Texting, sure, has many benefits. One, of course, is its ability to keep you in touch with your friends and lovers. Imagine how many times it has helped you kill boredom when you were stuck in a boring bus station or at a hospital. It has even helped so much, while you were traveling alone. [...]

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The Dutch parliament has approved the law of Internet neutrality, which bans mobile telephone operators from blocking access or charging extra for certain Internet-based communication services.  The Netherlands is now the first European country to enshrine the concept of net neutrality.

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Google Books will enrich its collection through a scanning project planned to take several years: the addition 250,000 books to the Google database is what CEO Larry Page plans, in order to contribute to his vision of having every book ever written available online, free of charge. Roughly 40 million pages will be scanned, titles [...]

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The name of the world’s fastest computer comes from the Japanese work ‘Kei’ meaning 10 quadrillion, a threshold that the machine aims to pass in terms of calculation speed. K Computer has been built by Fujitsu and is already a source of national pride for Japan.

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After allowing domains written with characters outside the Latin alphabet, ICANN  has recently accepted the entry of more domains on the web, and we expect to see in the near future even domains like .coke or .cannon or whatever the client wishes it to be. These are expected to be seen starting with 2012. However, [...]

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  A new search method by Google makes it possible to search with the help of pictures and photos that you either upload, or insert via link. The system is yet to be implemented accordingly, yielding satisfying results in just some of the cases. However, the new system is quite interesting and promises much for [...]

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Google has recently announced an application that promises to revolutionize transactions. By storing credit card information on the phone, the user will be able to make the same operations a credit card is used for. Google Wallet promises the next step in the evolution of transactions, offering a lot on new and exciting advantages. By [...]

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