February 28, 2010

Precious tops NAACP awards

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Precious, the tale of an illiterate and abused teen, was honoured at the annual NAACP Image Awards with several accolades including best film....

February 28, 2010

Government eyes paying broadcasters for mobile spectrum (Reuters)

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Reuters - The top communications regulator offered to pay television broadcasters to give up their rights to airwaves worth an estimated $50 billion as it looks to overcome a looming scarcity of wirel...

February 28, 2010

Italy convicts 3 Google execs in abuse video case (AP)

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Winterbottom defends extreme violence in his film

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British director Michael Winterbottom defends his film The Killer Inside Me, which has scenes of extreme violence....

February 28, 2010

Oscar-nominated shorts head to Canadian cinemas

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Canadians for the first time will get to see the live action and animated shorts nominated for this year's Academy Awards on the big screen ahead of an Oscar ceremony....

February 28, 2010

Rushdie says his fatwa story 'needs to be told'

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Novelist Salman Rushdie says he will write a book about the time he spent in hiding while under a fatwa from Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini....

February 27, 2010

Italian court convicts Google execs over video

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An Italian court has convicted three current and former Google executives of violating privacy laws in a case the company calls a serious threat to freedom on the web. ...

February 27, 2010

FCC seeking more spectrum for wireless broadband (AP)

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AP - Federal regulators are hoping to find more wireless spectrum for mobile broadband services by reallocating some airwaves now assigned to television broadcasters and others....

February 27, 2010

Google vital for Chinese scientists: survey

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A survey of scientists in China has found that a large majority of them use Google in their research and their work would be hampered if the search engine left the country. ...

February 27, 2010

Arctic survey bid hits snag over Franklin ships

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An Alberta archeological firm's proposal to test survey equipment in an Arctic waterway has hit a roadblock over concerns about the long-lost ships of Sir John Franklin....