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Porn industry seeks recognition with annual awards (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Stars and producers of the U.S. adult film industry gathered in Las Vegas this weekend for annual awards dubbed the Oscars of porn, lamenting the fact it was hard to win recognition with so much sex in movies these days.

Romney, McCain vow to lift auto industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - Republican rivals Mitt Romney and John McCain both promised to revive recession-ravaged Michigan and the auto industry Monday as they campaigned in a presidential primary neither can afford to lose. "I will not rest until Michigan is back," said Romney, a native son who jabbed at his rival for saying many jobs among the thousands lost will never return.

Video Game Industry Seeks Political Clout (New York Times) - The video game industry intends to establish a political action committee to donate money to game-friendly politicians and candidates.

Music Industry, Souring on Apple, Embraces Amazon Service (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) - At the Super Bowl next month, the music industry will be switching teams — from Apple to Amazon.com.

Big Three CEOs cautious on industry outlook (MSNBC) - General Motors’ CEO Rick Wagoner said Monday that the U.S. automotive industry is in a recession, but should weather the storm as long as the economic climate doesn’t worsen.

Pikom hires ICT industry luminary as its first president (The New Straits Times) - PIKOM, the Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia has appointed C.J. Ang as the association's first President. The announcement was made by the Chairman of PIKOM, Mr. David Wong Nan Fay who revealed that this newly created position was finally filled after months of search for the right candidate.

Meat industry group hoping to improve profits (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News) - Meat & Wool New Zealand is hoping to improve profitability for red meat producers by establishing a taskforce examining the domestic industry and market.

Download Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal Use (Washington Post) - Despite more than 20,000 lawsuits filed against music fans in the years since they started finding free tunes online rather than buying CDs from record companies, the recording industry has utterly failed to halt the decline of the record album or the rise of digital music sharing.

China Software Industry Report, 2007-2008 Available Now (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c79470) has announced the addition of "China Software Industry Report, 2007-2008" to their offering.

Sabah viable hub for halal industry in region: Musa (The Borneo Post) - KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is a strategically-viable hub for the development of the nascent halal industry within the BIMP-EAGA region, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.