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Left and Right Despise FCC's Net Neutrality Rules

In a contentious vote, the Federal Communications Commission passed new rules on Internet service providers Tuesday. The regulations will prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Web traffic and discourage them from giving some Web destinations preferential treatment over others. Noticeably, wireless Internet...

Will 'Porn Lock' in UK and France Lead to Internet Censorship?

Just days after France passed legislation requiring Internet service providers to block child-pornography websites, British officials said they want to block all porn on the Web. Critics of both "porn lock" initiatives say they may be the first steps in controlling the Internet in those countries. Ed Vaizey, Britain's...

Dead Drops: The New Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Network

(Nov. 1) -- This brings new meaning to plugging your computer into the wall. "Dead drops," a new social initiative devised by German architect and artist Aram Bartholl, creates an offline peer-to-peer file-sharing network through "injecting USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs." Bartholl, who is a New York...

Five New Frightening Types of Cyberattacks

(Oct. 18) -- Worried about e-mails that appear to be from your bank but could well be part of a phishing scam? That may soon be the least of your problems. With concerns about cyberattacks on the rise, computer security experts are looking ahead to what they think might be the next wave of attacks. What they find is that...

Opinion: 3 Reasons to Kill the Internet Kill Switch Idea

(July 9) -- Last month, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., introduced a bill that might -- we're not really sure -- give the president the authority to shut down all or portions of the Internet in the event of an emergency. It's not a new idea. Sens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, proposed the same thing...

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Yandex.Factory Seed Funding Bears Fruit: SocialMart Launches Social Shopping With Yandex.Market

It's not a given that a leader in search can successfully pivot into other areas like social media â just ask Google â but a new service launching in Russia today, from that country's search leader Yandex , shows one route a company with a lot of smarts can take to make sure they remain a central player in the social...

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Computer Crime - Good News and Bad News

By all accounts, May seems to have been a terrible month for the security of government computer systems.

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MoPub Launches A âBuy It Nowâ Private Marketplace For Mobile Advertisers

MoPub , an ad serving startup for smartphone apps, is announcing a new way for its publishers to offer their inventory to advertisers â a private marketplace limited to select publishers and advertisers.

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Bianca Bosker: Will Facebook Be Its Own Buzz Kill?

The host tells you all of your close friends are coming.

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SimplyUs Brings Couples Closer, With An App For Organizing Their Lives Together

A few months ago, my colleague Eric Eldon wrote about Pair , which launched out of the latest batch of Y Combinator startups and is kind of like Path for couples.

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05/28/12 TrueContext Mobile Solutions Corporation Announces Q1... Source: Marketwire Q1'12 operator channel subscription revenue growth of 317% over Q1'11 (16% sequential growth over Q4'11) OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/28/12 -- TrueContext Mobile Solutions Corporation (TSX VENTURE:TMN) ("TrueContext" or "the Company"), a mobile data solutions company today announced results for its three months ended March 31, 2012.
05/28/12 How can I get data-only service for my old iPhone? Source: CNET Wouldn't it be great if you could get a data-only service for your smartphone?
05/28/12 A way to reduce the Internet's energy drain Source: PhysOrg.com A single click of the mouse triggers a surge of snapping devices and the activation of a multitude of connections.
05/28/12 Internet Protocol: IPv6 launch on June 6 Source: Zee News In a move signalling the advent of a new era, the Internet Society will shift from the current IPv4 regime to IPv6 on June 6.
05/28/12 Telecom Engineer Job Source: Zawya.com JCCS is involved in marketing, selling, installation and maintenance of computer and communication hardware, software, peripherals and accessories in addition to consultancy and other professional services in the Information Technology field.

Background on Computer networking

A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information.

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