The complete internet shutdown this week in Libya involved a new way to turn off web access for an entire country. Earlier this year, the total internet blockade in Egypt backfired and emboldened the protesters. China is well known for blocking internet services, but it’s not just China. Of course, having the government turn off the internet could never happen in the United States. We couldn’t condemn the action in other countries while at the time plan it here. No one would even suggest such a thing, right?

Wrong. The topic came up last June when Senators Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins and Thomas Carper introduced the controversial “Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010″. [PDF] One vague provision in the bill gave the President the power to “authorize emergency measures to protect the nation’s most critical infrastructure if a cyber vulnerability is being exploited or is about to be exploited.” It became known as the internet “kill switch” bill even though the words ‘kill’ and ‘switch’ are not found in the bill.

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Hack-a-Day reader [Bobbie] sent us a hack that is an adaptation of the automatic cell phone button pushing machine we featured earlier this week. Inspired by that project, he challenged himself to construct a more efficient way to tackle the problem. He started out in much the same fashion, pointing a camera at the phone [...]

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Global CALCnet lets you connect your TI graphic calculator to the Internet and use your favorite services like instant messaging and Internet relay chat. It also provides the option of worldwide multiplayer functionality for games ported to the device such as Scorched Earth and Tetris. We looked in on [Christopher Mitchell's] CALCnet in December when [...]

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Google, in its pursuit of bringing awareness about Internet among the masses has executed a unique project in the form of an interactive book on web browsers and the Internet.
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I was riding around with Scott Bradner the other day when he uttered a piece of wisdom that brought great clarity to the black-hole argument-sink that network neutrality has become — and which…

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How often does this happen to you? You’re leaving on a long trip, and half way there you remember the TV was left on. Never? Alright then, how about wanting to control an Xbox 360 from within the other room and you don’t have the remote. Still a rare occurrence? Perhaps you have a better [...]

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Start off with a beat, wood sticks on cigar boxes will do. Add some chimes as accent, a Farfisa organ or record player for a voice, several other instruments for harmony and dissonance, and you’re still just on the tip of the iceberg for understanding Cybraphon. Not only is this antique wardrobe completely autonomous, playing [...]

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The best ever support for the modern Internet technologies, Flash, scripts and active contents. Combine this with the flexible filtering, instant download queue monitoring and detailed log to get the universal download tool that serves all your Web spidering and datamining requests.Other features include scheduling and sequencing of your downloads, templates for most typical download tasks,

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Replay AV – Record, Schedule and Convert Web Audio and VideoHere’s some of the things you can do with Replay AV:Schedule and Record Radio Shows and StationsFind Radio, TV & Podcasts with the Integrated Media GuideRecord XM™ and Sirius™ radio feedsSimultaneously Record Multiple Shows and StationsConvert to 37 Popular Output formatsTurn Audiobooks into MP3 FilesDownload and Convert Podcasts and

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STOP SPAM GETTING TO YOUR INBOXIs spam driving you crazy? Junk email is a major worldwide problem. Unwanted email or spam now forms around 90% of received email!You are just a few minutes away from learning the easiest and most powerful way to stop unwanted email from getting to your computer. Forget about other ways to stop spam, we are going to show you the ONLY way to deal to senders of junk

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IP Monitor is a network monitoring software that allows you to verify the network connectivity of TCP/IP hosts on the Internet and LAN.The program periodically pings, or checks TCP ports on user specified computers or other network devices. more info @http://veronisoft.hostei.com/| HotFile | DepositFiles |

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Downloading has never been faster and simpler! Once monitoring Jaksta will detect and begin to download (and convert if required) any video, audio, radio stream or Flash game or presentation that is played in your browser.Jaksta can download from supported sites streaming via HTTP at up to 10x normal speed making it the fastest Stream Media Recorder available.Jaksta supports the largest number of

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AthTek IP – MAC Scanner is the world leading tool for network management and network analysis.It provides IP scanner and MAC scanner to help you get the connection details freely. It also provides a ping tool for testing the access to network. The scanned IP or MAC can be analyzed by AthTek IP – MAC Scanner, to track the illegal users. Remote control functions enable you to wake up, shutdown and

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Going Beyond FlashWowza Media Server 2 is not just a high-performance, extensible and a fully interactive Flash® media server – it takes the proven Wowza Pro platform beyond Flash by adding H.264 support for:Apple® iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod® touchMicrosoft® Silverlight®Apple QuickTime™Set-top boxes and more… Now you can deliver your content from one encode simultaneously to multiple clients on

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TelNet98 is the full-featured and highly flexible PC Telnet Client for Intra- & Internet !Features include:Windows Sockets based ANSI and SCO-ANSI compatible Terminal emulationsupport of telnet and SSH protocolsupport of IPv4 and IPv6support of ANSI colorlarge substantial scroll back bufferbuilt-in file transferautomatic connect and logonlineprinter emulationtelnet file objects with

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Your All-Round Proactive Defense UtilityWhat’s inside:Program and Applications Guard to keep installed software and OS protectedAdvanced firewall for secure connectivityCombined antivirus and antispyware for all-in-one malware defenseProactive protection module to block zero-day threatsFile and folder lock to restrict access to sensitive contentsWeb control to protect your PC from web-borne

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CSE HTML Validator Professional for Microsoft Windows is a powerful, easy to use, user configurable, and all-in-one HTML, XHTML, CSS, link, spelling, and accessibility checker.CSE HTML Validator helps eliminate website problems that cause visitors to leave your website. It increases your productivity and saves you time and money. Unlike many other HTML checkers, CSE HTML Validator features an

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Remote Desktop Manager is a small application used to manage all your remote connections and virtual machines.Add, edit, delete, shared, organize and find your remote connection quickly.Compatible with Microsoft Remote Desktop, Terminal Services, VNC, LogMeIn, Team Viewer, Ftp, SSH, Telnet, Dameware, X Window, VMware, Virtual PC, PC Anywhere, Hyper-V, Citrix, Radmin, Microsoft Remote Assistance,

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MSN Slide Max is easy to use software which enables you make fantastic slideshow as your display picture of MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.Make slideshows as your messenger display picturesWith MSN Slide Max you can make fantastic slideshows as display pictures of MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. You can add and edit pictures for your slideshows easily.Search and download

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Web Builder is a WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) program used to create web pages.WYSIWYG means that the finished page will display exactly the way it was designed. The program generates HTML (HyperText Markup Language) tags while you point and click on desired functions; you can create a web page without learning HTML. Just drag and drop objects to the page position them ‘anywhere’ you

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Use Platinum Hide IP to keep your real IP address hidden, surf anonymously, secure all the protocols on your PC, provide full encryption of your activity while working in Internet, and much more.Get Platinum Online Privacy Protection. Use Platinum Hide IP to keep your real IP address hidden, surf anonymously, secure all the protocols on your PC, provide full encryption of your activity while

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Hide your real IP with a fake one, surf anonymously, prevent hackers from monitoring your activity, and provide full encryption of your online activity, all with the click of a button.Keeping your privacy is simple and easy. Use Hide IP Easy to keep your IP address hidden, ensure your privacy, provide full encryption of your online activity, and protect your identity and other personal

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Complete HTML, CSS, JavaScript and XHTML editorHTMLPad is a sophisticated all-in-one HTML, CSS, JavaScript and XHTML editor, trusted by thousands of professional web developers and learners in over 50 countries.Clean and convenient interface, quick startup, true flexibility and powerful features allow you to create and edit HTML, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript code faster and easier than ever, while

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HostMonitor is a highly scalable network monitoring software suitable for small and enterprise-level networks.HostMonitor is a system management tool that continuously monitors servers’ availability and performance. In the event of network errors, HostMonitor will alert the network administrator (or even correct the problem when possible) before problems get seriously out of hand. This helps

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HttpWatch integrates with Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers to show you exactly what HTTP traffic is triggered when you access a web page.If you access a site that uses secure HTTPS connections, HttpWatch automatically displays the decrypted form of the network traffic.Conventional network monitoring tools just display low level data captured from the network. In contrast, HttpWatch has been

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RealVNC provides remote control software which lets you see and interact with desktop applications across any network.The software has a widespread user base from individuals to the largest multi-national companies. Founded by the original developers of VNC to promote, enhance and commercialize VNC.VNC® Enterprise EditionEnhanced security & authenticationFile transfer, printing, chat & deployment

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MyConnection Server measures the quality and performance of network connections and provides the information to help identify and resolve the problems that deliver a poor customer experience. A broad set of deployment options deliver a cost effective solution for small, medium and enterprise businesses.Identifying the cause of remote network problems is time consuming and costly. Whether trying

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Your All-Round Proactive Defense UtilityWhat’s inside:Program and Applications Guard to keep installed software and OS protectedAdvanced firewall for secure connectivityCombined antivirus and antispyware for all-in-one malware defenseProactive protection module to block zero-day threatsFile and folder lock to restrict access to sensitive contentsWeb control to protect your PC from web-borne

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Your Essential Defense Against Internet ThreatsWhat’s inside:Advanced firewall for secure connectivityProactive protection module to block zero-day threatsSystem and Application Guard to keep installed software and OS protectedFile and folder lock to restrict access to sensitive contentsWeb control to protect your PC from web-borne threats and unwanted websitesProgram activity tracker to review

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ProxyShell Hide IP is a professional and powerful hide IP software.ProxyShell Hide IP automatically manages and uses multiple proxies to hide your IP address, provides you faster and more reliable anonymous surfing.With ProxyShell Hide IP, you can hide IP address, surf the web without anyone knowing who you are, protect your own information and reading interests. You can also use ProxyShell Hide

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