Reuters – Global Internet sensation Susan Boyle competes in the final of “Britain’s Got Talent” on Saturday amid signs she is struggling to cope with her sudden rise to stardom and constant media intrusion. Read the original article here

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AFP – Wikipedia has blocked the Church of Scientology from editing entries at the communally-crafted online encyclopedia due to an unrelenting battle over the group’s image. Read the original article here

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Reuters – All the TV ads that came out in support of Green Day’s new album, “21st Century Breakdown,” featured the lead single “Know Your Enemy.” But only one advertiser got exclusive footage of the band — online music service Rhapsody. Read the original article here

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PC World – Windows 7 Starter Edition took some criticism with its three-application limit. Today, however, Microsoft announced on its WIndows Team Blog that it would be removing the three-application limit on Windows 7 Starter, and that Windows 7 Starter will be available worldwide for use on “small notebook PCs,” which presumably means it’ll be Continue reading →

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PC World – This busy week for IT news was capped on Friday when President Barack Obama outlined U.S. cybersecurity plans, which have been anticipated for a while now. We also had been awaiting Microsoft’s public release of its new search engine, which it said it has named “Bing.” And Google made waves with a Continue reading →

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AP – Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes chimed in Friday with the chorus of publishers wondering how much longer newspapers and magazines can afford to keep giving away their stories on the Internet. Read the original article here

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NewsFactor – Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that allows users to post neutral information, has blocked several Church of Scientology IP addresses from posting content after the group allegedly posted content pushing its agenda. Read the original article here

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PC World – The Internet has brought new hope to reformists in China since the country crushed pro-democracy protests in the capital 20 years ago. But as dissidents have gone high-tech, the government in turn has worked to restrict free speech on the Internet, stifling threats to its rule that could grow online. Read the Continue reading →

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PC World – I feel sorry for AOL, as strange as that sounds. The former ISP kingpin, which had the audacity to buy mighty Time Warner at the height of the Internet bubble in 2000 (ah, the ludicrously inflated market values of those halcyon days), will soon be spun off as a separate company. In Continue reading →

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Reuters – Time Warner Inc Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes said on Friday that his company is still leaning toward spinning off AOL to shareholders as the preferred method for divesting the struggling Internet unit. Read the original article here

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Per Ice News, Iceland has had “438 earthquakes” in 48 hours, mostly small tremors and aftershocks but still an enormous amount of seismic activity. The most notable earthquake registered at 6.1 on the Richter Scale, per BBC.

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Warning: It appears that a worm has hit Twitter-the tweet will say “Best Video” with a link to “http://juste.ru.” If you see this in a tweet, do not click on the link. It’s unclear exactly how the worm is spreading. But from the look of Tweets about the virus, if you click on the link, Continue reading →

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Warning: It appears that a virus has hit Twitter-the tweet will say “Best Video” with a link to “http://juste.ru.” If you see this in a tweet, do not click on the link. It’s unclear exactly how the virus/spam is spreading. But from the look of Tweets about the virus, if you click on the link, Continue reading →

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When it comes to search engines, I’ve always used Google. I think their results have been unsurpassed in the last decade, which is why they are the “market leader.” I have been heavily resistant to using Microsoft-branded search engines, because their results have never gotten me what I’ve been looking for. So if you start Continue reading →

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Venture capitalists can be valuable sources of information about the tech community. Not only do they have quality insider information but they also have a knack for figuring out how to evaluate startups. So it makes sense that their blogs can be compelling reads. Larry Chang, a partner at Fidelity Ventures, has compiled a list Continue reading →

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