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Italy's singing nun wins 'Voice' competition 06/06/2014 02:50pm • COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) -- A nun who became an Internet star for her unadorned pop song performances in full habit triumphed at Italy's version of musical competition "The Voice" early Friday, singing and dancing to a song from the 1980s movie "Flashdance."Sister Cristina Scuccia h iFone trumps iPhone in Mexico trademark ruling 06/06/2014 02:30pm • MARK STEVENSON MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's intellectual property agency said Friday it has ruled in favor of a small local firm's rights to the "iFone" name, saying that ads for Apple's iPhone have encroached on the trademark.The Mexican firm iFone S.A. de C.V. registered the name in 2003 to cover Skip the website? Some small businesses still do 06/06/2014 01:20pm • JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- It's cheap. It's easy to do. And it can take less than 20 minutes to set up. Yet more than half of all small businesses still don't have a website."It's just ridiculous," says Jim Blasingame, a small business author and radio show host. "Every small Skip the website? Some small businesses still do 06/06/2014 01:20pm • JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- It's cheap. It's easy to do. And it can take less than 20 minutes to set up. Yet more than half of all small businesses still don't have a website."It's just ridiculous," says Jim Blasingame, a small business author and radio show host. "Every small Garry Kasparov aims for top chess job 06/06/2014 12:38pm • CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press CENTURION, South Africa (AP) -- Garry Kasparov, a Russian who became the youngest world chess champion in 1985 at age 22 but quit the profession two decades later, wants to return as the head of the governing body of chess, challenging its longtime president in a Uber, Lyft become regulated in Colorado 06/06/2014 11:30am • DENVER (AP) -- Leading a push to legitimize Internet companies that connect riders to drivers with a few taps on a cellphone app, Colorado has become the first state whose legislature passed a law regulating companies like UberX and Lyft.Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the bill on Thursday."Consumer p 'Slenderman' opens conversation about Internet safety 06/06/2014 10:31am • WASHINGTON -- The recent stabbing of a 12-year-old Wisconsin girl has brought up questions about online fiction, Slenderman and online safety. The girl's health is improving now after being stabbed 19 times by two other girls, who claimed they did the stabbing as a sacrifice for an online fiction German spy agency comes clean on secret sites 06/06/2014 08:15am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's foreign intelligence agency officially lifted the lid on some of its worst-kept secrets Friday, acknowledging that half a dozen facilities around the country are in fact spy stations -- as anyone with Internet access could already figure out.Th Thai army government captures protest leader 06/06/2014 04:10am • GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's new military government moved against two of its top targets on Thursday, capturing a top organizer of protests against its recent takeover and launching a probe into the finances of the former elected prime minister.Protest leader Sombat Boonng Online pirates thrive on legitimate ad dollars 06/06/2014 01:54am • RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Movie and music piracy thrives online in part because crafty website operators receive advertising dollars from major companies like Comcast, Ford and McDonald's.That's the conclusion of several recent reports that shed light on Internet piracy's Volume of encrypted email rising amid spying fears 06/06/2014 01:30am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The volume of email cloaked in encryption technology is rapidly rising as Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other major Internet companies try to shield their users' online communications from government spies and other snoops.Google and other com Growth or value? Fund investors' choice is clear 06/05/2014 05:20pm • STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The tortoise is running laps around the hare when it comes to investing in mutual funds.Investors are embracing stocks, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 further into record territory. But investors are focusing on mutual funds that buy cheap or underapp AT&T says DirecTV deal would let it build fiber 06/05/2014 12:00pm • PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- In an attempt to curry favor with regulators, AT&T Inc. said Tuesday that if it's allowed to buy satellite broadcaster DirecTV, it will be able to afford an expansion of fiber connections into more homes to boost their Internet connection speeds.D Experts: Only two weeks to protect your computer 06/05/2014 11:32am • WASHINGTON -- Computer owners are being encouraged to run security tests on their machines within the next two weeks to ensure they have not been infected by two hacker networks that were seized this week by international law enforcement agencies. The malware-driven network, called "Gameover Ze Europeans eye new tools to stop Syria jihad 06/05/2014 11:02am • AMSTERDAM (AP) -- European interior affairs ministers are considering censoring jihadi websites and setting up a "task force" to counter jihadi propaganda to prevent radical Muslims from traveling to fight in Syria's civil war and then returning home to commit acts of terrorism.The moves come in the