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Syrian authorities have blocked Facebook, the popular Internet hangout, over what seems to be fears of Israeli "infiltration" of Syrian social networks on the Net, according to residents and media reports. Residents of Damascus said...

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Turkey blocks YouTube...Again

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It seems as if today is the day of the repeat story: a court in Turkey has banned access to YouTube after a single citizen complained that it contained clips which insulted the country. The...

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In what appears to be a preventative measure to protect its users, popular Bittorrent search site TorrentSpy has begun to block all search from US visitors, starting today. The site has been caught up in...

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Thailand's military-appointed government has blocked access to on-line video-sharing Web site YouTube after owner Google Incorporated declined to withdraw a video clip mocking the country's revered monarch. Communications Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom ordered a block of...

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BT: 35,000 Child Porn Blocks a Day

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According to admittedly conservative reports released by British Telecom, at least 35,000 attempts to access child pornography are blocked each day in Britain. While already somewhat shocking, BT warned that the actual figures could...

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The popular website Something Awful.com took matters into their own hands following the path of destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, by setting up a relief fund using PayPal as the middle-man. What happened next was...

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The users of Microsoft's new China-based internet portal were recently blocked from using the words 'democracy', 'freedom' and 'human rights' in a move by the software giant to please Beijing.Other words that are not...

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The FCC wants to stop spam from reaching your PDA and/or cell phone. It's a step in the right direction and much appreciated, but may not protect cell phones and PDAs from forwarded spam emails....

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AOL Blocks ICQ Worm

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America Online has taken steps to stop the spread of a worm that began attacking ICQ instant messaging users this week. The fix, which was implemented on Wednesday, was applied to ICQ's servers and does...

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A federal judge postpones the enforcement of the Washington state law that was to restrict the sales of certain video games starting this month. According to a Reuters report, US District Judge...

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Outlook Express now comes with an anti-viral feature which blocks access to executables – quite a nifty feature if you're bombarded by viral attack. But a side effect of the "feature" is that...

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