Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Google Alert - internet

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Paying so much for bandwidth, getting so little
Globe and Mail
It's also odd, as the Internet gets faster, to hear Bell Canada complain
about "congestion" as if it were 1999. I suppose there are strange
things done ...
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/ubb-internet/paying-so-much-for-bandwidth-getting-so-little/article1899506/>
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Opinion: Could an Egypt-Style Internet Shutdown Happen Here?
AOL News
In an instant, Egypt's Internet kill switch virtually cut off Egyptians
from communicating with the outside world. According to Egypt's largest
mobile ...
<http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/09/opinion-could-an-egypt-style-internet-shutdown-happen-here/>
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Report: 87% of AV users still got infected with malware
ZDNet (blog)
By Dancho Danchev | February 9, 2011, 3:09am PST One-third of internet
users in the EU caught a computer virus, despite the fact that 84% of
internet users ...
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/report-87-of-av-users-still-got-infected-with-malware/8108>
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Experts: Speaking in acronyms, abbreviations predates Internet
Lawrence Journal World
Did this all come from Internet speak, texting and the like? "Americans
have always liked abbreviations," says linguistics professor and author
Deborah ...
<http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/feb/09/experts-speaking-acronyms-abbreviations-predates-i/>
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How to ruin the internet
European Voice
By Frederic Donck What kind of internet does the EU currently have? And how
can it avoid the path to ruin? The internet is growing vigorously, ...
<http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2011/february/how-to-ruin-the-internet/70184.aspx>
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