BEIJING — China delivered a bristling response on Monday to the United States’ demand that it investigate recent attacks on American computers from Chinese soil, saying that any suggestion that it conducted or condoned the hackers’ intrusions was “groundless and aims to denigrate China.” SOURCE
Link by Link: Hungry for New Content, Google Tries to Grow Its Own in Africa
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Legal Sites Plan Revamps as Rivals Undercut Price
Westlaw and LexisNexis, the dominant services in the market for computerized legal research, will undergo sweeping changes in a bid to make it easier and faster for lawyers to find the documents they need. SOURCE
Swedish Music Fans Start to Steer Clear of Pirates
PARIS — Martin Thornkvist, who runs a record label in Sweden, was looking online for the new album from the American band Vampire Weekend a few weeks ago. He turned first to Spotify, a free, legal digital music service; unable to find it there, he eventually bought it from Apple’s iTunes music store. SOURCE
Software Makers See a Market in Censorship
BEIJING — While China’s censorship policies are prompting Google to consider quitting its operations in the country, some technology companies see the restrictions as a golden business opportunity. SOURCE
Burst of Mobile Giving Adds Millions in Relief Funds
Old-fashioned television telethons can stretch on for hours. But the latest charity appeal is short enough for Twitter: “Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to @RedCross relief.” SOURCE
After Google’s Stand on China, U.S. Treads Lightly
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Last month, when Google engineers at their sprawling campus in Silicon Valley began to suspect that Chinese intruders were breaking into private Gmail accounts, the company began a secret counteroffensive. SOURCE
In Google’s Rebuke of China, Focus Falls on Cybersecurity
SAN FRANCISCO — Even before Google threatened to pull out of China in response to an attack on its computer systems, the company was notifying activists whose e-mail accounts might have been compromised by hackers. SOURCE
Google’s Threat Echoed Everywhere, Except China
BEIJING — Google’s declaration that it would stop cooperating with Chinese Internet censorship and consider shutting down its operations in China ricocheted around the world on Wednesday. But in China itself, the news was heavily censored. SOURCE
Investigation Of Web ‘X-Men’ Leads to Arrest Of Bronx Man
LOS ANGELES — After a nine-month hunt, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested a Bronx man on Wednesday suspected of posting an unfinished version of the 20th Century Fox movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” on the Web before it was released in theaters. SOURCE