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Security firms say Internet out in Syria

| Associated Press
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Syrian authorities have cut phone and Internet service in select areas in the past to disrupt rebel communications when regime forces were conducting major operations.

20 years of cats, porn, Facebook and Gangnam style - Buzz60

| Buzz60

The Internet turned 20 on Tuesday

EBay leverages users to oppose online sales tax legislation - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
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‘Marketplace Fairness Act’ would allow states to tax online transactions all over the country

Anonymous declares war on North Korea

| Josh Peterson
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Some view announcement with skepticism

Project aims to help humans communicate with animals -- and aliens - TheDC

| Josh Peterson
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‘Interspecies Internet’ received seed funding in February, backing from Peter Gabriel

Petition against illegality of unlocking cell phones gathers steam - TheDC

| Josh Peterson
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‘This is a clear example of an invasion of individual property rights’

ITU in search of relevance in Internet age

| Scott Cleland
Mideast Emirates Internet Conference

The ITU’s standard setting is no more responsible for the international success of the Internet, than then-Senator Al Gore was for “inventing the Internet.”

Online sales tax gets reintroduced to Congress - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
Sales taxes

The idea is gaining bipartisan support

Bob Menendez's domain names are not Bob Menendez's - TheDC

| David Martosko
Clinton, Leading Democrats, Campaign With Bob Menendez

Anti-Menendez forces control senator’s name online

FCC wants free WiFi for all - TheDC

| Josh Peterson
Free WiFi

New plan for fast, free wireless Internet met with resistance by telecom companies

Email from Chicago Public Schools sends parents to adult website - TheDC

| Eric Owens
ISBEL

Looking for standardized testing info? Try this ‘intimacy destination’ instead

TV-over-Internet service expands despite lawsuits

| Associated Press
TV on the Internet

A federal judge in New York ruled in July that the service doesn’t appear to violate copyright law

Obama's New Year's resolutions: Power grab the Internet -- and your wallet

| Seton Motley
Obama National Security

It’s going to be a very long four years

Colleges help students scrub online footprints - AP

| Associated Press
China Internet Controls

It’s a growing trend based on studies showing that most employers Google prospective hires and nearly all of them won’t bother to go past the first page of results.

China requires Internet users to register names - AP

| Associated Press
China Internet Controls

Beijing encourages Web use for business and education but tries to block material deemed subversive or obscene.

Countries conclude UN conference with two different visions for future of Internet - TheDC

| Josh Peterson
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Countries split on whether to establish further control of web

In 11th-hour announcement, US, UK and Canada decline to sign sweeping UN Internet treaty - TheDC

| Josh Peterson
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‘The U.S. must communicate that it is not able to sign the agreement’

States postpone dreams of international control of the Internet - TheDC

| Josh Peterson
Google's China headquarters in Beijing. Alexander F. Yuan/AP

China, Russia and Arab states withdraw support after uproar

UN Internet summit delegates affirm right to freedom of information online - TheDC

| Josh Peterson
Mideast Emirates Dubai Internet Conference

The much-anticipated telecommunications summit in Dubai has garnered substantial criticism

US seeks to drop Internet from UN telecoms talks - AP

| Associated Press
Mideast Emirates Dubai Internet Conference

The U.S. fears any U.N. Internet regulations could complicate commerce and be used by nations such as China and Russia to justify further cyber-crackdowns.