I know it doesn’t feel like it now, but please believe me: There are worse things than losing access to Wikipedia — even temporarily. For example, the Stop Online Piracy Act could become a law.

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The heads of China’s largest technology companies have endorsed Beijing’s aim to intensify controls of online social media, pledging to “stop the spread of harmful information” on the Internet, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday.

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Stop! Before you make a complete fool of yourself when you send a link to your friends, olleagues or Twitter followers, try this single-serving site to make sure it’s not 10 million years old.

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The crush of traffic by Apple users to download a mobile operating system upgrade didn’t break the Internet Wednesday, but certainly tested it, with some Internet service providers saying they’d never seen anything like it.  Meanwhile, Apple’s new iCloud also caused problems for some users.

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It’s time you cash in and make a pet video that will go viral: a toilet seat for your kitty, a fake mustache for your dog, a scratch turntable for your cat or any of our other gadgets will put you on the road to Internet riches.

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China is vowing anew to punish people who post rumors and falsehoods on the Internet as the government tries to rein in forums that have increasingly become sources of debate and criticism.









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The Internet ranks as a “top source of information for most” local matters of interest — from housing to jobs, a new report finds, with mobile a growing presence.

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Yesterday, with no fanfare, the Google+ Button extension appeared in the Chrome Web Store , bringing you the ability to +1 a webpage, even if the site doesn’t include +1 button in its sharing options.

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Whether you’ve using the Internet or a cell phone (smart or dumb), here’s how you can track Hurricane Irene, access the American Red Cross through Facebook and Twitter, schedule news alerts, connect with others and find loved ones.









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If you’re still among the approximately 10.7 percent of the world on IE6 — notoriously buggy and incompatible with pretty much everything except malware — here’s some science bound to make you embrace change.

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