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  Obama vows to protect intellectual property

  The president says U.S. intellectual property is the country's "single greatest asset" and must be protected from piracy and counterfeiting.

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  Consensus emerges for key Web app standard

  Indexed DB isn't a sure thing, but it's got most of the right allies in the browser world en route to becoming an enabler of the cloud computing vision.

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• Venezuelan president calls for Internet regulation

  Hugo Chavez says "the Internet cannot be something open where anything is said and done" and demands crackdown on a critical news site.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Steven Musil)

• 'Faster,' 'instant' Digg 2.0 unveiled at SXSW

  Digg CEO Jay Adelson surprises the audience by announcing a revamped version of the service with a big slate of new features.

  (Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

• Report: Test can't re-create 'runaway' Prius

  U.S. government memo says "runaway" Toyota incident in San Diego could not be replicated, according to an AP report.

  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• #OMGConan: The big Digg party Twitter hoax

  Word begins spreading on Twitter like wildfire that Conan O'Brien was joining Internet TV network Revision3. But it was actually a hoax that hundreds participated in.

  (Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

• Systems engineer deemed best job in America

  A deep and detailed survey by Focus.com concludes that the best job in the United States is a tech job: systems engineer. No. 2: physician assistant. No. 3: college professor.

  (Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

• Behind the wheel of the Chevy Volt

  photos Eager to court fans of cutting-edge tech at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, General Motors sends the e-car. And CNET's Caroline McCarthy gets a chance to drive it.
  • Selling a car the iPod way
  • AT&T surviving iPhone onslaught
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• Google '99.9 percent' sure to shutter Google.cn

  Now "99.9 percent" certain that it will close its Chinese search engine amid conflict over censorship, Google has detailed plans to do so, according to a Financial Times source.

  (Posted in Webware by Zoe Slocum)

• Effort to widen U.S. Internet access sets up battle

  Ten-year plan would reimagine nation's media and tech priorities by establishing broadband as the country's dominant communication network.
  (From The New York Times)
  • FCC chairman outlines broadband plan for kids
  • FCC tool collects broadband speed data
  • What's in a title? For broadband, it's Oz vs. Kansas
  • Next Conversation: FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski

• Apple loses key chip executive

  Sources say Dan Dobberpuhl, PA Semi's founder and pre-acquisition chief executive, has jumped ship to work at chip-related start-up Agnilux.

  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Working hard, playing hard at GDC

  audio slideshow At the 2010 Game Developers Conference, artists, programmers, and designers are sharing their best ideas on the future of gaming.
  • Sid Meier and his mind games
  • Photos: Video game pros get down to work at GDC
  • Full coverage of GDC 2010

  (Posted in Full Frame by James Martin)

• Social gamers accept marketing for virtual currency

  A ComScore-Offerpal Media survey shows that social gamers are willing to be marketed to in order to get free virtual currency. Avoiding scams will be key to making this trend last.

  (Posted in Software, Interrupted by Dave Rosenberg)

• Hunch gets $10 million from Khosla, others

  Hunch, a buzzy start-up that answers questions using crowdsourced recommendations, has lined up at least $10 million in funding, according to sources.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Peter Kafka, AllThingsD)

• This week in Crave: The on-the-Move edition

  Too busy pulling together your Na'vi wardrobe to keep up with Crave this week? Here's what you missed while you were putting on your blue mask.

  (Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz)
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