Comcast’s blocking of certain communications, such as file-sharing program data, has come to the attention of Congess. Two congressmen have called for an investigation of not only Comcast, but also of phone and Internet providers.

On Thursday a senior Chinese intellectual property enforcement official made a statement essentially indicating that China’s intellectual property (IP) enforcement problems aren’t really anyone else’s business, and that other countries shouldn’t politicize it.

SimplePie has announced on its official blog that a new plug-in is coming for WordPress. New features include a configuration pane, multifeeds support, control over all output, elimination for the need for manual creation of cache folders, and much more. Full story here.

According to ABC News Oct. 5, China has shut down tens of thousands of Chinese Internet Web sites, including RSS feeds. forums and blogs. ABC puts the number of sites closed at 18, 401. The move is apparently in advance of a national discussion about the course of that country during the next five years, [...]