=== News - 10 new results for [internet] ===
Internet group says quality over speed in restoring domain-name expansion
Washington Post
NEW YORK — The organization in charge of expanding the number of Internet
address suffixes — the ".com" part of domain names — is apologizing
for delays but says it's favoring "quality, not speed." Three weeks
ago, the Internet Corporation for ...
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UK wants Internet providers to block porn by default
msnbc.com
Once again, the British government may try to get Internet service
providers to be the babysitters charged with keeping online porn away from
children. A similar effort in late 2010 failed, but now it's back in a
different form.
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Yahoo CEO faces calls for ouster after inaccuracy
BusinessWeek
In a letter Friday, activist hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb demanded that
the board of the struggling Internet company fire Thompson by noon EDT
Monday or face possible legal action. "CEO's have been terminated for less
at other companies," wrote Loeb, ...
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Résumé Trips Up New Yahoo Chief
Wall Street Journal
By AMIR EFRATI And JOANN S. LUBLIN Pressure is mounting on Yahoo Inc.'s
board after revelations that the Internet company's recently hired chief
executive's academic record was misstated. On Friday, one of Yahoo's
largest shareholders gave the company ...
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U.S. Lags in Internet Connectivity Speeds
PC Magazine
Akamai's "The State of the Internet" survey reveals that the rest of the
world is speeding past the United States in Internet connectivity. By John
C. Dvorak Akamai, one of the companies that can actually pull off a survey
like this, has released its ...
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404007,00.asp>
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ROFLCon: The Internet Goes Offline to Talk Web Culture
New York Times (blog)
Authenticity and spontaneity, said Jonathan Zittrain, a law professor at
Harvard who studies the Internet and how people use it. "It's usually
some unguided involuntary moment," he said. "There's artifice around
it, but there's something that isn't ...
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Summary Box: Internet group says quality over speed in restoring
domain-name ...
Washington Post
TAKING ITS TIME: The organization in charge of expanding the number of
Internet address suffixes says it's favoring "quality, not speed" in
bringing back a system after a software glitch. WHAT HAPPENED: The Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and ...
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Does Faster Internet Access Lure Piracy?
PCWorld
Not only does the movie industry continue to create less-than-impressive
relationships with its audience by suing the pants off alleged
file-sharers, now it's worried that faster Internet download speeds will
enable piracy.
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Shareholder seeks ouster of Yahoo CEO over bio
San Francisco Chronicle
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson could lose his job after just four months leading
the troubled Internet company because of a lie about his academic
credentials. A major Yahoo shareholder who exposed the fabrication Thursday
is now leading the charge to oust ...
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NBC, the Olympics and the Internet
ITworld.com
May 05, 2012, 7:40 AM — I have been far from nice when it comes to my
opinion of NBC's understanding of the power of the Internet when it comes
to Olympic coverage. Six years ago I had the Pollyannaish view that NBC
would stumble on the Internet when ...
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=== Blogs - 5 new results for [internet] ===
Internet-Famous Falling Bear Meets Banal Normal-Bear Death on ...
By Mat Honan
You've seen this bear. It wandered onto the University of Colorado campus
where it was tranquilized, and its falling-sideways bear-body was captured
by photographer Andy Duann mid-air. With a little help from Reddit, the
bear became a ...
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Gizmodo
<http://gizmodo.com/>
FBI To Internet Biggies: Pretty Please Give Us An Easy Way To Spy ...
By Chris Morran
CNET reports that the FBI is annoyed at how much more difficult it is to
wiretap suspects now that they use the Internet instead of going to phone
booths in dark alleys. Thus, the bureau has proposed a law -- an amendment
to the...
<http://consumerist.com/2012/05/fbi-to-internet-biggies-can-you-please-give-us-an-easy-way-to-spy-on-your-user.html>
The Consumerist
<http://consumerist.com/>
Morning Buzz: Bringing Internet to the Subway - NYTimes.com
By By CHRISTOPHER REEVE
What we're reading in The Times and elsewhere, including articles about a
wake for seven victims of a car crash and technology firms' continuing
interest in the city.
<http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/morning-buzz-bringing-internet-to-the-subway/>
City Room
<http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/>
Germany battles internet terrorism - The Local
Germany's foreign minister has called for international efforts to
eradicate "virtual hiding places" for terrorists who use the internet to
plan attacks.
<http://www.thelocal.de/national/20120505-42363.html>
The Local - Germany's news in English
<http://www.thelocal.de/>
No Internet Snooping for Claims, Says Social Security Office ...
By Drew Bowling
The decision to ban the internet as a source of investigating a fraud
appears to stem from the agency's desire to ensure that different
government bodies don't overstep their bounds or encroach into the
jurisdiction of other investigators. Social ...
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