Copyright in China

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/03/28/chinese-search-giant-baidu-under-fire-for-online-library/?mod=google_news_blog

Story of Chinese search engine giant facing problems after a judge shot down Google's plan to create a digital library of books over copyright concerns.

HP to Expand into Cloud

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/technology/15hewlett.html?ref=technology

With the change of heads, HP is also changing strategies of expansion from hardware to software, and cloud.

Japan takes toll on U.S. tech companies

http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/15/technology/japan_us_tech/index.htm

Interesting article of the international effect on tech firms.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The impact of the massive earthquake that struck just off the coast of Japan last week has been felt as far away as Texas.

Dallas-based Texas Instruments (TXN, Fortune 500) said late Monday that it had suffered "substantial damage" to its production plant in Miho, Japan and slight damage to its Aizu-wakamatsu plant. Both facilities are located north of Tokyo in the areas most affected by the disaster.

Shares of TI fell 2% on Tuesday.

Quake affects high tech market supply

Here is an interesting article about the earthquake's effects on the supply of advanced technology coming out of Japan including memory chips and LCD displays. This may increase the price of products in the short run and in my opinion offers an opportunity for another technology producer to pick up the slack and possibly take away some of Japan's technology market.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704893604576199971886000168.html

http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/13/technology/angry_birds_sxsw/index.htm

This link shows how through digital game downloads (and the internet) individuals are able to create and expand businesses in new ways.

After Quake and Tsunami, Japanese Citizens Flock to Social Networks for Information

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/after-quake-and-tsunami-japanese-citizens-flock-to-social-networks-for-information/?scp=2&sq=japan%20twitter%20&st=cse

Article above mentions how social network websites could be useful and necessary in era of national crisis, especially when phone services are limited.

Google aids in helping find missing in Japan

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2011/03/13/aqui.japan.google.tool.missing.cnn

This is a quick video showing how Google has a page where Japanese can search for someone that has been missing since the earthquake/tsunami or someone can post information about a known missing person.
I thought it was interesting that even in the midst of a disaster people can use the internet to find missing people.