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India drops ban on online porn after backlash
AFP, Published on 05/08/2015
» NEW DELHI - India has reversed a controversial order banning hundreds of porn websites, a government official said Wednesday, after accusations of heavy-handed censorship in the world's largest democracy.
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Russia lifts Wikipedia ban after it edits drugs entry
AFP, Published on 25/08/2015
» MOSCOW - Russia's media watchdog said Tuesday it had lifted a short-lived ban on Russian-language Wikipedia over an entry on a form of cannabis.
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Faster than a speeding bullet? No
Life, James Hein, Published on 01/07/2015
» It still surprises me how little the average individual understands about internet speeds and the sharing of a connection. Around the world, companies make grand advertising statements like "up to 100MBs connection speeds", which is, in almost anyone's language quite fast, certainly fast enough to stream ultra high definition video that requires somewhere around 25MBs to perform well. If the server providing the file can provide it at this speed and there is essentially a direct connection between your computer and the server that maintains the speed then yes, you will get the performance advertised. Ironically, if you are connected via some kind of torrent delivery system then it could be 1,000 computers combining to provide the video and you will also get those kinds of speeds in total.
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Online bulletin board Reddit out to tame its wild side
AFP, Published on 17/07/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Popular online bulletin board Reddit is mulling ways to make its free-for-all discussions more civil by restraining what people can post, a move that could anger some of the site's most passionate members.
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Spying fears prompt smartphone ban for Iran officials
AFP, Published on 13/06/2015
» TEHRAN - Iranian officials with access to classified information will be forbidden from using smartphones in connection with their work because of fears of espionage, a security official said Saturday.
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India's booming taxi-app firms endure bumpy ride
AFP, Published on 14/06/2015
» MUMBAI - India's ultra-competitive app-based taxi-hailing market has quickly become a multi-billion-dollar industry, but controversy surrounding safety, rejected licences and protesting cabbies threatens to slam the brakes on its spectacular rise.
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Amazon sees line-of-sight hurdle to US drone parcel delivery
AFP, Published on 18/06/2015
» WASHINGTON - Amazon insisted Wednesday on a significant change to proposed US drone regulations before it introduces 30-minute Prime Air parcel delivery by unmanned aerial vehicles to its American customers.
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Hungary latest EU country to probe Uber
AFP, Published on 01/05/2015
» BUDAPEST - Hungary on Thursday became the latest European Union country to launch a probe into Uber, the popular but controversial taxi app for mobile phones.
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Google web-browsing toolbar debuts in Cuba
AFP, Published on 07/05/2015
» LAS VEGAS - A Google toolbar to streamline tasks -- such as searching the Internet or bookmarking online pages with Web browsing programs -- made its debut in Cuba.
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Turkey moves to tighten control on Internet
AFP, Published on 21/03/2015
» ISTANBUL - Turkey's parliament has approved legislation to tighten the government's control over the Internet by allowing it to block websites without prior judicial authorisation, official media said Friday.
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