Normally I stay away from headline news, just because I don’t have to keep up with it anymore want to. But, this Egyptian Revolution has caught my eye…mainly because the government shut down the Internet. How could they do what Iran could not do almost two years ago. And could it happen here or anywhere else for that matter?
The Internet has changed all our lives with its ability to communicate news and common people’s views instantaneously. It’s scary when any government has the ability to turn off the flow of information. I read this morning that China may censor all news coming out of Egypt so their people won’t get any ideas. The good news is that any government that does things like this will eventually lose the battle and the people who want changes will eventually get them. I hope the change coming in Egypt is for the better and not like Iran in 1979. - JRC
Egypt cuts Internet links
The internet and mobile-phone data service appeared to be cut across Egypt on Monday as authorities braced themselves for demonstrations backed by both the country's biggest opposition group and newly returned Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei.
How Egypt did (and your government could) shut down the Internet
How hard is it, exactly, to kill the Internet? Egypt seems to have been able to do it. But Egypt's situation isn't exactly the same as that in the Western world. And even though Egypt only has four big ISPs, the fact that everything went down after midnight local time suggests that it took considerable effort to accomplish the 'Net shut-off. After all, it seems unlikely that President Hosni Mubarak ordered the Internet to be shut down as he went to bed; such a decision must have been made earlier in the day, and then taken hours to execute.
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According to Microsoft invitations to an event in San Francisco on February 10 were sent out today: "Members from the Internet Explorer team (and some special guests) will be visiting San Francisco in two weeks to share some important news. I know it's an extremely busy news week already, but we're hoping you can join us."
Thomas Edison's (Mostly Correct) Predictions of 2011 Tech
In June of 1911, The Miami Metropolis published an article describing what technological marvels await humanity in the amazing year two-thousand-plus-eleven as predicted by one of that era's greatest minds, Thomas Edison. As it turns out, Edison hit the mark on many of his tech forecasts. Though most of his predictions are less in the far-out sci-fi realm than they were following the existent engineering trends of the day to inevitable conclusions. A fun read.
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