Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Google Alert - internet

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Facing Calls for 'Jasmine Revolution,' China Tightens Grip On Internet
Switched
The New York Times reports that Beijing has orchestrated a massive
crackdown on Internet and phone services within the country, in an attempt
to prevent protesters from remotely organizing demonstrations. The regime
has blocked the phrase "Jasmine ...
<http://www.switched.com/2011/02/22/facing-calls-for-jasmine-revolution-china-tightens-grip-on-in/>
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French Internet Co Files Fresh Evidence Against Google
Wall Street Journal
BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--Fresh evidence claiming Google Inc. (GOOG) is abusing
its dominant market position was filed to the European Commission Tuesday
by French Internet company 1plusV. 1plusV, which creates thematic Internet
search engines, ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110222-705549.html>
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How Good is Your Internet Coverage?
Tom's Hardware Guide
Sadly, that means that some Americans will still be without high-speed
internet until half-past this decade. We can chart the progress though, as
the FCC has erected a Broadband Map website that allows you to view the
internet coverage in any given ...
<http://www.tomshardware.com/news/broadband-coverage-map-fcc-internet,12223.html>
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Mediaset Combines Internet, TV In New Pay-TV Product
Wall Street Journal
The launch will take Mediaset into so-called over-the-top television, which
promises to revolutionize the way TV is delivered and watched by allowing
the content to be delivered to TV or personal computer screens via the
Internet. ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110222-706390.html>
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Medvedev warns against Internet shutdown over 'extremism'
RIA Novosti
VLADIKAVKAZ, February 22 (RIA Novosti) - Extremism, including religious
extremism, on the Internet should be fought but not by shutting down access
to the worldwide web, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday. A
dedicated effort is required ...
<http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110222/162718203.html>
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China Mobile, Xinhua Launch Chinese Search Engine
PCWorld
By Michael Kan, IDG News China Mobile and China's state-run Xinhua News
Agency have launched a new search engine at Panguso.com that will also tap
the country's growing mobile Internet market. Panguso operates in Chinese.
It's development was announced ...
<http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/220263/china_mobile_xinhua_launch_chinese_search_engine.html>
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South Korea working on giving homes super speedy internet
TechEye
The country may already take the award for the world's fastest internet
connections but that's not enough to have it resting on its laurels. It
wants to go one step further and give every home in the country a
connection of one gigabit per second by ...
<http://www.techeye.net/internet/south-korea-working-on-giving-homes-super-speedy-internet>
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When the internet actually helps dictators
CNN
These tech-will-save-the-world types, according to author Evgeny Morozov,
tend to believe the internet can do no wrong. It spawns democracy, as has
been shown with the protests rifling across the Middle East and North
Africa. And it organizes people in ...
<http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/02/22/authoritarian.internet.morozov/>
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