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Venezuela's Chavez calls for internet controls (Reuters) Reuters - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groups, called on Saturday for regulation of the Internet and singled out a website that he said falsely reported the murder of one of his ministers. March 13, 2010 9:34 PM SXSW: Cuban, Boxee Clash at Web TV Debate (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - On the opening night of SXSW Interactive, HDNet founder Mark Cuban and Boxee founder Avner Ronan traded verbal barbs and a few well-reasoned arguments trying to answer the simple question: will Internet TV take over? March 13, 2010 6:35 AM Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine: report (Reuters) Reuters - Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday. March 13, 2010 4:34 AM FCC to propose 10-year Internet expansion: report (Reuters) Reuters - The Federal Communications Commission will submit a 10-year plan to Congress on Tuesday that would establish high-speed Internet as the country's dominant means of communication, The New York Times reported in Saturday editions. March 13, 2010 1:13 AM Internet body delays decision on .XXX domain name (AFP) AFP - The adult entertainment industry is going to have to wait a while longer to see whether it gets its .XXX domain name. March 12, 2010 6:20 PM Twitter Adds Location-Sharing: I'm Eating Tacos…In Texarkana (PC World) PC World - Twitter users can now add their current location to their tweets. The micro-blogging service on Thursday activated an optional new feature that appends geographical information to your posts. March 12, 2010 5:40 PM Reported cyberfraud losses double in 2009: FBI (Reuters) Reuters - Reported losses from Internet fraud more than doubled in 2009, with scams that falsely used the FBI's name generating the most complaints, the law enforcement agency said on Friday. March 12, 2010 4:41 PM Troyak Takedown, Security Blues, ICANN Meets (PC World) PC World - The Troyak ISP, which has been linked to the Zeus botnet, was briefly taken down this week. The takedown occurred on the heels of the RSA Conference last week, where there was much talk about the "cat-and-mouse" game of trying to squelch cybercrime. Otherwise, things got a little testy at the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, and iPad pre-orders got rolling. Oh, and the Internet was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously. March 12, 2010 4:30 PM FCC's National Broadband Plan: What's in It? (PC World) PC World - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to release a national broadband plan next week that will lay out an ambitious set of goals for broadband deployment and adoption. March 12, 2010 4:20 PM HickoryTech to pay dividend of 13 cents (AP) AP - HickoryTech Corp., which provides Internet access and other digital services, said Friday its board declared a quarterly dividend of 13 cents a share. March 12, 2010 3:45 PM