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Pols Besieged by Fast, Furious Messages on Internet Slowdown Day
2014-09-10 23:21:16| TechNewsWorld
U.S. lawmakers were getting an estimated 1,000 calls a minute from constituents concerned about Net neutrality by noon Pacific Time on Internet Slowdown Day, an online demonstration held on Wed., Sept. 10. "We've set a new record for FCC comments and beat Janet Jackson's 'wardrobe malfunction,'" said David Moon of Demand Progress. Father of the Internet Tim Berners-Lee tweeted his support.
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Internet Explorer steals the Patch Tuesday spotlight again
2014-09-10 15:31:41| InfoWorld: Top News
It's hard to imagine that we are already three-fourths of the way through 2014 -- at least as measured by Microsoft Patch Tuesdays. Today, Microsoft released four new security bulletins, but only one of them is Critical. Guess which one?
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Rocket Internet to raise EUR 750 mln in IPO
2014-09-10 10:37:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) German start-up incubator Rocket Internet has announced plans for an initial public offering of shares. The listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange is expected to raise EUR 750 million to support future investments by the company. The offering will be entirely new shares, with existing shareholders such as Kinnevik, Access Industries, Holtzbrinck, United Internet and PLDT maintaining their stakes. Started in 2007, Rocket Internet claims as its mission "to become the world's largest internet platform outside of the US and China". It has invested in a wide range of consumer online services, focused on bringing internet business models to new countries and sectors. It's active in over 100 countries, with a particular focus on emerging and fast growing economies in Latin America, South East Asia, India and Africa.
99-Cent Fire Phone; Twitter 'Buy' Button; Netflix Backs 'Internet Slowdown'
2014-09-09 18:38:27| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
From Amazon's 99-cent Fire Phone to Twitter testing a "Buy" button, here's what you missed on Monday.
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The great Internet Slowdown: Join tomorrows protest against the FCCs new net neutrality rules
2014-09-09 16:28:16| Extremetech
Tomorrow, September 10, will mark the first great Internet Slowdown -- a protest by some of the web's largest companies over the FCC and US government's handling of net neutrality. All across the web, on sites such as Reddit, Netflix, and Wordpress, a spinning "loading..." icon will appear, reminding everyone that internet slow lanes -- where some websites load more slowly than others if you don't pay your ISP some extra money -- are a real possibility unless we write to our country's lawmakers now.
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