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Straits Times US urges China to scrap Internet filter plan Reuters By Chris Buckley and Doug Palmer BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top US officials urged China to abandon its controversial plan requiring all new personal computers to be sold with Internet filtering software from next week, warning the step could … US Demands China Revoke Web Filtering Requirement ChannelWeb US asks China to drop censoring software requirement for PCs CNET News New York Times  - Wall Street Journal  - ZDNet  - The Associated Press all 601 news articles

Times Online US Objects to China's Web Filtering Plan New York Times By SAUL HANSELL The Obama administration lodged a formal protest on Wednesday with the Chinese government over its plan to force all computers sold in China to come with software that blocks access to certain Web sites.

BBC News Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Reaches Max Downloads ChannelWeb If you want to download a free copy of Microsoft Security Essentials, you might have to wait until the full version is released. Or until Redmond decides to up the 75000-download limit for its beta testers.

Ghacks Technology News First Look: Microsoft Security Essentials PC World The beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials, a free program that fights viruses and spyware, is now available for download.

Techtree.com Acer Unveils Inexpensive Gemstone Blue Laptops InformationWeek By Antone Gonsalves Acer has added three inexpensive laptops to its Gemstone Blue Aspire family, which includes the company's high-end gaming PCs.

Cheap Laptops Dead discs: Blu-ray's failure to launch signals end of spinning media TG Daily By Wolfgang Gruener Analyst Opinion – As much as I hate to admit it, I can't help but think the era of spinning discs is coming to a close. Americans Cool To Blu-ray InformationWeek People just not that into Blu-ray Register ChannelWeb  - PC World  - Christian Science Monitor  - ZDNet all 46 news articles

PC World Firefox 3.5 Release May Accelerate IE's Downfall PC World Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 2 is now out in the open, meaning the long-awaited final version is likely right around the corner. Firefox 3.5 RC2 Now Publicly Available PC Magazine Mozilla offers Firefox 3.5 release candidate InfoWorld ZDNet  - CNET News  - Washington Post  - Tech Fragments all 69 news articles

Ars Technica What's next for Jammie Thomas-Rasset? Ars Technica Jammie Thomas-Rasset has at least six options for moving forward after the massive $80000 per song judgment handed down against her

Damages of $1.9 million could backfire on music industry Reuters By Ben Sheffner LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – The recording industry secured a resounding victory last week when a Minneapolis jury awarded the four major labels $1.92 million in damages after unanimously finding that a 32-year-old mother had willfully … Bankruptcy could protect Jammie Thomas CNET News Has the RIAA's Fight Against File Sharing Gone Too Far

RIAA needs to be disbanded, says Moby Afterdawn.com Following the recent jury decision against alleged file sharer Jammie Thomas, in which the woman was fined $80000 USD for each of the 24 songs she shared via P2P, the popular artist Moby has written a blog entry claiming the RIAA "should be disbanded" … RIAA Copyright Fine Totals $1.92 Million eWeek Has the RIAA's Fight Against File Sharing Gone Too Far?