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BOSTON (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc is considering offering Web-based alternatives to Microsoft Corp’s popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the Internet.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A little-known Swedish software firm has snapped up file-sharing website The Pirate Bay with the hope of turning the source of legal controversy into a money-spinner that appeals to both users and content providers.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com has closed its third Internet associates program in a week, in Hawaii, as the online retailer steps up an effort to skirt new sales taxes in several U.S. states.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s ambitions to strengthen control of the Internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power on Wednesday, as Internet activists and businesses welcomed the abrupt delay of the controversial plan.

China has delayed a plan requiring all new computers sold in the country to be equipped with internet filtering software. The Green Dam software has become a major topic of discussion in the blogosphere. The BBC’s Krassimira Twigg looks at what bloggers and netizens have had to say about it.

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Did you hear that Michael Jackson died? Well, the spammers and other e-criminals certainly got the word, too, flooding the web with scams designed to take advantage of you and your morbid curiosity. …

Watch out, Nintendo DS and Sony PSP — the iPhone-as-gaming-platform is nipping at your heels. Exhibits A and B: “F.A.S.T.,” a gorgeous supersonic airborne sim, and “Doom” Resurrection,” a clever rethink of the classic first-person shooter.

It looks like Europe will not have to resort to "severe measures" after all in order to get cell phone manufacturers selling products in the region to agree on a single cell phone charger standard. …

AP - In a rare reversal, China’s government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software.

AP - Like a car salesman pushing a luxury vehicle that the customer no longer can afford, NASA has pulled out of its back pocket a deal for a cheaper ride to the moon.