics performance, analysts say
The GSA said it will be the first federal agency to use hosted e-mail across the entire agency
In less than a year, Samsung has seen 1 million downloads of TV apps used for online content and services
The company also filed ITC complaints to ban infringing products from import to the U.S.
The country is expected to overtake India in voice-based business process outsourcing
The new services from Baidu come as group buying sites have taken off in China.
Micron's ClearNAND ECC technology will allow it to keep shrinking its flash products
