1. Nokia, Siemens abetted Iran web sensoring
Tue, 06/23/2009 - 01:43 — Shastri
[Privacy] A joint venture between Nokia and Siemens helped Iran
develop a massive web and phone surveillance and filtering infrastructure. The companies supplied Iran with technology to monitor, control and read telephonic conversations. [S1, S2]
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Email this News2. Facebook hit by Click fraud, promises action
Tue, 06/23/2009 - 01:27 — Shastri
[Advertising] Facebook advertisers have noticed 
a click fraud and have been complaining to Facebook to take some action. Advertisers saw suspiciously high number of clicks on their ads. Facebook has promised to roll out a system to prevent this today. Click fraud plagues most online advertising platforms. [S1, S2, S3]
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3. iPhone 3GS sells 1 million units within 3 days
Tue, 06/23/2009 - 01:19 — Shastri
[iPhone] 3 days after its launch, iPhone 3GS 
has sold more than a million units as per Apple's press release. This sales rate is similar to the original iPhone and is fairly surprising in the current economical climate. [S1, H1]
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4. FTC wants to cut paid product endorsements on blogs
Tue, 06/23/2009 - 01:10 — Shastri
[Blogs] FTC proposes a guideline that requires
paid product/service endorsements on blogs to be suitably disclosed. The guideline is expected to be passed later this summer. While consumers benefit from impartial advice on blogs, it is hard for consumers to tell the paid and unbiased blogs apart. FTC wants to bring transparency in this. [S1, A1, H1]
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5. Google suggest disabled in China
Tue, 06/23/2009 - 00:59 — Shastri
[Nanny] Google suggest
has been disabled in China after complaints of suggestions containing pornographic references. Google suggest works by suggesting most popular search alternatives based on the first few characters or words of the search term. The features has only been disabled for Google.cn domain. [S1, S2]]
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6. US protests China's web filter
Tue, 06/23/2009 - 00:50 — Shastri
[Privacy] US has formally protested to China's 
requirement of installing filtering software on every computer. The US government thinks filtering software prevents free flow of information and not with china's aspiration to build a modern information based society. [S1]
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7. T-mobile's second Android phone to launch this August
Tue, 06/23/2009 - 00:37 — Shastri
[Android] T-Mobile announced
the availability of its second Android Phone this summer. Costing $199, the new 'myTouch' will be a touch screen device sans keyboard unlike its predecessor G1. This device will also be made by HTC. [S1, S2, S3, S4 ]
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8. Blue ray lacks acceptance after winning HD war
Tue, 06/23/2009 - 00:29 — Shastri
[Physical Media] Even after winning a format war with HD DVD
last year, Blue ray has not gained significant acceptance. A recent survey found that in spite of increasing HDTV availability, 93% of users have no interest in buying a Blur-ray player. Blue-ray numbers are still not far from HD-DVD, its former competitor format. [S1, S2, S3 , H1]
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9. Spotify launched CD quality streaming
Tue, 06/23/2009 - 00:19 — Shastri
[Music] Spotify, a popular streaming music site has launched CD 
quality streaming service for its premium users. Streaming music companies are trying hard to provide value to users that justifies a subscription fee. Spotify's premium services cost £9.99 a month. [S1, S2, R1 ]
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10. Steve Jobs gets a liver transplant
Tue, 06/23/2009 - 00:05 — Shastri
[Apple] Apple's Steve Jobs has allegedly received a liver transplant 2 months ago. Medical experts believe that Jobs' pancreas cancer is of
the type that can be controlled by a liver transplant. Jobs is on a medical leave till end of June. [S1, S2, A1]
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