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  • China cut internet and phone access in Tibet
    (PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Chinese officials cut off phone and internet access in parts of Tibet where protesters were killed by Chinese security forces, reported the Guardian. Last month, Tibetans rioted in the south-western province of Sichuan [GlobalPost]
  • TurnKey now selling Internet access
    Web-hosting company TurnKey Internet in Latham, New York, is offering customers Internet access for the first time. Adam Wills, TurnKey's president and CEO, said the acquisition of KCNet Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri, gave TurnKey a new product to sell [Bizjournals.com]
  • Comcast makes effort to close the digital gap
    LAST FALL, Comcast, the nation's largest residential Internet service provider, launched a program, Internet Essentials, that could provide 3 million low-income children--including thousands in our area--with access to affordable broadband and [The Free Lance-Star]
  • SOPA, PIPA, Megaupload.com, and the United States Government
    The passing of SOPA and PIPA could result in wide ranging government control over the Internet. Both SOPA and PIPA, quite similar in intent to the regulations regimes applied in China and Syria to control Internet access, elucidate the harrowing times [Washington Times]
  • Will Lifeline guarantee high-speed Internet access for all?
    Under the Lifeline program, low-income Americans were guaranteed affordable access to basic phone services for the last 25 years. Soon, the program might also help subsidize their access to high-speed Internet as well.and more » [Los Angeles Times]
  • Internet Filtering: Danger Of Return To Past In Tunisia ? OpEd
    A court order requiring the Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) to block access to pornographic websites, upheld by a Tunis appeal court in August 2011, revived the debate about censorship. As the ATI had neither the financial resources nor technical [Eurasia Review]
  • Virus Hits Part Of U.S. Commerce Dept.
    By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek A virus has caused the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) to disable its email and Internet access indefinitely while the nature and origin of the attack is investigated.and more » [InformationWeek]
  • The Jackson County Libraries: a great value
    All one must do to access all of these materials is to have a library card - available free of cost. People of any age, children through adult, may use the library - free of cost. Computers with Internet access are available for use - free of cost.and more » [Tri County News]
  • AOL 4Q profit drops as revenue dips, costs grow
    A Web pioneer back in the `90s, the Internet company has been working on turning its business around as demand for its dial-up Internet access service shrinks. AOL posted net income of $22.8 million, or 23 cents per share, in the three months ended Dec [BusinessWeek]
  • High-speed Internet access expanding to remote areas
    The $33.4 million project is being funded by $25 million in federal grants and another $8.3 million by TDS, which will provide high-speed Internet access at speeds up to 25 megabytes, to about 7400 rural Wisconsin households, including about 1600 in [The Oshkosh Northwestern]
  • news compiled : February 4, 2012

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