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Skype WiFi On iOS, Amazon's Government Cloud, Samsung Tablet Ban Scaled Back, Best Buy's HP TouchPad Pile, HTC Suing Apple Again

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.READ»

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RIM's Bargaining Chip for Dodging Future International BlackBerry Bans: Privacy

Research In Motion has struggled in the United Arab Emirates--the BlackBerry was almost banned. But what does a deal between RIM and the UAE mean for RIM's foreign operations?READ»

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Missed Chinese Connections: Why You'll Have to Hook Up With Asian Army Hotties the Old Fashioned Way

Security issues have forced the Chinese military authorities to clamp down on their troops' Internet use. As well as a moratorium on blogging, the 2.3 million military personnel are forbidden from using online dating sites, personal ...READ»

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Pakistan Blocks Blasphemic YouTube and Wikipedia as Facebook Considers Solutions

First, the Pakistani authorities came for Facebook; today it's YouTube, Flickr, Wikipedia, and 450 other websites. Early this morning, reports Agence Presse, the country ruled that content on Google's video site is "sacrilegious," and ...READ»

Some EU Plasma TVs to Go the Way of the Dodo Bird

Speaking to a newspaper this weekend, government ministers in Britain intend to ban giant flatscreen plasma TVs that don't meet stringent energy efficiency requirements. It sounds draconian, but apparently it's all with the goal of ...READ»

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Fast Food Ads = Fat Children?

A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research reveals that a ban on fast food advertising during children's programming would reduce obesity rates in America's youth by 14-18%.READ»