South Korea Sharpens Its Censorship Knife

Today in international tech news: South Korea is in the spotlight for its crackdown on Internet criticism of the government. Also: A paper publishes an article on how successful -- or unsuccessful -- it has been on getting people to pay for content on iPads, and a hit Indian TV show enlists an IT firm to turn millions of messages into hard data.

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The Windows 8 Generation Gap: Size Matters

If Windows 8 is successful, the audience that will drive it will be on the young side of the market -- likely 25 and younger -- and the most resistant will be those older than 25. I don't think blended products -- oversized tablets, etc. -- will fix this. Much like PCs eventually drove over the bodies of those who preferred terminals and typewriters in the 1980s, tablets eventually will drive over us older types in this round of change.

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YouTube Could Become Soccer Player

Today in international tech news: YouTube could become a player in the high-priced world of soccer highlights. Also: Video is released of Kim Dotcom's arrest; the Philippines takes to social media to coordinate flood relief; Facebook takes down an Australian page

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Google May Slough Off Big Chunk of Motorola Workforce

Google is rumored to be sharpening its knives for some Motorola staff cuts, and they're not likely to be surgical. Thousands of jobs will probably go out the window, as it eliminates redundancies and refines Motorola's mission. What that will be is uncertain. Is this going to be about developing the Android OS? Or will Google try to take back the hardware market with the Motorola brand?

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