Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger (AP)
Twitter's Identity Crisis (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - The micro-blogging platform's new prompt, "What's happening?", is also a redefinition. Obama answers questions from top Cuban blogger (AP)
"What's happening?" Twitter wants to know (AFP)
Obama praises dissident Cuban blogger Sanchez (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama praised dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez and said in a posting on her website on Thursday that he looks forward to the day "all Cubans can freely express themselves." Brian Williams lauds Cronkite in award acceptance (AP)
US PS3 Sales Leap 70% in October (PC World) PC World - After years of third-stringing it, Sony's beleaguered PS3 may finally be rallying, according to sales data cited on Sony's US PlayStation blog. The company's American division reports year-over-year October hardware sales lifted nearly 70 percent, and says its online PlayStation storefront clinched record revenues, with downloads up 60 p...... Live Blog: Google Chrome OS Technical Preview (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - News editor Mark Hachman is on-site at the Google Chrome OS technical preview, and will be live-blogging the event for PCMag's Gearlog blog. Charges dropped in Perez Hilton case (AP)
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AP - The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.
AP - President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government changes its ways.
AFP - Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer. The micro-blogging service now wants to know "What's happening?"
AP - NBC newsman Brian Williams said Wednesday he's not sure if Walter Cronkite would have succeeded in the age of cable news, blogs and Twitter.
AP - Black Eyed Peas manager Liborio Molina apologized to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton as part of an agreement allowing assault charges against him to be dropped, lawyers said Wednesday.
