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AT&T to FCC: Gaming is not “broadband,” but an added service
The computer gaming industry is not pleased with comments that AT&T filed with the Federal Communications Commission on how to define "broadband," particularly the suggestion that online games should be…
Insurers fight converged devices as speech-impairment remedies
Medicare and private health insurers decline to cover cheap devices such as iPhones and netbook PCs that can help speech-impaired students and others, despite their usefulness and lower cost, reports…
Microsoft swaps pictures for text in some searches
Microsoft Corp. is testing a way to display some search results as visual galleries of moveable images instead of text links, part of its ongoing attempt to differentiate its Bing…
Chinese schools quietly discard controversial web filter
Schools in Beijing are quietly removing the Green Dam filter, which was required for all school computers in July, owing to complaints over problems with the software, reports the Associated…
Google lets users take their data with them
Google is launching a new initiative called Data Liberation, an approach to engineering that allows users to move their data -- such as pictures, mail, or documents -- from Google's…
So long CPU wars. It was fun
The Great Chip Wars, as we've come to know them, ended this week -- courtesy of a new marketing campaign from Advanced Micro Devices, according to a New York Times…
Facebook is going for some Twitter sensibility
Like a balding hipster who imitates a young trendsetter's style, Facebook is updating itself to look a lot more like Twitter, The New York Times reports. …
Novell tool opens iPhone to .net developers
More applications for enterprise users may become available for the iPhone with a new developer tool from Novell, IDG News Service reports. …
Tech giants offer ideas for charging readers online
Students, researchers, educators, and others soon could find it harder to get free access to news online, if the desires of a national newspaper association come to fruition: IBM, Microsoft,…
Top U.S. copyright cop opposes Google book deal
The nation's top copyright official has joined the mounting opposition to a class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books, reports the Associated…