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Yahoo!, Click Refresh Button on Internet Censorship

Amnesty International | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Google, Internet, Human Rights, Global Online Freedom Act, Microsoft, Amnesty International, Censorship, China, Yahoo, Business News
Amnesty International

By Tony Cruz, Amnesty International USA's Business & Economic Relations Group Yahoo! held its annual shareholder meeting on June 25th -- the first me...

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Jordanian Parliament is Back on Air... Indirectly

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Internet, Parliament, Jordan, Radio, Broadcast, Israel, Palestine, Broadcast TV, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Two and a half years after being taken off the air, Radio Al Balad was able to broadcast live during the afternoon session of Parliament on July 6, 2009.

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United Airlines Complaint Song Breaks 1M Views in 4 Days

Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 07.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Marketing, Internet, Social Networking, United Airlines, United Airlines Breaks Guitar, United Airlines Guitar Song, Media News
Andrew Cherwenka

In web marketing it's often said, "You are what Google says you are," and seven of the first 10 results for a Google video search of United Airlines are damaging to the brand.

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Michael Jackson Memorial Not As Big On Web As Obama Inauguration

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 07.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Jackson, Internet, Michael Jackson Memorial, Michael Jackson Internet, Media News

Depending on your perspective, this is either interesting news or heartening news: Michael Jackson's funeral and memorial was indeed a giant Internet ...

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$350 Million Internet Program Being Set Up to Fail

Art Brodsky | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Broadband, Economic Stimulus Package, Federal Communications Commission, AT&T, Media News
Art Brodsky

The stimulus broadband mapping program is set up for massive failure unless changes are made. Consistency, transparency, public verification and less protection of information are needed.

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Twitter Revolution and President Obama: This time Let's Stand Up With Roozbeh and the People of Iran

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Stephen Harper, Internet, Simon Wiesenthal Center, United Nations, Angela Merkel, Twitter, Obama, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Twitter may have succeeded in proving to the world how much the Iranian people want change, but Internet technologies cannot deliver real freedom and hope.

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GMail Officially Drops "Beta" Label

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Email, Google, Internet, Gmail, Gmail Beta, Media News

NEW YORK — After more than five years officially in testing mode, Gmail is finally graduating from "beta." Google Inc. says its e-mail service ...

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Attack the Cyberwalls!: The Internet Is the Pathway to Democracy in Places Like Iran

Sen. Arlen Specter | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Internet, Internet, Iran, Dictatorships, Iran Election, Firewall, Iranian Election, Censorship, World News
Sen. Arlen Specter

The walls used by 21st century tyrannies to control their citizens are increasingly electronic rather than physical. American interests will be powerfully advanced in finding ways to breach those walls.

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Jackson's Death Once Again Shows Newspapers Are Irrelevant

Marcia Meier | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media

Read More: The Internet, Michael Jackson, Internet, Newspapers, Print Journalism, Twitter, Michael Jackson Death, Headlines, The New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Facebook, Journalism, Media News
Marcia Meier

Every day, most newspaper headlines literally shout: We are irrelevant!

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Michael Jackson's Funeral Expected to Strain Internet: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer July 7, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Marc Andreesen, AT&T, Streaming, Andy Roddick, Grey's Anatomy, Mediabytes, Funeral, Iphone, Michael Jackson, Internet, Department of Justice, Video, Ben Horowitz Vc Firm, Apple, Shelly Palmer, Wimbledon, Roger Federer, Live, Media News, Abc, Hulu, Nbc, Netscape, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Web sites are rapidly preparing for a big day today, as coverage of Michael Jackson's funeral is expected to strain servers. The ceremony is expecte...

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The Internet Is the People's Medium

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 07.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Thomas Paine, Freedom of the Press, Fourth of July, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

We have a custom inside our company, which is to make one of the first orders of business for new employees a meeting to share our mission and values,...

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Three Cheers for Democracy and the World Wide Web

Christina Patterson | Posted 07.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Democracy, China, Iran Protests 2009, Iran Election, Chinese Censorship, Media News
Christina Patterson

Vicious governments will always try to hold on to power, but a modest Englishman called Tim has made their job much harder.

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Emails and Texting are Killing Your Business

Grant Cardone | Posted 07.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Internet, Sales Training, Internet Selling, Twitter, Sales, Social Networking, Sales on the Internet, Email, Business, Facebook, Grant Cardone, Texting, Business News
Grant Cardone

People are becoming overly reliant and falsely dependent upon emails, texting and the internet as a primary means of communicating.

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AOL Joins the Internet Party

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 07.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Time-Life, Time Warner, Aol, Internet, New Media, Time Warner AOL, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

Un-encumbered by the weighty media assets of Time Warner, AOL has discovered the joys of smallness online, and the ability to publish freely according to the range of human interests and emotions.

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Economic Tectonics and the Crash of '08

Dave Maney | Posted 06.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Internet, Information Technology, Obama Economy, Economic Recession, Recession, Economy, Economic Crisis, Home News
Dave Maney

I believe what we witnessed last fall is the visible result of a complete re-ordering and reorganization of every single facet of the global economy by the combined power of information technology and the Internet.

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Internet Censorship Legislation Could Make It Illegal For U.S. Companies To Aid Repressive Governments

The Guardian | Bobbie Johnson and Daniel Nasaw | Posted 06.30.2009 | World

Read More: Google, Internet, Global Online Freedom Act, Computers, Microsoft, Media Censorship, Iran, China, Internet Censorship, Yahoo, World News

Internet activists are urging Barack Obama to pass legislation that would make it illegal for technology companies to collaborate with authoritarian c...

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Jason Linkins

Sarah Palin Battles The Internet (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Civil Liberties, Internet, Detainee Rights, Media Criticism, Barack Obama, Ross Douthat, Prolonged Detention, Detentions, Sarah Palin, Ceci Connolly, David Letterman, Media News

My advice to Sarah Palin would be to do as the old ad copy said: Never let them see you sweat. Don't get involved in a land war with David Letterman.

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Is Your Inbox Full of Reactivit-E-Mail?

Brooke Siler | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Internet, Emotions, Mental Health, Relationships, Reactivity, Email, Women's Health, Technology, Online Relationships, Emotional Reactivity, Psychology Technology, Living News
Brooke Siler

Some people are happily distracted by their Twitters and Tweets and would have it no other way. I, on the other hand, begin sweating and twitching as I near my computer.

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Texas and Tennessee Have Fun With Broadband Mapping Money

Art Brodsky | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Texas, Internet, Broadband, Tennessee, Stimulus Package, Media News
Art Brodsky

With up to $350 million in federal stimulus funds allocated for broadband mapping, an organization called Connected Nation is racking up the frequent flying miles in an effort to capture the lion's share of the money.

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It's Not Easy Being Green

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Web, Internet, Music, Iran Election, Twitter, Social Networking, Green, Facebook, World News
Charlotte Safavi

With ever-tightening restrictions on international press organizations in Iran, social networking sites have continued to play a critical role in imparting news from and about Iran.

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All-You-Can-Consume Media, One Byte At A Time

Aileen Kwun | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Email, Sustainability, New Media, Internet, Twitter, Gmail, Living News
Aileen Kwun

While checking my morning emails and going about my usual business a few days ago, I received a frightening alert: my Gmail account was reaching near capacity.

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News of Michael Jackson's Death Cripples Web: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer June 29, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Oxiclean, Internet, Michael Jackson, Box Office, Michael Bay, Twitter, Revenge of the Fallen, Shelly Palmer, Infomercial, Web, Transformers, Summer Blockbuster, Media News, Mediabytes, News, Billy Mays, Death, Home News
Shelly Palmer

Michael Jackson's death increased Internet usage by more than 4.2 million worldwide users per minute, in comparison to the normal 2 million visitors...

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U.S. And Russia Differ On Treaty For Cyberspace

New York Times | JOHN MARKOFF and ANDREW E. KRAMER | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Cyberspace, Cybersecurity, Us, Internet, Cyber Safety, World News

The United States and Russia are locked in a fundamental dispute over how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on ...

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Like Big Tobacco, Big Porn Peddles Poison to Children

Greg Barrett | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pornography, Internet, Anti-Pornography, Adult Films, Tobacco, Internet Porn, Politics News
Greg Barrett

The reach of internet porn is so broad it cannot be quantified. Just click the little box on the website that says you're 18 or older (You double promise? I double do) and you're granted instant access.

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Our Government Opposes Internet Filtering -- Maybe Yes, Maybe No

Art Brodsky | Posted 06.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Warrantless Wiretapping, Iran, Acta, Net Neutrality, Domestic Spying, Media News
Art Brodsky

If the government opposes Internet filtering in Iran and opposes it in China, then it would be nice if our legislators and our government opposed it here, too.

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