Monday, February 21, 2011

Google Alert - internet

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'Kill Switch' Internet bill alarms privacy experts
ABC News
By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY Just as the Egyptian government recently forced
the Internet to go dark, US officials could flip the switch if the
Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset legislation becomes law, say its
critics. Proponents of the bill, ...
<http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/kill-switch-internet-bill-alarms-privacy-experts/story?id=12922845>
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Worrisome Trend: Self-Injury Videos on Internet
WebMD
Parents and health care providers who work with those who self-injure
should ask about the person's Internet habits. "Professionals working with
youth and young adults ... need to be aware of the scope and nature of
nonsuicidal self-injury on YouTube," ...
<http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20110218/worrisome-trend-self-injury-videos-on-internet>
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China calls for domestic unrest to be defused
Reuters
A man is arrested by police in front of the Peace Cinema, where internet
social networks were calling to join a ''Jasmine Revolution'' protest, in
downtown Shanghai February 20, 2011. By Chris Buckley BEIJING (Reuters) -
China must find new ways to ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/21/us-china-unrest-idUSTRE71K0PQ20110221>
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Westboro Baptists claim to discover Internet's purpose, much to the
amusement ...
Raw Story
By Stephen C. Webster Members of Pastor Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist
Church claim to have discovered the underlying purpose of the Internet:
using it "to tell this nation & this world that your destruction draws
nigh." While it was unclear what they ...
<http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/21/westboro-baptists-claim-to-discover-internets-purpose-much-to-the-amusement-of-anonymous/>
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Libya turns off Internet as it kills protestors
Inquirer
By Spencer Dalziel LIBYA HAS SHUT DOWN the Internet for its citizens two
days in a row as Gaddafi's thugs turn on protestors. Following what
obviously didn't work for Egypt, Libya started restricting online access
earlier on Friday and managed to choke ...
<http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2027634/libya-internet-kills-protestors>
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Local book sellers adjusting to Internet era
Contra Costa Times
By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen/Times-Herald/ There's something about being in a
bookstore, about the smell of the place, the sense of hidden treasures, of
holding a volume in your hands, that new technology can't touch, some say.
...
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_17442000>
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Digital age is slow to arrive in much of rural America
Bend Bulletin
Johnathan Little fills out an online job application at the Thomasville
Public Library, which offers free wireless Internet, earlier this month in
Thomasville, Ala. Thomasville is located in a rural county where broadband
and cell phone reception can ...
<http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20110221/NEWS0107/102210315/>
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WAFB Channel 9, Baton Rouge, LA |Cable, phone and internet restored at LSU
WBXH
Entertainment News from AP BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - LSU announced cable,
internet and phone service was restored on the entire campus by Sunday. The
outage happened Friday afternoon when construction workers accidentally cut
some fiber-optic wires. ...
<http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=14067516>
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