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Police in China’s capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user’s browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content.

Starting Sept. 1, the cartoon alerts will appear every half hour on 13 of China’s top portals, including Sohu and Sina, and by the end of the year will appear on all Web sites registered with Beijing servers, the Beijing Public Security Ministry said in a statement. (Read content ‘China To Launch Virtual Web Patrols’…)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc. said Tuesday that its chief financial officer will retire by the end of the year, creating the highest-ranking job opening at the Internet search leader since it went public three years ago. ADVERTISEMENT

George Reyes, Google’s CFO since 2002, will stay on the job while he helps the Mountain View-based company find his successor.

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BERLIN: Several European phone companies this week plan to announce major expansions of Internet protocol television, or IPTV, led by Deutsche Telekom, which is spending €3 billion and so far has wired 15 million German households, or roughly 4 in 10, for broadband TV.

The moves will put Europe, which some analysts say already leads the globe in Internet TV, further ahead of the United States and Asia in this field.

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Iran says ready to fill vacuum in Iraq left by U.S. By Edmund Blair Reuters - 2 hours 27 minutes ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is ready to fill a vacuum in Iraq caused by the collapsing power of the United States, its president said on Tuesday.

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"The political power of the occupiers (of Iraq) is being destroyed rapidly and very soon we will be witnessing a great power vacuum in the region," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.

"We, with the help of regional friends and the Iraqi nation, are ready to fill this void." Saudi Arabia was one of the countries Iran was ready to work with, he said.

The U.S.

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ATLANTA - Shares of EarthLink Inc. climbed more than 6 percent Tuesday after the Internet service provider said it would cut 900 jobs — or about half its work force — and close four offices in an effort to reduce operating costs. (Read content ‘EarthLink to cut 900 jobs (AP)’…)

Don’t trust your Sat Nav By Andrew Hough Reuters - 2 hours 5 minutes ago

LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The first official road signs to

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warn drivers about the dangers of trusting their satellite

navigation devices (satnavs) were introduced on Tuesday in a

Welsh village.

The signs, introduced by authorities in rural St Hilary, in

the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, to warn drivers about

placing too much faith in the directional gadgets, could be

brought in across the country if the trial is successful.

Problems were reported after foreign drivers found it

difficult to understand phrases such as "unsuitable for heavy

goods vehicles" but could understand pictorial notices, media

reported.

The four signs have been introduced around one particular

black spot in the village, where the electronic devices direct

truck drivers to a shortcut between the main M4 motorway and

Cardiff airport.

The road is far too narrow for many to travel down, causing

them to get stuck and sparking major traffic problems.

More than a dozen large trucks have become stuck in the

road in the past six months, according to traffic engineer Mark

Simpson who came up with the idea for the signs.

"We have had a series of problems with drivers getting into

trouble by trusting their satnavs and we needed to do something

about it," Simpson was quoted in newspapers as saying.

"They can send drivers on the most direct routes which turn

out to be narrow roads completely unsuitable for heavy and long

trucks and lorries.

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BEIJING: Police in China's capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user's browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content.

Starting Sept.

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Russian pirate music download site to reopen Reuters - 1 hour 40 minutes ago

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian music download site www.allofmp3.com has said it will resume business soon, after a Moscow court ruled its operation is in accordance with Russian law.

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No music is currently on sale, but a statement on the Web site says business will begin shortly, with enhanced payment procedures and a larger selection of music.

The statement was dated August 31, but did not make clear whether that was when the site would resume business.

Earlier this month the Cheryomushki Court in Moscow ruled that Denis Kvasov, allofmp3's former head, was not guilty of intellectual property theft, and had not violated Russian copyright laws.

Neither Kvasov nor a representative from allofmp3's parent company, Media Services, could be reached for comment.

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The next time you’re screaming down the line at your squadron to bank left and swarm on a pack of Nazi gunners, you’ll be doing it in style and comfort thanks to ’s new ClearChat Comfort and ClearChat Pro headsets. The new USB-based, headphone / microphone combos are aimed at making gaming, Skype-ing, and music or movie playback easier on the ears with a handful of comfort improvements and noise-canceling features. (Read content ‘Logitech’s new ClearChat Pro and ClearChat Comfort headsets’…)

Well it’s not quite as good as, say, AT&T informing us that we can walk down the block and pick up one this afternoon, but at least HTC has finally given the / / an official place in its lineup. Announcing the quad band Windows Mobile 6 handset for European carriers this morning, HTC revealed that Orange, Voda, T-Mobile, and o2 will all get their hands on this Hermes successor, and all the HSDPA, WiFi, and built-n GPS goodness that comes with it. (Read content ‘HTC announces TyTN II / Kaiser for Europe’…)