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Congress Members Produce 30% Fewer Tweets After Weinergate [INFOGRAPHIC]

On the evening of May 27, Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York accidentally posted a lewd photo to Twitter, deleted it and claimed that his Twitter account had been hacked. Two weeks later, we’re still embroiled in what is now known as Weinergate, as e… Continue reading

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Congress Members Produce 30% Fewer Tweets After Weinergate [INFOGRAPHIC]

On the evening of May 27, Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York accidentally posted a lewd photo to Twitter, deleted it and claimed that his Twitter account had been hacked. Two weeks later, we’re still embroiled in what is now known as Weinergate, as e… Continue reading

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Patriot Act extension fails to pass

Not a misprint: House Democrats and the Tea Party joined forces today to defeat the rest of the Republican party and the Obama Administration. [Wapo]

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Americans Don’t Want the FCC to Regulate the Internet [STATS]

A new survey from Rasmussen Reports reveals that just one in five American voters want the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate the Internet, placing their faith instead in free market competition to protect the Internet’s U.S. user… Continue reading

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Americans Don’t Want the FCC to Regulate the Internet [STATS]

A new survey from Rasmussen Reports reveals that just one in five American voters want the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate the Internet, placing their faith instead in free market competition to protect the Internet’s U.S. user… Continue reading

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Watch out Big Content—RapidShare has hired a lobbying firm

Guess who is mad as hell and isn’t going to take it anymore? The RapidShare file service says it has had it up to its storage capacity with the treatment it’s getting from Capitol Hill here in the United States, and has hired a … Continue reading

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Vladimir Putin Orders Russian Government to Switch to Free Software by 2015

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a government order that lays out the groundwork for the transition of federal bodies and agencies to use free software, including Linux, by 2015.The 25-point document (available here) outlines specifi… Continue reading

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Vladimir Putin Orders Russian Government to Switch to Free Software by 2015

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a government order that lays out the groundwork for the transition of federal bodies and agencies to use free software, including Linux, by 2015.The 25-point document (available here) outlines specifi… Continue reading

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Why everyone hates new net neutrality rules—even NN supporters

It’s no surprise that those who have always opposed net neutrality weren’t pleased with today’s FCC order instituting it—one expects no less—but the sheer vehemence of the objections was still surprising. Republican FCC Commi… Continue reading

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Why everyone hates new net neutrality rules—even NN supporters

It’s no surprise that those who have always opposed net neutrality weren’t pleased with today’s FCC order instituting it—one expects no less—but the sheer vehemence of the objections was still surprising. Republican FCC Commi… Continue reading

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