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AP Technology NewsBrief at 9:25 p.m. EST
(Associated Press Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) PayPal halts certain payment transactions in IndiaSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ The online payments service PayPal has taken the unusual step of suspending many transactions in India for more than a week. A spokesman for the service said Saturday that "personal payments" to and from India are being blocked. Transfers to banks in India are being suspended as well.
Macmillan books coming back to AmazonNEW YORK (AP) _ After a weeklong absence, new copies of Andrew Young's "The Politician," Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" and other books published by Macmillan are available for purchase on Amazon.com. Since last Friday, Amazon had limited the availability of Macmillan releases in a dispute over e-books, with Macmillan calling for a new pricing system that would end the $9.99 rate Amazon had been setting for best-sellers on its Kindle e-reader. Macmillan and other publishers believe $9.99 is too low and threatens the value of books overall.
Prius problems put spotlight on car electronicsNEW YORK (AP) _ Your most expensive piece of electronics probably is not your flat panel TV or your computer. More likely, it's your car, which can pack 50 microprocessors to control everything from the fuel mix to the rearview mirrors. The recalls and other technical problems besetting Toyota in the last few weeks highlight the risks of relying on electronics instead of the mechanical rods and cables that controlled vehicles for most of the 20th century.
AT&T now says SlingPlayer for iPhone on 3G is OKSEATTLE (AP) _ AT&T Inc. said Thursday it will now allow Sling Media Inc.'s television-viewing program for the iPhone to operate over its "3G" high-speed mobile network. The reversal comes as the Federal Communications Commission is drafting rules to keep broadband providers _ including wireless companies _ from favoring or discriminating against Internet traffic flowing over their networks.
Feds still troubled by Google's digital book dealSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite revisions aimed at easing those concerns. The opinion filed Thursday in New York federal court is a significant setback in Google's effort to win approval of a 15-month-old legal settlement that would put the Internet search leader in charge of a vast electronic library and store.
Another redesign for Facebook on 6th birthdayNEW YORK (AP) _ Facebook is redesigning its site yet again, this time to better emphasize applications, games and search. Links and items have moved around the home page as Facebook tries to streamline navigation and make games and apps stand out more.
Chinese man gets 2 1/2 years for phony Cisco partsLOS ANGELES (AP) _ A Chinese businessman who sold phony Cisco computer parts to U.S. buyers has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison. The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles announced the sentence Friday against Yongcai Li. He also was ordered to repay nearly $800,000 to Cisco Systems Inc.
Police: Fugitive's Facebook info leads to arrestLOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) _ Police in western New York say a fugitive all but turned himself in by posting his workplace on Facebook and MySpace. Police in Lockport passed along the information about 39-year-old Christopher Crego to U.S. marshals. He was arrested Wednesday at a tattoo parlor where he was working in Terre Haute (teh-ruh HOHT'), Ind.
Sun CEO leaves post with a post: a haiku tweetNEW YORK (AP) _ In a tweeted goodbye, the chief executive of Sun Microsystems bowed out with a haiku. Jonathan Schwartz's haiku on Twitter reads as follows: "Financial crisis/Stalled too many customers/CEO no more."
House Democrats challenge Comcast, NBC on dealWASHINGTON (AP) _ Congressional Democrats challenged executives from Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal on Thursday to show that the cable TV operator's plan to take control of the entertainment company won't hurt consumers and rivals. In back-to-back hearings, members of House and Senate subcommittees expressed concern that the transaction could lead to such competitive harms as higher cable TV rates and fewer video programming choices.
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