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(AP) — The last of Egypt’s main Internet service providers, the Noor Group, has gone dark. More information: http://renesys.com/blog/ http://googleblog.blogspot.com ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe. The stunning Republican gains in the US elections appear to have doomed efforts to pass a “net neutrality” bill that would require Internet service providers to treat all Web traffic equally. The stunning Republican gains in the US elections appear to have doomed efforts to [...]

(AP) — The government is reviewing an Australian program that will allow Internet service providers to alert customers if their computers are taken over by hackers and could limit online access if people don’t fix the problem. More information: Homeland Security Department/Cybersecurity: http://tinyurl.com/24xpfg3 White House Cybersecurity: http://tinyurl.com/2wnv3sz ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This [...]

Australian Internet rights groups fear a piracy court case could force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to become “copyright cops” and cut web access to customers who make illegal downloads. (c) 2010 AFP

Most entrepreneurs are lucky to sell one start-up. A chosen few manage to repeat the feat, building and selling two or more businesses. The folks at Zimbra have outdone them all, selling the same company…twice. As Kara Swisher of All Things Digital reports, VMware is expected to soon announce the acquisition of open-source messaging company [...]