China bans Apple for Tibet protest
Chinese authorities have blocked Apple's iTunes Music Store, apparently because 'more than 40' athletes have listened to protest songs by bands such as Rush and Alanis Morissette.
Comcast: No new traffic management plan yet
Comcast says it's looking at slowing traffic for its heaviest users during times of network congestion.
Singapore technology wins top spot in US standards rankings
A voiceprint technology developed by Singapore's Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) has clinched the number one spot in the US standards agency rankings.
According to I2R, its team beat 45 international institutions to emerge 1st in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 2008 Speaker Recognition Evaluation.
White spaces group: Mics don't interfere with TV
Wireless microphones were operating in spectrum occupied by television stations but didn't interfere with broadcasts during recent tests of new wireless broadband devices in Maryland, says a group pushing for government approval of the new devices.
The tests showing wireless microphone use of television spectrum suggest that new wireless broadband devices won't interfere with TV signals, said representatives of the White Spaces Coalition, a group of tech vendors.
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