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White House nominates venture capitalist as new FCC chairman
Venture capitalist and former CTIA CEO Tom Wheeler has been nominated to take over for Julius Genachowski at the FCC.
Spamhaus DDoS suspect to be extradited soon
A man accused of carrying out a massive denial of service attack is to be extradited from Spain.
Apple, Samsung patent battle set for November
The judge presiding over the Apple v. Samsung case has ordered that a new trial will decide whether $450.5 million of damages awarded to Apple should stand — with a few tweaks.
AU Optronics exec behind bars for price fixing
A former AU Optronics executive has been sentenced following allegations of price fixing in the LCD market.
China shuts down top video piracy Web site
Authorities shut down Siluhd.com, one of the country's top sites offering pirated content, and other video Web sites during the 13th World Intellectual Property Day last week.
Qihoo loses 'unfair competition' lawsuits to Baidu, Tencent
[UPDATE] Chinese Internet company ordered to pay damages of over US$800,000 in total for losing two lawsuits related to unfair competition through its search engine and antivirus software; it also has to publish apologies to Baidu and Tencent.
Vietnam to publicly shame e-commerce frauds
E-commerce operators which conduct trade fraud and violate customers rights will be blacklisted on the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Web site.
Indonesia's music industry loses $1.65M a day from online piracy
Illegal music downloads are causing the country's record companies to bleed with lower CD sales and local artistes are not helped by a complex copyright registration system.
China urges dialogue on charging for music downloads
Country's watchdog says regardless of whether music providers and Web sites decide to charge for music downloads or offer it free via ads, they must seek permission from composers and pay them.
Playing nicely with rivals, better labelling: Google offers antitrust peace pipe to Europe
The EC has published the list of measures it's offering to get the EC off its back, including flagging up when it's serving up its own services in search results.
China court fines Apple $118K for copyright breach
A Beijing court has ordered Apple to compensate three Chinese writers for selling their works via its app store without getting their permission.
S'pore govt orders SingTel to share EPL broadcast
Singapore's content regulator MDA has instructed SingTel to share the next three seasons of the English Premier League with pay TV rival, StarHub. The decision brings an end to a long-drawn saga which had put the country's cross-carriage rule under scrutiny. However, SingTel is appealing against the decision.
India's biometric ID projects near 400M people milestone
Through the National Population Register and Unique Identification Authority of India, India's efforts to digitize the over a billion citizens' biometric records in a centralized system is now at the 394.1 million mark.
China proposes 7-day refund for online shoppers
Draft amendment in consumer rights law--the first in 20 years--will give Chinese e-shoppers the right to return goods within seven days, as the country's top legislature argues online consumers cannot verify authenticity of product.
Thailand revising cybercrime law for balance, better security
The government says current computer crime law does not address current information security issues, and is planning a public hearing for citizen participation in the law revision, which is expected to take three years.