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'Cybergeddon' fear stalks US: FBI
Cyber attacks pose the greatest threat to the United States after nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction -- and they are increasingly hard to prevent, FBI experts said Tuesday.

Apple to sell all iTunes music without anti-piracy software
Apple on Tuesday said every song in its iTunes library will be available without anti-piracy software by April.

Chinese Internet portals argue porn crackdown easier said than done
Leading Chinese Internet portals said Tuesday they would do what they could to stamp out pornography in line with a new government crackdown, but said it would be hard to carry out in practice.

Logitech to cut 15 percent of workforce as outlook darkens
Swiss computer equipment group Logitech said Tuesday that it will slash its global workforce by 15 percent in 2009 after a fresh downgrade to its financial outlook.

Japan's video game market shrank last year: report
Japan's video game market shrank for the first time in four years in 2008 in the absence of new console launches, a report said Tuesday.

Twitter accounts of Obama, Britney Spears hacked
The Twitter accounts of US president-elect Barack Obama, singer Britney Spears and other prominent figures were hacked on Monday and fake messages sent out in their names on the micro-blogging service.

Financial woes humble New York Times
The cash-strapped New York Times put up for sale on Monday its most treasured piece of property: the front page.

Cash-strapped New York Times opens front page to ads
The cash-strapped New York Times on Monday for the first time opened its editorial holy of holies, the front page, to advertising.

SKorea's Samsung says unveils word's slimmest TV
South Korea's Samsung Electronics on Monday unveiled what it says is the world's slimmest LCD (liquid crystal display) TV.

World's top gadget show plugging into the Internet
Smart gadgets, lifelike video, and pocket versions of laptop computers are expected to be Consumer Electronics Show (CES) stars as the annual extravaganza follows its gizmos onto the Web.