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Amazon says government pressure didn't lead to WikiLeaks ban Computerworld By Dan Nystedt IDG News Service - Amazon Web Services (AWS) kicked WikiLeaks off its servers for breaking rules designed to ensure websites use their own content and that it won't injure others, and not due to pressure from the US government, ... See all stories on this topic »

Newfound bacterium casts life in a new light Los Angeles Times A Mono Lake bacterium's ability to subsist on deadly arsenic has scientists wide-eyed and rethinking the basics. Researchers Ronald Oremland and Felisa Wolfe-Simon examine a mud sample from Mono Lake. Wolfe-Simon called the discovery there "outrageous. ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

'Farmville' maker Zynga buys game company Newtoy BusinessWeek Zynga, the online game company best known for popular Facebook games such as "Farmville" and "Mafia Wars," said Thursday it acquired Newtoy Inc., the mobile game developer behind the popular Scrabble-like iPhone game "Words With Friends. ... See all stories on this topic »

Xbox modder gets case dismissed by prosecution Afterdawn.com Yesterday we reported that the jury trial for the case of Matthew Crippen had been delayed, after the presiding judge took 30 minutes to lecture the prosecution. Prosecutor Allen Chiu says: "The government has decided to dismiss the indictment. ... See all stories on this topic »

Oracle Says Sun Servers Set Database Record BusinessWeek Chief Executive Larry Ellison, investing heavily to integrate Sun technology, says an array of computers with Sparc chips tripled IBM's performance benchmark speed. Not so fast, retorts IBM By Aaron Ricadela As he tried to persuade investors and ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Boosts Copyright, Piracy Protection for Search eWeek Google will process copyright takedown requests for content on Google.com and Blogger within 24 hours in 2011. The changes follow YouTube's Content ID protection scheme. Google Dec. 2 said it plans to improve its copyright and piracy protection ... See all stories on this topic »

FCC`s Net Neutrality Remains Skimpy on Legal Footing, Industry Support eWeek While Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachoswski may have intended to clarify the FCC's net neutrality position with the new plan, it ignored or sidestepped some key questions. The Federal Communications Commission's new net ... See all stories on this topic »

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