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EDITORIAL: Upgrade protections of digital records
Seattle TimesTHE last time the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) was significantly revised, brick-sized cellphones cost $3,000, email was mostly limited to academics and the military. The World Wide Web was still just a gleam in the eye of Tim Berners-Lee....Tags: U.S. Congress, Science and Technology, American Civil Liberties Union, Judges, Justice System
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Aaron Swartz dies at 26; Internet folk hero founded Reddit
Aaron Swartz, who co-founded Reddit and became an Internet folk hero for fighting to make online content free to the public, committed suicide Friday. He was 26. Swartz hanged himself in his Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment, said a statement released by his...
Tags: Theft, Science and Technology, Reddit Inc., Aaron Swartz, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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Sweden tops, Yemen last in getting most out of Internet, study says
World NowWorldwide, Sweden gets the most out of using the Internet, according to a new study from a foundation that seeks to expand access to the Web.... -
Opening ceremony jolly good show
LONDON — In one of thousands of pubs across London, where surely tears mixed with laughter Friday night, they might say I was gobsmacked by the Olympic opening ceremony.
In a more proper English teahouse, they might say I quite fancied that.
All...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Danny Boyle, Rowan Atkinson, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Football
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Opening ceremony emphasizes whimsy over solemnity
LONDON — In a city that knows how to do ceremony — from hoary rituals formalized in the Middle Ages to celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee last month partly through the Twitter feed @BritishMonarchy — an atmosphere of whimsy and...
Tags: Danny Boyle, Rowan Atkinson, United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, Sex Pistols (music group)
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Olympics opening ceremony: Who is Tim Berners-Lee?
Pop2itIt turns out Meredith Vieira isn't the only one who didn't recognize Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web, who was featured in part of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.... -
How many pages are on the internet?
CNNIt seems like an answerable question, right? But no one really knows how many websites or individual Web pages make up this seemingly infinite digital universe that is the internet. Kevin Kelly, a founder of Wired magazine, has written that there are at...Tags: CNN (tv network), File Sharing, Media Industry, Government, Google Inc.
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Steve Jobs dies at 56; Apple's co-founder transformed computers and culture
Steven P. Jobs, the charismatic technology pioneer who co-founded Apple Inc. and transformed one industry after another, from computers and smartphones to music and movies, has died. He was 56.
Apple announced the death of Jobs — whose legacy...Tags: Pixar Animation, Warren Buffett, Apple iPad, Steve Jobs, Pancreatic Cancer
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Happy Birthday : Internet Born 40 Years Ago!
KIAHYes, there was life before e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter! But what did the internet look like in the old days? And how did it become what it is today? Back in 1969, University of California researchers had no idea that their simple data-exchange test...Tags: Science and Technology, YouTube, University of California, Education, Entertainment
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