Internet Cloud Security Quiz

Worried about your online passwords being compromised? Think you're playing it safe? Take the quiz to find out if you're doing all you can to protect you information online.

Internet Cloud Security Quiz

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The Bay Citizen: Amazon Spends Millions To Fight Internet Sales Tax

Amazon is determined to overturn California’s Internet sales tax and has spent $5.25 million toward that end, even though the referendum is nine months away.

The Bay Citizen: Amazon Spends Millions to Fight Internet Sales Tax

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How Freedom Dies: Internet Poker

Robert Arthur is the author of an unusual and fascinating book called You Will Die: The Burden of Modern Taboos. He also has a blog called Narco Polo that he posts to very infrequently. His single panel comics are like a Ripley's Believe it or Not of human folly.

Hypocrisy:
In 2010 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the same town of Hogan Jr.’s robbery, a woman was charged with stealing $68,500 from her employer “to fuel her addiction to scratch-off lottery tickets.” There was no response by Congress to outlaw state-run lotteries. Note: The amount of money online poker sites take from players (the rake) is usually around 1-5% of the money played. The amount of money state-run lotteries took from players in 2006 was 35% of the money played.

Costly Hypocrisy:
America’s hypocrisy of allowing domestic online lotteries and horse betting, but not allowing foreign poker sites was found by the World Trade Organization to be in violation of its international trade agreements. Because of this the US had to settle complaints by Japan, Europe, and Canada. The settlements were not made public on the ridiculous basis of “national security interests,” but they are believed to be in the tens of billions of dollars.

How Freedom Dies: Internet Poker

How Freedom Dies: Internet Poker

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Credit Suisse Hires Ex-ubs Analyst To Cover Japan Internet

Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Credit Suisse Group AG hired Yuki Nakayasu, a former analyst at larger rival UBS AG, to cover Japan’s Internet industry as part of efforts to expand equity research in the country.

Credit Suisse Hires Ex-UBS Analyst to Cover Japan Internet

Backlink: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-08-21/credit-suisse-hires-ex-ubs-analyst-to-cover-japan-internet.html

Top 5 Myths About The Internet

It's a huge part of our everyday lives, but most of us don't know much about the Internet. That might explain all of the half-truths, falsehoods and straight-up myths that surround it.

Top 5 Myths About the Internet

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The Semantic Web: Ontology Languages And The Internet Owl

The Web Ontology Language used to process information on the Internet is intended for computers, not humans. How does OWL work?

The Semantic Web: Ontology Languages and the Internet OWL

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Cutest Book Ever: ZooBorns Internet Craze Moves to Print

3. Cutest Book Ever: ZooBorns Internet Craze Moves to Print

November 2

We were not at all surprised to see this gallery near the top of the list. Few things are more appealing and addictive than pictures of baby animals. This collection of images from the new book by the authors of the ZooBorns blog is pretty much ridiculous, as evidenced by the Edmonton Zoo's baby red pandas pictured above.

One of the greatest thing about ZooBorns, in addition to the extreme cuteness, is that it introduces us to animals we've never seen as babies, never seen before at all, or never even heard of -- like a gerenuk, an aye-aye or a fossa.

See the full gallery.

Image: Jesse Popowicz/City of Edmonton

Cutest Book Ever: ZooBorns Internet Craze Moves to Print

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Venezuela passes new law drastically limiting internet freedoms

The Venezuelan parliament has passed a law that bans any internet content that "promotes social unrest, challenges authority or condones crime." President Hugo Chavez's ruling party pushed the law through in less than a week. Snip from AFP:

The new law expands 2004 restrictions on content in radio, television and print media. In an unprecedented move, it now also includes content from the Internet and electronic subscription services, making webpage managers "responsible for the information and content" published on their websites."

It is meant to crack down on media content that "makes an apology of crime," "promotes unrest in the population" or "challenges legally established authorities." Webpage managers must now "establish mechanisms to restrict, without delay, the diffusion of messages... that are included in the ban." The measure increases fines imposed on media violations to "10 percent of the previous year's gross income," in addition to "72 hours of continuous suspension of services."

Here's more about the law in Spanish on the government's website, including a video.

Venezuela passes new law drastically limiting internet freedoms

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Media Decoder: F.C.C. Poised to Pass Rules Governing Internet Access

The Federal Communications Commission chairman appears to have the votes to pass a framework for rules.

Media Decoder: F.C.C. Poised to Pass Rules Governing Internet Access

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Internet posters angry at computers with which they are unfamiliar

Joshua Kors bought a Mac, but cannot figure it out. Today in the Huffington Post he writes -- perhaps a little too confidently -- about flaws such as OSX's inability to move files between disks, run Windows software, or do more than one font. The funniest excerpts follow:

Internet posters angry at computers with which they are unfamiliar

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Legislators Support Internet Privacy, but Question How to Do It

The Federal Trade Commission says that so far it has seen no negative effect on advertising from stricter Internet privacy.

Legislators Support Internet Privacy, but Question How to Do It

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Europe to Examine Cap on Roaming Charges for Mobile Internet

Neelie Kroes, the telecommunications commissioner, said that she would look for ways to reduce and eventually eliminate mobile phone roaming charges.

Europe to Examine Cap on Roaming Charges for Mobile Internet

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Mixed Reaction to F.C.C. Internet Plan

The chairman’s proposal, forbidding service providers from blocking lawful content and requiring them to tell consumers how they manage networks, faces an uncertain path.

Mixed Reaction to F.C.C. Internet Plan

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Hooking Up Unserved Pockets of Europe to High-Speed Internet

Broadband satellite providers are gearing up services for the 30 million households in Europe for which high-speed Internet is unavailable.

Hooking Up Unserved Pockets of Europe to High-Speed Internet

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