My Way News - Google scrambles to save Internet license in China
My Way News reports: "China is threatening to revoke Google's business license over the company's decision to redirect Chinese traffic to computers in Hong Kong that are not governed by the communist government's censorship practices. The latest skirmish between Beijing and the Internet search leader threatens to cripple the company in one of the Web's biggest markets."

My Way News - Pakistan scans Google, other sites for blasphemy
My Way News reports: "Pakistan will monitor seven major websites, including Google and Yahoo, to block anti-Islamic links and content, an official said Friday. Seventeen lesser-known sites are being blocked outright for alleged blasphemous material."

My Way News - Turkey tightens Internet control in YouTube feud
My Way News reports: "Furious over Internet insults of the country's beloved founder, Turkey has gone on the offensive against Google, tightening a ban on YouTube and cutting public access to a host of Google-owned sites."

Farm and Dairy - Biometric ID cards could help resolve migrant worker issues
Farm and Dairy reports: "The creation of a comprehensive bill will give everyone in the U.S. a biometric employment verification, or personal ID, card. The card will have a magnetic code with personal information, according to Charles Garrison, president of the Garrison Group, LLC, Washington. Garrison spoke to more than three dozen farmers and agri-industry representatives May 13 during the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce-sponsored monthly Ag Issues Forum at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center in Lancaster, Pa."

My Way News - High court: Go ahead, search cop's sexy texting
My Way News reports: "The Supreme Court had a common-sense message Thursday for workers with cell phones and other gadgets provided by their employers: Use your own cell phone if you've got something to text that you don't want your boss to read."

My Way News - Owner of anti-Chavez TV channel flees Venezuela
My Way News reports: "The majority owner of Venezuela's only opposition-aligned TV station has left the country to avoid an arrest warrant as multiple cases brought by authorities leave Globovision facing an uncertain future."

Crave at CNET UK - Beat Big Brother: Dodge CCTV, phone taps and spies
CNET reports: "Big Brother is watching you -- and we're not talking about the mind-numbing reality show. The UK has become a real-life Orwellian nightmare. There's reportedly a CCTV camera for every 14 people. Police helicopters circle our skies. Phones are tapped on a routine basis and your information is harvested by nefarious forces intent on stealing your identity."

My Way News - TV channel owner ordered arrested in Venezuela
My Way News reports: "Venezuelan authorities issued an arrest warrant Friday for the owner of a television channel that takes a critical line against President Hugo Chavez."

My Way News - Bar codes get around town and get more useful
My Way News reports: "What has changed now, though, is that consumers are increasingly engaging with their mobile devices for more than making phone calls, texts and checking e-mails. And smart phones can easily download scanning applications that make it possible for product codes to leap from store shelves to the wider world."

My Way News - Lawmakers seek prepaid cell crackdown, cite terror
My Way News reports: "Alarmed by the use of hard-to-track prepaid cell phones by terror suspects, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Texas Sen. John Cornyn have introduced legislation requiring consumers to produce identification before buying such phones [...] Prepaid phones can be a lifeline for people with limited incomes or poor credit, allowing them to purchase a device and a limited amount of calling time without committing to a costly contract."

My Way News - China says it will keep blocking online content
My Way News reports: "China vowed Tuesday to keep a tight grip on the Internet, saying it would continue to block anything considered subversive or threatening to 'national unity.' [...] China, which routinely blocks websites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, gave no sign there would be an easing of the 'Great Firewall' - the nickname for the network of filters that keep mainland Web surfers from accessing material the government deems sensitive."