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• 08 May 2013

• News: Inside the i-mate Intelegent, the audacious phone that runs Windows 8

  Two months ago, everything about i-mate's Intelegent Windows 8 phone screamed vaporware. Today, the handset is back, with specs that suggest it's very much real. Shoot, PCWorld has even seen videos of it in action.

• News: Consumer service lawsuit looms for Google in Germany

  A lawsuit against Google's customer service practices in Germany is looming after the company declined to sign a document promising German consumer organizations to start answering customer emails individually.

• News: Experts wary of Pentagon cybersecurity report fingering China

  Marks first time U.S. has accused China of using cyberweapons to steal intellectual property, and gain a military and economic advantage

• News: Interview: Adobe's David Wadhwani discusses future plans for Creative Cloud

  Ashleigh Allsopp sits down with the Adobe VP to talk about the move to the subscription-only Creative Cloud, security, piracy, hardware ventures, future updates and more.

• News: Microsoft extends revenue per search agreement with Yahoo

  Microsoft has extended a search revenue guarantee agreement with Yahoo for one more year, amid reports that the Internet company is trying to break its 10-year agreement with Microsoft.

• News: Proposed U.S. law aims to counter cybertheft with import bans

  A bill proposed in the U.S. Senate aims to block imports of products containing U.S. technology stolen online, a move that appears primarily directed at China.

• 07 May 2013

• News: Dotcom's lawyers accuse US of 'gunslinger attitude' to law

  Lawyers representing Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom have published a "White Paper" in which they question whether the US Department of Justice is conducting a "contract prosecution" against their client.

• News: Syria 'disappears' from the Internet, security firm says

  Internet traffic to and from Syria, which is in the midst of a civil war, appears to have dried up.

• News: FTC sends warning letters to 10 data brokers

  More than 20 percent of data brokers checked by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission allegedly violated a U.S. privacy law when sharing personal data with agency workers posing as companies wanting to purchase information.

• News: Will Online Sales Tax Bill Spur or Stifle Competition?

  Strong bipartisan support sends controversial Marketplace Fairness Act to the House, as opponents continue to raise concerns about impact on small businesses.

• News: Megaupload's lawyers: DOJ's charges have no basis in law

  The U.S. Department of Justice's copyright infringement case against file storage service Megaupload is "prosecutorial overreach" based on a misreading of U.S. law, the site's lawyers argue in a white paper released Tuesday.

• News: EU data protection vote delayed again

  An important vote on the future of the European Union's privacy laws has been delayed again.

• News: Apple's privacy policy violates German data protection law, Berlin court rules

  Apple violates German data protection law by asking for users' broad, overall consent in its privacy policy, the Regional Court of Berlin ruled.

• News: TPG - Australia's fourth mobile operator?

  It wouldn’t be an unrealistic achievement if TPG wants to become the country’s fourth largest mobile network operator (MNO) after its surprise participation in the 4G spectrum auction, according to analyst firm, Ovum.

• News: Acer's Q1 net profit up 55 percent, but revenue down

  Acer said its net profit for the first quarter grew 55 percent year-over-year, but its revenue continued to decline amid struggling PC sales.

• News: Operator of German file-sharing site sentenced to almost four years in prison

  A 33-year-old man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison by a German court for running the torrent site torrent.to between December 2005 and April 2008.

• News: Microsoft to change 'key aspects' with Windows Blue

  Microsoft has admitted it will do a U-turn with the next version of its Windows 8 operating system.

• News: HIPAA rules, outdated tech cost U.S. hospitals $8.3B a year

  HIPAA, along with outmoded communications technology, reduces the time available for patient care, according to a new survey of healthcare professionals

• News: China's Baidu expands online video business with $370 million acquisition

  China's largest search engine Baidu is getting closer to becoming the country's largest online video provider with a new US$370 million acquisition.

• 06 May 2013

• News: US Senate approves Internet sales tax

  The U.S. Senate has voted to allow states to collect sales tax from online retailers, making it more difficult to buy tax-free products online.

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