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It now appears almost certain that Google and the Chinese government will not reach an accord over Internet censorship policies and that Google will begin pulling out of the country in the near future. Among the increasing number of signs pointing in that direction are warnings the Chinese government gave to Google’s Web partners that they must comply with Chinese law, even if Google does not. Also, Google reportedly has drawn up detailed plans to shut down its search engine operations there, with an insider saying it is “99.99 percent” certain it will pull out.

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Google Poised to Make Good on Its China Threat

The Federal Communications Commission is set to deliver a much-anticipated report to the U.S. Congress on Thursday. Among other things, “The National Broadband Plan” proposes to have an additional 100 million households connected to high-speed Internet service within the next 10 years. An Executive Summary of the plan released Monday points to a series of goals the FCC is setting for itself, for legislators, and for the executive branch of government. Some are measurable, like making an additional 500 MHz of airwave spectrum available for licensed and unlicensed use.

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FCC Begins Long Climb Toward Broadband for All

Fewer than one in five U.S. consumers are willing to pay for access to their favorite news site, according to a report from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. Only about one-third of Americans even have a single favorite site, the 2010 State of the News Media report found, though the majority don’t roam far: 57 percent use between two and five news Web sites, while only 12 percent use more than six such sites. A full 79 percent of online news consumers, meanwhile, rarely if ever have clicked on an online ad.

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Report: News Media Running Out of Time to Find a New Model

“Avatar” may be the box office champ in this or any other galaxy, and the first weekend of ticket sales for “Alice in Wonderland” has certainly put a Cheshire Cat smile on the faces of Walt Disney studio executives. However, all that monetary activity stems from watching those two movies in the plush, dark expanses of a special, 3-D-enabled movie theater. Now shrink that unique viewing experience down to the comfort of your own living room, as Sony, Samsung and Panasonic are trying to do with this week’s announcements.

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Bringing 3-D Out of the Dark and Into the Living Room

Newegg, a well-established online Web site that sells electronic products, apparently had counterfeit — or perhaps demo products — make their way into its inventory that were then sold to customers. The site reportedly shipped several fake Intel Core i7 processors to customers. At least one of those customers contacted tech Web site HardOCP, which decided to write about it. The “processors,” based on the customer accounts, were not processors at all.

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Newegg Scrambles to Straighten Out Fake-Chip Crack-Up