TechBits: Online journalists; SBA cell towers; Idaho Internet sales
Washington Post
About half of those work primarily online, the committee said. The highest number of jailed journalists was in Iran, where 42 reporters were behind bars. While the Internet and social media has helped democratize the dissemination of information, ...

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United Online Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
United Online, Inc. (NASDAQ:UNTD) , a leading provider of consumer products and services over the Internet, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. "Consolidated adjusted OIBDA was at the high end of ...
Bingo.com Announces Year End & Fourth Quarter ResultsBroadcast Newsroom
American Equity Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2011 ResultsEON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Yandex Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2011 Financial ResultsGlobeNewsWire (press release)

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Los Angeles Times

Netflix Falls as Comcast Boosts Competition: Los Angeles Mover
BusinessWeek
22 (Bloomberg) -- Netflix Inc., the Internet and mail- order video-rental service, fell the most in more than two months after cable company Comcast Corp. said it would expand offerings to customers interested in streaming movies online.
Comcast Takes Aim at NetflixWall Street Journal
Comcast Sets Sights on Netflix as Online Video Wars Heat Up; New Service ...Television Week (blog)
Comcast launches Web video-on-demandAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

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Wall Street Journal

Turkey's Internet Tiger Shows Signs of Stirring
Wall Street Journal
That makes the country the fifth-largest Internet audience in Europe. Those users are engaged, spending the third-longest time online in Europe, after the Netherlands and the UK Turkey has also embraced social media: It is one of the top five audiences ...

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National Turk English

Feds request DNS Changer extension to keep 400K users online
Computerworld
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Officials with the US government have asked a New York judge to extend an impending deadline that could sever ties to the Internet for hundreds of thousands of users infected with the "DNS Changer" malware.
Half million to lose Internet access in coming weeksAZFamily
Why computers infected with DNSChanger could lose Internet accessGCN.com
Orphaned Bots Facing Internet BlackoutDark Reading

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ZDNet UK

EU refers anti-online piracy pact to court: commissioner
Focus News
The EU executive "decided today to ask the European Court of Justice for a legal opinion to clarify that the ACTA agreement and its implementation must be fully compatible with freedom of expression and freedom of the internet," said a statement.
Top EU Court to Examine Anti-Piracy PactWall Street Journal
Anti-piracy pact falters after protestsFinancial Times
EU seeks legal opinion on global copyrightChicago Tribune

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USA TODAY

Google ignores browser privacy settings
Vancouver Sun
Privacy advocates, lawyers and powerful rival Microsoft were piling on Google on Tuesday for sidestepping Web browsing software to tailor ads for people signed into its online services. The California-based Internet giant continued to staunchly defend ...
Google, Microsoft tangle over tracking, online privacyUSA TODAY
Browser Add-On Stops Google (and others) from Tracking You OnlinePCWorld
Cocoon Protects Internet Explorer Users from Google's Tracking CookiesMarketWatch (press release)

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CBC.ca

Online surveillance bill setup costs estimated at $80M
CBC.ca
The bill, also known as the online surveillance bill, would force internet and telecommunications service providers to install equipment to collect information on customers in case police obtain a judicial warrant to retrieve it.
US, UK lawful access implementation full of flawsIDG News Service

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How Companies Are 'Defining Your Worth' Online
NPR
by Joseph Turow One of the fastest-growing online businesses is the business of spying on Internet users. Using sophisticated software that tracks people's online movements through the Web, companies collect the information and sell it to advertisers.

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Politico

The Facade of Privacy: Use caution, good judgment in online presence
The Pendulum
Every action, thought or “like” can be recorded for the entire Internet to see, but only by our own will. Many people might say online privacy does not exist anymore because of the takeover of social media. For some, it's just an accepted fact that ...
Online privacy bill remains elusivePolitico

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