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Internet archive shows Sept. 11 coverage (AP)

NEW YORK – For many in New York and Washington, Sept. 11, 2001, was a personal experience, an attack on their cities. Most everywhere else in the world, it was a television event. TV’s commemoration as the 10th anniversary...
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Experts suspect Iran involvement in Dutch hacking (AP)

AMSTERDAM – Hackers who broke into a Dutch web security firm have issued hundreds of bogus security certificates for spy agency websites including the CIA as well as for Internet giants like Google, Microsoft and Twitter, the government said...
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App finds restaurants using your smartphone (Reuters)

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Tired of digging through long-winded restaurant reviews to find a great meal? Next time, turn to your smartphone where personalized search engines will lead your stomach in the right direction. A newcomer in the world of...
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Pakistani tech wiz harnesses Internet for the poor (AP)

LAHORE, Pakistan – While many young tech wizards strive to invent the next iPad, Umar Saif is working to bring Internet-style networking to millions of Pakistanis who don’t have access to the Web. He could shake up the country’s...
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German court bans sales of Samsung’s new 7.7-inch tablet (Reuters)

SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co has stopped promoting its new tablet computer at Europe's biggest consumer electronics fair after a court-ordered sales injunction in Germany, the latest setback in its global patent battle with Apple Inc. A Dusseldorf...
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“Twitter Terrorists” Could Get 30 Years in Prison (Mashable)

What might the 2011 version of Orson Welles’s War of the World‘s radio broadcast look like using today’s fastest method of information-sharing? Gerardo Buganza, the interior secretary for Veracruz state in Mexico, said it could very well be the...
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German court bans sales of Samsung’s new 7.7-inch tablet (Reuters)

SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co has stopped promoting its new tablet computer at Europe's biggest consumer electronics fair after a court-ordered sales injunction in Germany, the latest setback in its global patent battle with Apple Inc. A Dusseldorf...
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2 Mexicans deny terrorism, face 30 years for tweet (AP)

MEXICO CITY – Think before you tweet. A former teacher turned radio commentator and a math tutor who lives with his mother sit in a prison in southern Mexico, facing possible 30-year sentences for terrorism and sabotage in what...
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Amazon reworks website before new tablet: reports (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is testing a major redesign of its familiar online store as it moves to offer a $250 tablet device to rival Apple Inc's iPad, industry blogs and the Wall Street Journal said. Changes...
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Amazon Shows Off Possible Kindle Tablet Interface (ContributorNetwork)

Right now, the only person in tech media who knows what the upcoming Amazon Kindle tablet will be like is MG Siegler of Techcrunch. He reported that he'd gotten a hands-on demo with the tablet, and wrote about what...
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