Events in Egypt occupy the news these days. Well, the good news is that Egypt has restore the Net to its citizens. But Internet access on the Egyptian revolution has been blocked in China…raising the question is Internet access is a human right? A very interesting question, since there is a bill in Congress now to set up an Internet Kill Switch in the USA.
Are you an AT&T customer? If you are, you may have been overcharged on a regular basis. I have heard these accusations before, but now a major lawsuit has been filed against the giant communications company. We will see how that shakes out. And now Google claims that Microsoft’s Bing is copying its search results. Wow, that could get messy, if true. Hope it is warm where you are. - JRC
Lawsuit: AT&T "systematically overstates" data usage on iPhone bills
One of the biggest problems that consumers have faced with mobile phone billing in recent years is that there's really no way of independently measuring the amount of data that's being consumed by a mobile Web session. Consumers are at the mercy of the wireless carriers and have put their trust in these providers to accurately bill them. Now, AT&T finds itself at the center of a class action lawsuit that alleges that the provider's bills "systematically overstate the amount of data used on each data transaction."
#Egypt Blocked in China: Is Internet Access A Human Right?
China has blocked searches for #Egypt on its State-approved, State-controlled version of Twitter. Searches for #Egypt on Sina (with over 50 million users) returns the message, “According to relevant laws, regulations and policies, the search results are not shown.”
Egypt gets its Internet back
Egyptian authorities have restored Internet service to the country after anti-government protests last week led to a five-day Net blackout. "Egyptian Internet providers returned to the Internet at 09:29:31 UTC (11:29 a.m. Cairo time)," said a blog post by Net monitoring firm Renesys today. Indeed, a variety of Egyptian Web sites, including the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, the Central Bank of Egypt, and the Egyptian Sock Exchange are available. And Twitter activity relating to Egypt is surging.
Google claims Bing copies its search results
The story began with Google's team for correcting typographical errors in search terms, which monitors its own and rivals' performance closely. Typos that Google could correct would lead to search results based on the correction, but the team noticed Bing would also lead to those search results without saying it had corrected the typo.
A Quick Way To Install Dozens Of Free Apps
If you're setting up a new PC, or you simply feel like a major download-fest, then www.ninite.com could save you a lot of time. The home page contains a list of around 80 of the best-known free applications for Windows, including web browsers, messaging apps like Skype, media players like Spotify and Songbird, image viewers, security tools, and more. Just tick the boxes for as many apps as you want, then download the custom installer that will be prepared for you.
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