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China Targets Internet in Crime Sweep (San Francisco Chronicle)

Internet News - Tue, 02/12/2008 - 10:05
Seeking to ferret out online games considered overly violent or unhealthy, China has targeted illegal Web sites, computer markets and Internet cafes as part of a campaign to rein in juvenile crime. The crackdown, christened "Operation For Tomorrow," is...
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China targets Internet in crime sweep (AP via Yahoo! News)

Internet News - Tue, 02/12/2008 - 09:36
Seeking to ferret out online games considered overly violent or unhealthy, China has targeted illegal Web sites, computer markets and Internet cafes as part of a campaign to rein in juvenile crime.
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Internet Day highlights web risks (BBC News)

Internet News - Tue, 02/12/2008 - 09:01
Safer Internet Day is being marked across Europe with events to educate people about net dangers.
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Illegal downloaders face Internet ban (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Internet News - Tue, 02/12/2008 - 08:43
Internet users in Britain who illegally download films and music face being banned from going online, according to leaked government proposals published in The Times on Tuesday.
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Internet Calling Falls Short of Expectations (New York Times)

Internet News - Tue, 02/12/2008 - 00:16
BERLIN The engineers at Challenger Mobile, a software company in Stockholm, worked for more than a year to create an Internet telephone system with the goal of selling digital voice service to homes and businesses in Scandinavia. Two years later, Challenger?s software is sitting on a shelf.
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Demand for video reshaping Internet (USA Today)

Internet News - Mon, 02/11/2008 - 23:11
In 1995, the first warning was raised: The throngs of people swarming to the Internet would overwhelm the system in 1996. For more than a decade, that fear has proven untrue.
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How Internet video is clogging the pipes (AP via Yahoo! News)

Internet News - Mon, 02/11/2008 - 20:16
Why are our Internet lines in danger of jamming up?
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EU: Internet roaming fees must drop (USA Today)

Internet News - Mon, 02/11/2008 - 19:20
A European Union official told mobile phone operators Monday their charges for wireless Internet and text messages must drop by July 1 to avoid EU intervention.
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Repairs complete on 2 Internet cables (AP via Yahoo! News)

Internet News - Mon, 02/11/2008 - 18:09
Traffic has returned to normal on undersea Internet cables in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf that were cut last month, causing disruptions across the Middle East and parts of Asia, cable owner FLAG Telecom said Monday.
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US Internet advertising worth 25.5 bln dlrs in 2007: IDC (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Internet News - Mon, 02/11/2008 - 17:10
US Internet ad spending rose 27 percent last year to 25.5 billion dollars, research firm IDC said Monday in a report that showed Google losing market share for the first time in two years.
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