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Online poker regulation talks heating back up

Examiner Internet - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:35
A report released this week by the website US Gaming Survey shows what they hope is a strong case for bringing back legal gambling on online poker in the United States. Online poker became illegal in the United States on...
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Twitter and Google to allow censorship of content

Examiner Internet - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 16:22
In the United States the technology community has been fighting against proposed online piracy legislation. Opponents of PIPA and SOPA fear that if passed one of the outcomes of a new law would be the ability of the US...
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Online piracy impact exaggerated as entertainment industry profits growing

Examiner Internet - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 15:37
Claiming online pirates are devouring potential profits the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) supported proposed legislation such as SOPA and PIPA to combat online piracy. The...
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Will the new Google Search Plus Your World be their biggest mistake?

Examiner Internet - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 23:03
In recent days Google has stirred up government concerns over some of their business practices, as well as angered users with their changes in policies and services.Over the past year Google has continued to gain ground on their competition...
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Will the new Google Search Plus Your World be their biggest mistake?

Examiner Internet - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 23:03
In recent days Google has stirred up government concerns over some of their business practices, as well as angered users with their changes in policies and services.Over the past year Google has continued to gain ground on their competition...
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Google moving forward with changes despite government concerns

Examiner Internet - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 16:49
If you are a user of any Google service you probably received an email yesterday alerting you to changes in their privacy policies. Google says it's no big deal, they are just consolidating their many privacy policies spread...
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Who is More Powerful Google or Microsoft?

Y!CN by philosophyguru - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 16:01
Article from March 2011, still very relevant. With all the anti-trust suits and litigation against Microsoft for becoming a monopoly going on in past years, were we all too distracted to see that Google was taking over.
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Is ACTA a World Internet Treaty worse than SOPA?

Examiner Internet - Fri, 01/27/2012 - 21:58
The current headlines make it sound like President Obama just agreed to a new world internet treaty. Headlines throughout the internet proclaim, "Obama Signs Global Internet Treaty Worse Than SOPA." Politics aside, the current headlines...
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Online piracy battle now turns international with ACTA

Examiner Internet - Tue, 01/24/2012 - 01:57
As folks in the United States celebrate the current demise of proposed anti-piracy legislation, a new campaign is beginning to replace it, ACTA. While on online internet community in the United States has been fighting congress to stop proposed...
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Motion Picture Association of America won't give up easy on online piracy

Examiner Internet - Mon, 01/23/2012 - 01:28
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) suggested on Thursday that the White House would be the perfect place to convene a summit between Hollywood and the tech industry on online piracy.According to The Hill's Technology Blog...
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What a day: SOPA and PIPA get dumped, pirate site shutdown, DOJ attacked

Examiner Internet - Fri, 01/20/2012 - 15:35
Is is now official, as actions today have put SOPA in the House and PIPA in the Senate, on the shelf until further notice. First came news in the Senate that Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nevada Democrat) would shelve the...
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Why do we need new internet piracy laws like SOPA and PIPA?

Examiner Internet - Wed, 01/18/2012 - 22:30
While the acronyms of SOPA and PIPA have been used often in the media in recent weeks, many folks have raised the question as to where internet piracy falls into current laws. The battle for control of intellectual property...
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SOPA and PIPA are far from dead, protests still planned

Examiner Internet - Tue, 01/17/2012 - 13:17
Mark Twain once said, "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." The same can be said of SOPA, the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, The reports of SOPA's death have been greatly...
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SOPA and PIPA sponsors backing down, Whitehouse jumps on bandwagon

Examiner Internet - Mon, 01/16/2012 - 21:00
SOPA sponsor Representative Lamar Smith has buckled under pressure stating that he is backing off of several proposed provisions of SOPA. In a statement posted to his website on Friday Smith said he plans to remove a provision in the...
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PIPA, SOPA, and the battle for the internet: Understanding the technology

Examiner Internet - Thu, 01/12/2012 - 12:33
The battle for the right to keep the internet free heats up in congress next week. With all the acronyms, PIPA, SOPA, and OPEN, it can be confusing.In our previous installment we sorted through the politics of the proposed...
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PIPA, SOPA, and the battle for the internet: Understanding the politics

Examiner Internet - Thu, 01/12/2012 - 12:08
The battle for the right to keep the internet free heats up in congress next week. With all the acronyms, PIPA, SOPA, and OPEN, it can be confusing. We wanted to sort through things and take a look at the...
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SOPA opponents getting ready for next round in Internet censorship battle

Examiner Internet - Wed, 01/11/2012 - 01:04
House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa has announced a January 18th hearing in the US Congress on the potential impact of Domain Name Service (DNS) and search engine blocking on the Internet. Issa, a harsh critic of SOPA, has invited some...
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Does Facebook's Timeline violate FTC settlement reached last year?

Examiner Internet - Tue, 01/10/2012 - 22:44
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) says Facebook's Timeline might violate a settlement that Facebook reached with the FTC last year. EPIC has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting them to investigate...
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As International Consumer Electronics Show opens questions for future arise

Examiner Internet - Tue, 01/10/2012 - 21:55
As the International Consumer Electronics (C.E.S.) Show opens today in Las Vegas the talk has already begun on next year's show and the future of the show. Estimates are that more than 140,000 people...
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Twitter, Facebook, Google endorse The OPEN Act over SOPA

Examiner Internet - Fri, 01/06/2012 - 12:29
A collective of the super powers of the internet, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo and Zynga, sent a letter to key members of both congressional chambers in November stating their non support of the House&rsquo...
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