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China plans online gambling crackdown
(Reuters)
Reuters - China plans to crack down on the online gambling industry, including the banks and websites that support it, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement posted on its website. Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse web game
(Reuters)
 Reuters - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails.
MySpace Music experiments with audio ads
(AP)
AP - Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online. Black Hawk Down: China Busted Hacker-Training Site
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The Chinese government has arrested three hackers who were running an online hacker-training business. The trio of hackers operated Black Hawk Safety Net, a company that collected nearly $1 million from more than 120,000 members. Nook E-Reader Heads to Barnes & Noble Stores
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Barnes & Noble said Monday that its popular nook e-book reader is back in stock online and will be rolling out in the majority of the bookseller's U.S. stores this week. Customers also will be able to enjoy exclusive Valentine's Day-themed online content this month, the company said. Report: Google to Make Gmail More Social
(PC World)
PC World - Google plans to tweak Gmail to make it easier for its users to post and share status updates, in an attempt to inject the Web mail service with social-networking capabilities popularized by Twitter and Facebook, according to The Wall Street Journal. Miley Cyrus, other celebs auction items for Haiti
(AP)
 AP - Miley Cyrus has organized an online auction to benefit the relief effort in Haiti, and Britney Spears, Hugh Jackman, Ellen DeGeneres, Julianne Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Demi Lovato and others will donate items and experiences.
US man indicted for threats to Hispanic groups
(AFP)
 AFP - A man who went by the Internet pseudonym "Devilfish579" has been charged with threatening Hispanic groups in the United States in a series of hostile emails, the Justice Department said Monday.
Spain's Telefonica considers charging Google
(AP)
AP - Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use. Google appeals French book scan decision: lawyer
(AFP)
 AFP - Google has filed an appeal of a court decision that ordered the US Internet giant to stop digitising French books without publishers' approval, its lawyers said Monday.
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