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Malaysian news portals get political boost
News Country's political upheaval has helped local blogs and news portals climb up ranks of most popular sites and generate new advertising revenue.
Tags: Web logs, Web sites, Politics, News Portal, Google Inc., Site, News Site, Yahoo! Inc., Portal, Stock
Malaysian govt defends action in Web censorship
News Ministry says MCMC has been "transparent, fair and balanced" and condemns allegations multimedia commission acted like Nazi police "Gestapo".
Tags: Local Government, Politics, Regulations, Web sites, Commission, multimedia, Web sites, Information And Communication Technology, Video, Malaysia
M'sia probe over Web content raises global ire
News International media watchdogs and human rights groups call for Malaysian government to stop "harassment" of local political news site, Malaysiakini.
Tags: Local Government, Politics, Regulations, Web sites, Bangkok, Censorship, Video, Portal, Government, Internet
Web censorship muddle can hurt Malaysia
News Confusion over government's plans to implement Web filtering system will affect foreign investment and confidence in Malaysia's policies, say industry players.
Tags: Web sites, Regulations, Politics, Censorship, Malaysia, Government, Internet Service, CEO, Internet Service Provider, Prime Minister
M'sia to censor Internet content
News Malaysia reportedly has plans to filter pornographic Web sites from being viewed in the country, but denies it will police blogs and other sites.
Tags: Regulations, Politics, Policy and management, Singapore, Malaysia, Government, Agence France-Presse, China, Internet, blog
Israeli news site down, blames cyber attack
News Debkafile put out of action as fighting between Israel and Hamas escalates in Gaza.
Tags: Hacking, Web sites, Politics, Site, Israel, denial of service, News.com, blog, Cyberattack, analysis
US government finally lets ICANN go
News update In surprising move, U.S. government says it is ready to relinquish power of organization that oversees global Web traffic to "Internet users everywhere".
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Politics, International governments, Domain Name, ICANN, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, accountability, U.S. Department of Commerce
Politics, economy hurting Malaysia's IT sector
News Impact of country's March elections and global credit crisis cause 30 percent revenue dip for members of local IT association Pikom, says its chairman.
Tags: Politics, IT budgeting, Microsoft Corp., Business, Business Process, BPO, Malaysia, Government, public sector, software
Fiorina 'seriously considering' bid for Senate
News Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina says her varied experiences would be an asset if she were to pursue political office.
Tags: Politics, Technology, ICANN, Immigration, Carly Fiorina, U.S. Senate, Washington, CEO, Adobe PDF, health care
Chinese govt to Web firms: No porn allowed
News China has intensified its campaign against sexually-explicit Internet material by instructing companies, including Google, to curb the availability of pornography.
Tags: Politics, Web sites, Search, Pornography, Security, Google Inc., image search, British Broadcasting Corp., blogging, China
India's election campaigns get Net-savvy
News Politicians take to cyberspace to campaign and rally voters for India's upcoming elections, but online reach will be limited in country, say market watchers.
Tags: Politics, Local Government, Web sites, Web 2.0, Twitter, Politician, Mobile, India, Orkut.com, Youth
Security vendors: We would block police hacking
News Kaspersky and Sophos say that for security reasons they would block any software used in police attempts to break into customers' systems without a warrant.
Tags: Hacking, Politics, Police, Kaspersky Lab, Malware, Security, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, Computer, software
Symantec CEO is top US commerce secretary candidate
News Reuters reports that John Thompson is being considered as the Obama administration's secretary of commerce.
Tags: Security, Politics, IBM Corp., Governor, Commerce Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce, Symantec Corp., CEO, BusinessWeek, New Mexico
Amnesty slams M'sia Internet censorship
News Charge against eight people for criticizing state ruler online is seen by Amnesty International as blow to government's promise not to censor Internet.
Tags: Politics, Web sites, Asia-Pacific, Information And Communication Technology, Censorship, CMA, CIJ, Wami, Malaysia, Government
Green tech year in preview
News The outlook for clean tech in 2009 is solid, with money projected to go to start-ups. But the falling price of oil and the financial crisis have dampened the speed of technology innovation.
Tags: Green IT, Politics, Clean Technology, Carbon Emission, Financial Crisis, electric car, solar cell, financing, energy efficiency, recession
