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Ukraine government websites attacked after piracy crackdown (Reuters)

Reuters – The websites of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich and the former Soviet republic’s interior ministry were put out of action on Wednesday as disgruntled Internet users hit back at the government after it shut down a popular file sharing site.

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Ukraine shuts down leading file-sharing site (AP)

AP – Ukrainian authorities have shut down a popular file-sharing website saying it violates copyright laws, officials said Wednesday.

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Poles protest ACTA online and on the streets (AP)

AP – Hundreds of people waged a street protest in Warsaw on Tuesday to protest the government’s plan to sign an international copyright treaty, while several popular websites also shut down for an hour over the issue.

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India wants websites to screen derogatory content (AP)

AP – India’s top telecommunications official said Tuesday that Internet giants such as Facebook and Google have ignored his demands to screen derogatory material from their sites, so the government would have to act on its own.

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Australia’s Telstra moves closer to sealing broadband (Reuters)

Reuters – Australia’s dominant phone company, Telstra Corp, will be $5 billion better off working with the government’s new high-speed broadband network than competing against it, an independent expert said, paving the way for shareholder approval.

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WikiLeaks denies charges it put lives in danger (Reuters)

Reuters – WikiLeaks is defending itself against accusations that it may have put lives at risk by dumping uncensored U.S. diplomatic cables on the Internet.

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Google touts daily deal on home page, a first (Reuters)

Reuters – Google Inc promoted a Groupon-like daily deals offer on its home page on Wednesday for the first time, a rare instance of the Internet giant using its prized online real estate for advertising.

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Goodsie Lets Anyone Create A Custom Online Storefront (Mashable)

Mashable – The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here

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China websites fall victim to new controls: study (AFP)

AFP – The number of Chinese websites fell dramatically last year after the government tightened controls on the Internet, according to a new study by a leading state-run research institute.

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Google mines Internet for "what you love" (AFP)

AFP – Google rolled out a tool that mines the Internet for blogs, pictures, videos, and more based on the answer to the question “What do you love?”

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