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Student supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi hold red roses during protests in central Tehran in this December 7, 2009 file photo. Internet messages have been circulating about possible rallies on February 11, 2010, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. But the climate in the Islamic Republic is much harder than before last year's post-election protests. Picture taken December 7, 2009. REUTERS/via Your View

Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse Web game

Reuters - Tue Feb 9, 3:04 AM

TEHRAN (Reuters) - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails.

  • Rescue workers prepare to search a collapsed building in the earthquake-damaged town of Beichuan in Sichuan Province. Controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei now leads a group of volunteers who are investigating the collapse of poorly built schools in the massive May 2008 earth tremor which rocked the southwestern region which left more than 87,000 people dead or missing. Photo:Mark Ralston/AFP
    China artist-activist says Google email hacked AFP - Tue Feb 9, 10:41 PM

    BEIJING (AFP) - One of China's most controversial artists on Wednesday spoke out in support of US Internet giant Google in its standoff with Beijing, and said his Gmail accounts had been breached by hackers.

  • Australia websites hacked over porn filter plan Reuters - Tue Feb 9, 9:20 PM

    CANBERRA (Reuters) - Computer hackers disabled several Australian government websites Wednesday in coordinated attacks protesting against a planned internet filter aimed at pornography.

  • Google co-founder Sergey Brin uses a computer on the company's campus in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. Googe Inc unveiled Google 'Buzz,' injecting its social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
    Google Gmail tweak challenges Facebook, Twitter Reuters - Tue Feb 9, 9:05 PM

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc is tapping its huge network of Gmail users and Web surfers to create a Buzz that it hopes will help it catch up with online social networking leaders Facebook and Twitter.

  • Walt Disney Co. president and chief executive Robert Iger, pictured in January 2010, said Tuesday that Apple's new iPad tablet computer may prove to be a 'game changer' for the entertainment and media industry. Photo:Alberto E. Rodriguez/AFP
    Disney CEO seduced by iPad AFP - Tue Feb 9, 7:29 PM

    NEW YORK (AFP) - Walt Disney Co. president and chief executive Robert Iger said Tuesday that Apple's new iPad tablet computer may prove to be a "game changer" for the entertainment and media industry.

  • A general view of the arrival area of the Whistler Creek Alpine Skiing venue of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Photo:Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
    Google Maps climbs to Olympic peaks AFP - Tue Feb 9, 4:54 PM

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google sent snowmobiles rigged with cameras into Canadian mountains so folks snug and warm at home will get views of slopes at the Winter Olympic Games kicking off on Friday.


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