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<title>Saudi govt moves to exert control over Whatsapp, Skype</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/31/messaging.tools.could.be.in.violation.of.saudi.laws/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1364776558_saudi-flag.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has issued orders to its regulatory bodies to ensure that communication tools like Skype and Whatsapp comply with the government's stringent requirements governing Internet communications. The kingdom's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) announced last week that it had "become evident that some communication applications through (the) Interne...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese state-controlled media continue attacks on Apple</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/26/part.of.strange.campaign.against.foreign.owned.companies/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1303/Apple-China-attack-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[China's government may be nervous that the population's growing dependence on foreign-made products could undermine its control, and has recently embarked on a state-run media campaign against large western corporations that dominate the commercial landscape in urban China, including recent attacks on Apple. Though a recent social networking "whisper campaign" against the iPhone maker backfire...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>White House responds to cell phone unlocking petition</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/04/president.and.officials.consulted.on.issue.last.week.plan.to.allow.unlocking/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/obamaatdeskthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The White House has issued a response to the successful We The People petition. A statement issued earlier today confirmed that the petition response brought together experts from the entire governmental spectrum who "work on telecommunications, technology, and copyright policy," and the White house agrees with the expert and petitioners that consumers should be able to unlock cell phones without ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China government considers lifting ban on game consoles</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/28/discussions.could.see.console.ban.lifted.in.near.future/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/xbox360-2010-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Chinese government may reverse its ban on video game consoles in the future. Ministerial figures are reportedly discussing lifting the ban, put in place in the year 2000 in order to protect the physical and mental development of younger members of the population, which could open up the Chinese market for gaming products from Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, and others....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>White House launches National Day of Civic Hacking events</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/23/community.events.to.use.released.government.data.to.help.nation/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1358945324_usgovnationaldayofcivichacking.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The White House has announced an event that will encourage US residents to make use of government data. The National Day of Civic Hacking on June 1-2 will see 27 cities play host to community events where publicly-released data will be used to create "solutions for problems that affect Americans."...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nokia factory in India raided over unpaid $542M tax bill</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/08/team.of.20.officials.raid.factory.operations.continue.unhindered/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351520169_lumia822verizonin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A factory in India that makes Nokia phones has been raided by tax authorities, according to reports. The Finnish mobile phone manufacturer's factory in Chennai was raided by 20 officials, with authorities claiming that taxes amounting to 3000 Crore INR ($542 million) have not been paid by the company to the Indian government....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US, Canada, UK refuse to sign ITU treaty over control issues</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/14/internet.governance.pressure.point.forced.withdrawl.from.talks/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1110/fiberoptic-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Representatives of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom are refusing to sign a treaty relating to Internet governance. The three countries all objected to the International Telecommunications Union treaty, refusing to sign anything that would allow "all states to have equal rights to the governance of the Internet."...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple, Samsung, others petition Washington to free spectrum</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/11/high.tech.spectrum.coalition.formed.to.spotlight.issues/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355281261_congress-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The High Tech Spectrum Coalition, a 'supergroup' of technology companies led by Apple and Samsung, petitioned Congress on Tuesday to provide more broadcast bandwidth for smartphones and tablet computers. The sent letter encourages the House and Senate technology committees to evaluate auctioning some of the spectrum currently in use by the federal government....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hacktivists leak 1.6M government, industry accounts</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/10/nasa.fbi.interpol.others.attacked.by.hacking.group/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355182590_ghostshelllogothumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Hacking collective GhostShell has released 1.6 million accounts and records claimed to be from various company and governmental agency systems. A total of 37 different organizations are said to have been attacked by the group, with the resulting data being released as raw data dumps on paste sites such as Pastebin and PasteSite....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/10/nasa.fbi.interpol.others.attacked.by.hacking.group/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US House of Representatives opposes UN Internet control</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/06/unanimous.vote.to.protect.current.internet.regulations/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/capitalhill-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US House or Representatives has voted unanimously to keep the Internet "free from government control." The passing of a Senate resolution to oppose United Nation control of the Internet comes while the International Telecommunications Union conference, to decide the Internet's future regulation, is in progress in Dubai....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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