China says 5,394 arrested in Internet porn crackdown (Reuters)

Reuters – Chinese police arrested thousands in a drive against Internet pornography throughout 2009, officials said, vowing a deepening crackdown that critics say is being used to tighten overall censorship.

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TSA ends journalist subpoenas over leaked memo (AP)

AP – The Transportation Security Administration on Thursday dropped its subpoenas it had issued to two Internet writers in its effort to find the leaker of an airline security directive.

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Van Morrison: Birth report ‘utter fiction’ (AP)

AP – Reclusive Irish singer Van Morrison said Thursday that a computer hacker planted a false report on his Web site claiming he had fathered a fourth child at the age of 64 with a new partner.

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TSA backs off demand of immediate response on leak (AP)

AP – The Transportation Security Administration backed down Thursday from its demand that an Internet travel writer immediately provide information on how he obtained an airline security directive.

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Apple Orders 10 Million Tablets? Sound Fishy (PC World)

PC World – Today’s Apple tablet rumor has an optimistic zing to it–and maybe that’s a great way to close out a dreary 2009. According to a blog post by former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee, Apple plans to produce nearly 10 million tablets in the still-unannounced product’s first year. Lee worked for Apple more than ten years ago and left Google earlier this year, according to published reports.

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Correction: Van Morrison story (AP)

AP – In a Dec. 28 story, The Associated Press, relying on information from Van Morrison’s Hollywood-based publicist and his official Web site, reported erroneously that the Irish singer had a new baby boy with a woman identified as “his wife, GiGi.”

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Electronics Led Jump in Online Holiday Shopping (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor – More customers chose to point and click rather than park and swipe this Christmas season, with a five percent increase in online shopping over the same period last year, a study by the Internet marketing firm comScore says.

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Internet writer to challenge TSA subpoena in court (AP)

AP – An Internet travel writer who was leaked an airline security directive asked the Transportation Security Administration on Thursday to postpone enforcement of a subpoena so he can challenge it in federal court.

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AT&T Requests Transition from Analog to Broadband (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor – AT&T is joining Verizon Wireless in an effort to even out the costs of wireless and landline services. AT&T has requested that the Federal Communications Commission approve replacing legacy circuit-switched or public-switched telephone networks (PSTN) with broadband and IP-based connections.

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iTunes Picks the Best of 2009 (PC World)

PC World – It’s that time of year again when the endless, and always entertaining, year-end lists come out. The search engines have already had their say with Yahoo’s top searches of 2009

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