National bans is poll boon for Italian local TV, Internet

The suspension of political programming by national broadcasters ahead of regional elections Sunday and Monday has boosted audiences for Internet and local TV shows, a novelty in Italian politics.
Rai television, which groups all public channels, suspended political programming ahead of the elections, saying it did not [...]

Google goes it alone in China censorship fight

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a major speech on Internet freedom two months ago, called on US technology firms not to support online censorship.
“I hope that refusal to support politically motivated censorship will become a trademark characteristic of American technology companies,” Clinton said. “It should be part [...]

Confused about phone camera quality? Help’s coming

(CNET) — Let’s say you’re trying to decide whether to buy a new mobile phone and you like taking photos. The Google Nexus One’s 5-megapixel camera has 56 percent more pixels than the iPhone 3GS’s 3.2 megapixels, but it’s clear the camera isn’t 56 percent better.
Now let’s say it’s [...]

‘Flying’ boat hopes to circle globe in 40 days

London, England (CNN) — The captain of a huge “flying” boat that has smashed world records for speed on water now plans to sail round the world in under 40 days.
Frenchman Alain Thebault, skipper of “Hydroptere,” a revolutionary sailing boat that looks more like a plane, says [...]

Google.cn: R.I.P or good riddance?

Beijing, China (CNN) — How do Chinese Internet users feel about Google’s decision to move most of its search functions from the mainland? That all depends on who you ask.
“You have two categories of Internet users in China,” said Isaac Mao, a prominent Chinese blogger and Internet expert.
“One strongly supports that [...]

 
(CNN) — Facebook on Friday proposed creating a way for people to add their locations to Facebook pages but released almost no details about how the feature will work.
The location-based feature, hinted at in a post on Facebook’s blog, would give the social network’s 400 million-plus members a function that has been popularized on newer [...]