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10:04 AM EST
2/7/2012 Indonesia becomes 157th nation to sign test ban pactIndonesia on Monday became the 157th country to join the global nuclear test ban treaty, agreeing to ban all nuclear explosions on the earth's surface, in the atmosphere, underground and underwater.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Nuclear Policy, Treaty, Diplomacy, International Relations

1:09 PM EST
1/27/2012 Twitter to censor 'tweets' in some countriesTwitter has enabled new technology which allows it to block unlawful tweets by country. The move is an about-face from the fast-growing company's stance just 12 months ago. In a blog post titled "The tweets must flow," Twitter boldly refused to censor tweets that may contradict a country's laws.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Human Rights, Science And Technology, Technology, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet

11:59 AM EST
1/27/2012 Google + opens to younger usersTeens as young as 13 can now log into Google's social network site Google +, with some enhanced safety features. The move is a bid to attract more users.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, New Service

10:57 AM EST
1/27/2012 Burberry, DKNY, Oscar de la Renta dominate Fashion 2.0 nomineesLeading the nominations for the 3rd Annual Fashion 2.0 Awards are Burberry, DKNY and Oscar de la Renta. All three fashion houses will compete along with Coach and Kate Spade for the Top Innovator prize.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Fashion, Internet

10:22 AM EST
1/16/2012 Google's doodle honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Google celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a Google doodle. The doodle shows King within the name of the search engine giant, surrounded by words from King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet, Politics, Human Rights, Human Interest, Good

1:22 PM EST
1/5/2012 Netflix users stream more than 2 billion hours in fourth quarterNetflix reported Wednesday that its 20 million members watched more than 2 billion hours of TV shows and movies through its streaming video service during the fourth quarter of 2011.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Corporate Performance

1:05 PM EST
1/5/2012 Google grabs 217 patents from IBM to bolster its Android defenseIBM confirmed Wednesday that it had sold an additional 188 U.S. patents and 29 patent applications to Google. Google has been grabbing up patents from IBM and others over the past year as it aims to bolster its defense against lawsuits over its Android smartphone software.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Patent, Copyright And Trademark, Science And Technology, Technology

1:06 PM EST
1/4/2012 Angry BIrds take flight, has 6.5 million downloads on Christmas DayAngry Birds was downloaded 6.5 million times on Christmas Day, a record. The numbers almost match the total of phone activations on Christmas Day.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet, Lifestyle And Leisure, Game, Economy, Business And Finance, Computing And Information Technology, Software

11:03 AM EST
1/4/2012 Bangladesh teacher ordered to jail over Facebook postA university instructor has been sentenced to six months in jail for failing to answer a Bangladesh court summons in connection with comments he allegedly made on Facebook wishing death to the country's prime minister.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Punishment, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet, Politics, Government, Executive (government)

2:37 PM EST
1/2/2012 Google revamps search pageGoogle has revamped its search home page which promotes other services.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet, Science And Technology