From the Wires

A writer mourns the lost courtesy of responding to invitations and examines how hard the R.S.V.P. rubs against the grain of contemporary life.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators will announce a major Internet policy this week to revolutionize how Americans communicate and play, proposing a dramatic increase in broadband speeds that could let people download a high-definition film in minutes instead of hours.

Internet companies and civil liberties groups contend the powers it would give the British authorities would be a move toward censorship.

The International Amateur Scanning League has taken it upon itself to copy as much federal video as it can and put it online.

A traditionally passive form of entertainment could someday become a conglomeration of professional production and multiple conversations.

The company may be worth twice the $2.75 billion it was valued at when eBay sold it last year.

Waning ad revenue and increasing competition on the Web raise the question if entertainment trade papers like Variety and The Hollywood Reporter can survive.

Chess is perfectly suited for the Internet age, and it’s easier than ever to play online.

Only 35 percent have a favorite site and 21 percent rely primarily on a single source, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center.

Giving people more choices in revealing their locations with their cell phones is being popularized by the Foursquare service.

German publishers are worrying that Apple’s desire to limit offensive material on its iPhone applications is spilling over into censorship, particularly when it comes to nudity.

Eight days before the film is shown on PBS, it will appear on Facebook for a social experience of the film.

Supporters of a proposal say it would give copyright holders the tools to tackle piracy at the supply and demand levels.

How to make it to the top of the engrossing professor-ranking site, RateMyProfessors.com.

The online political writer talks about why he’s running against Barbara Boxer.

CARACAS (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.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to a U.S.-linked cyber network gathering information on Iranian nuclear scientists and sending people abroad for training, a news agency reported on Saturday.

SHANGHAI (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.

NEW YORK (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.

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